Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoTIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandiclemmy.worldimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down11
arrow-up158arrow-down1imageTIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandiclemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squarerandint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoIn Chinese it’s called 南北戰爭, which means South-North War. Not as interesting as the Icelandic name though
minus-squarePhlubbaDubba@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoGiven Chinese history you’d think that name would be reserved for…well IDK draw any time china wasn’t unified out of a hat lol
minus-squareIgnasi@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoWell we do have a period called the Northern and Southern dynasties, but most of the time we are devided into multiple states and it’s hard to tell who is south and who is north, so …
In Chinese it’s called 南北戰爭, which means South-North War. Not as interesting as the Icelandic name though
Given Chinese history you’d think that name would be reserved for…well IDK draw any time china wasn’t unified out of a hat lol
Well we do have a period called the Northern and Southern dynasties, but most of the time we are devided into multiple states and it’s hard to tell who is south and who is north, so …