http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/amelia-earhart-survived-plane-crash-history-channel-1202487563/
>>3042978
I heard about this earlier today, sounds fascinating. this certainly seems like a more logical scenario than them crashing away from civilization. Noonan and Earhart were very experienced in their craft, they were flying a state of the art plane, and the plane as a whole has never been found despite extensive searches in the area. The man in the picture does have a striking resemblance to Noonan and they object that the ship is towing measures out to 38 feet, which is the same length as Earhart's plane. A lot of things line up.
We may never know what happened completely, but if this picture proves to be correct, it makes Earhart's story seem a lot more grim now. Because she and Noonan were likely brutally tortured and died of disease in a Saipan prison during or even after the war. Maybe they were even relocated and experimented on by unit 731.
The History Channel actually got a decent scoop for once.
>>3042978
if it's true, the Imperial Japanese Military are even dumber/more incompetent than I thought they could be.
>plane crashes
>has civilian markings.
>assume the female and male crew Must be spies for some reason
>do nothing to doublecheck this or try to find out who these people are.
>leave no records after the war.
yeah, it's hard to believe that info wouldnt have come out from the japanese side sometime over the last 60 years of US/japanese friendship.
>mfw if we go far enough into the past all of us posting on /his/ have a single common ancestor.
>this is what evolucuck liberals actually believe
Mitochondrial Eve
Posters who descend from the Oog line are superior to posters who descend from the Zarg line. Zarg's descendents are brainlets.
>In 1526 Luther wrote: “I, Martin Luther, have during the rebellion slain all the peasants, for it was I who ordered them to be struck dead.”
well that wasn't very nice.
>>3042625
DID NOTHING WRONG
>>3042625
Wew, rare martin. Never knew he grew a beard
That's not cool, bro. Also, the Papacy is the legitimate representative of my will. Okay, by.
t. Christos
>Mongol horde rises to amass the biggest empire in history in the spam of a few years trough the deeds of one great man and quickly falls apart after his death
>Napoleonic France conquests Spain to the Balkans after being torn apart by civil war and revolution, quickly recovering in the spam of a few years trough the deeds of one great man. Quickly falls apart after the man becomes incapable of continuing his conquests.
>The third Reich manages to conquer or ally all of continental Europe in less than 10 years, after being economically and politically destroyed by everyone around it, trough the careful management of a single political party, canalized trough the leadership of one great man. Country is subsequently annihilated after said man becomes senile.
In contrast
>Roman Republic slowly annexes territory in wars for which it believes it is justified to fight, usually very focused on single political entities. After conquest they often populated their new territories themselves, expanding their culture and building infrastructure.
Is this what we're missing? Patience? Does it take more than the desire of 1 great man to build an empire? Must it be the collective desire of an entire civilization, that makes conquest a cultural heritage that must be continued for generations, slowly, in order for it to happen?
>>3042616
Conquering is the easy part of empire building. Maintenance is where most fall apart, mostly because of cultural differences across the large expanses of land it takes to create an "empire" causing conflict with the ruling elite.
>>3042636
Is this what that hot new meme of "amateurs learn tactics, experts learn logistics" or something like that I've been hearing about so much is about?
>>3042616
The Roman Empire great slowly over centuries, it doesn't compare with the vast conquests of Alexander or Genghis, or even Attila. It seems like most empires collapse after their founder's death, surviving is rather the exceptional case.
As to how some live while most die, pure dumb luck is probably the most important factor, establishing a dynasty to provide continuity of rule is important, but so is having weak neighbours you can quickly gobble up to fuel an Imperial economy. Longer term, a solid economic system, an effective military recruitment program, and an ongoing cultural or literal colonization of the conquered areas is essential, "hands' off" rulers seldom build lasting empires.
These are Leonardo da Vinci's last words. What did he mean by this?
He developed emotional problems from Ezio missing his QTE hug
>>3042442
He was a prisoner of his own epoch
>>3042451
Holy fucking shit, why did you say this? I just replayed AC2, and I missed the quick time hug.
What are your opinions on Egypt? Historically vs Currently. Haven't heard about them in a while other than we wuz kangs
>>3042236
Got BTFO several times by Israel in 20th century. Usually some sort of military dictatorship is always in power, right now it's al Sisi after he dealt with MB three years ago.
