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Could Charles V have succeeded in keeping his realm together?
Pros:
>new world gold and silver
>spice islands colonies
>dutch banking boom
>spanish military might
>muslim decline in Africa
Cons:
>nationalism and rise of nation states
>Martin Luther and eternal german autism
>church power over politics
>habsburg inbreeding
Was the Holy Roman Empire doomed from its birth, or did he personally fuck it up bu bankrupting the state which owned the majority of the world's money somehow?
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Well the Habsburgers kept the HRE until 1806.
Spain... you know how it went.
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>>2485573
Spain and Netherlands were where the fortune was at, since they included the Americas and South East Asia. He lost these. He also lost Hungary to the Ottomans, allowed the christian holy wars, lost the pope (by burning Rome), and so on.
The question is could he have done better in these circumstances, or was it all fucked by the time he was in place.
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>>2485566
He is a self proclaimed failure, he said so himself when he abdicated.
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Halò, my name is Amin
I’m a 27 year old Ugandan Prionnsa na h-Alba (Prince of Scotland for you southerners). I carve Pictish stones out of stone tablets, and spend my days perfecting my art and playing superior Highland games. (Caber toss, sheaf toss, stone toss)
I train with my Claymore every day, this superior weapon can cut clean through steel because it is big, and is vastly superior to any other weapon on earth. I earned my sword license two years ago, and I have been getting better every day.
I speak Gaelic fluently, both Scots and the Hebridean dialect, and I write fluently as well. I know everything about Scottish history and their warrior code, which I follow 100%
When I get my British visa, I am moving to London to marry the queen and unite the commonwealth. I hope I can become an ambassador for the UN or a member of the order of the garter!
I own several kilts, which I wear around town. I want to get used to wearing them before I move to Britain, so I can fit in easier. I drink heavily and speak Gaelic as often as I can, but rarely does anyone manage to respond.
Wish me luck in Britain!
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great post actually
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>>2485545
Bravo.
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any recommended reading for Japanese history?
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>samurais killing each other
>getting nuked
>godzirra!!!
>anime
Japanese history in a nutshell.
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>>2485563
yeah that sounds awesome, any books though?
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>>2485543
>people make weird clay figures
>koreans move in
>everyone gets along fine
>emperor
>samurais
>ninjas
>shogunate
>europeans come
>japanese say no thank you white piggu reave us arone
>more samurais etc
>chandler bing says trade or get fucked
>japanese marvel at western power
>want to oppress brown people too
>make empire
rest is history
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What does /his/ think of this man?
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also irish war of independence and irish civil war thread
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>>2485401
what do you guys think of the treaty? do you think that the anti treaty forces were right or wrong?
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Set up to take the fall for the Anglo-Irish treaty. There was NO way Ulster was going to join the rest of Ireland, short of ethnic cleansing. Collins took the best deal on the table despite not being a politician.
As an economist, I favor a lot of Collins' views on how the Free State should develop. It helps that he knew accounting and understood that Ireland desperately needed to grow economically after centuries of mismanagement.
I don't deify him, but I do feel he's been unfairly slagged by anti-Treaty circles.
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>>2485458
The greatest enemy of the Irish people weren't Viking raiders, Cambro-Norman warlords, or London-based governments. It has always been the Irish people.
The Treaty was a bitter pill to swallow, but 7/10 of the island is better than nothing. And it might take a couple of generations, but the northern counties would eventually reunite with the south. The problem was that DeValera's society was run by priests, thus alienating Protestants who favored the nationalist cause as well as Ulstermen who felt vindicated in their fears of a Catholic tyranny.
The Irish Civil War was a fucking mistake. What's even more galling is how the Free State and later Republic mistreated Irish men that served in WWI. Many of them joined the army for money, adventure, or get away from home. They didn't care about supporting British interests and helped defend Catholic France and Belgium from being subjugated. My ex-gf's great-grandfather's grave was vandalized by asshole teens who hated the fact that his headstone said he died serving aboard the Royal Navy in 1915.
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Teach me about postmodernism and reactions to it, as well as modern competing movements. I'm especially interested in postpostmodernism and metamodernism. Are these movements legitimate in your opinion? Why or why not? Is metamodernism related to hyperreality?
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I could probably tell you about remodernism? Not mucht to say though.
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>>2485337
much
haha oops
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>Postmodernism and Society
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r9L8lPCY_M
This message will explain the pervasive influence of postmodern thinking on every aspect of contemporary culture: politics, business, education, entertainment, etc.
Albert Mohler explains it all.
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Was literally a Jesus freak.
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>NEETzsche
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>>2485238
C. S. Lewis refuted C. S. Lewis.
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What can /his/ tell me about the Tatars?
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What do you want to know?
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>>2485097
They made a pretty good sauce that goes well with fish.
