 Blog PostsFriends         | BlogAncient UkraineSettlement by modern humans in Ukraine and its vicinity dates back to 32,000 BC, with evidence of the Gravettian culture in the Crimean Mountains.[29][30] By 4,500 BC, the Neolithic Cucuteni–Trypillia culture was flourishing in wide areas of modern Ukraine, including Trypillia and the entire Dnieper-Dniester region. Ukraine is also considered to be the likely location for the domestication of the horse.[31][32][33][34] During the Iron Age, the land was inhabited by Cimmerians, Scythians, and Sarmatians.[35] Between 700 BC and 200 BC it was part of the Scythian kingdom.[36]From the 6th century BC, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine colonies were established on the north-eastern shore of the Black Sea, such as at Tyras, Olbia, and Chersonesus. These thrived into the 6th century AD. The Goths stayed in the area, but came under the sway of the Huns from the 370s. In the 7th century, the territory that is now eastern Ukraine was the centre of Old Great Bulgaria. At the end of the century, the majority of Bulgar tribes migrated in different directions, and the Khazars took over much of the land.[37] In the 5th and 6th centuries, the early Slavic Antes people lived in Ukraine. The Antes were the ancestors of Ukrainians: White Croats, Severians, Eastern Polans, Drevlyans, Dulebes, Ulichians, and Tiverians. Migrations from the territories of present-day Ukraine throughout the Balkans established many South Slavic nations. Northern migrations, reaching almost to Lake Ilmen, led to the emergence of the Ilmen Slavs, Krivichs, and Radimichs, the groups ancestral to the Russians. Following an Avar raid in 602 and the collapse of the Antes Union, most of these peoples survived as separate tribes until the beginning of the second millennium. Aphrodite (Origin of April?)This is interesting.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite April & Aphrodite: Etymology of AprilFourth month, c. 1300, aueril, from Old French avril (11c.), from Latin (mensis) Aprilis, second month of the ancient Roman calendar, from a stem of uncertain origin and meaning, with month-name suffix -ilis as in Quintilis, Sextilis (the old names of July and August). Perhaps based on Apru, an Etruscan borrowing of Greek Aphrodite. Or perhaps *ap(e)rilis "the following, the next," from its place as the second month of the old Roman calendar, from Proto-Italic *ap(e)ro-, from PIE *apo- "away, off" (see apo-; compare Sanskrit aparah "second," Gothic afar "after". Old folk etymology connected it with Latin aperire "to open." In English in Latin form from mid-12c.; it replaced Old English Eastermonað, which was named for a fertility goddess (see Easter). Re-spelled in Middle English on Latin model (apprile, first attested late 14c.). Aphrodite (n.) Greek goddess of love and beauty, personification of female grace, 1650s; the Ancients derived her name from Greek aphros "foam," from the story of her birth, but the word is perhaps rather from Phoenician Ashtaroth (Assyrian Ishtar). Beekes writes, "As the goddess seems to be of Oriental origin ..., the name probably comes from the East too. .... It may have entered Greek via another language." He concludes, "[I]t seems possible that the name came from the one languages [sic] which on historical grounds we should expect to be relevant: Cypriot Phoenician." Associated by the Romans with their Venus, originally a less-important goddess. In 17c. English, pronounced to rhyme with night, right, etc.Plant IntelligenceDo the Plants lack Intelligence?I think not! https://www.speaktothewild.org/2016/11/the-intelligence-of-trees-part-1-of-4/ Mad Dioghttps://www.worldhistory.org/Diogenes_of_Sinope/Peace Lover's SongSong for the coming WarCourage nou is needed! We're gaun tae hae a Warr! Find that fighting Spurrut Whuch ye showed aforre! We wull no shurrenderr! Oan that pit the Lud! We wull go doun fighting! As oor Feitherrs dud! The Be'err Wurrld us coming! Yuu see uf ut's noat! Scoatsmen tuu arre coming! Fearr we havenae goat! More Old-Tyme Religionen.wikipedia.org/wiki/GalliHamish wears a Hat! :)I beloang tae Glasgoa!Dearr auld Glesga Toun! But whit's the Ma'err wi' Glasgow, Cos ut's gaun roond an' roond.....! www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/glasgow-statue-famous-for-traffic-cone-hat-gets-makeover-for-ukraine/ar-AAUJ7DE Human PotentialThere's good and bad in every human Group.Let's see the best of Ukraine! The best of Russia! Sir Harry LauderOut of Fashion now?No longer Top of the Pops? I'm an Old Fogey for liking this? Don't give a Monkey's! Quality is Quality! Always did despise Fashion!  |
