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History of metalworking and traditional techniques 2017-05-08 07:17:12 Post No.2778424
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History of metalworking and traditional techniques
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2017-05-08 07:17:12
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Unfortunately my internet died on me so I couldn't check to see if there was any interest last night. I'm a professional blacksmith who only uses traditional techniques and I specialize in forge welding, as such I have a wealth of knowledge on the processes that were commonly used throughout the iron age up through the industrial revolution. I also have a working knowledge of bronzesmithing, sheetmetal work, and I even know a little about metalcasting. Aside from that I'm pretty knowledgeable about the arms and armor that were commonly used throughout most of europe and how those were constructed even though I mainly do ornamental work.
I'd be more than happy to answer any and all questions if any of you have any.
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Can you pleace explain the main differencies between a normal (German) finery forge and a Walloon forge, what exactly is the difference in the process?
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>>2778424
Also, can you explain the Brescia process of steel making
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What innovations took place between the iron age to the renaissance? Particularly the innovations or other changes like maybe improved trade increasing access to low impurity iron ore that made the gladius obsolete, allowed the medieval long sword and allowed plate armor.
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What are some arguments against eugenics? I feel as though the vast majority of people would turn their kids into chads or Stacys which would stagnant humanity to a degree.
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>Asians with tits
One of my fetishes. Post more.
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>>2778382
Answer the question first.
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The credibility of ancient Greek historians 2017-05-08 06:40:53 Post No.2778248
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The credibility of ancient Greek historians
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2017-05-08 06:40:53
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We all know and are certain that most ancient Greek historians were more often dubious and exaggerative than not, however, did it reach points where they almost entirely didn't record/mention great events where the Greeks were defeated (or something along the lines of such)? For example, in known history the war between the Macedonians and the Achaemenids, the Macedonian record is clean (zero defeats), however it appears there are anecdotes that the Macedonians were decisively defeated in Anatolia during Phillip's reign by the Persians (led by the infamous Memnon of Rhodes) Near Magnesia (this army was led by Parmenion).
There also comes the potential exaggerations of actual battles where Alexander was in; for example, some modern historians question the fact that Alexander was in the fore-front of the fighting in the Granicus and that the Hellennic mercenaries were defeated by a frontal Macedonian assault and that Alexander narrowly avoided death from the hands of a Persian general, and killed another with a spear, instead stating that he most likely crossed a ford downriver with his companions and flanked the Persians/Greeks, and there might be also historians questioning if Alexander actually came close to Darius III during Gaugamela.
Discuss this
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We have barely any of the Greek historians available to us, it's impossible to know how accurate they were. That said, Based Thucydides is the only one (afaik) to openly and clearly state that many of the things he was recording were mere hearsay. Ancient historians in general don't seem to have cared too much about being absolutely truthful, but more about pushing their agenda (much like modern historians, really).
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>>2778248
to add to my previous points;
Greek historian credibility was almost certainly shaky (Herodotus claiming there was millions of Persians at Thermopylae, other historians had similar consensuses, etc) Some Roman historians were also known to exaggerate and so on, however it's known that Roman historians, even the most biased of them, still recorded everything, included the great defeats (sometimes more than the victories), the question here is; did Greek historians almost entirely ignore/leave out their defeats?
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Yes, it's obvious that alot of historians were working on Hearsay (alot of historians lived atleast a decade after the events they were recording, some others lived centuries)
What if world governments are running crypto eugenics and underground breeding programs to breed and groom their elites and we're all just tax and debt cattle and cannon fodder to them and we don't even know?
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High how are you?
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yes, it´s this humanities board again, ktbye
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>>2778059
Obviously
That's 9gag tier redpilling you have to go deeper
The creator of Quantum computers recently posited that within 50 years we would have machines that will outpace us in every aspect.
He says this with glee. And why not replace the bulk of humanity with machines?
I would replace the bulk of humanity with machines if I could. So no hard feelings.
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ITT: People looking cool af throughout history
pic is Roof Koreans from L.A. Riot
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>>2777867
>make thread more suited for /fa/
>throw "history" in the sentence
>/his/ worthy!
This is a photograph from ancient Egypt
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>>2777892
stop whining faggot
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>>2777892
people on /his/ would actually be more knowledgable on cool looking /his/torical figures tho
many frequenters of /fa/ probably don't even care that much about history
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Philosophical Edgelord No.1
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>"edgy"
Edgy from a modern perspective maybe. His views were only those that, prior to the french revolution, every well-born person considered sane and normal.
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>>2777886
>well-born person
by which he means someone with a noble pedigree, so 1 or 2% of the population, who just happened to be the ones in charge at the time.
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>>2777902
The 1% is still in charge. Just bankers and investors instead of noblemen. YMMV on who's worse.
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Need someone to identify this for me 2017-05-08 05:03:11 Post No.2777799
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Need someone to identify this for me
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Found this in a truck i recently purchased and just wondering if anyone knows anything about this
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I can read the word "Basileios" on the OP image but I can't tell anything else. Do you live in Greece or Anatolia?
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Greek coin, probably silver, writing says "Basileus" meaning King.
