momo-marks.bsky.social
@momo-marks.bsky.social
For those interested, the MOMO in my handle derives from the Momoyama Period in Japan. My interest in politics and the arts will serve as a focus for my posts. Where the two cultures intersect can be found in the battles to find unity in both. www.metmuseum.org/essays/momoy...
Momoyama Period (1573–1615) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
With the decline of Ashikaga power in the 1560s, the feudal barons, or daimyos, began their struggle for control of Japan. The ensuing four decades of constant warfare are known as the Momoyama (Peach...
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February 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Google AI suggests, "The Salvadoran Civil War lasted from 1972-1992". In truth, our involvement in that conflict began much earlier. I was an exchange student there in 1967 during the “Soccer War,” and the US military was already involved. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/so...
July 14, 1969: Soccer War
In 1969, a brief war broke out between Honduras and El Salvador.
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February 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM