#Thirty Years&039; War

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5 Great Books Read in 2023

5 Great Books Read in 2023

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Johannes Kepler

On 27 December 1571 Johannes Kepler was born in Weil der Stadt, Wurttemberg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire and would become part of Germany in the 19th century. Despite his parents being poor, Kepler showed an aptitude for learning and it was because of this that he received a scholarship in the University of Tubingen to study for the Lutheran ministry. It was while he was there that he…

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The Amber Crane by Malve von Hassell

As we come to the end of an unprecedented (God, I’m beginning to hate this word) year, I never fail to remind myself of the comfort I got from reading. I’ve read a lot this year: close to 60 books of various lengths and genres. On the whole, none of them have let me down. I left each one feeling better about life upon reading it. The Amber Crane, from Italian born but well-travelled author Malve…

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Small Journey

     Arriving at the outskirts of the town of Ladbergen in southern Germany after a long day on our bikes, we had an interminable job finding the hotel which we had booked for two nights. We finally found it. It was at the end of town and in the midst of modern houses and leafy streets. We were surprised to see that our hotel was a renovated medieval era building and that opposite it was a very…

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Where no gaps were

Where no gaps were

Dürer’s Knight (1513). There will have been some changes in armour by the time of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648)

Michael Moorcock: The War Hound and the World’s Pain New English Library 1983 (1981)

Nicknamed Kriegshundor ‘War Hound’ by his men, Ulrich von Bek is a mercenary captain during the Thirty Years War which devastated Germany at the start of the 17th century. Disgusted by the massacre…

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Remembering Our Ancestors: Johannes Stuttenbecker

When Johannes Peter Stuttenbecker was born on 10 April 1662 in Solingen in the Bergisches Land in what we now call Germany, his hometown had just become a fortified city after having been a tiny village for about 500 years.  It had also weathered a severe outbreak of the plague with almost 2,000 deaths in town, as well as the Thirty Years’ Warwithin the last 50 years.  Chances are Johannes was…

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Nearly All U.N. Members Condemn U.S. Embargo on Cuba

Summary:

In a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly last week, delegates overwhelmingly voted to condemn the United States' continued trade embargo on Cuba, with one holdout being the representative from Israel. The resolution to condemn America's sanctions against Cuba has been brought to the U.N. every year for the past thirty years, gaining more support this year than it ever has. Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez spoke of the "cruel" toll the embargo has taken on Cuba's economy: over $6 billion since President Biden assumed office, and insurmountably more since it was first instituted in 1960. While President Obama attempted to ease tensions between the U.S. and Cuba, predecessors Trump and Biden have reversed those efforts by enforcing further sanctions. Biden has justified the latest sanctions as a condemnation of Cuba's police response to protests last year, which evolved into violent anti-government protests. But Cuba's UN ambassador Yuri Gala believes, as do most UN members, that "if the United States government really did care for [...] human rights and self-determination of the Cuban people, it could lift the embargo," (Gala, "Only one country backs US in UN Cuba vote").

Analysis:

America's embargo on Cuba is a relic of the Cold War and its efforts to prop up governments around the world that favor capitalism and liberalism – many of which have failed. Most notably, the U.S. provided financial and military support to the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista in the post-World War II era. Batista was severely authoritarian, but his economic policies allowed the U.S. to benefit from trade with Cuba, and he led a prominent campaign against "Communist activities." America's support for Batista despite his corrupt leadership, and its subsequent hostility towards a Castro-led Cuba, demonstrates the realist theory that states will ultimately abandon principles in favor of self-interest. U.S. foreign policy regarding Cuba prioritized the relative gains of its own power over the idealist approach of cultural consistency. If America truly were a staunch proponent of democracy, it would have condemned Batista's authoritarian abuses and use of secret police forces. But to American officials, creating a capitalist global economy was more advantageous than opposing Batista's anti-democratic dictatorship. Put in terms of the prisoner's dilemma, America chose to confess, not cooperate.

