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(10,719 posts)RussBLib
(9,031 posts)electric_blue68
(14,927 posts)in the Dallas area
Her FB post Election 2020 post was something like...
"I'd dance in the street if I wouldn't get shot"
😂 😂
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)😬
DFW
(54,434 posts)As opposed to almost all of Pennsylvania, which has been accurately described as Philadelphia in the east, Pittsburgh in the West, and Alabama in the middle.
Regards to Ashurbanipal and the Ziggurats, by the way.
Celerity
(43,484 posts)King Ashurbanipal of Assyria (r. 669c. 631 BC) was the most powerful man on earth. He described himself in inscriptions as 'king of the world', and his reign from the city of Nineveh (now in northern Iraq) marked the high point of the Assyrian empire, which stretched from the shores of the eastern Mediterranean to the mountains of western Iran.
Ashurbanipal proved himself worthy of protecting his people through displays of strength, such as hunting lions. Like many rulers of the ancient world, he liked to boast about his victories in battle and brutally crushed his enemies. However, this vast and diverse empire was controlled through more than just brute force. Ashurbanipal used his skills as a scholar, diplomat and strategist to become one of Assyria's greatest rulers.
Despite his long and successful reign, Ashurbanipal's death is shrouded in mystery. Shortly afterwards, the Assyrian empire fell and the great city of Nineveh was destroyed in 612 BC, its ruins lost to history until the 1840s. Their rediscovery allowed us to piece together a portrait of the powerful and complex ruler that was Ashurbanipal.
This major exhibition told the story of Ashurbanipal through the British Museum's unparalleled collection of Assyrian treasures and rare loans. It stepped into Ashurbanipal's world through displays that evoked the splendour of his palace, with its spectacular sculptures, sumptuous furnishings and exotic gardens. It marvelled at the workings of Ashurbanipal's great library, the first in the world to be created with the ambition of housing all knowledge under one roof. This exhibition came face to face with one of history's greatest forgotten kings.
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)Bayard
(22,128 posts)electric_blue68
(14,927 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,679 posts)demmiblue
(36,875 posts)japple
(9,838 posts)instead of Pooty?
dem in texas
(2,674 posts)Proud to be Blue and I live in the Bluest part of "Big D" - Oak Cliff.
Beachnutt
(7,332 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Beachnutt
(7,332 posts)Liberal In Texas
(13,570 posts)Not all of Texas, but the metropolitan areas. Blue islands in a sea of hee haw red. We have Democrats in most of the local government positions.
Dallas, Fort Worth (coming around), Austin, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso.
70sEraVet
(3,508 posts)IronLionZion
(45,506 posts)so there may be fewer of them by election time
calimary
(81,425 posts)niyad
(113,523 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Beachnutt
(7,332 posts)niyad
(113,523 posts)Beringia
(4,316 posts)CaptainTruth
(6,600 posts)We also need cities lit up red white & blue to defend the US against Rethuglican attacks on our democracy.
Traildogbob
(8,791 posts)Cruz was at Mar-A-logo with, Blackburn and Lindsay the night of the initial attack, cheering it on while trump was bragging about how brilliant Putin is to get all that land for $2 dollars worth of sanctions. Come on Texas, rid the country of fat Dracula.
Beachnutt
(7,332 posts)cruz....repulsive.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Beachnutt
(7,332 posts)I couldn't eat it though, I'd have to save that one.
ananda
(28,873 posts)!!
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Beachnutt
(7,332 posts)Thanks for sharing this, I hope this catches on in all cities.