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Has anyone noticed that all monarchs in history have always been related somehow? Don't you think it could be a big conspiracy of some sort?
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common people has done the same since ever and arranged good marriages for their kids
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No fucking shit. It's a conspiracy to keep one class in power over another by exploiting the weaker one.
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>>2588711
In Europe maybe.
>Hapsburg inbreeding
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Name a bigger embarassment.
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Pro-tip, you can't.
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I wanna say Sultanate of Rum but atleast that roach den lasted for more than a century
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>it was unironically more Roman than the Byzantine Empire
really makes you think
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>>2588710
In what way?
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Themistocles had a hard life.
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>Hippias
>Themistocles
>Alcibiades
What is it with Athenians and running to Persia?
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Maybe if his name didn't look look Testicles he would've got teased less
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>>2588728
What other choice is there? They'd be irrelevant anywhere else. Rome wouldn't give a shit about them, same for the rest of the italics and the barbarians. The other greek cities would be under the influence of either Athens or Sparta, so no go. Egypt and the levant are persian satrapies. There's literally just Persia for them.
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>I get a medal for every 10 thousand Russians I kill.
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>ten thousand
try 100 thousand
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>>2588549
Georgy "I must unite the Proletariat under one graveyard" Zhukov
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Georgy "If we encounter a minefield, our infantry attacks exactly as if it wasn't there" Zhukov
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Help! Ifound this in an old casona in Mexico any ideas?
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>>2588228
>Not knowing about the Aztec spirit portals
Are you literally trying to release a hoard of Aztec spirit warriors that will sweep the land and kill everyone with white mans blood? DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE?
Put it back before its too late.
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>>2588228
Are there any marks that might identify it? Check the bottom.
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>>2588265
YOU FOOL, the blood thirsty spirits have been released! It is too late!
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Why do urban cultures tend to idealize/romanticize nature?
Rural cultures seem to hate and fear it
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Romanticizing nature is a relatively modern phenomenon even among urban societies.
Modern people do it because they can experience all the fun and safe stuff nature has to offer (campfires, fishing, sleeping under the stars on a warm night) without having to worry about all the horrible things (winter, shelter from the elements, wild animals and supplies).
Its easy to romanticize something you spend a few weeks a year living before going back home to the wonders of the modern world.
Its also easy to confuse the upper class members of society sending their children out to the "country" to escape the toxic conditions of thousands of people living on top one another but the reality is they would live on a well guarded and supplied country estate with a manor and dozens of servants.
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>>2588212
Because rual cultures are trying to live on top of ecological systems rather than withen them, even then they often have a great deal of respect for nature, John Muir grew up as a settler ffs.
That's why aboriginal cultures that belong to complex socio-ecological systems, have a greater admiration for nature, and the same for urbanites with higher ecological literacy.
Greater experiential/traditional/scientific ecological knowledge=greater understanding and appreciation of nature.
Look at picture related, who do you think cares about these creatures the barrons and labourers of the fishing industry and naive consumers, or subsistence fishermen and marine biologists?
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>>2588212
>Rural cultures seem to hate and fear it
Hum... not really
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Why did the Allied powers hand over the purple region to communist slavery?
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>>2588121
Eisenhower and FDR were cucks and crypto-commies.
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>>2588121
>communist slavery
nice meme
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>>2588138
They had unironic forced labor camps
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Gansterization of American Culture
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Where /pol/ describes it as the cancerous spread of degeneracy, Cornel West recently described (I think) the same phenomena as the "Gangsterization" of American culture.
>Oligarchic Economy
>Plutocracy
>"Amused at death", implicitly consenting to it
>General feelings of helplessness, impotence
>Narcissism
>Subservient to Power
>Traumatized by market driven Darwinism
(~7:00 minutes in if you're interested: http://radioopensource.org/american-experiment-part-1-steering-titanic/)
What do you think? Is the US morphing into a nasty Central American shithole?
I think there is a highly regarded "opportunism" in American culture and this is often an asset. But it seems we've been off the rails for awhile. What would an improvement look like?
Do you think there is a philosophy or perspective that can seem more compelling than the "ima get mine" ethic that pervades the US? I wish I could think of a "cool" counter to the gangster aesthetics that seem so integral to appreciating American culture at the moment.
Will it require a massive crisis to discredit these memes? Or do you think there's inspiring visions that could push us past this ugliness?
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seems to describe the black youth and /pol/tards alike
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>>2588034
>Will it require a massive crisis to discredit these memes?
