#Medina river

[middleland]

Tiger and a Barn by Britt Johnson

Via Flickr:

After getting a new track warrant in hand, rock train 712 leaves Spencer and starts the second part of the day's journey east now on the Akron Subdivision. Nice classic midwestern red barn back there framed up under the leading SD40-2.     

[simspaghetti]

Snowflake Day Celebrations ☃️💝

[soltlane1]

Surah Al-Kawthar

Surah Al-Kawthar In The Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Verily, We have granted you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) Al-Kauthar (a river in Paradise); (Quran 108:1) Therefore turn in prayer to your Lord and sacrifice (to Him only). (Quran 108:2) For he who makes you angry (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)), – he will be cut off (from every good thing in this world and in the…

[sonyachristian]

Moments that take our breath away - May 2024

[mizar-alcor-art]

InkTober 2023 Day 8. Toad

@mizar_alcor_art on Instagram.

Prompt list is here!

Thank you InkTober for all the hard work you put into this every year.

[wightwanderer]

E1 class W2 Yarmouth heads a Southbound freight from Medina Wharf towards Newport in May 1933.

The Medina river can be seen on the right.

[sacramentohistorymuseum]

Happy Islamic New Year! Also known as the Hijri New Year, it is the first day of Muharram, which is the first month in the Islamic calendar. The starting point of Islamic calendar is migration of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE. This day, observed at sunset of July 6th this year, signifies a time of renewal and spiritual contemplation.

Did you know Sacramento is home to the second oldest Muslim Mosque in the United States west of the Mississippi River? The Muslim community has grown in the Sacramento area ever since the early 1900s. A large majority of those who came to California in the early 1900s were South Asian immigrants seeking education in the United States or were refugees fleeing colonial oppression.

Construction of the Mosque began in 1941 at 411 V Street and was finished in 1947. This Mosque continues to serve the Islamic community today as part of the Muslim Mosque Association.

For today, Jared letterpress printed a Hijri New Year greeting with black rubber base ink using a 4x6 Golding Official #2 tabletop printing press. The text reads, “Hijri New Year 1st day of Muharram,” and was typeset with 30 point Caslon type font.

[blackrainbowblade]

Miniature pyramids built over the graves of the workmen for the Valley of the Kings. More than a millennium after the Giza pyramids were built, the tomb-builders of Egypt's New Kingdom still sought to reference their form in their own graves.

Deir el Medina (the village where they lived and where these tombs were built) is not a reflection of everyday life in Egypt. There is plenty of evidence that it was more like a holy/sacred community. For one thing, the proximity of these tombs to the village itself is unusual. The Egyptians liked to separate out their spaces for living and dying. That the tomb artists removed themselves from regular society to live on the edge of the desheret (dry land) rather than on the more hospitable land at the River's edge, suggests that they were already associating themselves with death and the afterlife (unsurprising, I suppose, given that their lives were dedicated to decorating tombs).

Interesting parallels play out in Egypt's later history. Take, for example, Akhenaten and his decision to build a new city on a desert plain, dedicated to his god. Did that action mirror, on a grander scale, the building of a place like Deir el Medina and the dedication of its inhabitants to their service of the gods? A thousand years later still, monasticism in Egypt took on a very peculiar form, in which monks would remove themselves from civilization to live in walled communities, again in the desert. The extent to which these dedicated communities inspired one another over the years is up for debate, but the similarities are perplexing - elite, religious communities, dedicating themselves to a purpose, and isolating themselves from the rest of their community.

Tldr: I get tired of folks acting like Deir el Medina was a 'typical village'. It really, really wasn't.

[eretzyisrael]

There are a number of chants you're likely to hear at the weekly 'hate marches'. One is 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free', another is 'free free Palestine'. Neither are advocating a 'Palestinian State' alongside Israel, but rather one replacing it - in other words the annihilation of the world's only Jewish State. There is, however, a third chant you will sometimes hear. It goes like this: 'Khaybar, Khaybar, oh Jews, the army of Mohammed will return.' It recalls the assaults on the Jewish communities of Medina and the surrounding area in the first few years of Islam's existence, and is probably the last time the Muslims defeated the Jews in battle. Sadly, as October 7th proved, not that much has changed in over 1,500 years.

