We get many questions here on warfare in Europe, mostly on male soldiers. So I was especially intrigued by this corps of thousands of women warriors that apparently served under the ruler of Dahomey (modern-day Benin) from roughly the 18th to the late 19th centuries. From what little I've read they were the only standing female battalion to serve in various battles at the time anywhere in the world.
My understanding is that the warriors were officially wives of the ruler; and underwent heavy military training. Yet I haven't seen much on how this tradition came to be nor on how accepted the warriors were in the society of Dahomey. As a follow up, this made me wonder about other similar cases in the region. (The "Amazons" in the title takes up a contemporary European quote on the corps.)
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DE has brought a wealth of new units and with it, a whole lot of confusion. I've been meaning to research these units to make sure I know how to counter them, and I thought I would share my research with the community. Here, I've tried to describe all these new units in plain laymans terms, and give a sense of how they actually are used in games, and how to best counter them. The aim is not to get bogged down in stats, but to describe how it feels to play against the unit in game, and counter it effectively. This is a guide mainly meant to help players who feel frustrated because they lose to these new civs mostly because they lack game knowledge. Some things may be incorrect or incomplete due to my own gaps in knowledge, so I encourage feedback to make this guide as good as it can be!
Sweden:
Caroleans - A relatively weak musketeer unit. The only musket that you don't pop into melee mode in order to counter cav, since they counter cav at range. Their melee mode does counter other heavy infantry though, so you can experiment with that. Their charge ability forces them into melee mode for a brief time. Normally they have melee resist but in age 4, Svea Lifeguard makes their resistance change from melee to ranged, meaning they can hold their own against skirms. Recommend countering them with artillery in late game, otherwise skirms do just fine. They also seem vulnerable to cavalry more than other muskets.
Hakkapellits - 20% ranged resist. Their default mode is a very short ranged attack, which does 2x vs pets (! rip spain) and hand shock infantry like coyote, but not vs normal hand cav. It also has a slight area of effect. So they appear sort of like a dragoon but in fact their are not a dragoon at all and don't have a multiplier vs cav. Their melee attack is high, with 48 damage in age 3 with no multipliers. In this sense they are sort of like a meteor hammer, having the same range with their ranged attack as a meteor hammers melee. Definitely want to counter these with dragoons, dont let them get into melee for sure. ranged attack will trade well vs. muskets or heavy infantry too.
Inca
Inca has some familiar units that I think most people are used to by now: jungle bowmen, plumed spearmen, and chimu runners are all relatively
What a ride of a story. It was excellent and that ending felt so wholesome. Is anyone else going to do an Ancestry DNA test now? I hope that you enjoyed the reading as much as I did. After last weeks discussion it was difficult to not consume the rest of the novel in one sitting. What I enjoyed most about this book is that I saw myself in many aspects of this book, the personalities were so vast. If I didn’t personally relate to a character, then I was reminded of a family member or good friend. Evaristo has a great way of writing PEOPLE!
Go check out the Marginalia to see if anything posted holds true or to reflect.
Summary
Hattie part 6
Hattie had a child at the age of 14, her mother helped her during that time. The popular boy, Bobby was the father. Hattie fell for Bobby because he gave her some special attention when no one else would look her way. Though after they were intimate in the church pews, he began ignoring her just like everyone else. The plan that Hattie’s mom made up was to keep her hidden and say she was sick. It was a home delivery with her mother assisting her, teaching her how to breastfeed, etc. Hattie named her daughter Barbara and she learned to care and began to love her. Though Hattie’s father wasn’t on board. He wanted the child to leave their life, stating that the baby will ruin her life, she won’t be able to get married as no one would marry a single mother. Hattie would dream about and keep Barbara in her heart. She kept her baby blanket, even though she was sworn to secrecy by her father.
Grace
Grace is the daughter of Wolde, a fireman who worked on ships. Wolde impregnated Grace’s mother when she was young, only sixteen, neither parent knew of the pregnancy until it was time for Grace to be born. Wolde promised he would come back for Grace’s mother, Daisy. Daisy’s own father worked in a mine and worked long hours to allow his family to survive. Daisy yearned for a husband who would provide for her and Grace. Dreaming of a home that they could live in one day. Then Daisy was diagnosed with TB, and she had to immediately be quarantined as to not spread infection. Mary took Grace while Daisy was busy recovering, though she never recovered as TB is a horrible sickness. Mary herself was raised in the Northern Association’s Home for Girls in the countryside, she gave Grace to that same establishment. Grace remember
... keep reading on reddit ➡Are there any settings you have created that are inspired by real world cultures, whether historical or currently existing? Or, if your world is more fantastical, does it take influence from any real world mythologies? If so, how does it draw from these influences and where is the inspiration evident?
