What was Finland like under Russian rule
Objectively better than under Sweden
t. Finn
It was terrible. They forced an invented culture and a language nobody spoke on a nation of unwilling Swedes.
>>2403216
I thought that had to do with whites and reds? And all the reds where killed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangley_Rebellion
>Spaniards, Japanese Ronin and Filipinos defeat a Chinese army
The boxer rebellion is an obvious one
>>2402007
Humanity before this had battles, but they were infantry and archer skirmishes. Maybe some light cavalry thrown in there for flavor... but the Battle of Qadesh (and the entire war between Egypt and the Hittites) was one with major firsts. First major chariot involvement in human history. The charge must have been... devastating to both sides. Thousands of chariots were constructed by both sides in an attempt to out do the other. Much different in terms of the US-Soviet Space Race... but the massive arms build up on both sides carries similarities.
The amount of soldiers that each amassed was another first. The nations were creating truly professional armies by keeping men employed solely to fight the many battles each nation fought. It also had a strangely kind peace. "Brother" and "Sister" floated around a lot in the correspondences... seems a little awkward it is so nice.
I don't recall the exact name, but there was once a three-way battle where a Frankish army goaded an Arab and Magyar raid into colliding, then swept in and attacked both right after.
I never read the bible.
what am i missing?
>>2401840
Dead Jew on a stick
>>2401840
The correct way to live life, Plus an unequaled Library of books detailing the history of a people going back 5,000 years and what they believed during certain periods of those times.
For the student of History it's an unmissable read, not because it tells the historically accurate narrative of exactly what happened, but rather because it shows what a certain people thought over a period of about 5000 years.
Any self-proclaimed student of Rome simply must read the New Testament.
>>2401858
So is it necessary to read the old testament which, if i understand correctly, is essentially the jewish bibbel?
How can the catholic church dislike Luther? From ~1100 to ~1600 it was arguably the most corrupt institution to ever have existed.
Jeez, maybe because he PROTESTED against them?
>>2401838
I protest against you from posting in this thread
>>2401826
They tend to ignore that fact, and instead look at what happenned afterwards, especially how it divided Europe. and resulted in various conflicts.
For instance: The Thirty Years´ War.
Is their any indo-european word that every european language use today?
Could only find this
>>2401263
seriously why is the Germanic branch so weird
>>2401328
it's not
you're just not very used to languages probably
Can somebody explain to me how this happened?
>>2399916
To be fair, I'm pretty sure the most widely used name for "Y" in Spanish is literally "Greek I".
And I think Portuguese use the Greek name for Y because it wasn't part of their alphabet until they adopted foreign words, and they tend to keep those letters with their original names. Spanish already had Y, but both adopted W and K as "foreign letters". K is still called "kapa" (from Greek kappa) in Portuguese in some regions, while W is directly transliteratied as "dabliu" from English. In Spanish, K is always called just "ka", and the name for W is translated rather than transliterated (and it even has competing translations).
How Portuguese lost the Greek name for Z (or why Spanish kept it) is anyone's guess.
>>2399916
In my language
>Y - igrek
>Z - tsett
>>2400267
This.
Only pretentious faggots and illiterate retards say "ye".
T. spaniard
https://civilization.com/news/entries#civilization-vi-john-curtin-leads-australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11HVt8f0X-I
> John Curtin was the 14th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1941 to 1945. He held office while the country was under direct threat of Japanese attack during World War II. He proved more than capable for the job through his landmark legislations, which greater unified the many states of Australia and assisted in its reconstruction following the war.
> Curtin, leader of the Labor Party, sadly passed away while in office on July 5, 1945. He left behind a legacy of progressive social reform and civic responsibility that ensured he will forever be remembered as one of Australia’s most influential citizens.
/his/ vidya thread, I guess.
>>2399894
>Australia is a civ
kek
Civ is shit.
I thought we all knew that /his/ is /gsg/ territory.
#liquoria2ftw
I pirated Civ 6 when it first came out, and the retarded and insane AI made the game feel like a joke.
I guess they patched it but I'm not gonna pay full retail just to see if it's fun.
>tfw can't start your own country, anymore, since there's no land left
I guess the only thing left to do is to start a town on South Georgia, or the Kerguelen Islands, or something, and be practically independent.
Or do a Sealand.
