How the FUCK did he manage to do it?
Dumb fucking luck.
The problem was, he sent a precedent of Prussians overcoming massive odds with dumb luck. That would come back to bite them later.
Hatred of poles is a pathway to abilities many consider 'unnatural'.
Also luck, ie. miracle of the house of Brandenburg.
>>2379400
This. Dumb luck. Had Peter III ascended to the throne a few months later, Germany would not exist. Crazy.
Are any Christian denominations other than Protestantism compatible with secularism and democracy?
>>2379182
Hopefully not.
I'd guess Mormonism though.
>>2379182
"Protestantism" is not a denomination of Christianity.
It's Christians.
Slandered by the Catholics as "protesting catholicism", which any rational human being would naturally do when presented with the facts.
Like this simpering moron right here. >>2379199 literally cannot tell you how to be saved, if he's saved, or what being saved even means.
>>2379215
>"Protestantism" is not a denomination of Christianity.
This is true but it is a branch of denominations, making the OP still decipherable.
Early
High
Late
Well, /his/? Which one is your favorite and why?
>>2379121
That's an easy one. I like the end of the vth century until approx. the viith century, when they still had remnants of roman administration.
And also the xvth century, when they began to stop being retarded, at least the elite.
>>2379496
Thank you for your input, anon. More responses pls.
>>2379121
The Age of Alfred because it was weird.
who is more important to their respective languages
>>2379101
The Italian language as we know it quite literally would not exist without Dante.
>>2379151
>Dante
*Petrarch, Boccaccio and Pietro Bembo
I mean you're kinda right, but the above are arguably more important
>>2379151
So, Shakespeare.
Royals always ultimately always descend from a high IQ elite that managed to convince the dummies that they should rule way back when, who in turn descend from whatever high IQ chieftain managed to rule over whatever protocivs popped up.
Would you say this is controversial?
Not really. The "Divine right of kings" is also quite easily explained:
>Way back in the day, entire world is basically in a state of Anarchy
>Everybody is fighting everybody, no laws and no repercussions
>Eventually one guy arises who just kills everybody else because he is the baddest motherfucker around, and because he managed to convince the most warriors to join his cause
>That guy is the king, his kids inherit the title, and their kids, and so on
>Fast forward a few generations: Why is that guy in particular king? "Because God said so okay, don't fuck with that guy."
Yeah. because it is all high and relevant when someone akin to pic related ascends to the throne.
>>2379097
Actually the doctrine is derived from Romans 13, sorry for your poor education.
Did the historical Zoroaster vilify the 'daevas' (pre-Zoroastrian local deities in the region of wider Persia)? If so, why? It's easier to comprehend that the disdain for the 'daevas' was a development that came later once Zoroastianism had coalesced into a formal religion, but if Zoroaster himself was the one to begin this, it's very strange.
For example, early Judaism was polytheistic, and in the process of became henotheist and eventually monotheistic. But the process was a long one, and a result of various factors that took centuries in the making.
>>2379083
Well, first of all he didn't demonize all the local deities of Persia, just one class of them, the Daevas. It's not really unparalleled or connected to monotheism. The Indians took the exact opposite route and vilified the Asuras while considering the Devas good.
>>2379083
You're never going to understand anything, die ignorant, and burn forever.
Have a nice day!
>>2379260
>just one class of them, the Daevas
I'm not well-versed in this subject, so bear with me: what made this class of deities - the daevas - so reprehensible for Zoroaster? And what other class of deities did the daevas represent? Were there other classes of deities, and why were these not demonized?
Of all men in History, was Leopold II of Belgium the most /ourguy/?
>be born from a loveless marriage, and a father who clearly hates you for how the only thing you get interested is FUCKING MAPS
>litterally sneers at you and is quoted as saying that you are "sly and subtle"
>your own cousin Victoria I calls you "odd", and thinks you chat like an autist
>your country sucks
>be scared of your own wife because she is sociable and you aren't
>be smug as fuck though and only learn French, thus screwing over your entire flemish population
>your marriage with your wife goes so bad that she writes to a friend that she wishes she could kill herself
[BUT]
>you really really really fucking like colonies
>tfw you have no colonies though
>try to buy some colonies the Dutch have but they tell you to go fuck yourself
>then hire some guy to wander around Africa searching for a suitable colony for you, and raise him to the status of a superstar
>finally find *the* place, somewhere they call the Congo
>disgonnabegud.png
>nobody thinks that measly Belgium should own that much land though
>now have to masquerade as a benevolent charity which is actually a front for your business holdings
>but that's alright because it means that once you own that colony, you'll be cucking your little country out of a colony
>invent the fucking art of lobbying by getting an american senator to get the Congress to recognize that your rinky dinky charity should own all of the Congo
>now go to the French, and pretend that you'll soon be ruined with all the funding you'll be bringing to your new Congo colony, and that you'll sell it to them if that happens
>french buy into this and give you unconditional support in your claims
>meet with the germans, and remind them that if you don't get this land, France or Portugal might and they're protectionist as fug which the germans hate
>germans give you the a-ok too
>next off to see the british, and slip it to them that if they don't support all of your claims, you'll give up colonization and will probably sell what you have of the Congo to the french
>brits vomit at the thought and promise you their help
>skip to the conference of Berlin, 1885 where the three top dogs of Europe are unconditionally supporting that you get the largest and wealthiest bite of the African cake
>you are now a certified playa and are free to fuck hookers to the end of your days at Saint-Tropez (historically true)
>while killing off 10 million congolese who don't rake in the cash so well
I don't think diplomacy the likes of which he did will ever be topped.