Fidel Castro as a popular leader championing socialist ideals posed an ideological threat to the U.S. in its efforts to emerge as the capitalist global hegemon. It lended legitimacy to the ideals of the Soviet Union, America's opponent in the Cold War and the other end of the bipolar global power structure. While the U.S. enjoyed hegemon status after the Soviet Union fell, growing opposition to the U.S. trade sanctions against Cuba reflect a shift towards a more multipolar power distribution. As nations like China, India, and Russia gain influence, so too do ideologies counter to American and western ideals; socialism and anti-capitalist sentiments are increasingly popular around the world. The U.N.'s near-unanimous vote against America's actions symbolizes a new balance of power that challenges U.S. supremacy on the global stage.

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The 20th century woman who helped inspire the contemporary Kurdish woman's struggle

The formation of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), an all-woman battalion, is a revolutionary step forward for struggling women everywhere. The world has looked at awe as Kurdish woman have not only stood at the forefront of the battle against Islamic State (IS) but have inspired the Arab, Assyrian and Turkmen women of Syria to do the same.

Let it be known, however, that the YPJ builds on a tradition of women resistance that stretches back for millennia. The legacy of Kurdish struggling women has been growing since at least the early 20th century. These are the predecessors to the women at the forefront of defending Afrin from an assault by the Turkish State today, and they ought to be acknowledged.   The Kocgiri Rebellion

This rebellion was the first of its kind, led by the Kocgiri Tribe Society for the Rise of Kurdistan and the Kizilbas Kocgiri tribe as a response to the overwhelming militarization by the state on the Kocgiri region, the leaders of the Kocgiri rebellion were pioneers of Kurdish resistance.

It was the year 1921, the Kocgiri rebellion with the Yazidi and Zaza Kurds from one hundred and thirty-five villages had just begun. The rebellion began within the same decade in which many women across the west were just winning their right to vote. As women in Britain, Finland, and Canada were at the forefront of the fight for woman’s suffrage, Kurdish women were leading a rebellion in the name of freedom. Zarife, a militant Kurdish woman with the desire to liberate her people, fought alongside her husband Aliser during the rebellion. In a society that still had entrenched patriarchal values, Zarife rose up and influenced many of her fellow Kurds to understand that both in rebellion and in peacetime, women and men ought to be treated as equals.

Zarife was born in 1882 and by the tender age of 24, she knew fluently how to read and write, an uncommon skill for most women during the early years of the 20th century. By 1918, she was already married to Aliser, a leading member of the Society for the rise of Kurdistan, who had been a member of a growing intellectual circuit of Kurdish nationalist writers.

The historical moment was explosive. The First World War had just concluded a few years prior, and an armistice was signed between the Ottomans and the allied powers. Istanbul was occupied by the victors of the allied forces of the war. President Woodrow Wilson of the United States expounded the concept of “the right to self-determination” in his famous 14 points. Kurds had been promised a state of their own with the colonial carve-up of the remnants of a dying Ottoman Empire. Meanwhile, a former political officer named Mustafa Kemal (who would incidentally become the founder of the Turkish Republic), had organised the first Grand National Assembly of Turkey to resist the allied occupation and sought the hearts of Kurds to do so.

Never had there been a time when Kurdish self-determination would be so promising...... Continued:- http://theregion.org/article/12777-the-20th-century-woman-who-helped-inspire-the-contemporary-kurdish-woman-039-s-struggle

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Best Singles of 2017

Yess, let’s do this then, here are the best singles of the year! As always, I’m bending the rules, I’m relying on wikipedia and spotify and I can’t pay attention so if any of these shouldn’t be on this list then I don’t care so... you can find this list in a Spotify playlist here (in random order), complete with The Grocery by Manchester Orchestra which would be the 151st but it’s nOT AN EVEN NUMBER

Edit: I have no regrets about the first half of this list whatsoever.

