Tell me about this man
Why is he portrayed as an asshole in media?
Seems like a pretty cool dude to me. He got closer to unification than anyone before him, he had the right ideas when it came to justly dividing land between subjects, he didn't give much of a crap about origins but judged his subjects on merit, he built the economy on trade and production rather than agriculture. Now I've only read a little bit, but from what I've seen, he seems like a good guy. Sure, he brutally put down rebellions, but it was the sengoku jidai, it's not like he could afford having the constant threat of rebellion next to his capital as he dealt with it nicely and slowly. Any competent leader would've done the same in his position.
What media? What I've seen of him in Japanese media has been pretty positive, an admirable warrior-king like Alexander.
>>3095083
Didn't he set Buddhist temples on fire?
Plus he was pretty Japanese considering how much he had a fetish for foreign things. Japs are super xenophobic remember.
>>3095095
It varies, sure, but most of what I see is negative. It's common he's portrayed as a demon rising from hell and such.
>>3095102
He did, but it wasn't just a buddhist temple he felt like torching. It was an ikko-ikki (japanese ISIS) hotspot right next to Kyoto that he had already tried dealing with through negotiations, and led two regular military campaigns with previously. The torching was a last resort intended to both remove that major thorn from his side and also send a message.
Did the nordic features like fair eyes, skin, hair and let it be intelligence came from paleolithic Europeans, or from Indo-Aryans?
>>3094936
1.this post is poorly written and retarded
2 you made two big assumptions
3.Shit thread. Sage.
Neanderthals.
>>3094936
Indo-Europeans mainly. Can't be denied that Neolithic people contributed something too, not sure what exactly.
Melee weaponry, often of an improvised sort, was used in the trenches of WWI.
But why exactly did they have to improvise so much?
Chances are that every nation involved still had large stocks of short swords that were pretty much designed for the purpose of melee combat in tight spaces.
A naval cutlass like pic related would be a sturdy weapon capable of handling the trench environment, unintrusive to carry, and far more effective in a close encounter than a trench club, bayoneted long rifle or nail knife.
And it's not just naval cutlasses. Artillery swords, hangers, sabre briquets, and many other designs of the 19th century would've been extremely handy in the trenches.
So why didn't they just hand these things out to the trench raiders and other troops that probably could've made good use of them?
>>3094724
Kind of like why the various colonial armies didn't bring back steel armor for fighting tribes with pre-gunpowder weapons. Why didn't they do it?
My guess is that it has to do with being stuck in a contemporary mindset.
Wasn't a big part of trench raids to kidnap enemy soldiers? I could see a bludgeoning weapon being better for that purpose. But other than that I don't know. A sturdy sabre or cutlass would trump any melee weapon found in the trenches.
>>3094724
Too much space to catch moonlight
When the WWI Germany was lacking manpower why didn't they just conscript women? They would have had twice the army
Who's gonna work in the factories then?
Women can't fight for shit! Why do you think they get raped all the time?
You still need people for the society not to collapse, especially when the UK is cutting your trade of.
Was she the Marie Curie of our time?
>born in a shithole country that opresses women
>moves to the west where her scientific talent is appreciated
>gets married
>is the first women to get the highest price in math/chemistry
>dies due to cancer
>>3094075
More like Marie Cutie
>>3094075
Looks just like the Nefertiti bust
>>3094075
>>born in a shithole country that opresses women
That's not Poland of 19th century. Women in Poland had it better than women in France.
Marie move to to France because education opportunities for all Poles were limited with Russians cracking down the Polish national movement.
Was it really a massacre? How many people died?
>>3093759
No. Not enough.
>>3093777
Nice trips Deng.
>>3093759
>Was it really a massacre?
Yes. The young intellectual, and especially the students, have always been a strong force in China. It is a bit paradoxal for a a country which history is full of peasant revolutions, but the students were the main force behind the 4th May Movement, which is considered to be the birth of modern chinese nationalism.
The CCP is aware of that, and at the time, China was "on the brink" of civil war, which means the possibility was real but there was still a lot of factors that could have and would have prevented that.
Anyway, on top of the CCP, was the conservatives and the progressists. The death of one of the most progressists of all progressists sparkled the protest, even though it is simply in direct line with the democracy movement of the early 80s. People want the 5th modernization, democracy - and a better fight agasint corruption - but old Deng isn't ready for that, and knowing what the youth is capable, he unleashed the tanks.
I personnaly don't think he actually wanted to kill people, but still hold no regrets for doing so.
>How many people died?
Less than 300 according to the CCP, over 10 000 according to the Soviet Union, who did not like China at the time. The truth lies between these numbers, I guess.
>>3093777
Witnessed.
His Majesty Louis Otto Frederick William (Ludwig II.), King of Bavaria was murdered on June, 13th 1886 by the prussian secret service - a crime which was never solved until today.
- Why did the privy councillor Dr. Magg, an eyewitness and the royal coroner, just before he died reported his daughter about the gunshot wounds of Louis?
