I just finished the Duncan Rome podcast and it was very good. how is the Byzantine one?
>>3259290
Also good but he's put certain episodes behind paywalls
Actually better but paywall is annoying
>>3260286
I'm like 80 episodes in and I think I've only seen two paywall episodes so far, and it's like $5
Why doesn't anyone remember Salazar?
because he wasn't a white male
>>3259241
>Franco
>ASSpain
>White
>>3259239
Because nobody ever remembers Portugal.
>>3259181
In contemporary times, it's becoming the source of a larger conflict. Larger populations in Sudan are settling along the river, and of course, drawing water from it to irrigate their crops/drink/live with. Obviously this means less flow is going to Egypt.
It'll be a flashpoint in about 30 years.
>>3259218
Will the Christians finally retake the Nile?
>>3259230
Unlikely. The Egyptians are much better equipped and financed and will likely be able to force any settlement they want out of the Sudanese.
Was he a bad general overall?
>>3259104
There is no such thing as a "good" general. A general is a man who has whored himself over the state in exchange for the privilege of compelling other men to murder each other in service of the state.
>>3259112
Damn... Stay woke, brother!
>>3259112
p-p-p-p-p-p-profound thoughts anon
Where Junkers evil?
I just read at the end of WWII the Junkers were more or less blamed for 200 years of war and their homes burned with countless artifacts, they were force migrated resulting in thousands of death, and what remained of their wealth was confiscated.
Ignoring the ironic fact that they were stereotyped as evil and blamed for starting wars by people who were offended the Nazis did this to Jews, was there a point to this?
Were they really an evil race of warlord that had to be violently destroyed forever? Their way of life and nation is completely gone from the map and culture.
Seems like a meme to me.
They were if nothing else a bunch of elitist assholes.
wtf
>>3259031
They were basically just a bunch of useless assholes. Military nobility sitting on farmland like it was 1400 or something. Bismark had a hard-on for them so he naturally shaped the entire government around them, instead of the monied interests that actually built successful economies and governments in the industrial age.
David Rizzio, sometimes written as David Riccio or David Rizzo (c. 1533 – 9 March 1566), was an Italian courtier, born close to Turin, a descendant of an ancient and noble family still living in Piedmont, the Riccio Counts di San Paolo e Solbrito, who rose to become the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots. Mary's husband, Lord Darnley, is said to have been jealous of their friendship, because of rumours that he had impregnated Mary, and joined in a conspiracy of Protestant nobles, led by Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven, to murder him. The murder was the catalyst for the downfall of Darnley, and it had serious consequences for Mary's subsequent career. Mary was having dinner with Riccio and a few ladies-in-waiting when Darnley joined them, accused his wife of adultery and then had someone murder Riccio, who was hiding behind Mary. Mary was held at gunpoint and Riccio was stabbed numerous times. His body had over 50 wounds.
my question for /his/ is has anyone been educated enough to know how likely this story (from Wikipedia) is? if this is true that means that james VI and I was illegitimate.
David Rizzio was stabbed 56 times on 9 March 1566 by Lord Darnley and his friends. He was accused of leaving the Queen pregnant.
>>3258947
only a DNA test would prove it. We know Richard III's dad, for example, wasn't his dad. He was born of cuckholding according to the DNA. So is Napoleon III.
Hey guys I was just wondering what would happen if the vikings when they were setting up colonies in Northern America, what would've happen if they settled in Southern America or the Caribbean?
Come on
>>3258939
They would have ruled the world because they would have gotten rich off if Tobacco, gold, sugar, and chocolate. Not to mention exotic clothes and furs, potatoes, peppers and many other things that would have been discovered and brought back to Europe by the Norse.
It's actually hard to determine how where and when.
What I mean is how would they establish trade? Would they have a long network of trading around the Atlantic coast? It seems much too far spread for the even the entirety of the Norse to travel.