150 Lorde: Perfect Places 149 Handsome Ghost: Brand New Colony 148 Grace Mitchell: Kids (Ain’t All Right) 147 Janove: Våpen (feat. Ane Brun) 146 Foster the People: I Love My Friends 145 Kasabian: III Ray (The King) 144 Halsey: Bad At Love 143 Molnár Ferenc Caramel: Használd a Szívedet 142 Walk the Moon: Headphones 141 Susanne Sundfør: Mountaineers

140 Lorde: Green Light 139 Foster the People: Doing It For the Money 138 Nineclub: Had Enough 137 Cold War Kids: Restless 136 Hurts: Chaperone 135 Maxïmo Park: Get High (No, I Don’t) 134 Halsey: Now Or Never 133 Sam Smith: Too Good at Goodbyes 132 Foo Fighters: The Sky is a Neighborhood 131 Ed Sheeran: Shape of You 

130 Manchester Orchestra: The Sunshine 129 Nelly Furtado: Cold Hard Truth 128 Vian Izak: The Astronaut 127 Sloes: Where to Start 126 Eisley: Always Wrong 125 Thirty Seconds to Mars: Walk On Water 124 Ed Sheeran: Castle on the Hill 123 Misterwives: Drummer Boy 122 Manchester Orchestra: The Alien  121 Handsome Ghost: Honest Mistake

120 Walk the Moon: Surrender 119 Banners: Empires On Fire 118 Starsailor: All This Life 117 Banks: Crowded Places 116 Maxïmo Park: What Equals Love? 115 Airways: One Foot 114 alt-J: In Cold Blood 113 Vance Joy: Lay It All On Me 112 The Wombats: Lemon to a Knife Fight 111 Larkins: Sugar Sweet

110 Coldplay: A L I E N S 109 A R I Z O N A: Oceans Away (Mansionair Remix) 108 James Blunt: Love Me Better 107 Sia: Move Your Body 106 American Authors: I’m Born to Run 105 Imagine Dragons: Believer 104 Fall Out Boy: The Last of the Real Ones 103 Pápai Joci: Özönvíz 102 Fall Out Boy: Champion  101 Nathan Ball: Waste of Time

100 Susanne Sundfør: Undercover 099 Starsailor: Take a Little Time 098 Harry Styles: Sign of the Times 097 NONONO: Lost Song 096 Walk the Moon: Kamikaze 095 Selena Gomez: Bad Liar 094 Julian Lamadrid: How You Fall Doesn’t Matter 093 Chris Hatcher: Remind Me How It Feels to be Loved (feat. Howard) 092 Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness: So Close 091 All Time Low: Life of the Party 

090 Maxïmo Park: Risk to Exist 089 San Holo: Light 088 P!nk: What About Us 087 Walk Off the Earth: Taekwondoo 086 Rag‘n’Bone Man: Human 085 Among Savages: If You See Her 084 Wrabel: The Village 083 Linkin Park: Heavy (feat. Kiiara) 082 Window to the Abbey: Water Into Wine 081 Albin Lee Meldau: Bloodshot

080 Sam Smith: Pray 079 OneRepublic: Truth to Power 078 FOURS: Overthink 077 Misterwives: Oh Love 076 Banners: Someone to You 075 Paramore: Fake Happy 074 Manchester Orchestra: The Moth 073 FOURS: Tell Me In the Morning 072 Albin Lee Meldau: Persistence  071 Ed Sheeran: Galway Girl 

070 Starsailor: Listen to Your Heart 069 Amber Run: Fickle Game 068 Misterwives: Coloring Outside the Lines 067 Janove: Hengtmann 066 Jain: Dynabeat 065 Loïc Nottet: Doctor 064 American Authors: I Wanna Go Out 063 dodie: In the Middle 062 Matt Maeson: Tribulation 061 All Time Low: Dirty Laundry

060 Imagine Dragons: Whatever It Takes 059 Everything Everything: Desire 058 Kesha: Woman 057 Dua Lipa: New Rules 056 dodie: 6/10 055 Paramore: Hard Times 054 Scenic Route to Alaska: Slow Down 053 Harrison Storm: Change It All (Instrumental) 052 FOURS: Fade Into Love 051 You Me at Six: Take On the World