My setting high fantasy world of Omu has a bunch of different settings inspired by different cultures. Here are some examples of some regions in my world that draw influence from different cultures and mythologies:
- The island of Itapurã is inspired by the Amazon rainforest and parts of Central America, in addition to maritime Southeast Asia, and the Ituri forest of the Congo.
- The Melukarte Confederacy is inspired by numerous cultures that have existed along the Mediterranean Sea, with the Wamazid Dynasty being inspired by Berber Kingdoms and the Almoravids, the Galego kingdoms being inspired by Celtiberians and Continental Celts such as the Gauls, the Aenean states being inspired by Italy, Masamente being inspired by Venice and Florence, Herraka being inspired by Greece, the Tarnan Empire taking inspiration from the Hittites and Ottomans, the Mizurids drawing influence from the Ayyubids, Pwenut taking inspiration from Egypt, and Mykonos drawing inspiration from Crete.
- Karkossia is inspired by much of Central Europe in addition to Eastern Europe, particularly mountainous regions such as the Alps and Carpathians, all with some elements of Chinese statecraft, political thought and historical lore.
- The Elven Archipelago of Hibraz is mostly culturally inspired by the Gaels, but also Tokugawa Era Japan in regards to its isolationist policy and overall statecraft, with some Turkic elements as well.
- My steppe region, Pedzalai (name tentative) is inspired by Central Asian regions, like Mongolia and Kazakhstan, but also pastoral Indigenous peoples of the American and Canadian plains, like the Sioux, Lakota, Comanche, and Plains Cree. They also have elements from Patagonian peoples, such as the Charrúa and Mapuche.
- The fur traders of the Great Lakes Confederacy of Odenaka is mostly inspired by Iroquois and Slavic peo
Happy Monday, and welcome to the penultimate discussion of Girl, Woman, Other. We've met almost all of our featured characters (just Grace to go now!) and I can't wait to see how this wraps up.
If you want to post your thoughts about the last section ahead of time, do so in the Marginalia.
Summary:
Penelope Chapters 2-6
Penelope decides she wants to date Giles, the 18-year-old rugby captain, and begins stalking him. They begin dating, and marry soon after she finishes at her Teacher’s College. In the next two years they had two kids, Adam and Sarah. Three years since marrying, she finds herself trying to convince Giles that she should go back to work. She begins reading The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan, realizing that she’s not alone in her plight. She appeals to her husband again and again, until he puts his fist through glass window of the front door and says she’s lucky it wasn’t her face.
Penelope leaves her husband, but gets to keep the house and the kids. She becomes a teacher at Peckham school and hires a childminder. She meets her second husband, Phillip, 6 weeks after she is officially divorced. She finds him attentive, emotionally and sexually. He also actively fulfills the role of father in a way Giles never did. Over time, she comes to notice some flaws. As a psychologist, he feels the need to psycho-analyze her behaviour, usually when she does something that he doesn’t like, or speaks her mind. They argue over the cleanliness of the house, and her drinking habits. He also becomes less attentive to her in the bedroom. Penelope decides an unhappy marriage is better than being a social outcast with two failed marriages. Penelope and Phillip begin to lead separate lives even in their own home.
Eventually, Penelope finds out that he’s been cheating on her with a young woman. Phillip moves back to his own place, which he’d kept to rent out. Penelope finds it difficult to find a mate at her age, and also finds it difficult to find happiness living by herself. She gets a Golden Retriever, Humperdinck, to come home to after work, and reconnects with her college friends. Her daughter Sarah becomes a great support to her, and her best friend.
A few years later, Sarah has a husband, Craig, and twins, Matty and Molly. For Penelope, visits from Sarah and her family are the only time when she doesn’t dwell in her self-pitying. On one
... keep reading on reddit ➡Tonight, I'd like to share my labor of love, "Nawi of The lightning Tribe." It's a fictional podcast I created, and the main character, Nawi, was partly inspired by the last living member of an all female military regiment also known as the Dahomey Amazons in West Africa.
SERIES OVERVIEW: Eric tells the story of his childhood best friend Nawi, the half human 14 year old daughter of a warrior super being, who fought a God in order to protect the world, and the power of creation itself**.**
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I've posted the first 6 episodes, and I'm current working on episodes 7,8,9.
LINKS TO PODCAST:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nawi-of-the-lightning-tribe/id1602082488
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83ODhhNWUzMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw
https://radiopublic.com/nawi-of-the-lightning-tribe-G7Oy7e
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nawi-of-the-lightning-tribe
Thank you so much for taking a moment of your precious time to read this, and If you do decide to listen, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did creating it.
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Happy Monday, all! I don't know about you, but for me this book is really hard to put down, and I'm enjoying all these little character studies. Have you read anything like before? It's definitely reminding me of There There by Tommy Orange, which we read in r/bookclub about this time last year.
