How does one get to such a low-point in life that allows them to come out stronger and with the ability to conquer?
When you have nothing to lose
>>2531113
How does one get to that point?
By pulling a Fight Club?
>>2531117
By losing everything you care about
Do walls work?
For what? The walls of my house work to keep it pretty warm in here.
>>2531023
That hippie shit wall sure ain't gonna work
they do a good job
What went wrong?
T*rks.
The Romans didn't wipe them out completely.
>>2531027
>"Having crushed the Bulgarians, Basil exerted his vengeance by cruelty - he was said to have captured 15,000 prisoners and blinded 99 of every 100 men, leaving one one-eyed man in each cohort to lead the rest back to their ruler. Samuel was physically struck down by the dreadful apparition of his blinded army and died two days later, on 6 October 1014, after suffering a stroke"
Dirtbags had it coming
How accurate are these maps?
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What's some of the most remarkable displays of honor in history?
>>2530878
Undoubtedly the ones that were never recorded. The ruling classes only ever boasted of honour and never fulfilled the promise. Only the poor sods who put morality over wealth took honour seriously
My sister flirted with an infidel so I stoned her to death to prevent family shame, so honorable.
>>2530878
When the Americans and the Germans teamed up to take out the SS at that castle IMO. WW2 was full of honor like that, like the German fighter who escorted that American bomber back to safety.
Why do Greeks suck so much at fighting Kebab?
>Kick ass in Thermopylae
>kick ass in Greco-Persian Wars
>get their shit pushed in by Arabs despite having overwhelming numbers
>get shit pushed in by Abbasids
>get shit pushed in by ottomans
>get shit pushed in by ataturk, despite having numerical superiority
>>2530867
because they are the kebab
>>2530867
Like Italy, Greece had its shit together when it wasn't centralized
>>2530867
The Arab conquests of the 630's started when The Byzantines and Persians both were exhausted from fighting a 20 year war against each other,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Sasanian_War_of_602%E2%80%93628
neither empire had the manpower pool to defend against a major invasion, so both crumbled to the Arab conquests with undermanned armies to defend themselves with.
Though it is fair to say, the Byzantines fared a lot better in their wars than the Sassanids did. Persia fell in 20 years to the Caliphate, while the Arabs had their entire army annihilated at Constantinople, and peace was eventually signed in the 1050's.
No one would say the Byzantine Arab wars were a complete curbstomp, as both sides fought each other to a standstill over the course of centuries.
also fun fact, the Byzantine Arab wars is one of the longest continuous wars in history, at 416 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_wars
>fully acquitted at Nuremberg despite having full knowledge and approval of killing Jews
>writes bestseller book about how the clean wehrmacht dindu muffins
>claims Germany would have won even after 1943 if it weren't for Hitler's stab in the back
>makes public statements that the holocaust is "greatly exaggerated"
>last German field marshal to die
>buried with full military honours with thousands of attendees
How does he keep getting away with it?
>>2530832
By telling the truth desu.
Look a those nose.
>>2532795
>Von MAN-STEIN
oy vey
Did an "Indo-European" "expansion" really happen?
>>2530779
No its all based on speculation, we have no idea if Homo Sapiens is actually native to Asia and migrated into Africa.
>>2530779
Indo-European theory in a nutshell.
One day 5000 years ago. People living by the Black Sea had a mutation causing Haplogroup R1b and blue eyes. They were the first "Aryans". They decided to spread out in every direction killing the native people of Europe, India, and Iran and raping women and spreading their language.
It's borderline science fiction.
>>2530793
The Yamnaya were shitskins and blue eyes and possibly light hair as well was already present in native European hunter gatherers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamna_culture#Physical_characteristics
>The genetic basis of a number of physical features of the Yamnaya people were ascertained by the ancient DNA study conducted by Haak et al. (2015), Wilde et al.(2014), Mathieson et al. (2015) : they were genetically tall (phenotypic height is determined by both genetics and environmental factors), overwhelmingly dark-eyed (brown), dark-haired and had a skin colour that was moderately light, though somewhat darker than that of the average modern European.[18][5] Surprisingly, given their pastoral lifestyle, there was little evidence of lactase persistence.
ITT: Discuss the history of Finland
>>2530758
sure is cold here
>>still is
>>2530759
>cold
Literally maybe one day where temps were below -20 this winter.
MONBOLIA FINNGOLE :--DDDDDDD
NO IS RUSSHIA :----------DDDDDDDDD
IS FINNLAND :---DDDD
So how bad were corsets, really?
you know you can still order them and try one on yourself right?
>>2530760
And with that, you can also read reviews and experiences from fat women who bought them. No need for historical anecdotes or other records.
>>2530760
I'd imagine modern corsets are different from historical corsets.
Hi, /his/. There's been polls here for what religion/world view you subscribe to, what period of history you like the most, etc, but what personality you have. I think it would be quite interesting to see how this board comes out.
If you've never taken a "Myers Briggs type indicator", before, you can take a fun one here:
>https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
The poll:
>http://www.strawpoll.me/12563351
Mine is ENTP
>Pic unrelated
Most people find that their personality type changes, especially the last couple letters, but every time I do it I always get INTP.
ENFP
>>2530810
Likewise, but I always get ENTP.
I'm predicting now that there will be no ESFPs on this board, purely because they cannot hold a serious conversation for more than 2 minutes.
Hey, /his/, a friend and me are doing a presentation on Tancrède de Hauteville tomorrow (the regent of antioch, not the one that actually lived in Hauteville) send us all you know about him u fegs
bump for interest
>>2530708
do your homework by yourself retard
>>2530708
Not a real de Hauteville
Go fuck yourself
When did white people settle South Africa?
Wich black ethnic group was there before whites?
>>2530702
There was no niggers in South Africa only San people.
>>2530702
if you actually want to know google it instead of asking here
>>2530702
No niggers in the cape, after the mfecane whitey occupied transvaal
Does the word Celt even mean anything?
>>2530699
yes
>>2530699
They were a people who flourished all over Europe from 3000 BC up until the expansion of the Roman Empire. Most of the continental languages are dead. Today "authentic Celts" only survive in small numbers in the British Isles and northern France.
Im reading the Hindu epic Ramayana. Its reaaaaly long.
But im pleasantly it surprised. Its more interesting than I expected.
>>2530697
that's cool i guess
Redpill me on Vishnuism, is it true that different sects revere different hindu Triat dudes as being "supreme" over the others?
How do they settle their disagreement? Or is it more of a "who's your favorite".
Also Kalki soon brother.
>>2530707
I believe there was alot of rivalry during medival times between Shaivas and Vaishnavas.
But eastern faiths are fluid so most of the time they settle disagreements with "my supreme deity is an aspect of the supreme that I identify more with etc", which actually does go with Hindu philosophy so.
Eastern religions are flexible. Proud to be of hindu-buddhist heritage