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My grandma grew up in rural 1930s Romania drinking diluted wine, said only the very old or the village family of alcoholics (who everyone scorned) got truly drunk, definitely most everyone was buzzed though. When she migrated to the us in her early 20s she said she spent the rest of her adult life avoiding wine as she was repulsed by it, and only started drinking again in retirement

they liked getting fucked up

I always wondered about that. I know that beer was actually used as currency to pay workers in certain periods but after a hot day slaving away sweating your balls off I think alcohol would probably be the worst thing you can possibly drink. I guess they must have diluted it a whole bunch?

>>2368992
with a flag like that it deserved to collapse

>>2368992
The bloody white baron did literally nothing wrong

>>2368992
Makhno went from revolutionary to carpenter, the opposite of Jesus.

boy he bout to fuck up that goofy ass dragon

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>>2367884
*tips kettlehelm*

>>2367742
It's not entirely known why the treasure ships were built but it is clear that trade and profit were NOT one of the reasons. The Yongle emperor's nephew had attempted a coup which failed and he went into hiding. It seems a major part of zheng he's mission was to scour the globe for any information about him and if he was found to kill him. After the coup attempt the emperor also sought to strengthen his legitimacy so he may have been trying to expand the tributary system and look for new allies against the Mongols.

The treasure ships were sent out over the loud objections of the beuaureacratic faction who considered it a waste of money that wasn't doing anything to enhance national defense. When his successor was captured by Mongols while touring the frontier the ransom for his release ruined the nation's finances so there simply wasn't money to continue, and from then on they really got serious about building the great Wall which of course was an unimaginably huge expenditure. That did have the backing of the civil service and was seen as vital to national defense.

>>2367742
>writing
Its called having a relatively stable civilization. This means no foreigners replacing the root language.

>meritocratic
Again related to first point. Relatively stable civilization kept their roots intact. Meanwhile Greeks lost their Plato/Aristotles for thousands of years. The reason for Confucian texts is because it became the gold standard of how a man should live their life and how they should see the role they play in the civilization and the roles of the government. This is basic civics course, this is what most public school teaches these days all around the world. Simple and effective.

>medicine
Some are effective some are not. They're based on old standards that rural chinese and superstitious people believe in. Even the "civilized" world hasn't eliminated delusional people believing in their fathers who live in the sky and punishes people for masturbating or using condoms.
>treasure ships
Meant to display wealth/power of a certain dynasty due to them restoring the proper power to Han China. Became decadant over time due to power/pleasure corrupting people, like everywhere/when else in the world.
>mandate
Sorta like "we wuz romanz" but its "we wuz Han n shiet" Han as in the concept of civilized man.
>mercury immortality
Delusions of an emperor
>accidental discovery of gunpowder
Shit happens. Its not like scientific method was invented in 300 CE. If people waited for scientific method to be invented before inventing anything else, humans would still be in the trees like the monkeys
>cult
Cult

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>>2367826
You can't defend the Chinese medical system. There's something wrong if your country is a rising superpower, third biggest economy in the world, and your doctors prescribe tadpole urine capsules and tell you to face the North through a window three times a day.

>>2367424

Poland existed as a nation throughout the periods when it didn't exist as a state.

>>2367424
Poland is one of those pointless states that only exist when either no European great power is capable or willing to lay their claim on the area inhabited by bunch of Russian catholics or they need a buffer state between them and their enemies.

>hooray the franco-prussian war's over
>now what to unite germany into...
>ah! why don't we create a state that hasn't existed ever!
was it autism?

Most people just buy whole heartedly into whatever the cultural zeitgeist of their time is.

>>2364881
Not everyone in medieval Europe understood theology and the finer nuances of Christian thought. They just parroted what they were told by the Church, be it Protestant or Catholic.

Normies are sheep no matter what era

>>2364881
Why do faggots attach anime girls to everything?

>>2363871
Well I think Anglo-Saxons came from southern Jutland, and Saxony, whilst vikings were mostly Norwegian and Danish.

Anglo-Saxons say shirt, vikings say skirt
Anglo-Saxons say shatter, vikings say scatter
Anglo-Saxons say church, vikings say kirk
Anglo-Saxons say ditch, vikings say dike

>be dane
>be pagan
>like sailing around
>invade britain
>convert to christianity
the only difference between anglos and vikings was the time period

saxons were from northern Germany though

>tfw honestly believe three but think everything else is silly

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>>2358805

>>2358805
>The Einsatzgruppen was an anti-terrorist organization
Are you saying it wasn't?

>>2347930
They're massive and they word hard?

Numbers my friend. Look anywhere in history and anywhere in nature. Its the key to survivability.

>>2347969
>Brazil

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>>2346452
When your flag design looks like fabric that a cartoon character's underwear might be made from, you may have chosen poorly.

>>2346452
Jesus Christ what the fuck is that

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>>2346490
Tehfuck?

ask the greeks and the romans

>>2374549
>slavs in romania
>native Americans in elysia
>slavs in Germany

>>2374549
>germans in poland

That's my plan in a few years.

>>2374540
may your journey bring you peace.

>>2374513
I'm 14 and this is deep

Sorry for the poor picture am on tablet.

cimnified mbe

>>2374180
Commissioned is my bet

>>2373876
>Austria Hungary imploded on its own and wasn't just destroyed by outside forces

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>>2373876

Spookposting

Are you from Eastern Europe or the PIIGS?

>>2373699
or French? or Anglo?

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>>2373690