They would have to establish a whole other kingdom, one with a fair location that allowed it to be a hub for trade, travel, and easy access to get back to Europe. Possibly the Carolina coast? Fairly close to the Caribbean, bounty of resources, ideal climate.
Much more would have to be taken into consideration
>>3258968
OP here I was thinking sort of the same thing of this to be honest, it's just that when Columbus sailed to the West Indies it was reported that the natives were peaceful. I had it in my idea that the natives would trade raw materials with the vikings, and in return the vikings may have given them some improvements in technology or weapons.
Want to know the similarity and differences between the libertarian and conservatives that currently make up the right with the founder of conservatism
>>3258925
He'd be a paleocon today.
He was a weird mixture of liberal and conservative principles, although his lasting influence on conservatism was more significant.
For example, he believed democracy *could* work, but warned it might lead to the persecution of unpopular minorities, along with making the population feel entitled and easily roused to anger.
I wouldn't call him libertarian except maybe in the classical liberal sense. He was a form believer in the wisdom of tradition as accumulated lessons, and cherished religion as a provider of social stability. He opposed state price fixing and minimum wages, though.
>>3260779
Elaborate more on his beliefs if you would pleasre
THE SEA PEOPLES WERE COMING FROM THE FALL OF ATLANTIS, IT'S SO OBVIOUS.
And sundry other thoughts worthy of venerable Herodotus' board.
>>3258906
http://ourfakehistory.com/
This is a fun podcast
Has been rehashed in modern times in the form of "Atlantis was santorini, the thera eruption drove the minoans to invade all neighboring regions"
>>3259008
Except Santorini exploded like five hundred years before the bronze age collapse.
Is there ever a time when Anectodal Statements/Evidence etc has more weight than Statistical?
>>3258751
Sure -- hen dealing with a question for which there is no statistical evidence
Both are used by pseudoscientific claims. So both are invalid.
>>3258751
Yes
Now the dust has settled, can we all agree France was the bad guy of WW2?
>>3258652
>france
>bad guy
if that were true how come germany started the wars in the western front both world wars?
>>3258652
Try again
Why were the French so useless in WW2 despite performing admirably in WW1?
Free French were hardcore as fuck
Country had suffered terrible losses in WW1, everyone was tired of wars and just wanted to get on with their lives.
That and outdated strategy, French generals were mentally still stuck in past war.
>>3258592
Because you lack of education?
Can someone give me a quick rundown on tumuli? Archaeologists seem to classify ancient cultures by how they buried their dead, but aside from cremation I don't really understand how else you can do it that would be so distinctive.
>>3258387
>but aside from cremation I don't really understand how else you can do it that would be so distinctive.
Red ochre, directional alignation, weapons etc
>>3258387
People naturally like to build mounds over their dead. They did it for thousands of years, cremated and whole body burials alike. Some cultures REALLY made serious mounds. But they took an enormous amount of work so usually were only for certain elites.
Is the New Testament a rejection of religion and the basis for Western morality and Individualism?
>>3258382
The idea that the divine Logos would incarnate into an individual human being was the starting point for all Humanist thought.
>Is the New Testament a rejection of religion
in some ways yes. jesus seems to go against many of the existing conventions and practices of religion at the time. but ultimately his intention is not to abolish religion, but to establish it universally so people realise their commonality rather than their separation. he extends the covenant to gentiles and therefore to all humanity:
>And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
without this veil to separate us, we realise
>There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
>and the basis for Western morality
yes
>and Individualism?
there's more a collectivist vibe to the new testament desu
>>3258433
>collectivist vibe
Could the spanish have done it without the help of Tlaxcala?
>>3258372
Nah they would have gotten slaughtered, or at the very least starved to death
>>3258372
Not without a lot of reinforcements.
>>3258372
Not only Cortes:
"During the siege of Cuzco, Francisco Pizarro had 200 Spaniards and 30,000 native Huancas, Cañaris and Chachapoyas."