Tartary Empire - Beyond The Fringe

[Danfromthehills]

I had no idea that this idea had already  occurred to folks...

did the Roman Empire ever try to build railroads?
While the Roman Empire did not build railroads in the modern sense, they did utilize paved trackways that served a similar logistical purpose. These systems featured grooves carved into stone roads to guide wheeled vehicles, often to transport heavy freight or ships across land.
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Key Transportation "Rail" Systems
Grooved Trackways: Roman engineers constructed cargo systems where stone roadways had embedded grooves. Carts with metal-cased wooden wheels ran in these tracks to move heavy construction materials or commercial goods.
The Diolkos: Although originally Greek, the Romans utilized and maintained the Diolkos, a paved trackway used to pull entire ships across the Isthmus of Corinth to avoid dangerous sea travel.
Industrial Use: Primitive rail-like systems were sometimes used in Roman quarries and mines to guide heavy carts pulled by oxen or laborers.
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Why They Didn't Build Modern Railroads
Despite having vast engineering knowledge, several factors prevented the development of steam-powered or iron-railed systems:
Metallurgical Limits: Roman steel production was not advanced enough to create the high-pressure pipes and boilers required for functional steam engines.
Economic Disincentives: The abundance of cheap slave labor made the development of labor-saving machines less economically attractive.
Technology vs. Toys: While inventors like Heron of Alexandria created the aeolipile (a primitive steam turbine), it was treated as a novelty or toy rather than a tool for industrial work.
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The "Roman Chariot" Myth
A common urban legend suggests that modern railroad gauges were based on Roman chariot widths. While early English rail builders may have been influenced by existing road ruts, historical research indicates that Roman axle widths varied significantly and were not a single "standard" that directly dictated modern rail dimension.

https://www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/d...ts%20myths.

I gotta throw in this old black & white movie from 1930 when they still had active steam engines.  If there was ever a Hollywood movie about steam engines, this one is in the category.  They were monsters! I do catch Tartaria elements here and there in movies filmed 95 years ago. Here is "Danger Lights" from 1930.

Study the tracks in Malta with stone gear tracks.

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Ahh...This machine will allow me to post this pic. It must me my security software preventing me to post anything (saved) from this machine. New Laptop.

Would something like at 10 seconds in, fit with that idea?

[Danfromthehills]

[Danfromthehills]

when was Ashera demoted?





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Goddess Asherah | Journeying(?) to the GoddessAsherah was officially demoted from a worshipped consort of Yahweh to a "sacred tree or pole" (Asherim) and erased from the biblical canon during the rise of strict monotheism in Judah, primarily during the 7th–6th centuries BC

[Danfromthehills]

when was Ashera demoted?








Goddess Asherah | Journeying(?) to the GoddessAsherah was officially demoted from a worshipped consort of Yahweh to a "sacred tree or pole" (Asherim) and erased from the biblical canon during the rise of strict monotheism in Judah, primarily during the 7th–6th centuries BC.

How has Ashera, Venus, not returned to her position near the "King of the heavens? Today. She is accompanied by Hermes, Mercury, in this age, but, still.

https://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2013/10...d-falling/

[Danfromthehills]

[Danfromthehills]

When Aashera left El.

[Danfromthehills]

What if it wasn't humans that built the walls, but AI?

from r/OrthodoxChristianity

This is the second time I have heard Venus leaving with Jesus' ministry on Eart., but the first was the church of Aessa.


from that thread...


Sun and moon, personified, understood as gods or angelic beings; they were at Christ’s crucifixion and often are shown hiding behind clouds even these lesser spiritual beings couldn’t bear to see the creator crucified.

Or soooomething like that.

My very basic paraphrased version of understanding these.

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The sun and moon are turning away their faces in horror upon seeing their Creator crucified.

They aren't ufos, they're Venus and Mars. One is red, the other white and eight pointed.

[Danfromthehills]

[Danfromthehills]

How rampant  was infanticide in the late Roman period?



Infanticide and infant exposure (leaving babies to die) were widespread and socially accepted practices in the Roman Empire, peaking in usage around the 3rd and early 4th centuries CE. While common, it was not universally accepted;Stoics, Jews, and Christians criticized it, and it was only formally outlawed, with the practice beginning to diminish, in 374 CE.

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Key Aspects of Infanticide in the Late Roman Period
Widespread Practice: Exposure was common across the empire as a way to manage family size or discard unwanted (illegitimate, female, or sickly) infants.
Method: Infants were often left in designated places (like dump heaps) to die, or sometimes taken by traffickers to be raised as slaves or for prostitution.
Legal Status: Until the 4th century, fathers had the right to abandon children, as babies weren't considered full human beings until acknowledged.
Shift in Attitudes: Constantine I began limiting the practice after 313 CE, and a full legal ban was enacted by Valentinian I in 374 CE, likely driven by Christian moral influence.
Controversy in Evidence: While some archeological sites, such as in Hambleden, show high concentrations of infant remains, historians debate whether this was universal or if "exposure" often resulted in abandonment and slavery rather than immediate death.

[Danfromthehills]

Sometimes, humans did build this way.



what construction style was used during the Magi Restoration in Japan?



Hidden Wonders of Japan] Meiji Mura: The Story of Japan's ...During the Meiji Restoration (1868–1912), Japanese construction shifted rapidly from traditional wood to Western-influenced styles, characterized by an eclectic mix of masonry and brick. Key styles included early Giyōfū (pseudo-Western) buildings designed by Japanese carpenters, and later, formal brick structures designed by foreign architects, such as the Redbrick warehouses in Yokohama.

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Key Construction Characteristics:
Giyōfū (Pseudo-Western): Popular in the early Meiji period, this style used traditional wooden construction and plaster, but imitated Western facades, chimneys, and veranda details.
Brick and Stone: Western engineers introduced fire-resistant brick buildings, transforming cityscapes like the Ginza district after a fire in 1872.
Eclectic/Hybrid Style: Often combined Japanese materials with European gothic or classical aesthetics, such as in the Tsukiji Hotel (1868).
Key Examples: The Akarenga red brick buildings in Yokohama (1911-1913) and Tokyo Station (designed later) exemplify the shift toward sturdy, modern infrastructure.