Congratulations. Nice piece but no idea what it's worth.
see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basileus
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What do you know about the Nation of Islam?
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It is neither a nation, nor does it follow Islam.
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>>2777705
kek
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>>2777590
They speak for black Americans, but are feared and despised by white america.
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Who is the most evil figure in history? 2017-05-08 03:58:42 Post No.2777576
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Who is the most evil figure in history?
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most places i look the top few are Hitler and Stalin etc, with absolutely no mention of mother theresa or other 'wolves in sheeps clothing'
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They always cite that one book.
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Ronald Reagan
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>>2777576
t. euphoric
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Why couldn't the allies pull this off after the two world wars? It doesn't make Greece so Turkish as to be Islamified but at the same time gives Greece control of both the bosphorus strait and the dardanelles as well as uniting Greek people under one nation.
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Between generally being war-weary and the Russian Civil War, the allies couldn't be motivated to intervene.
I suppose if it had gotten really bad (like the Turks advancing into Greek-held territory pre-WWI), then they might have intervened.
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Why would they even consider giving parts of Turkey, an ally, to Greece after ww2?
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>>2777574
>turkey
>ally
They were neutral except towards the end.
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Post your favourite historical death. For me its pic related
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hannibal
give me your grayskined mammals and carthaginian salt fuckers
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>>2777495
Oskar Dirlewanger
single handily proved karma exists and is a cognitive being
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>>2777584
Freisler too.
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The Failures of Communism/Socialism 2017-05-08 03:14:15 Post No.2777433
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The Failures of Communism/Socialism
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2017-05-08 03:14:15
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... can be traced to three main phenomena:
1) The implementation of these ideologies in name only, with a cursory resemblance to the actual thing.
2) The precedent of "human nature," (i.e. corrupt leaders who embezzle, murder, and steal). This is everyone's favorite one to bring up.
3) The one everyone conveniently forgets: U.S. Foreign Policy was largely built around destabilizing these nations... especially if there was a chance they might become successful. That foreign policy was disguised by the "good intentions" of preventing human rights violations by autocratic leaders who Western Capitalist Powers then replaced with new autocratic leaders. This cycle of leader replacement is difficult for the masses to follow, destabilizes entire regions continually, and serves as a circular justification for continually engaging in interventionist warfare in order to steal resources, prevent ideas from taking hold, and maintain dominance as world police.
The only justification for this kind of foreign policy is that it works. There is no moral or ethical justification and it prevents indigenous populations of various regions from politically organizing themselves in whatever way comes most natural to them... even if that natural way is inherently oppressive or confusing to the monolithic Capitalist Imperialist West.
Am I crazy for seeing things this way? It seems like US foreign policy is built around cutthroat machiavellian game-theory bullshit in which the goal is to continually generate justifications for destabilizing interventionist warfare in which the indigenous populations are left without any sort of political identity and a puppet leader who will again be deposed in 20 or so years.
Am I crazy? What's the deal, with this /his/? What knowledge can you bring to the table about the success or lack thereof in nations and how they are linked to the foreign policies of imperialist "world police" type nations.
Why are we tight with the Saudis, but not Russia?
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>Why are we tight with the Saudis, but not Russia?
Russia was an actual real, existential threat to Western hegemony, while Muslims are way too disorganized, lacking of intellectual institution and martial tradition to pose as a real threat.
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>>2777446
Interesting answer. Not the one I expected. Is there any good literature that elaborates on these kinds of foreign policy distinctions?
I'm in my 20s and just starting to pay attention to the nitty-gritty of this stuff. I am by no means majoring in political science or history, but would like, at the very least, to have an ankle-deep knowledge in these things by the time I am thirty.
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>>2777433
there isn't an ideology that will work when done by shit people in shit places. just try to keep that in mind.
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Redpill me on JudeoChristian Angels
Heck, gimme the skinny on angels in general
What are they? Is it wrong to see them as lesser deities?
Do all good peoples become angels upon death, or is that a misunderstanding?
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>JudeoChristian
This term makes no sense.
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>>2777428
> Is it wrong to see them as lesser deities?
Yes, they are barely above humans and vulnerable to the same deceptions
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>>2777442
>The term Judeo-Christian groups Judaism and Christianity, either in reference to Christianity's derivation from Judaism or due to perceived parallels or commonalities shared between those two religions
Perhaps you prefer "Abrahamic"
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In all seriousness without naughty little memes what really would the world be like had Germany won WW2?
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>>2777421
>without naughty little memes
Pic unrelated then.
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>>2777421
If anything it would have ended up like the USSR
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>>2777421
Germany rules over the irradiated cinder of Europe and pretty much everything sucks.
So this guy it's pretty polarizing to say the least.
What he did good, what he did wrong and why is so such a polarizing figure between cubans and comrades?
>No memes
>No fabricated kill counts
>Be objective
>Facts
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> What he did good
public health and education
> What he did wrong
everything else, specially about national economy (he recognized this himself in interviews)
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>>2777396
"polarizing" implies anyone outside of the far left fringe likes him
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>>2777438
It's a pretty polarizing character in the far left too