What do I listen to now?
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
>>2700158
Oh ok
Thank you
Also we can refit this thread to be a general podcast recommendation thread
>>2700158
>Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Nooooope. Probably the worst history podcast out there.
What are the "mystery cults" of the late Roman Empire?
Dunno, it's a mystery.
Religious organizations that required demonstration of merit, knowledge, and the gaining of rank to gain access to higher spiritual knowledge and benefits.
Freemasonry is a modern mystery religion, although there were thousands ranging from the imported-yet-unrelated Mithraism to the absolutely ancient Eleusian mysteries.
>>2700322
Was it true that they were overtaking the traditional paganism in Rome?
I'm glad Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. His war prompted the deaths of over six hundred thousand men. His policies towards slaves left millions of Africans homeless. In addition, millions of dollars were squandered under his term which could have been used to develop new industries rather than obliterate and then reconstruct the south. His presidency impeded the progression of the United States by centuries.
should've thought about that before you talked shit butthurt southerner
>talk shit
>get hit
>whine 150 years on
one atlanta wasn't enough
>>2700096
>His war prompted the deaths of over six hundred thousand men.
Yeah because they revolted against him you fucking imbecile
>>2700115
They revolted against an oppressive government which endeavored to destroy southern industries and tax southern states at substantially higher rates in order to subsidize northern manufacturing.
Is 1492 the most important year in Western history?
>>2700075
eh
it helped
>>2700075
I would say 1914 plays a really close second
732
1648
Are there any good points about this religion
>>2699686
A lot of baha'i people in Iran were massacred during the revolution and fled to US. The oppression is still continuing.
>>2699686
>literally Be Nice to Everyone: The Religion
Some of their temples look ok I guess
It makes muslims mad, which thereby exposes their true nature to western liberals.
Did Napoleon disrespect the French and view them as a bunch of retards?
"Do you think...that my object is to establish a Republic? What a notion! A republic of thirty million people, with our morals and vices! How could that ever be? It is a chimera with which the French are infatuated but which will pass away in time like all others...as for liberty, of that they have no conception...The nation must have a head, a head rendered illustrious by glory and not by theories of government...of which the French understand not a wit. Let them have their toys and they will be satisfied. They will amuse themselves and allow themselves to be led, provided the goal is cleverly disguised."
Sounds more like he was using them than anything.
bumping once
>>2699613
painting name?
>>2699613
Napoleon used everyone, hence his success. I do believe he had some shred of respect for them, but he used them as a means to an end. His end was all of Europe under his control.
Why is Zhuge Liang known as one of the greatest strategists ever when almost all his military campaigns were complete disasters?
RotTK and one hell of a propagandist
>>2699560
>Zhuge Liang banned historians at the Shu court
really joggins the old egg nog
Did Shu even have a chance?
What is your favourite Historical movie?
War adn peace from 1967. It's 7 hours long and it is also on of the best movies ever prduced by my country. The battle scenes are simply amazing.
>>2699512
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SVC_9V8K5Y
>This is a montage of clips from the most expensive film ever made (in today's dollars the budget would be over $700 million). These were the days before CG animation, there are no special effects creating these huge armies, it is all REAL. 120,000 soldiers in period costumes, thousands of horses, etc. No film will ever come close to this in terms of spectacle, without being, essentially, a work of animation (like The Return of the King).
Holy shit i need to watch this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6504eRh5h6M
Napoléon is a 1927 silent French epic film written, produced, and directed by Abel Gance that tells the story of Napoleon's early years. On screen, the title is Napoléon vu par Abel Gance, meaning "Napoleon as seen by Abel Gance". The film is recognised as a masterwork of fluid camera motion, produced in a time when most camera shots were static. Many innovative techniques were used to make the film, including fast cutting, extensive close-ups, a wide variety of hand-held camera shots, location shooting, point of view shots, multiple-camera setups, multiple exposure, superimposition, underwater camera, kaleidoscopic images, film tinting, split screen and mosaic shots, multi-screen projection, and other visual effects. A revival of Napoléon in the mid-1950s influenced the filmmakers of the French New Wave
>/his/ laments the epic paganist Julian as the man that could have revitalized Rome
>Conveniently omits Majoran, a Christian emperor, which was in a position to restore the status of Rome shortly before its historical fall and failed by a hair's breadth
What are some examples of /his/ deliberately being selective about their favorite historical figures?
