*creates western civilization*
Was black
>>2499713
'tism
>>2499713
No. Cease this niggery.
What are some good books that give a detailed overview on the history and politics of the middle east? I know thats a very broad topic, but Im really starting from zero on this. Im specifically interested in the more recent history, I guess from about 1900 onwards? Earlier is fine of course, just nothing focused primarily on ancient history. I want to know about the things that led the region to its current state, and about the internal politics and conflicts and wars and colonialism and shit like that. Geopolitics sort of stuff.
Sorry if this post is worded awkwardly, hopefully you understand what Im asking for.
pic vaguely related
A Consise History of the Middle East by Goldschmidt. Good place to start.
>>2499592
>(((Goldschmidt)))
>>2499594
Yup, written by a kike. Wait until you get to the Palestine section, you'll see how much of a Zionist he is (he's not).
Hy cлyшaй мeня, ёбaный ты poт.
Пocкoлькy Mocквa былa cтoлицeй и чтoбы нe дaть eё вpaгy, oнa былa coжeннa. Этo oчeнь paccтpoилo Haпoлeoнa, пocкoлькy cтoлицa былa зaхвaчeнa, нo вpaг (pyccкиe) нe cдaлиcь. И eщё eды нeтy, apмия y Бoнoпapтa гoлoдaeт и eй нacтaвaл пoлный пиздeц.
Russians were too weak to fight in the open so they burned down all their own cities and ran away, hoping the French soldiers would be exposed and die due to the elements. Eventually the Russians fought back and lost.
>What is Scorched Earth strategy
When was the first form of pornography made?
nobody knows. probably neolithic or earlier. cro-magnon kiddies scratching boobies into a rock
Celtic art
Sheela-na-gig
>>2499316
As soon as people had the tools to do it. Cave drawings, figurines, etc.
Why did the Russian Army perform so poorly against the Germans in WW1? The casualty ratio was something like 4-1 in the Germans' favor, a more one-sided exchange ratio than pretty much any other theater of the war. The Russian Army wasn't a BAD army by WW1 standards.
They consistently kicked the hell out of the Ottomans during the Caucasus Campaign; even while the Ottomans were winning a decisive victory against the British at Gallipoli, the Russians were cleaning their clock in the east. More importantly they utterly mauled the Austro-Hungarian Army in the Galicia Offensive and three Carpathian Offensives, and would've probably knocked them out of the war early on if not for the massive German success in East Prussia forcing them to conserve themselves. Then you have shit like the Battle of Lutsk, where 600,000 Russians facing 500,000 Austro-Hungarians launched a masterfully rehearsed assault and ended up routing them and taking over 200,000 prisoners in four days.
So what happened? Why did they get so roughly handled by the Germans to an extent that no one else really did?
Pic related, one example of many.
>>2499309
They pushed into Germany and Austria early on and were succeeding but by the 1916 they were worn out, tired and starving.
>>2499309
Because, same as in World War 2, the Russians acted like the Imperial Guard in 40k and just kept throwing bodies at the problem rather than trying anything resembling tactics. It's hard to do that when your commanding officer tells you to do that across trenches in open space with guns everywhere. They threw bodies at them until the enemy ran out of ammo and kept coming.
And Russia HAS done military shit before and done tactics, so why they suddenly became zergs during the two world wars I have no idea.
>>2499327
Ignoring how utterly wrong you are on WW2 for a second, they didn't do any of that in their masterfully coordinated offensives against the Austro-Hungarians and Ottomans.
> Today's generation will never understand what we went through.
ITT: Real gritty photos of WWII
>>2499163
nazis got exactly what they deserved
>>2499168
For trying to show the news the door?
Literally everyone the jews have ever encountered has tried to do that at some point in time desu
ITT: wehraboos
Red pill me on the Imperial House of Japan.
How can one family survive in unbroken patrilineal descent for so long? No European line has ever done it except the Bourbon/Capetian/Merovingians.
>>2499115
>unbroken
ya blew it
First 30 or so emperors are just a legend. It has only about 1400 years of history.
>>2499147
Like Troy was a legend once?
>Direct Democracy
Majority of people vote for the subjugation for the remaining number of people. Majority of people can vote to remove freedoms of the rest of the populace and the future freedoms of their descendants, therefore rendering future majorities who are against such laws obsolete as it has already passed into law.