Just a little tidbit about the name of Amma's play, The Last Amazon of Dahomey. According to Wikipedia:
>The last survivor of the Dahomey Amazons is thought to have been a woman named Nawi. In a 1978 interview in the village of Kinta, a Beninese historian met Nawi, who claimed to have fought the French in 1892. Nawi died in November 1979, aged well over 100
Any thoughts on why this might be the name of the play?
Summary:
Dominique Chapters 6-10
A year since Dominique joined Spirit Moon, Amma shows up at her door, demanding to know why she hasn’t responded to any of her letters. Amma stays for dinner and asks tons of questions, but Dominique is unable to speak freely with Nzinga present. The next morning, Dominique takes advantage of Nzinga’s 10-minute shower to have a brief, unheard conversation with Amma on the stoop. Amma insists that Nzinga is a bad partner, but Dominique defends her. When Amma is leaving she asks Dominique to come with her. She refuses, thinking that she doesn’t need rescuing.
Over time, Nzinga’s controlling behaviour intensifies. She dictates what Dominique eats, wears, and says to other people. Nzinga is jealous and doesn’t allow Dominique to talk to other people or to even leave the cabin. Worst of all, Nzinga begins physically abusing Dominique. One day while Nzinga is getting groceries in town, Gaia comes to ask if Dominique needs help. Gaia has friends in West Hollywood, Maya and Jessica, who can host Dominique while she gets back on her feet. Nzinga is kicked out of the commune after going on a rampage to find her.
Finally away from Nzinga, Dominique begins the work of getting back her sense of self and recovering from her chronic fear of her ex. She attends a weekly counselling group, marries a gay man for convenience, and manages to get back into the work of producing live arts events. Dominique never sees Nzinga again, and later finds out about her death. In her counselling group, Dominique meets a woman named Laverne who she will later marry and have a family with. Happy ending!
Carole Chapters 1-5
Carole’s chapter begins with her thinking about people who throw themselves in front of trains, and how
... keep reading on reddit ➡Hello readers and welcome to the first discussion for Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo. For the full schedule visit the November Joint Schedule post here. For marginalia-yah head here, but beware there will be spoilers. As always there is a summary of the section. I have given a background of (the 400 million and one) characters, and a summary of events. As we have had a ton of info in this section and don't really know who/what is and isn't relevant it is a pretty hefty summary, sorry, but hopefully I have presented it in an easily accessible and useful way. There are, as always with me, squillions of questions in the comments for you to answer a few, all, or none at all as you prefer. Please also add your own comments and questions into the mix.
Next discussion will be Monday the 15th November on Dominique Chapter 6 through LaTisha Chapter 1 and hosted by u/dogobsess.
Happy reading fellow bookworms 📚
Amma Bonsu
- Amma, the 1st female artistic director at National London. Currently in her 50's, she has written 5 plays, and directed over 40. Yet still feels nervous about her current opening night for The Last Amazon of Dahomey about Nawi a fierce Amazon General reliving her life while approaching death. Amma has a 19 year old daughter Yazz with her gay friend Roland who is currently at uni. Amma hopes she will return home when she is done with her degree. Amma's father, Kwabena, a Ghanan journalist fighting for Independence left for England after hearing about his imminent arrest for sedition. Amma's mother, Helen, mixed race daughter of Nigerian student who disappeared, back to his wife and kids in Nigerian, after completing his studies at the University of Aberdeen. She moved to London after secretarial college where she discovered African dance and clubs. Helen and Kwabena had 3 sons (2 lawyers and one doctor) and Amma (expected to become wife and mother). Kwabena, a homophobic patriarch, was a vocal socialist and regularly force fed his family his politics about the evils of capitalism and colonialism. Helen an apologist, therefore, in Amma's opinion, complicit in the systemic opre
The nurse asked the rabbit, “what is your blood type?”
“I am probably a type O” said the rabbit.
The doctor says it terminal.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?
We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.
Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
I've just released episode 6, but I'd like to take just a moment to talk about what inspired Nawi Of The Lightning Tribe: In the West African state of Dahomey, around the 17th century, there was an elite unit of female soldiers (Amazons) that protected the king and saw actual combat. The name of the last living warrior from this special unit was Nawi, who died in November of 1979.
In episode 6: Nawi meets Funza, a young female soldier that appears to be a few years younger than her, in a prison cell on a cloud. As Eric attempts to reassemble the Ankh to finally escape Fatima, the living prison, Nawi attempts to distract Funza, but finds an unexpected connection to the soldier in the process.
Episode 6 - Nawi And The Prisoner In The Sky
Links to the podcast below:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nawi-of-the-lightning-tribe/id1602082488
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83ODhhNWUzMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw
https://radiopublic.com/nawi-of-the-lightning-tribe-G7Oy7e
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nawi-of-the-lightning-tribe