050 Blanco White: Colder Heavens 049 Window to the Abbey: The Promise 048 Paramore: Told You So 047 The Chainsmokers: Something Just Like This (feat. Coldplay) 046 Cold War Kids: Love Is Mystical 045 Imagine Dragons: Thunder 044 FOURS: Stella 043 Everything Everything: Can’t Do 042 You Me at Six: Heavy Soul 041 Nathan Ball: Cold Hands

040 The Rocket Summer: Gone Too Long 039 Nathan Ball: Drifting 038 The Beach: Bite My Tongue 037 Witterquick: Shattered Suns 036 Banks: Underdog 035 OUTLYA: Heaven 034 Kodaline: Brother 033 Kesha: Praying 032 Sigrid: Don’t Kill My Vibe 031 X Ambassadors: Ahead of Myself

030 Bastille: World Gone Mad  029 Banks: Trainwreck 028 Bishop Briggs: Dream 027 Enter Shikari: Rabble Rouser 026 Kensington: Bridges 025 Everything Everything: Night of the Long Knives 024 Linkin Park: Talking to Myself 023 Kesha: Learn to Let Go 022 Enter Shikari: The Sights 021 Fitz and the Tantrums: Fool

020 Bastille: Glory 019 Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness: Don’t Speak For Me (True) 018 Cold War Kids: So Tied Up 017 Misterwives: Machine 016 Enter Shikari: Live Outside 015 Linkin Park: One More Light 014 Dean Lewis: Waves (acoustic) 013 Walk the Moon: One Foot 012 Fall Out Boy: Young and Menace 011 OneRepublic: No Vacancy 

010 Kensington: Fiji 009 Fall Out Boy: Hold Me Tight or Don’t 008 Everything Everything: A Fever Dream 007 Amber Run: Perfect 006 Glass Animals: Agnes 005 X Ambassadors: Hoping 004 Cold War Kids: Can We Hang On? 003 Nothing But Thieves: Particles 002 Nothing But Thieves: Amsterdam 001 Nothing But Thieves: Sorry

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Today in History, June 10 Today in History, June 10 Events on 10 june 671 – Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock (clepsydra) called Rokoku.

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Politics: These 10 photos show John McCain's heroism in Vietnam and his lasting impact on the US military

As a 31-year-old Navy pilot, McCain's plane was shot down on a bombing run, which began a searing five-year experience as a prisoner of war that would change the course of his life. This is a look at his remarkable life.

Senator John McCain, a US Navy hero and one of the nation's most influential Republicans, chose to forgo the medical treatment for advanced brain cancer, his family announced on August 24. It is the final chapter of a remarkable American life. McCain would rise from an admiral's son and Naval Academy midshipman to a decorated Navy captain and then a senator and Republican presidential nominee, who earned a reputation as a maverick who takes his own counsel. As a 31-year-old Navy pilot, McCain's plane was shot down on a bombing run, which began a searing five-year experience as a prisoner of war that would change the course of his life. He received a Silver Star for his heroism in captivity. He has been a defense hawk and one of Congress' most influential anti-torture voices — consistently opposing the kind of brutality he suffered in Vietnam. Tweet Embed: //twitter.com/mims/statuses/1033007621156962304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw I love my husband with all of my heart. God bless everyone who has cared for my husband along this journey. pic.twitter.com/v27sEbboii This is a look at his decorated war service and the lasting impact he's made on the armed services.

John McCain graduated from the Naval Academy in 1958.

John McCain hails from a storied military family.

His father, seen here as a rear admiral in 1961, would rise to the rank of admiral — like his own father — and lead US Pacific Command.

McCain became a naval aviator and flew A-4 Skyhawks.

A-4 Skyhawks were US Navy carrier-based attack planes that flew some of the most dangerous missions in Vietnam. According to Naval History and Heritage Command, these subsonic jets were increasingly vulnerable to North Vietnam's air defenses by the mid-1960s and suffered the highest loss rate of any Navy plane in Vietnam. Thirty percent of the planes in McCain's squadron were battle casualties during the year he served.