Likud Herut UK

[thursdaygrl]

ok i have saved some drafts but it's up in the air whether i'm keeping all of them. for right now i'd like some new things so like for a one liner from one of the muses under the cut!

aurelio ferrante, 21, bisexual, he/him, simone baldasseroni fc

dove velazquez, 19, bisexual, she/her, jenna ortega fc

grayson rhodes, 34, straight, he/him, glen powell fc

letha barclay, 26, bisexual, she/her, jaz sinclair fc

maren bergstrom, 22, bisexual, she/her, hunter schafer fc

quinn zhang, 19, bisexual, she/her, lola tung fc

river im, 24, lesbian, she/they, london thor fc

ronan paynter, 23, straight, he/him, bryn chapman parish fc

rory medina, 23, lesbian, she/her, ruby cruz fc

orpheus ‘sully’ sullivan, 26, bisexual, he/him, mike faist fc

susanna ‘sosie’ vanderbilt, 21, bisexual, she/her, sydney sweeney fc

stevie poole, 21, lesbian, she/her, erana james fc

[matchalovertrait]

Grand Opening: Postres de Alegría.

Looking for a delicious pan dulce, cakes, or cookies? Pay us a visit here at Postres de Alegría! Our baker, Noemí Alegría has many years of experience. You might have purchased products from her humble stand in the past, and the products are the exact same! However, now you can sit down and enjoy your pasties in the comfort of our bakery. You'll feel right at home.

Feel free to borrow one of our books from our shelves and perhaps grab a cup of our Colombian coffee. Teodor Medina, co-owner, brought his vast knowledge over from Isla Paradiso, so our coffee is all-authentic. There is also the option of taking your food to our outdoor area and enjoying the warmth of the sun near our town's river.

We hope you visit soon!

[pleistocene-pride]

Megatherium known as the giant ground sloth or the megathere is an extinct genus of ground sloth which lived throughout South America from the Pliocene to Pleistocene some 5 million to 12,000 years ago. The first known remains of Megatherium consisting of a mostly complete skeleton were discovered in 1788 by Manuel Torres, on the bank of the Luján River in Argentina. The fossil was shipped to Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid the following year, where it remains. It was reassembled by museum employee Juan Bautista Bru in 1795 and subsequently described by Georges Cuvier in 1796. Cuvier assigned the fossil the scientific name Megatherium americanum from the Greek méga 'great' and theríon 'beast' and americanum being a reference to the Americas. In the centuries to follow dozens of well preserved specimens have been recovered representing some 8 species considered valid: M.‭ ‬americanum‭,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬altiplanicum,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬gallardoi,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬istilarti,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬medinae,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬parodii,‭ and ‬M.‭ ‬sundti which are separated into the two sub-genuses of Megatherium and Pseudomegatherium. With the largest species reaching some 20ft (6m) in length, 7ft (2.1m) tall when on all fours, and 8,400 to 10,100lbs (3,810 to 4580kgs) in weight, megatherium surpassed most modern elephants in size making it not only one of the largest xenathrans but one of the largest mammals known to have ever existed. Megatherium had a robust skeleton with a large pelvic girdle and a broad muscular tail. Its large size enabled it to feed at heights unreachable by other contemporary herbivores. Rising on its powerful hind legs and using its tail to form a tripod, Megatherium could support its massive body weight while using the curved claws on its long forelegs to pull down branches. These large animals likely lived in small groups feeding during the day before spending there nights resting inside of caves and large burrows the animals likely dug using there massive claws. Megatherium became extinct around 12,000 years ago during the Quaternary extinction event, which also claimed most other large mammals throughout the world. The extinction coincides with the settlement of the Americas, and multiple kill sites where M. americanum was slaughtered and butchered, suggesting that human hunting helped caused the sloths extinction.

Art belongs to the following creators:

Megatherium Mother and Baby: Mark Witton https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-board-print/Megatherium-by-MarkWitton/40411556.TR477

Megatherium: Brian Engh

Lost World - Megatherium: Rob Brunette https://www.artstation.com/artwork/3dbQXY

[docpiplup]

10th part of the bookscans of Al Andalus. Historical Figures, here's the previous part

The Andalusian Vikings

The reign of Abd al-Rahman II was rich in events and one of them, that spread terror on the Andalusian coasts, was the arrival of the Vikings or Normans, whom the Muslims called machus, a word that could translate as “idolaters” or “fire worshipers.”