>>2399336
There's some. None of it particularly good land, but its better than nothing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_nullius#Current_terrae_nullius
If you decide to go through with it, call me up. I'll help.
>>2399366
Well, all of the areas between other nations that are unclaimed would immediately be claimed if I moved there and tried top start one, so that's off the table.
I'd need enough money for a domed city underwater or in Antarctica, so that's off the table.
I'd need both money for a dome and for a rocket for space, so that's off the table.
I think I'll just move to the Kerguelen Islands, if I ever really want to try. Do you think France would let me? Do you think I could convince 50~ French fishing families to move with me?
Wouldn't that be the dream?
>>2399446
You should found a honest dictatorship, anon
Why do white Buddhists get such a bad rep when there were white Buddhists long, long before there were white Christians?
Because they're not the same white people. Why should they have a good rep?
>>2397976
Because Buddhism is pretty cool. White people are pretty cool.
How can two cool things at once be a bad thing?
>>2397979
well, two wrongs don't make a right
welp its 2017... 25 years ago he died.
so what does /his/ think? His wife did it huh?
also general thread about history of punk and grunge.
>page long suicide note
>clearly, this was a murder
Also
>inb4 contrarians
>>2396671
>>2396671
WatchSoaked in Bleach on Netflix.
>redpill
>convinced Courtney Love did it
Protip- it's Stoicism
>You get to know your inner self better
>You understand what motivates people and understand why they do what they do
>You focus on improving your character and being a better person.
>Helps you enter distressing situations with a cool and level head.
>Tackles the issue of mortality making you grateful for each day so you spend the time you do have in more meaningful ways.
>You end up giving up a lot of things that you thought you needed, and your priorities may shift considerably
>You will be able to face your fears and analyze your thoughts, desires and values
Who else /stoic/ here?
Pic related, Marcus Aurelius.
Stoicism is at best mid-tier philosophically. Its too life-denying.
Stoicism is
>reads philosophy once
philosophy for dumb children.
>You get to know your inner self better
Except that you replaced your inner self with nothing but a facsimile of an external ideal.
Measuring yourself can only come from testing your limits. Stoicism is explicitly about limiting yourself towards specific ideals.
CLAIM YOUR KINGFU /his/
Pic very much related
>Expelled the jews immediately
>Conquered Wales
>Anyone who questioned him literally died, also 6'2 giant
>outsmarted everyone politically
>Made England Great Again
>Darth Vader-esque quips
Is there anyone more based?
>>2394342
>decucks france from England
>personally btfo's Henry II and later Richard I
>begins the process of french centralization
A true Christian king
>>2394342
He basically ran his kingdom by sheer anger alone, so much so that his son had no idea how to run a kingdom.
Teach me of the Barbary slave trade
How racialised was it?
Why did they stop the slave trade?
Did the slaves like it?
How did Europeans react to their people being taken into slavery?
Generally just anything related.
It appears that we were slaves, and stuff.
>>2389321
>Did the slaves like it?
This I can answer. No, they didn't like it. Do want to be raped multiple times with the possibility of fucking animals for the Sultans amusement, or have your genitals mutilated, or even both?
Hot girls would sometimes become slaves to rich men. Outside of that you'd probably starve/freeze to death in some mine.
>"This is only a representation of my body and blood, do not do this in memory of me."
What did he mean by this?
>>2406370
>"Don't take this literally, you are not actually eating my body and blood. People will think you are fucking crazy if you say it like that."
Really makes you think
>>2406370
Jesus had a vore fetish.
>>2406370
He meant don't be a pagan, like the Babylonian/Roman pagan churches, thinking you can Eat God and thus Be God.
When Jesus said He was the Bread of Life, do you think you could have sliced and toasted him?
https://youtu.be/g1PBt0NDv64
Don't you wish society still revolved around weird spoopy ceremonies?
The world being so empirical and functional and devoid of symbolism and ritual left everything feeling so...bland.
Atheism and secularism was a mistake.
>>2403430
>Atheism and secularism was a mistake.
Atheists at least take a step towards accepting responsibility. Religious people can always blame a god or their devil.
>>2405829
>responsibility
That's just the thing, they're not responsible for anything.
>>2403430
I'm sure the evil atheists haven't managed to close down all churches yet, plenty of spoopy ceremonies to be around.