What went right?
>>2709208
France used to look so weird
nothing.
>>2709208
Autistic Serbs starting wars that they can't win once again.
Was Saddam the last shot Arabs had at becoming something until it was shot down by the west?
m8 what the fuck are you on
>>2709192
Nah. You have to go back to at least the 1500's or before the Turks arrived
>>2709209
>lazy oil rich gulf state reliant on slave labor and tourist economy to fuel itself and does not contribute to the world or work by itself whatsoever
>something
Does anyone know any good books about pirates, especially about the golden age pirates?
What is a must read for a beginner in this field?
>>2709187
A General History of Pyrates by Charles Johnson
>>2709219
Didn't he made up most of the stuff?
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
Caribbean by James A. Michener
For research purposes I need to know if medieval (1600's and earlier) Japanese Buddhists practiced Martial arts as part of their religious beliefs, and if so, which martial arts those were. Thank you.
>>2709101
Depends on what you mean by Buddhist. If its ordinary buddhist people, then ordinary people may have different types of martial arts.
If you're talking about Buddhist institutions like temples/monasteries, then there's certain that they teach self-defense as basic training. What type depends on who's teaching or heading the temple/monastery.
Elite samurais of the time would study Zen Buddhism as well to hone their concentration and ethics system. Once they retire, some of them go on and join temples/monasteries. Those ex-samurais would sometimes teach their swordsmanship, spearsmanship, archery, etc. if they desired.
>>2709126
So if I was to find out what martial arts the buddhist's were taught I would have to know who was the head of these temples and then figure out what those specific people taught?
>>2709101
Considering most japanese people were mahayana buddhists I'd say everything
As I know, Devil and God are enemies, why would Devil do God´s job by punishing people for doing opposite of what God says?
>>2708990
Contrary to popular belief Satan doesn't run hell, he's been banished from heaven and is doomed to stay in hell for eternity
Oh and satan hates humans, so he fucks with them as much as he can
>>2708990
Because they are dead, and that's where dead people go.
>>2709385
So God does run the Hell?
>life is miserable and meaningless
>psychotherapy and medication aren't helping
>religion isn't helping
>I can't connect with anyone
Can anyone recommend a philosopher whose texts might give me some meaning so I don't off myself?
You need to realize that your nihilism is just one perspective among many.
Go skydiving.
>>2708900
Good ol' Nietzky.
Just go full Übermensch.
Nietzsche
Heil Hitler
He put an end to British imperialism and colonialism.
>>2708853
In his attempt to establish German hegemony over Europe, and genocide the Slavs.
>>2708974
>allies with Croats, Slovenians, Slovakians, Bosnians, Ukrainians and Bulgarians
>plots to genocide the Slavs
Pick one.
>>2708984
He also said that any alliance who's purpose was not solely to wage war was pointless.
He despised them but needed to widen the front and introduce more manpower and guns against the USSR. Don't delude yourself into thinking that it would have been a lasting alliance.
>>2708837
No, you were a mistake.
>>2708837
You're right. It was a mistake.
>>2708837
Europe would be a much nicer place without germania in general.
Were the Jacobites right?
>it's a "Gaels start to gain the upper hand and then make a mind numbingly stupid decision that costs them the entire war" episode
>Tfw Bonnie Prince Charlie routed the huns from Scotland and was in a position to proclaim himself king of an independent nation, with the Hannovarians in no position to stop him, but he decided he wanted to try and take England as well and lost it all, leading to the destruction of much of Gaelic culture and the depopulation of most of Scotland
>>2709592
I really doubt the English would let him do that.
who's superior, a longbow or a crossbow?
>>2708588
>Who's superior, Usain Bolt or Lance Armstrong?
Depends on what they're doing obviously.
They both have their place. If I had to pick one and only one to give my imaginary medieval troops, it would be crossbows.
>>2708588
Crossbow being great for simply being able to store your shot, but the longbow just has better range, and hundreds of longbowmen being absolutely terrifying.
>it's a Roman Emperor kills their best general out of petty jealousy and everything goes to shit episode
>>2708556
>it's a Praetorian Guard put the role of Emperor on auction episode.
>>2708570
>it's a Constantine's reasons for distrusting the Praetorian Guard kino episode
>It's a europe reacts 600 years after the fall of constantinople episode
What did we mean by this
Lions led by donkeys. True or false?
>>2708248
False.
>>2708248
Donkeys led by donkeys would be a better fit desu.
>ooga booga better join in the army and die for the sake of some meme microstate's territorial integrity
>ooga booga what you mean that you shouldn't order your soldiers to charge right into machine gun fire
>>2708297
this
the eternal anglo is always shit in land battles historically
What would America continent look like today if European just leave it alone?
Like Burma or Hinduist India.
If we didn't find them until now it would be huge ass prospering empires with autistic traditions
>>2708231
Half naked murderers everywhere who eventually cross over to Europe only to die immediately.
Also constantinople Remains Greek.
Why would God have a son?
>>2708223
It makes no sense akhi, we have figured that out over a thousand years ago. Convert to Islam the real faith of the one true God
>>2708223
The more pressing question is why did God have two sons.
What made middle eastern pagan or heretical groups such as the Yazidis and Alawites survive for so much longer and much more successfully than pagan and heretical groups in Europe? It can't just have been mountains since that didn't work for the Cathars.
>>2708089
Bowing their heads and saying "yes, effendi" when the christian heretics were all "FUCK OFF WE DON'T NEED NO POPE, ALSO YOU'RE NOT THE KING OF ME"
>>2708089
They had complex methods of hiding their beliefs and generally cooperated with Muslim rulers. Occasionally a Sultan would get the religious fervor bug and would take heads but even then it was a front for political reasons most of the time.
Taqiyya