Both Arab and Christian sources record, in their chronicles, the arrival to the coasts of the Iberian Peninsula from those fearsome pirates, who devastated, robbed and killed, wreaking havoc among the peaceful people and whose sad memory remained for a long time.

In the year 844 these pirates made an appearance on the Atlantic coast of the Peninsula. It was the first time they had come there, although the year before, They had taken the French city of Nantes, and going up the Loire they had entered the Gironde River, reaching Bordeaux and Toulouse, through the Garonne.

One of their fleets moved south and the Normans landed in the coast of Asturias, very close to the city of Gijón. Then there was another disembark in Galicia, at the height, more or less, of A Coruña. There they were rejected and followed the direction of the Muslim Atlantic coasts.

On August 20, 844, fifty-four Viking ships, accompanied by a similar number of other smaller vessels were seen in the estuary of the Tagus River causing natural alarm, and even more so when it was learned that they had landed in Lisbon. The Muslims of the city prepared the defense, and there were three bloody skirmishes, in which there were many dead on both sides. Thirteen days later, the Machus decided reembark and put to sea. During this time, the Lisbon governor, Wahb Allah ben Hazm, warned Abd al-Rahman II of the danger ahead, and the emir immediately sent orders to the walis of the maritime regions so that they were on notice. The Normans continued south looking for another river that they could go up, since it was the route they used to go into dry land.

And before them appeared the mouth of the Guadalquivir river, a new opportunity to proceed with the usual looting. A part of the Norman fleet diverted and landed near Medina Sidonia. They proceeded to explore the interior at some length and took the port of Cádiz. The ships who went up the Guadalquivir headed towards Seville. Between city and the sea there is a swampy region, in which there are good pastures. Since ancient times, and also in Muslim times, they were raised studs of very good horses. Back then, between the two arms that formed the Guadalquivir, there was an island, called Captel and which today is known as Minor Island. There the Vikings made their first stop and supplied themselves of horses. Things seemed to be going well. The next day, the 30th September 844,

Four ships reached the town of Coría del Río, located about four kilometers away from Captel. They disembarked, proceeded to total looting and murdered the population, in one of their typical performances.

Three days later the Norman fleet. continued upriver and before the frightened eyes of the Sevillians, the black sails of the pirate ships appeared. The sad fate of the inhabitants of Coria del Río was known, and the terrified citizens rushed to organize themselves to resist, but the governor, no more scared than the others!, had fled towards Carmona. Lacking direction, they did what they could, sending to meet the machus' fleet some ships, which were received with a shower of incendiary arrows and they all burned without any possibility of defense.

Seville was evacuated as quickly as possible, although not everyone left the city, some because of their health status, others because they are elderly and others because they did not want to abandon their property, a useless precaution, since the Vikings, landing in Seville, killed them all. Women and children were taken captive, while a horrific looting of the city was carried out, which lasted seven days.

So much loot was obtained that the Norman ships were overcrowded, so much of wealth and of frightened Muslim women who did not know what was going to happen to them in the hands of those barbarians from the north. They decided to return to base that they had established in Captel and disembark everything they had achieved, it was impossible to continue sailing with such an abundant and precious cargo.

They immediately returned to Seville, in case there was anything that had escaped their first looting, but the city was deserted. There were only a few old people left who did not could help themselves and took refuge in a mosque. But not even the protection of sacred space was of no use to them: they all fell under the merciless swords of the vikings. Since then this mosque was known as the "Mosque of the Martyrs".

The Normans, after this raid, drew up a plan of action. The Guadalquivir, from the point they had reached, was difficult to navigate and trying to reach the rich Córdoba by river was almost impossible. So they proceeded to send horse parties to the north and west of Seville.

In Córdoba the fear was such at the possible arrival of the Vikings, that the entire population was placed at the disposal of the emir. Abd al-Rhaman II had not lost time. He called for general mobilization, both in the interior provinces of Al Andalus and in the Marches and when he received the first news of the misfortuned events in Seville, he sent an army under the command of his best general, towards the outskirts of the capital of Seville.

They took up positions in Aljarafe, very close to Seville, while all the troops arriving in Córdoba, from the general mobilization, were headed there, under the command of the eunuch Nasr.