No, it would be enough for corporate CEO's to stop hoarding billions of dollars that they get thru tax havens and backdoor contracts with the gov't. If those hundreds of billions of dollars were circulating thru the economy and not being held motionless in swiss banks then regular plebs wouldn't be so desperate to "get mine" and might pursue slightly less destructive life projects
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>>2588057
Do you think this is more an issue of legal loopholes that need to be closed, or there isn't a will to prosecute?
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The American Revolution has often been taught to kids in American schools as a teleological certainty, a necessary event for the rest of American history to unfold the way it has, on behalf of freedom. Yet while this mythic narrative of the Revolution has served the needs of promoting American exceptionalism and assimilating children, especially immigrant children, into the folds of American flag waving and citizenship, it has always seemed like pretty shitty historical analysis to me because it was a story based not so much on the careful interpretation of evidence, as it was a feel good story based on the needs of American nationalism.
So I've begun to take a second, closer look and try to determine, based on the evidence, whether the American Revolution was justifiable. What do you think /his/?
In particular, I would like to focus on whether the American Revolution was or was not justifiable with consideration towards its main intent/outcome. Since this is such a subjective topic and is bound to get heated, I would simply ask that we keep to empirical fact based analysis rather than getting into how we feel too much, though obviously some feeling/extrapolation may be necessary.
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no revolution is justifiable, it's simply usurpation. and revolution always leads to civil war.
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who the fuck cares. so if you determine that the revolution wasn't "justifiable" through some half-baked metaphors and arbitrary standards, what difference does it make? are you gonna go back in time and change it? are you gonna change your life at all? no. who the fuck cares. do your homework and fuck off
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>>2587987
>, it has always seemed like pretty shitty historical analysis to me because it was a story based not so much on the careful interpretation of evidence
uh history is just for fun, it's not real or important, better to have a country myth than care about what really happened since no one can ever know
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The meme of Viking Warriors has gone too far!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoqiDOivUCo
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>>2587915
looks like top kino, better than the crap (((Hollywood))) produces
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>>2587943
>we DeviantArt now
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If empires throughout history had power levels, what would they be?
Based on military strength, power projection and economic/political influence.
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>>2587879
I wish krillin was a saiyen. He would be even more badass.
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Duration of Existence Maximum land area
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>>2588764
But land area doesn't imply anything on its own.
What was even the point of axes? They were shit!
>not as good against unarmored opponents as a sword
>not as good against armor as a mace
>can't stab
>shorter than a sword
>everyone who could afford a sword bought it instead of an axe
>even longbowmen had swords as sidearms instead of fucking axes
seriously no one used that shit except for the most desperate times I would rather equip my men with rocks than to give them this fucking thing
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Lindybeige
Please
Go
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>>2587823
Lets ignore all social context and compare weapons to each other in an unrealistic and ahistorical manner.
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>>2587823
>Shield-destroying
>Akshually they were rather long, often polearm long
>Less metal=>cheap
>Smaller area where force is applied=> good penetration against armor
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ITT we listen to ancient music 2017-03-30 03:56:08 Post No.2587674
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ITT we listen to ancient music
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Post all real ancient or ancient inspired music you have in here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJLXyBzMci0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBhB9gRnIHE&t=138s
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This record is shit. I listened to it twice to make sure. It's one of the worst things I've ever heard in my life. If ancient Roman music sounded and I were a roman citizen I'd root for the Carthaginians or the Germans to end my suffering.
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>>2587688
no one actually cares what you have to say
contribute or piss off
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> ancient inspired music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B3tNmy0G88
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>vikings were tall!
>170cm on average, the same as the people they raided
>vikings didn't fear death!
>avoided England for 40 years after being defeated near Jarrow, avoided France after getting rekt in battle of Leuven
>vikings were fierce fighters!
>avoided combat
>vikings were honorable!
>didn't honor any agreements, turned against fellow norsemen if the enemy lord paid them enough (happened in every single fucking country they raided but the Normandy deal is the best example)
>muh axes
>the ones who could afford swords bought them and prefered them to axes, their most popular weapon was a spear just like everywhere else in the world
>muh white race
>sold white slaves to muslims
reading about vikngs is the most disappointing historical experience that's for sure. Everything awesome about them is just made up. They were great sailors though.
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>>2587629
>vikings were honorable!
I don't think anyone has ever said that.
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>>2587629
Welcome to history senpai, enjoy your stay.
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>>2587629
I find the norse fascinating, there's more to the period than the viking meme
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We change the race of a historical figure and see what happen next
>black Hitler
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White Jesus
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>>2587613
fat and gtross
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>>2587613
All you're going to have is whites turned to back and vise versa with Marxists and Facists talking about how one is superior and others a shitskin