>>2699464
Majorian gets a mention on /his/ too. Probably not as much as Julian but more then Eugenius who was Christian but wasn't antagonistic towards old polytheism.
>>2699464
Its not his, its autistic neo pagans who refuse to accept Christianity saved rome
>>2699464
/his/' problem is blaming the fall of rome on christianity when there are a plethora of other reasons that make far more sense
it's a theory that was posited and refuted by augustine of hippo and then posited by edward gibbon and refuted by modern historians
retard shit typical of this board
At what point in history did humans start to develop close ties with dog?
I beleive they were used for hunting and were some of the first animals domesticated around the hunter gatherer stage, would not know when we started treating them as friends and not hunting tools
Roughly 30000-40000 years ago. It was either the end of the middle Stone Age or the end of the Stone age. We know that dogs separated from wolves around 33000 years ago.
>http://www.pnas.org/content/112/44/13639.abstract
Dogs were first used to guard the human's shelters and also for hunting. The cave painting you posted illustrates that since we can clearly see a man with a long stick/primitive spear in his hand and a dog by his side. I'm fairly certain that he is a hunter.
To answer your question directly, dogs have been really close to humans ever since they were domesticated since their roles implied being close to people most of the time.
Dogs are cute. CUTE.
Is polyandry the solution to first world's demographic and societal problems?
I'm talking about the type where everyone is married to each other, not the one where just one woman has many husbands.
>>2699397
It works in some cultures so maybe. Monogamy is not the natural way of things anyway.
>>2699406
according to anatomy women should be promiscous and should have orgies with many men
>>2699397
>everyone is married to each other
>stacy continues to fuck chad
Marriage and monogamy was created to socialize pussy. Otherwise the majority of men have no stake in the tribe and would opt out of any work or run in a crisis.
Save Russia from Putin and Organized Crime "Lake".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As6HDRmwuDI
http://www.compromat.ru
>>2699194
It's a "lobbying is not corruption" episode
>>2699194
>putin is the problem
Just trade one evil master for another.
A big chunk of america used to belong to Canada.
How does this make you feel?
>>2699179
Indifferent
>>2699179
Snowmexicans BTFO
13 colonoscopies BTFO
Was this guy really as evil as history makes him out to be?
Probably not. It's important to note that nearly all of the history we read from ancient rome was written by the senatorial class and as such their writings were heavily influenced by the relationship between the emperor and the Senate.
As such, emperors who openly disregarded and/or disdained the senate and their friends were made cartoonishly evil.
In reality, we know Nero was unpopular and he was most likely a selfish asshole on a power trip. I can't imagine giving teenager ultimate power to the single greatest state in the world at the time. But the whole 'started the great fire to make room for his ebin construction project', take it with some healthy skepticism.
Same goes for Caligula, Commodus, etc. The only emperor I can think of that openly conflicted with the Senate and didn't get slandered hard was Hadrian and that was really only thanks to the influence of Antoninus Pius. He was given the name Pius for defending Hadrian from the Senate's bullshit.
>>2699165
To add to this, nowhere is the slanted bias of ancient historians more apparent than in their writings of Domitian.
From everything we can tell about his reign he was a ruthless autocrat but he was ultimately a stable, efficient ruler who was popular amongst the people. His only apparent flaw is he wasn't his brother Titus.
Yet he's written about as a paranoid despot by the senatorial class.
>>2699149
Literally the first Neckbeard NEET
>Jesus became a messiah in a historical period that was characterized by a trend in people proclaming themselves as prophets and messiahs
>tfw Jesus is the one who won that race
Spooky.
>>2699105
Same with Muhammad during 7th century Arabia.
>>2699134
Not the best comparison.
Muhammad held huge political power once he and the nascent Muslims moved to Yathrib and then conquered Makkah.
Christians did not hold any political power till the conversion of Armenia.
>>2699105
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_claimed_to_be_Jesus
shit happens all the time.