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I started recently to dive into the ancient greek culture because of my interest in literature and philosophy. While I think I can enjoy a lot of such subjects by directly approaching them, I believe I would comprehend them better if I had a bigger understanding of how the greeks lived and what were the major events that led to their importance in the western world.
That said, my point is: I want to study ancient greek history by myself. My university course isn't directly related to history - neither do I intend to become a historian, so I could say this would be done as a "hobby".
In /lit/ there is a recurring meme of "Start with the Greeks", as the greeks are the foundation of western literature as we know it. However, this guide is more focused on this specific subject, and lacks a bit on the historic part.
So, /his/, could you recommend me ancient greek books on history, economy, and everything related to understanding the greek culture and life (apart from works of fiction)? Thanks a lot!

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Give me boss images of warrior shit pls.

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>Egyptians kill every firstborn boy
>Romans kill every firstborn boy
What did God mean by this?

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is the people's crusade the worst military blunder in history?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Crusade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIs5B2U7US0&list=PLEb6sGT7oD8HbI-6NTBomKb8eD1mXSgKd

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Someone point me towards the best Modern English translation of The Bible and why it's the best.

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Why turks genocided proud assyrian race? This is the crime against innocents, against people with much longer history than islam and ottomans themselves.

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Do you, /his/, believe that a Third World War is just around the corner? Will it be the western world facing off against China?

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Is an Holy Roman an empire?

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So in my history classes, I've been taught that the reason for the first crusade was essentially the Vikings.

Appeantly because the Vikings kept hitting monasteries, soldiers were trained. Then the Vikings up and left (and they were hard to catch anyways) and all these soldiers had no work, so thy bullied the local populous.

So The Pope, being The Pope, created the first Crusade to get rid of this problem. Either A) they all died and the problem was delt with, or B) they captured the Holy Land and killed all the non believers.

Can anyone confirm or deny? How off their rockers are the teachers?
Also general crusade thread I guess.

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"muh evil colonialism" BTFO by Varg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ7g0f7b56E

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Is this man's image redeemable in the modern world?

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Are friends important?

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The other I was reading about Charles the V and what stroke me was how lucky he was to gain the Spanish throne as he was the 4th person in the succesion line. I was wondering how much would have Europe changed if either Juan or Miguel would have survived.
If Juan survived:
>Spain would have kept its alliance with the Habsburgs for the Italian wars
>Francis claim to the HRE would become stronger as Charles wouldn't have the financial muscle that he had in the other timeline
>In either case Francis wouldn't have been so agressive towards Spain and the Habsburghs are they wouldn't be a single force.
>In any case protestantism wouldn't have spreaded that much as Francis would be the emperor or wouldn't ally himself with the protestant kings as there was no need
>France may be able to keep Milan/Lombardy in this timeline.
>Spain wouldn't have been involved in as many wars and would mostly focus on colonization,building and army and fighting the Ottomans.
>Assuming that Juan would follow Ferdinand's policies Spain may would have been able to grow a strong manufacturing sector as they wouldn't own Flanders and grow a bigger navy.
>This may have ended in Spain hitting the industrial revolution a in a couple of centuries.
>England colonial ambitions would move straigth to India as Spain's navy was too big for them to compete in America.
>France would expand through the HRE as the Spanish and Habsburgh aliance would be weaker each generation and the fact that Charles would have fewer resources to fight the Ottomans
If Miguel survived
>Something similar to Juan's timeline would happen + the union with Portugal
>This would mean that Miguel may have grown an interest in India due him having the right to colonize it due Tordesillas + the increase of resources as he now owns Castille as well.
Is my alternate history feasable or am I missing something?

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How strong would be an alternative axis consisting of Germany, (facist) France and Italy?