On Oct. 26, 1967 McCain was on his twenty-third mission — a bombing mission over Hanoi. He took a calculated risk to attack his target at an altitude low enough to be struck by North Korea missiles, and managed to release his bombs right before his plane was struck.

The missile struck one of the A-4's wings. McCain bailed out at high speed, according to Naval History and Heritage Command, which broke both his arms, his right leg and knocked him unconscious.

McCain landed in a lake and somehow regained consciousness.

He had only just resurfaced in the lake when an angry mob attacked the injured aviator.

He would be taken to the notorious Hoa Lo prison, known as the "Hanoi Hilton," and was interrogated for four days before he was medically treated. He was vomiting, fever-ridden and drifting in and out of consciousness.

The North Vietnamese doctors tried to set his bones without anesthetics, according to NHHC, and he was eventually given surgery to operate on his broken leg.

He was a POW for five and a half harrowing years.

The 31-year-old officer would spend the next two years in solitary confinement. He was routinely beaten and would eventually signed a confessional of criminal wrongdoing and apology, which was permissible under the military's code of conduct, according to NHHC.

McCain would become one of the leaders of the POW resistance at the "Plantation" prison where he continued to be held.

McCain would never fully recover from the injuries he suffered in Vietnam.

After his return to the US, McCain spent five months recuperating. Some wounds never fully heal. He never regained the ability to raise his arms above his head.

McCain became a US Navy liasion to Congress and decided to embark on a political career rather than stay in and try to make admiral. He would retire in 1981, according to NHHC, after a distinguished career, in which he received the Silver Star, Legion of Merit with Combat 'V' and gold star, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart among other awards.

McCain returned to Vietnam in 2000 and visited the former prison, which was turned into a museum.

McCain was a leading voice on veteran's issues.

John McCain and his wife Cindy show their respects during a ceremony in April 2000 on an airfield in Vietnam, honoring the repatriation of recently recovered remains of American soldiers who had gone missing during the Vietnam war.

The McCains visited Vietnam to mark the 25th anniversary of the end of the war. Throughout his tenure in the US Senate, McCain often drew attention to veterans affairs and has remained an active advocate for prisoners of war and missing servicemembers.

He served on the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs from 1991 to 1993 and currently serves as the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

As a maverick, McCain would make unlikely allies.

An unlikely friendship developed between the two senators through a partnership aimed at campaign finance reform.

The resulting 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, nicknamed the McCain-Feingold law, prohibits elected officials and candidates from pursuing soft money donations during federal elections.

McCain was the 2008 Republican president nominee, who lost to Barack Obama.

John McCain greets supporters during a door to door campaign swing in South Carolina in 2008.

The senator campaigned against junior Senator Barack Obama, who went on to win the historic election.

source http://www.newssplashy.com/2018/08/politics-these-10-photos-show-john.html

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The Thirty Years´ War - Part 1

The Thirty Years´ War – Part 1

  Southern Germany, September, 2018:

When we arrived at the outskirts of Ladbergen after a long day on our bikes, we got lost. It was a warm day, 30 degrees Celsius, and we were tired.

We had booked a hotel for two nights but couldn’t find it.

We stopped at an Aldi, went inside, bought some supplies, packed them in our bike bags and then asked around for directions. As usual, the Germans went…

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Ladusia, the Hassyiks, and Commerce

