Science is reason.
Superstition is the lack of reason.
If society looks down on unreasonable people, then why is superstition so rampant? Or is it a case of groupthink.
>>2673812
>If society looks down on unreasonable people, then why is superstition so rampant?
hmm... almost like society doesn't view everything in the dichotomy that you provided.
We haven't classified religious belief as a mental illness. Yet.
>>2673812
>If society looks down on unreasonable people
It doesn't.
How prevelant were female warriors in Scottish history?
>>2673764
Besides Bouddica there weren't many Celtic female warriors. That was more with the Scythians and Slavs.
>>2673764
None at all, the only famous Scottish queen was executed and our current leader is destroying the country
>>2673764
Lots of Celtic female warriors, not sure about Picts but I assume there were
How was your Easter /his/?
I don't observe easter
>>2673635
It was okay. I went to church with my family for the first time since like December.
>>2673635
Did a bunch of coke the night before and got hammered. Show up at my moms place sweating it all out. Fell asleep before we ate. Bretty gud
What are some of famous history rivalry cases?
Wellesley/Napoleon, Scipio/Hannibal
>>2673597
>Scipio/Hannibal
One sided rivalries do not count. Stay mad elephant man
Thomas Paine vs. Edmund Burke
Thomas Jefferson vs. Alexander Hamilton
Bill Buckley vs. Gore Vidal
James the Just vs. Paul of Tarsus
Martin Luther vs. cognitive dissonance
The Jewish theory of relativity vs. Catholic Quantum Mechanics
India vs. Pakistan
Favorite quotes thread
"What are you gonna do, stab me?"
-Julius Caesar
"Where are my slippers?"
-Augustus
AHHHHHHH SAVE ME JESUS HE'S GOT A KILIJ
"BLWAAAAARGHWHWUWHWUWHAAH"
-Charles II
Favorite Images of the Third Reich
>>2673418
Adolf Hitler meeting Hungary's Leader
>>2673418
A German Parrot Seller Teaches his Parrots how to Talk (1935)
>>2673418
Romanian Waffen SS divison
What were ethnic relations like in the Caliphates over the years? Abrahamism tries to destroy ethnic and racial tribalism, in favour of a spiritual religious tribalism - but seeing as 'racism' and kin-preference is just innate and part of irrevocable Human nature, there must have been real tension. For example, the various Iberian populations that were converted to Islam. IIRC there was a Basque writer who commented angrily on how his own people who were not Muslim were being sold into slavery and his womenfolk put into the elite Arabs' harems.
Did the Arabs just mouth the Islamic unity pieties, but oppress and in practice behave with tribalistic tendencies? Were converted populations 'real' Muslims to them, or equal to Arab Muslims?
>>2673411
Well a general rundown...
>ummayads: non-Arabs regarded as second class, with non-Muslim arabs of course at the bottom. HOWEVER they were generally left alone whilst being governed by Arabs.
>Abbasids: Generally all Muslims are equal HOWEVER greater pressure put to convert to Islam
hope that clears some things out
Correction*: non-muslims at the bottom *
no distinction was made between non-Muslim arabs and non-arabs in terms of lowliness
jee wizz i fucked up again
* no distinction between non muslim arabs and other non-Muslims
So the winning german strategy for ww1 would have been holding back on France and pushing Russia in early, right?
The winning strategy would have been to not start a war just because your closest ally is an autist.
>>2673332
No The winning strategy would have been to bring france into the war as quickly as possible then withdraw back into germany, dragging the french armies after and destroying them on german soil, then reinvading france
>>2673332
Exact opposite, they knew Russia would take a while to get ready for war, they wanted to expand into Russia more than into France, so why not catch the french by surprise and take them out early so they can focus on Russia.
Why has China been so good at getting various ethnicities to consider themselves 'Chinese'? They're like if the Roman Empire never truly fell in Europe/MENA. Even the northern barbarians who swept down to take over every few centuries eventually assimilated and LARPed as Chinese. What's their secret?
Brutal repression and cultural imperialism.
>>2673344
But to this day many minorities in China have privileged status. Is this a recent invention?
>>2673347
yes
I HURT MYSELF TODAY
>>2673267
>Austria not marked
>Sudetenland not marked
>>2673267
TOO SEE IF I STILL FEEL
Should've stayed that way desu. They are ruining Europe again now like they always do.
Currently Sunni but I believe that Ali Talib was Muhammad 's(pbuh) successor but was usurped by Umar. However disagree with Shia concept of divine imamate and changing the Shahada. Is there any branch of Islam that has this belief?
>>2673245
Okay. How did Umar "usurp" Ali from the succession?
>>2673256
After his pilgrimage the prophet chose Ali to be his successor. Ali was basically a son to him, and honestly i doubt the prophet would lack the forsight to choose a successor.
Umar however, strong armed his way into succession
also, regarding the other companion's jealosy of Ali, it wasn't the first time they snubbed him .
Why did he start Christianity?
>>2673218
He didnt. He started correct Judaism.
>>2673227
what was his motive?
>>2673218
His followers did.
achieving seperation of church and state
this isn't just about the recent turn to Islamism that Turkey is experiencing
but historically
>>2673210
Because Islam is considered a blueprint for conduct in all aspects of life, including the political.
>>2673224
this, the church is the state.
>>2673233
so was the structure of Christianity radically different from Islam, that it was allowed to achieve that seperation i.e more fluid than Islam?
I really like history but many times occured to me that I dont even know where to start to learn about something. For example today I got interested in the First Opium War but I was where the fuck do I start.
Help me guys Im 0 iq
I just use wikipedia for everything 2bh. If I want to learn even more, I watch a documentary or read a book about it.
Search for "best book on (historical period)". If it's not too obscure you normally find some kind of discussion on a forum or even a "top-ten" style list. Then you start reading said book. I normally try to download books illegally, dont tell the cops
>>2673209
But some books (i dont know about history too much but i've read many philosophy books) are written like the author wants to pretend he is 200 iq so you dont understand a fucking word.
>North Africa
>West Asia
>Europe
>Central Asia
What's a good term that could be used for all of the populations in them? They're about closer to each-other than populations outside of these places. "Caucasian" is out dated. "White" is too tainted.
>>2672992
"Greater Middle East"
Caucasoid.
>>2673015
Outdated.