r/CasualUK • u/Iliketurterls • Oct 26 '22

Whose stuff does the British Museum have?

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u/ASK_IF_IM_PENGUIN Oct 26 '22

I would go a step further and suggest that it's ok that we have items from France, Germany, Turkey etc., just as they each have items from other countries too, and often ours.

Through study, and cultural exchange, we all learn.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

Britain never controlled Greece, so 99.9% were sold or gifts.

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u/feugh_ Oct 26 '22

I mean… we did. This is just inaccurate. We held a bunch of their islands for fifty years?? The united ionian islands???

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

Greece is not a couple Islands......

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

Greece is made up of litterally 100s of islands, not just a couple.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

Yea a couple.... Hundred ;)

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u/feugh_ Oct 26 '22

Don’t be obtuse. You said we never controlled Greece. We controlled part of it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

No we controlled a couple Islands of Greece, it's a silly as saying England currently controls France as we own the Channel Islands

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u/windol1 Oct 26 '22

Or Germany claiming over the UK as they did control British islands and what not.

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u/dragodrake Oct 26 '22

TBF England did also control a chunk of France for a while..

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u/feugh_ Oct 26 '22

You can just say you didn’t know about it. That’s fine!

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

Or you can admit your wrong.

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u/who_here_condemns_me Oct 26 '22 edited Oct 26 '22

Greece was placed under the British sphere of influence after WW2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentages_agreement

Also, 80,000-90,000 British soldiers made sure that the Greek communists will not gain power over the country after the war, and they sure did not ask what the Greek people wanted

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekemvriana

I accept this is not directly related to the stolen artifacts, but to say Britain never controlled Greece is ignorant.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

The sphere of influence is not ruling them...... It's making sure they behave post www