It didn't take long for the Cordoban troops to clash with the Viking contingents that suffered a serious defeat. But still the Norman pirates were not completely defeated

and on November 11, 844, in Tablada, where the city airport is nowadays located, the final battle took place. The Normans had landed en masse to confront the emiral troops, but they fought with such bravery that they killed more than a thousand men, taking prisoners to another four hundred. The few Vikings who survived rushed to take refuge in their ships, while they saw how their four hundred companions captives, their throats were beheaded, one by one, before their eyes. With so much Norman mortality, about thirty ships were left empty, without people who could man them and they were burned immediately, as if to ward off their presence in those land. The Muslims entered Seville and its people returned when it was certain that the danger had passed.

The fear had been so great, the massacres of the Normans so mercilessly, that in the butcher shops of the Sevillian souk, the remains of the Muslim victory over the northern pirates were shown as trophies. Normans hands, feet, legs, were showed with pride, while in the palm trees of Tablada many Viking heads were left hanging. The defeat of the Normans was communicated to the entire Peninsula, and even Abd al-Rahman II sent news of it to North Africa. What remained of the pirate fleet put to sea and headed towards the French Aquitaine, but not before attempting other landings in Niebla, in the Algarve and in Lisbon. The following year, however, they would ravage the lands of Bordeaux and Saintonge, while other ships made a raid along the coast of Asilah in Morocco.

Up to this point this could be the story of the Norman adventures in the 9th century along the Andalusian coasts, but the story continues in an amazing way. The hasty flight of the Machus after the defeat of Tablada did not allow some groups of Normans to be collected, whichwere left on land and without any possibility of reembarking. Alone and without possible help, these groups dispersed through Carmona and Morón. Their presence filled the inhabitants of these lands with dread, although its potential for attack was extremely small, and the Umayyad general Muhammad ben Rustum, one of Tablada's heroes, went out to fight them. They had no more choice but to surrender, in exchange for saving one's life, which was no small thing, after their barbaric actions.

What to do in a strange land, so far from the Nordic mists and the women with blonde hair? The surviving Normans opted for a practical solution. Those men who only knew how to navigate, kill and loot, they were not going to join the emir's military forces, no, not at all. They converted to Islam, changed Thor and Odin for Allah and Muhammad, and in the lower valley of the Gudalquivir they dedicated themselves to cattle raising, and to milk industry! Those muladíes, converted into authentic Andalusians, made cheeses of extraordinary quality, greatly appreciated by consumers from Seville that were even sent to Córdoba.

That's how amazing life and history can be. Who was going to tell those brave Normans, when they left their distant lands, which at the end of their trip they would end up becoming Muslims and cheese makers!

[felteverywhere]

home from work today and i want to do some one liner starters to try and get back into the swing of things. like for a starter, list of muses i'm itching to use below! the vibe is gonna be spooky, romantic or both (feel free to pick one out).

booker ballard, 22, straight, he/him, asa germann fc.

dove velazquez, 19, bisexual, she/her, jenna ortega fc.

ellis jiang, 26, bisexual, he/they, derek luh fc.

este livingston, 28, bisexual, she/her, maddie phillips fc.

letha barclay, 26, bisexual, she/her, jaz sinclair fc tba.

river im, 24, lesbian, she/they, london thor fc / tba.

rory medina, 23, lesbian, she/her, ruby cruz fc.

[gayalanwake]

Last night I got bored so I tried to see if I just could casually “cosplay” these freaks and beavis ended up being really close. like gray shorts, same color shirt, etc. But this was the fucking shirt. I got it from a thrift store like a year ago. There is no documented existence of “river rat” in bandera, texas. my only guess is the Medina River Co but they have 0 mentions of a rat. It’s driving me crazy it’s so funny. Lost media but make it stupid. Anyways Beavis and butthead and everything is the same except Beavis wears this shit with 0 explanation ever

[breezypunk]

Ten Songs, Ten People

Thanks @miss--river for tagging me, it took me a couple days to get to this, I do love sharing music I'm into :3

Calm Down - Selena Gomez & Rema

Deja Vu - Post Malone & Justin Bieber

Unwell - Matchbox 20

Addiction - Medina

Losing My Life - Falling In Reverse ( very cyberpunk coded).

You Don't Know - V A Y U

Radar - Britney Spears

Delicate - Taylor Swift

Happiness Amplified - Above & Beyond (<3)

Sunlight - Ambyion

Tagging: @wanderingaldecaldo @zyana-wyvern @wraithsoutlaws @faepunkprince @a-pirate @ghostoffuturespast @togepies @thelonestrider @elvenbeard @alphanight-vp