This is exactly what a AI would say!

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Oh boy. I haven't read Osman's Dream in like 15 years. Thanks for reminding me about it.

A Country of Vast Designs by Robert Merry, about Polk

I'm currently reading Osman's Dream by Caroline Finkel and I'm not quite to the 18th century yet, but going by the index there are several chapters about the 18th century Ottomans. From Mustafa II's accession to Napoleon first being mentioned is something like 70 pages.

It was supposed to be a peace agreement between rebel barons and the king, but neither side actually held to the agreement, the Pope annulled it, and then they had a war.

The Magna Carta Libertatum was a flawed document with high ideas that helped to lead to other similar documents, but it didn't actually accomplish all that much.

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They forgot “The End”.

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Pretty much. It’s undeniable that the document has had a huge influence on Western jurisprudence and governance, but at the time it was pretty inconsequential. That context gets lost far too often when it’s discussed.

I thought it was basically agreed opinion that, yes, this was one of the most monumental events in the last 1000 years.

You remember that time when the mega rich guys were upset at the ultra rich guy and made him sign a document he immediately ignored? War. Then blah blah. War again. Then democracy that still has a monarch. In conclusion, history.

Oh man you're in for a treat. Enjoy!

Also: stay away from BB/BCS social media to avoid spoilers =)

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This, wouldn't an AI at least get that right?

It has to be human written to make a mistake like that.

I just got there in the show:) it's heating up

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Lately I wonder how much of Reddit is still human. We're probably watching the very first case in history of AI's takeover.

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True, yet, the fact that more than 800 years later not a single country follows that principle can be a tad depressing.

I'm not surprised. I didn't say that the traditions were completely different and alien to us — just that they were different. I'm aware that some of the makeup practices in the past wrre done for similar if not the exact same reasond as today, but at the same time they also did makeup for other reasons (such as specifically to ward away evil).

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>Its raised, open left hand has six fingers, while the right holds a snake, or a rattle, with its head facing the ground.

I wonder if they considered polydactyly significant, if this was a specific individual who was the "model", or if it was just a way they chose to depict this guy's hand for some reason? It's the little details that are always so fascinating to me.

Rex is Latin for King, Regina is Latin for Queen.

I wondered too. It reads a lot like the smartest 9th grader around. And I don't understand the motivation to make a post about what you think is the most significant event in history, with very obvious introductory and concluding sentences.