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>>2485097
idk some fucking horse people or something
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/bg/ Buddhism General: Mettablaster Edition
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THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
>Dukkha: The unsatisfactoryness of existence
>Samudaya: The arising of Dukkha because of desire
>Nirodha: The cessation of Dukkha is possible
>Magga: This is possible by following the Eightfold Path
THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH
>Right view: samyak-dṛṣṭi
>Right resolve: samyak-saṃkalpa
>Right speech: samyag-vāc
>Right conduct: samyak-karmānta
>Right livelyhood: samyag-ājīva
>Right effort: samyag-vyāyāma
>Right mindfulness: samyak-smṛti
>Right concentration: samyak-samādhi
MEDITATION GUIDES
>Buddhism 101
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~buddhism/docs/Bhante_Walpola_Rahula-What_the_Buddha_Taught.pdf
>Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=098C96466D832955806A773C0E1CED70
>The Three Pillars of Zen
http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=A74765B16840CE0862E34F80D7E5E9A0
DICTIONARY
>dhamma = teaching, arhat = enlightened being, deva = gods, brahma = even more powerful gods, naraka = the 14 hells, kalpa = aeon, samsara = the cycle of deaths and rebirths, nirvana = enlightenment, sila = morality, dhyana = meditation, prajna = insight
GOOD DHAMMA TALKS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2JVgsrQLzU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_rM8HDYm2c
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Hello Buddhabros, how's your practice going?
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Following thread because 1. I would like to see more generals on /his/ and 2. I'm studying chinese history and it would be good to know more about buddhism. I also plan on studying India at some point. Never really occurred to me how important India was in the eastern world until I started studying it, I always thought of China as the Greece or Rome (that is, the starting point and mother of eastern civilization).
Anyway, I gotta ask. How do Buddhists feel about the sects? Have there been many notable wars between Buddhist sects like christianity? For example, you have the original buddhism from India, Chinese Buddhism, which eventually becomes Zen Buddhism in Japan.
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>>2485120
Buddhists didn't have the sectarian warfare of Christians as far as I know, but they do have some longstanding and deep conflicts with other religions like Islam, especially in Southeast Asia.
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I made my own reed pen
Is it historically accurate?
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>>2485020
can you repeat the question?
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>>2485020
I don't know.
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>>2485032
youre not the boss of me now
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Track record of fighting against Muslims:
>Germany-France
+BTFO an invasion that forever stopped Muslims at the Pyrenees
+Reconquered holy land for a couple of centuries
+Started the reconquest of eastern Hispania
+Conquered North African and Middle Eastern clay
-Lost that clay
-Started inviting Muslims to Europe in modern times
Score: 2
>Spain-Portugal
-Lost clay to the Moors for hundreds of years
+Retook that clay
+Inquisition'd any kebab left
+Forever cucked Morocco out of Ceuta and Melilla (and Western Sahara, in a way)
Score: 2
>Greece
-Lost the Near East and Anatolia
-Lost its most important city and let Turks have a holding on Europe forever
+Regained independence after being conquered
Score: -1
>China
-Has a large Muslim minority
+Conquered them for once
Score: 0
>India
-Conquered by Muslims for hundreds of years
-Got split up due to Islam upon decolonization and the conflict is still ongoing
+It's mostly free of internal Islamic influence now despite large Muslim minorities
Score: -1
>Iran and North Africa
-Conquered by Muslims
-Became the Muslims
Score: -2
>East Indies and Central Asia
-Became the Muslims without even been conquered.
Score: -1?
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what about Britain?
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>>2484656
Remains to be seen how that plays out.
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>>2484670
I mean what is their track record throughout history?
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itt people who did nothing wrong
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>>2484525
Idk he's a pretty good actor but I wouldn't say he did NOTHING wrong. I'm pretty sure his accent isn't authentic for the period, for one.
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Best Cao Cao incoming
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>>2484544
wrong
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>The first escapes of Carolina's black slaves occurred around 1687. The first group to reach Florida was known to be composed of eight men, two women, and one child. In a short time, the number of evaders rises already to the hundred. The Spanish Crown is determined to welcome the fugitives. And once under Spanish law, the slaves are released. Charles the II granted in 1693 a document that says: "Giving freedom to all, both men and women, be an example of my liberality and lead others to do the same.
Why was he such a good lad?
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He could have never said anything as cognitively cohesive as that. Remember he was literally retarded.
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>>2484584
Monarchy is literally retard proof. Modernistcucks on suicide watch!
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WE WUZ SLAVES 'N SHYT
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What would I be considered in 1930s Germany?
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>>2484451
Dead
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>>2484462
Why?
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Auslander
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>you will never be free as the pirates during the Golden Age of Piracy
Imagine not being a subject to any king or nation, instead sailing free with your maties across the exotic seas looting everything in sight and banging qt natives.
If there ever was a perfect example of anarchism in history, it's this.
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I don't know, scurvy is pretty shitty. Also I'd probably go insane being among the same 30 people on a tight ship on the open sea for two months.
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>>2484419
Submarine and U-Boat crews don't go insane. Why would you?
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>>2484419
Being a crew member on the Uboats during WW1 and WW2 was much worse.
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What happened here around 200 CE?
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>CE
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Druids dancing around rocks, men who wear skirts fucking sheep, and people living in poverty under whatever feudal lord happened to rule over them at the time.