>>3042236
desu until something is done it will be hampered by several problems into the distant future, namely way too many fucking people ever provide enough well-paying jobs in an economy that afaik relies heavily on tourism. second they have a huge braindrain. third they have a huge ass military lobby that controls vast parts of the economy and i conjecture probably sucks up a lot of money. fourth huge corruption and unequal distribution of income
>>3042271
You could say they're keeping their ways of life alive.
Hello /his/
I wonder during the Vietnam War, were there any who died then?
A bit fascinated after seeing black ops!
>>3042088
Are you braindead?
>>3042100
I'm not going in there with two jedi!
>>3042088
Yes many people dieded, including vietnamese and american, you should read more about this war as it is one of the USA's significant blunders of history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Vive L'Empereur !
This is your country on Rome LARPing
>>3042170
And is there anything that can be said to be wrong with that?
>>3042078
>French
>Emperor
> “In England, everything is permitted except what is forbidden.
>In Germany, everything is forbidden except what is permitted.
>In France, everything is allowed, even what is prohibited.
>In the USSR, everything is prohibited, even what is permitted. “
How true is this, /his/ ?
>>3041989
none of it. Churchill was a memelord
>>3041997
fpbp
Was he drunk when he said this too?
If Confucianism said to not risk unnecessary foreign wars into non-Xia territories, why did the Han dynasty expand into xinjiang?
Because the king rules over All Under Heaven, get with the program.
>>3041841
>t. I never heard of Xiongnu steppnigga
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han%E2%80%93Xiongnu_War
>>3041858
Wouldn't annexing a huge swath of territory that borders the xiongnu increase chances of conflict?
Reminder: You will never defend your country in a trench warfare.
>>3041810
Yeah but we get to defend it on the internet.
and I'm glad I don't have to die in a shitty wet trench because some faggots think they have to fight other faggots over land, ideals, governments or other dumb reasons and send expendable young man into their death.
>>3041810
That's a fucking good thing. I'm glad that I don't have to die for some rich asshole's profit-wars whose fruits I'd never see, and the only thing I'd have to show for it is an artificial foot after losing my real one to trench foot.
of all time? in your opinion
Charles Sanders Peirce. Father of pragmatism and semiotics (with Saussure), polymath, author of countless essays.
>>3041790
yeah I have to say Peirce as well
the founder of, really, the only original philosophy to come out of America
plus one of the forefront founders of logic (preceded frege on many developments)
plus father of semiotics, a major figure in statistics and many other things
the man was brilliant
>>3041867
Well Transcendentalism is an original American philosophy as well
Did he ever have a chance?
>>3041731
of taking over as a fascist? No
of taking over as leader of the labour party? Yes
>>3041909
>of taking over as a fascist? No
why the heck not
BEADY
Would Karl Marx and Adolf Hitler have been friends?
No. Marx would've fled Germany
Engels was racist against Lafargue and Marx did not condemn him for it
>>3041636
They seem made for each other though.
What books can you recommend me that chronicles the fall of Zoroastrianism to Islam?
/lit/ is full of deadbeats.
>>3041281
>that image
>the topic of islam
>insulting /lit/
So many red flags... I'll just mention that Zoroastrianism promotes polygamy, incest and pedophilia as part of its core believes, as it proposes such relationships produce purer (in body and spirit) children.
This is just because I've seen this thread on /pol/ and it was about white Christians identifying with Zoroastrianism as if its an ally and a close friend in the fight against Islam.
As for your actual request, I haven't read any good books on it. Zoroastrianism itself was forced on the population by the ruling dynasty, and after that Islam was forced by the new ruling dynasty. There isn't much more to say. Its mentioned here and there in books about Persia, in short paragraphs.
Try this text from " Philosophy East and West": https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.culture.indian/dPuGhXS-dDc
>>3041281
To be fair, and although I like the wewuz meme, whites didn't really create civilisation either.
>China, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Indus Valley
Modern civilisation? Absolutely.
>>3041293
Oh Come now we enjoy insulting /lit/ here. I agree with you though.