It comes as no surprise that the two regions and ethnic groups of the south had attained questionable relations since the fall of the Garden Kingdom. Forces of the Garden played a major role as defenders against exoduses into the Red Delta-region, and the Marsins of the Garden eventually included Ladusians into their southern theaters due to manpower issues. Subjugated kings of the Delta later inherited the defensive positions which the Garden had established, as part of the Bahu Agreement treaty signed at an unknown date, giving Ladusia military autonomy, it wasn't long until the Ladusians had to face countless invasion attempts from Jhubarians and Hassyiki-folk. Even prior to northern subjugation, the Red Delta kingdoms waged countless offensives against the east, the Hassyiki claiming the largest losses which included the lands of contemporary Three Steppes and Ael Chinuf. Ladusian kingdoms of the delta eventually completely subjugated their eastern rivals in the regions encompassing the entire northern shoreline of the south, reaching Myyia and the Fog Bay. Hassyiki rebel groups quickly emerged far inland in towns such as Syaiice and Ayyukarai. One infamous group of saboteurs and dissenters were the Red Sons of Tael Byaak, who has assumed many roles across the centuries of its existence. Initially being mere tribal rebels hostile against Padesh and the Ladusians, to a shadow government within the Hassyiki province of Phobus ruled Ladusia. Although inferior to the Delta-region, crop yield within the Hassyiki region was immense, which was the main source of trade for the Hassyiki people. Cities such as Hassayyik and Aeshlmha boomed well into the Third Age. Which saw Belvedorian merchants offer goods such as grapes, milk, and cloth, for southern wheat and barley. Aeshlmha was later incorporated into a Belvedorian port; Port Erda, becoming one of the most important centers of trade on the continent, comparable to Stallions Nest and the Red River Delta. House Phobus of Ladusia took notice of the growing wealth and rise of infrastructure in his eastern province. Ladusia had slowly grown its leverage against Rilia through the vast network of the Ladusian food commerce. Phobus had instated heavier tolls in the Hassyiki province many years ago and the legislation was lucrative, for a while. It incited the native Hassyiki lords into forming black markets, supported by the likes of the Red Sons who was receiving financial support from Belvedoria. The patrons of Stockton, whose expenditures were reduced drastically, approved greatly of the new market independent forming. Queen Helena Emporium also lobbied together with Belvedoria, the Hassyiks (Red Sons council), Gemaria, Midden, Hannia, Rima, and Argevia, demanding for reduced tolls between all the north and Hassyiki. The act was deemed illegal and offensive by house Phobus, claiming it to undermine Ladusian law in its dominions, failure to legally reduce tolls further encouraged the growth of illegal commerce between foreigners and the south. Helena of Rilia had brought her empire into a difficult position, being in a previously 'comfortable' geopolitical standing with the Ladusian state, with no option to retract her political moves against Ladusia. Rilia could not and would not admit its error, neither could they push the matter further by supporting the questionable activities of the Red Sons, which would in the eyes of house Phobus be further confirmation that the north was supporting rebel groups in Hassyiki. Groups who had spread dissent, sabotaged Ladusian logistics, bribed officials, and murdered travellers in the region, all being hostile or blatant acts of war. Rilia chose to subtly move away from the controversy, despite this it damaged the credibility and reputation of Rilia among inner circles, seeing as the Runic Empire itself withdrew from a lesser authority. House Phobus set out to enforce Ladusian law in Hassyiki, jailing those who do not present proper rights to commerce in the province, usually in the form of a contract, which was part of the 3GA-036 Commerce Act requiring all merchants performing trade in the south to have proper paperwork signed by Ladusian bureaucrats. The treaty was later reiterated and updated to include legislation requiring all merchant guilds to document their imports and exports and present those to the Ladusian state. It was imperative for Ladusia to install effective tax methods in Hassyiki due to its exploding debts and deficits. The Red Sons council and its supporters ignored the new laws and continued to actively seek ways to circulate Ladusian tax laws and challenge its hold over the Hassyiki people, with support (although subtle at this point) from Belvedoria, acting independently from Rilia, with the goal of eliminating tariffs in the region, all clear violations of Ladusian law. The fiscal house of Ladusia had grown exponentially during the Third Age; the Turgic invasion caused massive destruction to northern and Maelan agriculture, making Ladusian food trade very attractive. This in turn