(02-01-2016, 10:47 PM)Thunderer Wrote: Are you okay, Caelumaresh?
Yes, why? XD
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(02-01-2016, 10:47 PM)Thunderer Wrote: Are you okay, Caelumaresh?
Yes, why? XD
That is perfectly alright then. I was wondering why would someone ask this question.
And about my answer, I don't know. It's all the same for me. Maybe I would hear a different language, see different buildings and experience different climate, but essentially all is the same. If I had the time and money and if I was bored enough, I'd probably visit the Emirates to see how does a half a mile tall building look like iRL, and the UK just because I like their culture. Hopefully I'd be one of those bloody immigrants who take their jobs and get paid better than themselves.
(02-01-2016, 10:47 PM)Thunderer Wrote: Are you okay, Caelumaresh?
Yes, why? XD
That is perfectly alright then. I was wondering why would someone ask this question.
I was just talking about this with a close friend of mine irl, and wondered what others wanted to visit before their deaths, thats all.
I have no further ailments then those that i already have
This Galaxy is vast; its wonders and beauty are almost unfathomable. But the galaxy also hides dark secrets, some of which have lain dormant since the beginning of time itself. There is a danger in secrets, both in seeking and in knowing. Some things are meant to be hidden from view. Some mysteries defy understanding, and sometimes even the things we think we know are untrue. Some secrets should remain untouched.
(02-01-2016, 10:15 PM)Yber Wrote: in what country was the sabre first created?
The sabre or saber (see spelling differences) is a type of backsword, usually with a curved, single-edged blade and a rather large hand guard, covering the knuckles of the hand as well as the thumb and forefinger.
Ultimately based on a medieval type of single-edged weapon, the sabre was adopted as the weapon of heavy cavalry in Early Modern warfare. Although sabres are typically thought of as curved-bladed slashing weapons, those used by the heavy cavalry of the 17th to 19th centuries often had straight and even double-edged blades more suitable for thrusting. The length of sabres varied, and most were carried in a scabbard hanging from a shoulder belt known as a baldric or from a waist-mounted sword belt, usually with slings of differing lengths to permit the scabbard to hang below the rider's waist level.
Sabre-like curved backswords have been in use in Europe since the early medieval period (some early examples include the falchion and the Byzantine paramērion). The oldest well-documented "sabres" are those found in 9th and 10th century graves of Magyars (Hungarians) who entered the Carpathian Basin at this time.[1] These oldest sabres had a slight curve, short, down-turned quillons, the grip facing the opposite direction to the blade and a sharp point with the top third of the reverse edge sharpened.[2]
The introduction of the sabre proper in Western Europe, along with the term sabre itself, dates to the 17th century, via influence of the Eastern European szabla type ultimately derived from these medieval backswords.[3] The adoption of the term is connected to the employment of Hungarian "Hussar" (huszár) cavalry by Western armies at the time.[4] Hungarian hussars were employed as light cavalry, with the role of harassing enemy skirmishers, overrunning artillery positions, and pursuing fleeing troops. In the late 17th and 18th centuries, many Hungarian hussars fled to other Central and Western European countries and became the core of light cavalry formations created there.[5] The Hungarian term szablya is ultimately traced to the Northwestern Turkic selebe, with contamination from the Hungarian verb szab "to cut".[6]