>Representative Democracy
You vote for individuals who will gradually erode your privacy and vote in laws which will negatively effect you in order to protect themselves and garner more profit.
>Constitutional Monarchy
Logically inconsistent. Especially in the susceptibility for monarchs to be manipulated in old and young age and the strange necessity for a parliament to exist in restricting a monarch implying that parliament is of higher knowledge or rationality yet simultaneously maintaining the monarch.
>Autocracy (Absolute Monarchy and Dictatorship)
Inability for citizens to properly affect change and express their opinions, can be open to brutality in order to maintain established order and too easy for it to be abused by a corrupt individual. Leads to instability when revolutions are formed or coup d'etats resulting in many deaths. Also suffers from the previous problem outlined or susceptibility in young and old age.
>Technocracy
Far too reductive. Forgets that scientific methods and knowledge is always changing and to base laws and decision-making on science is too reductive as it is constantly in a flux and changes based on new evidence and methodology or lack thereof and is too flippant in its denial of ethical and moral philosophy.
>Anarchy
Reduction in the standard of living, open to abuse, tendency towards acting like a state whilst rejecting such a title. Unlikely to be considered by the majority of people as they are unwilling to give up a level of living they have worked towards. Essentially requires individuals to organise and engage in communal tasks, allocating resources etc. which is significantly more difficult than having a state and more difficult to deal with considering current population levels, could result in chaos, famine, starvation and a multitude of other problems.
>Meritocracy
How is this measured? Too subjective.
>Theocracy
Problems exist for obvious reasons, don't need to measured out.
Wtf, all of these systems are shit!
If you apply any system to a bunch of monkeys it won't work.
Any society of highly educated individuals will tend towards anarchism, so if you're in the position to pick a system, it should be the system that leads to a society of highly educated individuals.
>>2499046
>Any society of highly educated individuals will tend towards anarchism,
Never met an intelligent Anarchist.
What are some accurate depictions of war and history in movies, television shows, etc.?
Doesnt exist. It sucks that I used to practise HEMA. Watching arrows and blades pierce plate make me cringe everytime. Modern history though, I liked War Horse.
>>2498875
What is war house about in one sentence?
>>2498875
This. We know what we're told we know because authority's authority is determined the authoritative sources.
Can anyone describe the fall of the Ottoman empire in a way that makes it seem pathetic?
An upstart nation of Islamism steppe nomads, emboldened by a death cult & fractured Europe decide rape and pillage their way through the middle east and Balkans, appointing governors to tax unbelievers. Once a Christian force of similar size came up against them, they fell into a four century long sickness, which would end up contributing at least in part to the first world war.
cry more kuffar
>>2498846
the way it happened
Was he guilty?
>>2498838
Did this take place less than 25 years ago?
MODS!!
>>2498879
1992 during LA riots and Rodney Kangz
He dindu nuffin
Can someone redpill me on the early stages of communism and about its differences then to communism now?
no. repent. it is not a gradient. communism is shit and remain statically so, from genesis to its shit-eating end,
This is why I hate /pol/. Endless stream of cunts fresh from high school.
>>2498824
i'll take that as a no
>>2498826
that's funny because i'm not a high school student and not from /pol/ either, i don't like getting political often i only want some smart anons (obviously not you) to tell me more about the ideals spawned from the French Revolution
thanks for trying though!
Việt Nam, tôi là CIA
toi khong Viet nam, ten toi la James, toi la nguoi uc.
du ma
Ching chong ling ming tong twu
What is Jerusalem worth?
about 8 or 9 crusades
>>2498781
>implying anything past the first crusade was anywhere near Jerusalem
Let's just hope God doesn't send another Prophet to correct the record.
The last thing we need is yet another faction fighting for it.
What is the best art movement and why is it rococo?
Ah what a time.
When the French aristocracy lived it's largest and with the most excess. Just before the whole thing came tumbling down.
>>2498637
You spelled romanticism wrong
>>2498664
ROCOCO ART IS THE EPITOME OF DEGENERATE EXCESS.
THE BEST ART MOVEMENT IS ROMANTICISM; MY FAVORITE KIND OF ROMANTIC ART IS THAT OF THE "FOLKISH MOVEMENT".