What the fuck was their problem?
Are they mongols ?
There faces show that you wouldn't enjoy the temporary enrichement.
>>2750077
They are Boxers, from the Boxer Rebellion in China, circa 1895.
>>2749183
Their problem was with Western Imperialism in China. They clogged enough machine gun barrels with their corpses to convince the western powers that actually directly ruling over China was too much trouble, and carving out spheres of influence while letting the Qing stay was the most effective solution.
Internally, the failure of the Boxer rebellion (who supported the Qing, but didn't get much support back), convinced the revolutionaries that no amount of promised Qing reforms would be enough, and that the Qing had to go.
>>2750103
Wow never heard of it. Fucking hell, they were merciless.
are there any god-tier documentaries on the level of The Romanovs (pic related)? am willing to watch a series on virtually any subject as long as it's this good.
help a pleb who learns /his/ from tv out... didn't ask on /tv/ because fuck them
Kenneth Clark's Civilisation is the best history documentary series I have ever seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6qYjisp51M
The Greatest Story Never Told
>>2749162
The greatest story never told
All of John greens videos
Guns germs and steel
Ancient aliens
All of lindybeige's videos
Was it worse to be a slave if you were female? Compare the best conditions versus the worse.
Pic would likely be the best conditions for women, being the harem girl of some Turk being coddled in exchange for sex.
>being well fed, well clothed, and fucked on a daily basis is literal slavery for women
>>2749090
The best condition for men would be a house slave supervisor of other slaves.
But in exchange for being well fed and housed you had to actually use your brain and compete with other slaves for the position.
>>2749090
if it's a harem doesn't it mean that it's not necessary you'd be fucked daily right?
I mean aren't there other girls in the harem too?
Mohammed was an Irishman. His seizure fever dreams about Allah were the result of delirium tremens. Prove me wrong. Inshallah: you cannot
U wot m8?
Lol
That'd be some shit, wouldn't it?
>>2749097
kek it really would
While visiting the states, I decided to watch a documentary about world war II on the History channel in my hotel room. Historical revisionism. What a load of rubbish.
It was so awful I could not finish watching it. I went down to bar in the hotel lobby to have a drink and I casually mentioned the the gross American bias of the documentary to my bartender. Some other patrons overheard the complaint and decided to defend the claims made by the documentary about Montgomery, verbally degrading the man in a most disrespectful fashion. The conversation became heated and as I quickly found myself outnumbered, I bowed out as gracefully as I could and retired to my room.
I just discovered that Americans believe Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery was a bad commander.
You do realize that the only reason you believe this is due to the fact that American generals used him as a scapegoat to conceal their own incompetence, right?
>>2748930
So, wait. You watched something on the history channel, and then went to the hotel bar and the random patrons around there were wall familiar with the claims made in some TV documentary, and willing to argue with a stranger over it?
Look dude, I know people make up stories on a Jamaican turtle herding forum, but can't you at least TRY to make a plausible one? And this is coming from a burger who thinks that Monty was a pretty good general, all things considered.
>>2748969
I didn't say they were familiar with the documentary.
I said they were familiar with the claims made by the documentary.
>>2748930
Most commanders are done injustice in the popular conception for various reasons. Very few people know that Gallipoli was largely a French plan, for instance. The British had wanted to attack Alexandretta and cleave Turkey in two, France refused because they didn't want to expose Syria to the British.
>be me, in high school
>taking psych course
>anthropology is a mini unit of the course
>have a class discussion about something or other, cant remember now
>classmate asks, "Why do we need to learn history? Why is it important?"
>me, being stupid, instinctively put up my hand and think that some answer will come
>have nothing, squeak out something about how we need to be proud of where we came from or something
>class decides that classmate is correct in his thoughts that history doesn't matter as there arent any arguments
This shit has been on my mind for a year and a half, does anyone have any good answers?
