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>>2105202
They got the clock wrong didn't they? Doesn't make sense. Should be flipped.

>>2105202
>6 P.M.
Not sure I understand.

>>2124196
Women are predisposed to being too empathetic to make good rulers. The only exceptions are the ones that prove the rule, like Margeret Thatcher.

>>2124196
Maria Theresa

>>2124196
Catherine the Great

What was the first new tank of the cold war on each side?

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>>2124163
Centurion I.
First MBT?

Why did Gorbachev basically decide to ditch communism and destroy the USSR?

>>2124147
Rome was taken over by an arab religion so there's that.

>>2124150
Rome and the entire rest of the continent. What's you're point?

>>2124147
when will we finally get an independent Sardinia?

persian too

>>2124000
I was including that in the "Chaldean" category because of how much exposure to Persian ideas the Israelites had whilst in Babylon

Really? Not even an argument from the resident crusader LARPers?

>>2123793

As Bec Crew explained for us earlier this year:

"Despite the fact that the mythological figure has been wildly popular for centuries, no one’s actually been able to prove he existed.But what makes Arthur so intriguing is the way we can tie certain historical places and events to him."

But if we take a big leap and assume Camelot did exist, where was it?

Previous research has suggested thatit could have been in places like Caerleon in South Wales or Cadbury Castle in England. But so far, there's not been enough archaeological evidence to tie any physical place to the legend.

So Field did additional research based on the historical forts of the timeand compared them to the legend of King Arthur. He says the site that best fits Camelot was the modern-day village of Slack.

Looking at Slack today, you'd be hard-pressed to find a reason why someone would want to build a stronghold in what looks to be a mere clearing, but Field says the location was once of great military importance.

Back in 500 AD, Celtic-speaking Britons held back Anglo-Saxon invaders who flooded into the country from the north and west coasts.

It turns out that Slack, which is seemingly in the middle of nowhere, could have been the ideal spot to set up camp to quickly funnel troops to either coast to defend the nation. Its middle-of-nowhere-ness, it turns out, was important.

To add to Field's hypothesis, in Roman times, the fort at Slack was thought to be named Camulodunum, which researchers think might have changed linguistically over the years to become Camelot.

cont.

>>2123793
that's a bit far north for him isn't it? I thought he was associated with either Wales or Cornwall somehow

>>2123800

And that could explain why the first mention of Camelot only surfaced in literature many years after King Arthur’s suspected rule.
"If there was a real King Arthur, he will have lived around [500 AD], although the first mention of him in Camelot is in a French poem from the Champagne region of France from 1180 [AD]," saidField.

"There is no mention of Camelot in the period between those dates, known as the Dark Ages, when the country was at war, and very little was recorded. In this gap, people passed on information, much got lost in transmission, and people may have made up facts or just messed up known information."

Without some type of physical proof in the form of archaeological remains, we won't be able to confirm if Field is onto something here. But he's not the only researcher seeking out the legendary artefacts.

Earlier this year, a team of British archaeologists uncovered a series of massive walls that appear to be from the Dark Ages at a location thought to be tied to the Arthurian legend.

The researchers suggested that these walls were once part of the palace where King Arthur was born, and they're currently excavating the site to uncover more details.

But while it’s fun to think that the King Arthur of legend - who had a roundtable and hung out with a wizard named Merlin - did actually exist, some experts claim that the Arthurian legend might actually be a hodgepodge of different British rulers coming together into a single, unified story.

So far, Field - who's been researching Slack for the past 18 months - hasn't mentioned taking his idea further into a physical dig at the site.

Buthopefully, his hypothesis will prompt further archaeological studyat this site or others like it, so we can finally getsome real clues into the enduring mystery of King Arthur, or the real-life kings who inspired the legend.

FIN

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Bumping for discussion

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>>2123750

tragedy versus statistics, my man

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>>2123750

Most Soviet politicians, their contemporary historians, and therefore the official Soviet history believed the West calculated our involvement in such a way as to most effectively bleed the Soviets while still insuring victory.

>It’s hard for me to judge now about our allies’ intentions then. Was their decision not to land expeditionary forces dictated by the desire to put a heavier load on the Soviet Union’s back and bleed us even more? I don’t rule out that possibility. On the other hand, is it true, as they explained, that they were not yet sufficiently prepared, that their war production had not yet expanded enough, so that they were not ready for a large-scale landing? They said they needed more time. I think that both considerations applied, but the first one was stronger. The desire to let us bleed was greater. Their thinking was to let their ally bleed, so that when they joined in the battle good and proper at the climactic point they could then decide the fate of the world. They could take advantage of the war’s outcome and impose their will not only on the enemy but on their ally as well. I grant this possibility entirely. And evidently such thinking played a considerable role.

>If you look at it from a class point of view, our allies had no interest in strengthening us. It was in their interest to make use of the USSR for a time despite the fact that our country was organized on a socialist basis. Our common fate worked out in such a way that we were forced to unite our efforts. Each of us alone could not have won the war at all, or could have won it only with enormous losses and over a much longer time span. Thus the various sides agreed to this alliance, and while combining their efforts in the struggle against the common enemy, they at the same time remained on separate class foundations. - Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev - Vol 1 - pg 686

>>2123700
What that creationist still exist or that evolution is still the excepted theory

How many of these people still exist?

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>>2123714
More like how we let this stuff spread in the first place. Now it's popping up in all of the world's most advanced countries, Japan especially.

From what I know they retained a lot of pre middle age scripture and knowledge during the Middle Ages. Not sure what else though.

>>2123705
So did the Church

>>2123691
Yeah they had their contributions. However, once you eat the corn you toss the cob.

>>2123658
Horribly outdated design after the supremacy of naval aviation. Preserved as a propaganda piece.

>>2123658

>Falling for the battleship meme.

Nevermind that by WW2, aircraft and projectors of aircraft were rapidly stealing the role away from capital ships, even in older eras, they were built more for intimidation than actual warfare. They were too expensive and big of an investment in national prestige to risk in any but the most dire of circumstances, and thus not useful for the actual rough and tumble of war.

H O T E L

>>2123638
Because Hitler was a Bavarian.

Hitler was austrian and bavarians are the worst kind

>>2123638
Probably has something to do with not being a bunch of heretics

>>2123595
>implying that's actually Troy

Great, just enable the Italians' WE WUZ TROJANS AND SHEIT some more why don't you.

>implying the allies can come back from this when paris is being shelled as we speak
Looking forward to Kap auf Kairo tbvqh lads

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Glorious Nostratic Empire when?

>>2123594
Sad!

Botswana has done a great job of investing money from its diamond markets into national education endeavors, AIDS treatment, and medical assets.

>But what about Angola?
Will they collapse due to the work for education exchange with China? Are they investing wisely? Will they and Botswana transition into first world, or high end second?

>>2123632
What made Botswana different? Was it metal music?

>>2123586
No, it means I'll have a job with meaning.

College really isn't the place for history unless you take it or endeavor in it yourself. Middle school through High School is where you learn the important history

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No, nothing bad could possibly come from tha-

>>2123509
I haven't seen any of their documentaries but Al jazeera is usualy a very good new's source so they're probably alright.

>>2123509
>>2123527
How does Al-Jazeera stand on Assad? Full goy or can't mossad?

I find their documentaries passable if a little flat and not as detailed as I would like them.