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[News] Mel Gibson's Apocalypto butchers Maya culture

Started by JongWK, December 09, 2006, 11:17:42 AM

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James McMurray

#60
February 01, 2007, 03:26:06 PM
Call it the American Civil War in front of the average American and the response it likely to be "was there another one?"

flyingmice

#61
February 02, 2007, 10:41:00 AM
Quote from: jcfialaActually, "American Revolution" is pretty much what we call it here too.

It's what we used to call it. Almost exclusively now it's called the War of Independence or the American War of Independence in history circles - i.e. academia, popular history books, history channel, etc. This is most probably because it wasn't technically a revolution at all.

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flyingmice

#62
February 02, 2007, 10:42:41 AM
Quote from: BalbinusHm, fair enough.

Come to think of it, you chaps probably just call the American Civil War the Civil War.

In Britain curiously the English Civil War is called just that, possibly because it predates Britain (as a political entity), possibly to avoid confusion with the American Civil War which many people here are still very interested in (though not to the degree in the US obviously, at the end of the day it's not actually our history after all).

Cavaliers and roundheads anyone? That would be a fun period for an In Harm's Way game! Can you recommend any historical fiction set in the period, Balbinus?

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