propelled the expansion of Ladusian cities and infrastructure. The sacking of Maela in the Supremacy War also contributed to the increase of wealth in the south, which remained a controversial topic in Ladusi-Maelan affairs. Despite the positive development, by the time Helena became queen in the north, Ladusia ran on an almost constant deficit. Phobus of Ladusia eventually had talks with the Tyrelians regarding possible loans to the Ladusian state, resulting in Rilia assuming up to twenty-billion worth of Rhin of the Ladusian debt (over the course of six years), and a loan of  forty billion for Ladusia which was delivered by Belvedoria (nineteen billion), Rilia (fifteen-billion) and Rima (six billion). Military expenditure also spiked in the south, Phobus began an initiative for naval expansion after the Supremacy War, which costed up to sixteen billion. It would include the construction of a hundred-forty galleons, thirty-nine carracks, and twelve cargo ships. Ladusia had intensified its military efforts by the thirty-eight year of the Third Age; sending twenty-thousand men of the Serpent Army into Hassyiki to occupy the province. Which included the city of Erda. One formidable night fifteen Belvedorian men and two women were slain after drawing swords on Serpent soldiers, who were boarding their vessel on the suspicion of illegal activity. They were transporting swords, shields, halberds, spears, and other weapons. The patron of Belvedoria at the time then imposed a trade embargo against Ladusia, as well as sending up to five-hundred men and sixteen galleons to Erda. Rose soldiers infiltrated the port-city and ousted the Ladusian garrison with a minor skirmish between Rose men and Ladusian levies, forty Ladusian soldiers and two Belvedorians were killed. Outrage struck Ladusia, lords of Three Steppes and Reaper Hall were commanded to raise their levies which would number into twelve-thousand in total, and garrison in Hassyiki. The Serpent Army was already laying siege to the port-city, meanwhile out at sea, ten Belvedorian galleons skirmish with fourteen vessels of the Serpent Fleet for control over the waters of Erda. News of hostilities between its vassal-state and Ladusia reached Queen Helena, immediately setting in motion the events leading up to the Runic Continental War. Serpent Forces had smashed the Tyrelians in the Dunics and in the Red Delta, the ninety strong galleon fleet of the Rilians and Belvedorians was sunk. King Phobus travelled north with his armada, conquering the Ashgarden, sacking the seat of the Rilian Empire, and occupying Belvedoria. Peace was restored to the continent and Rilian hegemony was demolished, as according to the 3GA-039 Peace treaty of Neverlas officially declaring the dismantlement of the Rilian Runic Empire, and the establishment of the Ladusian Runic Empire, the Red Empire. Ladusia was hoping that the ousting of the Rilians and Belvedorians would allow the country to prosper once again as food scarcity in the north became increasingly apparent, Purtian merchants did begin to trade more frequently with Red merchants, however the Rilians, Gemarians, and Argevians had moved most of their food trade to Maela and Tysoulia during the Continental War. Denying the Ladusians most of the northern profit. Maela had begun to actively challenge the southern food trade as the Iron Alliance of Ironflood and Argevia occupied Stallions Nest. Phobus of Ladusia succumbed three years after the war, giving way for his son; Anophis the first, of house Phobus to ascend as the Marsin of the Red Empire. Ladusia with the weakened Runic-continental trade bankrupted itself after the excess spending of Phobus the first, Ladusia could no longer afford to maintain of its almost three-hundred large armada, and the standing Serpent Army lost a majority of its professional forces. Anophis of Ladusia would during a period of financial unrest wage war against the Iron Alliance, with minimal success as Stallions Nest remained mostly under northern rule with its vast supplies of wheat, corn, livestock, horses, and sheep funding the efforts of the Iron Alliance. Ladusia lost eight-thousand men to desertion, nine-thousand to disease, and two-thousand to battle in its north-eastern offensives. The Hassyiks began to whisper revolt as the news of the Serpent retreat from the Dunics echoed across the Red Empire, violence erupted several times in various Hassyiki cities, the Red Empire could not spare manpower to external and internal threats, their ability to reinforce their garrisons in Belvedoria was close to impossible. The inherent logistical difficulties and the destruction of Runic Sea trade would be the ultimate downfall of the Ladusian Runic Empire, by the Age of the Masters in 3GA-330 it was a shadow of its former self, unable to project effective military or political influence.

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Thirty Years’ War is releasing onto Steam today

Thirty Years’ War is releasing onto Steam today

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