>>2748878
you can only understand the present if you understand the circumstances that led to it
By studying history, we can recognize trends in culture and religion that have eventually become assumptions in our modern worldview. By learning about them in an objective, historical way, we can refine or surpass them.
Knowledge is intrinsically valuable. This is axiomatic, and non-demonstrable. You either accept it or you don't, as a foundation of your ethos. If you do, the value of history becomes self-evident.
Why are so many young men becoming reactionary nowadays? All I ever hear from 'em is how they're going to "unite "Evropa"" and fight "degeneracy". Like lmao who talks like this? Why are they pretending that all Europeans care that they're Europeans? Like stop LARPing, bruh.
There are a lot of Amerilarpers talking like that.
It's normal for people to become conservative in reaction to massive changes in society.
>>2748823
contrarianism
>"unite "Evropa""
Europe will be united alright, just not in the way they imagine
Anyone working as a history teacher in US public school here?
How bad is it?
>>2748800
It entirely depends on the school. I student taught in Michigan and it was the happiest I've ever been. It's a fuckton of work but if you let loose and have fun with it, it's a blast. Last year I taught in Arizona where I had overcrowded classes of dirt poor Mexican immigrants who switched around schools all of the time and whose motivation to learn was shit and it was the most depressing thing I've ever experienced. I'm happier subbing back in MI and living with my parents again than teaching in AZ.
Not a teacher, but I'm certain it really just depends on the school, admin/supervisors, material and the children themselves
You're probably going to have the best time at schools in middle/upper middle class districts
>>2748800
>It's a fuckton of work but if you let loose and have fun with it, it's a blast.
Works besides grading, making worksheets, and etc?
Ok /his/ we are going to make the best leader in history, what we are going to do is choose all the best leaders in history and put them into one that will lead us to greatness. Who do we choose?
>>2748742
You want a good leader or a good politician?
Peter the Great
Donald Trump
What does /his think of this man
>>2748738
I don't really think of him
who?
>>2748743
Jimmy Carter
Quick! someone disprove materialism
>>2748579
It makes you a sheep dependent on capitalism.
how can you trust your brain to say it's just chemicals
or something
>>2748579
Materialism in what sense?
What are some ethical alternatives to Materialistic Utilitarianism which can be applied to the Modern West that isn't Social Darwinism/Survival of the Fittest?
>>2748500
Epicurism. It's kind of like a slow-burning materialistic utilitarianism.
>>2748500
The guy on the right.
>>2748554
What type though? Traditional Catholicism? Eastern Orthodoxy? Protestantism?
Daily reminder that proud Phoenician merchants and colonists were better than corrupted and brutal Latin barbarians
>>2748418
Not better at fighting.
*hires African mercenaries*
*sacrifices baby to Ba'al*
Thoughts on this podcast? I've never been interested in history until I started listening to this guy. What do you guys think? Is his shit accurate? Where should I go from here?
>>2748315
>listen to it 4 years ago
>sounds cool
>forget about it
>listen to it again 2 weeks ago
>Dan unironically talks like a retard, his vocabulary is at a tenth-grade level at best, the fakeness of his acting is downright hilarious
One day you will hear ''it'' and you'll just discard him forever and ever.
>Where should I go from here?
What about actual books?
>>2748315
I honestly think that carlin posting is one of the most clever memes on this board.
These threads always use the same picture and pose the same question in nearly the same manner.
Maybe this is a longshot and I'm crazy, but if I'm right, I absolutely hate it and how subversive it is.
He is shit, all his shit is shit.
Hardcore History is a fun introduction to history, faggots like >>2748329 just get their rocks off on acting superior on the internet. If you are looking for another podcast I recommend The History of Rome by Mike Duncan.
What caused Islamic Golden Age?
>>2748287
Muslim invaders capturing Byzantine libraries.
>>2748287
Persian empire got replaced with an even bigger empire. Romans also go their shit pushed in so there wasnt a real rival to the west.
Iranians are going to appear out of nowhere and say it was actually persian golden age