- Why were the clothes (with the evidence of bullet holes) of the king been burned immediately at castle Nymphenburg?
- Why did the clock of the king stops 1,25 hours before the clock of Dr. Guddens?
- Why wasn´t the cause of death of Dr. Guddens been investigated?
- Why were the kings precious belongings (f.e. his hat and his umbrella) found after sunset and not in daylight, when there was the search?
- Why were incidentally members of the prussian Abwehr at this day on duty in Starnberg?
- Why was first the dead body of His Majesty King hidden inside a boathouse and why exact this boathouse was immediately torn off?
- Why did Prof. Dr. Hans Rall (royal archives) said:"the report doesn´t call any cause of death." (of the king)
- Why did the local fisherman Jakob Lidl after been asked if the king was shot said accidentally: "how do you know"?
- Why, later, this local fisherman Jakob Lidl had to confirm on oath never to talk about all related things he had seen on June 13th, 1886?
- Why died a policeman in an uncleared way who was on duty the day His Majesty King was murdered?
- Why is the coffin of His Majesty King Louis II. empty?
- Why do the people love this King until today?
Media in vita in morte sumus!
>>3093742
>one lunatic was allowed to bankrupt Bavaria with insane fairy tale castles by virtue of being born in the right family
Monarchism is a mistake
>>3093763
So secretive authoritarian Krauts with a love for war were the answer?
Anarchists got played.
>>3093742
>why do people love this king
Real human bean who didn't get a boner at the thought of sending his people into a meat grinder to expand his borders and fill his coffers like an autistic kid playing a Paradox game, which at the time was a semi-remarkable trait in a monarch. Also his repressed homosex tendencies and general eccentricity make for a nice story.
>>3093763
He paid for those fairy tale castles exclusively using his personal spending money. Other monarchs just used it on parties. I've never seen anything to suggest that their construction was a problem for the running of the state, and it seems likely that considering how well they attract tourists they've probably payed for themselves several times over by now.
Did the Romans commit genocide against the Carthegians or was it fair play?
>>3093673
>Genocide [...] or [...] fair play?
Genocide was fair play back then.
>>3093690
Genocide's almost always okay considering people with no convictions or extreme convictions can do it.
>>3093831
Or people with different convictions. Like back then. Stop looking through the lens of modernity.
I've frequented /pol/ for a few years now but never visited /his/ for some reason. In your opinion, what consequences did the unification of Germany have?
The destruction of Europe, on multiple occasions
>>3093337
It was good idea as it gave the German people a strong nation to counter France, Austria, and Russia, but it was lead by a bunch of autists who basically destroyed Europe twice and the German people suffered because of them.
>>3093343
*3 times
If all religions are antiquated is it best to just take from all of them? We will ever see a new religion in our time other than 'atheism' ( is this even considered a religion?)
>>3092946
>>3092946
Akbar...
How do I stop being a nihilist? How do I convince myself to pursue something (e.g. reading, learning about the world, developing mastery in a skill) when I know deep inside that it's all ultimately pointless?
when you can´t run a bussiness anymore you need to declare bankrupcy, it´s the same
>>3092329
watch these videos and see if it touches you emotionally https://www.veganmotivation.com/why-meat-eaters-get-angry-with-vegans/
>>3092329
You grow out of it eventually unless youre a complete pathetic loser.
I just watched Kingdom of Heaven, and I must say, I was quite impressed. However, it's a movie, so I know for a fact it's not entirely historically accurate. Can someone give me the rundown on the period of time the movie portrays, at least, in the Levant?
>>3092222
>>3092242
If by bait, you mean I want a reply on what happened during one of the Crusader times, then yes.
>>3092222
I mean, almost every "fact" about the movie was inaccurate.
It plays extremely fast and loose with timing, backgrounds, events, and dates.
It's easier to list what is accurate
> Baldwin 4 was baller
> Saladin was baller
> Raynald de Chatillon was a giant prick
> the Crusaders lost Hattin due to being retarded
> Saladin spared many of the Christians of Jerusalem, but they were ransomed for a "below-market" price rather than being let free. The ones that could not be ransomed were sold into slavery. All Templar/Hospitaliers were killed after capture.
As to the last part, one other bro-tier act was omitted. Upon seeing the plight of the poor who could not afford their ransom, Saladin's brother forfeited his share of the plunder to pay the ransom for some 1000 Christians.
It's important.
>>3091976
No
T. Met one
Yes.
>>3091976
Yes.
Source: Freddie Mercury.
ITT: The most outrageous tragedies in the history of mankind
The American president blocking people on Twitter, this will go down as the darkest act in human history.
The Timur pile of skulls pales in comparison.
>>3091825
The Allies winning. :'(
>>3091852
start shit
get hit
was it autism?
Those were a part of old dick measuring contests. It's like how people show off their muscles now.
>>3091581
but they were like 3000 on this island right? they must have done this all day everyday
>>3091604
Maybe some guy from another island made an order for them but never showed up to pick them up