Leopold was actually trying to do charitable work though, it was his numerous advisors and bureacrats pulling the strings and fucking shit up.
It's such a shame that an innocent man gets smeared while the actual perps are never talked about.
>>2379088
Is that a genuine historical theory?
Then again, knowingly overseeing the ownership of as many subjects as he did, and yet never bothering to verify that that they are herded under decent conditions doesn't seem that hard to see blame in either.
Why did Romans stop using the gladius?
>>2379007
Long story short, the Gladius was too short to be effective against the longer swords the Germanic tribes tarted using around the Crisis of the third century. Thats as far as I know at least.
>>2379007
They became size queens, hence the spatha.
>>2379007
I read somewhere that gladius worked well with lorica segmentata because you could get close and personal with it and be unharmed afterwards. With the decline of the empire and its economy they couldn't afford the plate armors and problems with manpower (plagues and civil wars) made them switch to mail and longer swords (more defensive) so they could preserve troops. I could be wrong of course but this is interesting topic, maybe some anon can say more or correct me if I'm wrong.
What exactly was the War of 1812 even about?
Americans thought they could take Britain on and 'free' Canada just because Britain was busy fighting Napoleon.
They couldn't.
America trying to wave its cock about only to have half of it torn off basically.
Brits thought they could impress our nationals into their service and after 2 years we got a stalemate and called it off.
Is it true there were no "real" white cowboys in the old west?
>>2378826
the word "cowboy" comes from the native american word "Cwoe Bwey" and they were native Americans and native Americans were melanin enriched individuals. In the 50's WHITE people made "western movies" that depicted Cwoe Bwey's as white people to fool people into thinking Cwoe Bwey's were white. In reality Cwoe Bwey's were black like the natives which is why all the old photos show them as such.
das rite
>>2378826
Cowboys were black along with Nazis.
Can we finally lay Marxism a rest and stop taking its proponents seriously? It has been the most destructive ideology in all of history and that is fact.
>>2378459
But then who will make your kids gay?
Say whatever you want, if the USSR was still around the world wouldn't have been turned into a global sweatshop with the House of Saud buying off every western politician they could.
>finally
no one takes marxism seriously except for kikes, cucks, and underage b&
If you could replace one of the 3 major religions with a dead one and give it just as many followers what would it be and why?
replace Judaism with catharism. Mostly to get rid of the Jews.
>>2378367
I'd replace Judaism with Zoroastrianism for the lulz since it's so similar to christianity
>>2378367
I'd like to see what a paganized Europe would actually be like, though not really live in a world a product of that. It'd be pretty neat to have regional deities and such.
Please tell me about the history of the CIA, /his/.
I find that I am woefully ignorant of the origins and stated purpose of this organization.
>>2378309
Well, I don't know very much, but I can tell you that it evolved from the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI).
>>2378309
Started as the OSS in WWII under Wild Bill Donovan. Supposedly contained to offshore actions only. Do shit like overthrow countries' leadership and assassinate folks. Black ops shit.
See "Sicario" to see how they get around that restriction.
It was created to CALL IT IN
>pretty much only present in Scotland, some found in other parts of Europe but very rarely
>rocks or even entire walls of these Iron Age forts are melted together and fused like glass
>these are before recorded history and can be found in unusual places, like a small island that would've been hard to get to with the amount of firewood needed
>archaeologists tried to recreate this with wood and managed to melt a few rocks, but said it would take half the trees in Scotland to melt the forts how they are now
What melted the forts, guys? Planning on going to the most impressive one in a few months, Top O' Noth to check it out.
Was it the ayy lmaos?
>>2378290
rain and lava and ash and titans and superheroes and aliens and ancient civiizaions and global warming and cclonic torpedos and the emperor's wrath andg;ass panels
>>2378290
Enemies piling wood against the walls and setting it on fire during a siege them seems reasonable.
>>2378290
it would take all the wood in scotland if it was all done in one fire. But we don't know that that's the case. It could have been thousands of fires over the course of several centuries.
How much of a madman was he ?
>>2378077
>sends money to Protestant Sweden while confiscating Protestant lands in France
Bamtmaster
Absolute