Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up by Tom Phillips

Author:Tom Phillips
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Wildfire
Published: 2018-07-25T23:00:00+00:00

6 OF THE MOST POINTLESS WARS IN HISTORY

The War of the Bucket

An estimated 2,000 people died in this 1325 war between Italian city-states Modena and Bologna, which began when some Modenese soldiers stole a bucket from a well in Bologna. Modena won, and promptly stole another bucket.

The Anglo-Zanzibar War

The shortest war in history, at under three quarters of an hour. A Zanzibari sultan the British didn’t approve of claimed the throne, then barricaded himself in the palace, which the British proceeded to shoot at for a total of 38 minutes before he fled.

The Football War

In 1969, the long-simmering tensions between El Salvador and Honduras spilled over into actual war—largely sparked by violence during a series of tense World Cup qualifiers between the two countries. (El Salvador won the football; war was a draw.)

The War of Jenkins’s Ear

A war between Britain and Spain that lasted for over a decade and cost tens of thousands of lives started because in 1731 some Spanish privateers cut off a naval captain’s ear. By the time it was over it had expanded into the War of Austrian Succession, which involved just about every major country in Europe.

The Chamber Pot Rebellion

Robert Curthose was the eldest son of William the Conqueror who was moved to open rebellion against his father when William didn’t punish his two younger sons sufficiently after they tipped a full chamber pot over Robert’s head.

The War of the Golden Stool

A war between the British Empire and the Ashanti people of West Africa that started after the British governor threw a strop about the “ordinary chair” he was given and demanded to sit on the Golden Stool—a sacred throne nobody was allowed to sit on. The British won the war, but he never got to sit on the stool.

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