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I'd guess a combination of corrosion protection, sound dampening and mostly aesthetics but who the hell knows.

>>1857560
>"mostly aesthetics"

Leather is better at absorbing impacts. Much better. It was also lighter and easier to take on and off. With the advent of gunpowder, full plate became dangerous and ineffective incase it got dented and pinned to the body, limiting movement

I'm sure if the old knights could have got away with their shiny steel you can bet they would have worn it

Also, temperature. Steel armor gets easily hot or cold depending on the season. Leather insulates it and makes wearing armor far more comfortable.

>>1857506
>If he had stayed out of Vietnam
Literally impossible giving the political climate. What's amazing is that Kennedy was assassinated so intervention came in '64 with full-scale involvement in '65 instead of full-scale involvement in '64 like Kennedy was likely going to do.

>>1857513
I understand that the commies were marching through southeast Asia, I am asking this to provoke a dialogue. Let's say that an earthquake happened or something and Vietnam fell into the ocean and the Kremlin crumbled and whatever else to keep Johnson's focus at home.

>>1857527
Still no. His handling of the Civil Rights Act is a disastrous clusterfuck in the modern day.

History shows that every religion only begins to be taken seriously when its backed by the sword.

>>1857462
Does that mean Jainism and Bahaism aren't serious religions?

>>1857472
Yes.

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If you prevent Disney from having any influence there. So I guess a massive cultural embargo that probably still wouldn't have worked.

You can't escape this.

The Lumiere brothers die in an incident during their infancy

Wait is that real?

>>1857417
ancient photoshop

Kaiser Willy I.
Tsar Alexander III.
Queen Victoria
Leo XII
Franz Joseph

What is this?

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>>1857407
I worked on a library during the summer 2012. This book was in the basement. 40 USD. My coworker told me this book was given as a gift for the rural people of my country.
According to my coworker, the book has 'the truth'. He always was a trickster tho, so I did not believe him.
I saw a few pages. Nothing special. It was some kind of bible bootleg.

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Is this one of those fringe-tier books claiming they will blow your mind with some wacky facts?

If you want a legit spoopy book, read Unsacred Texts of Koton.

Jesus

Hitler

Romans.

Arabs.

Mostly Arabs.

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>>1857324
But the Arab period and its immediate aftermath was one of the most prosperous in Sicilian history.

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I'm reading pic related right now, and after King Roger II (1130 –1154), everything that could go wrong, did.

Had Roger II lived for just ten more years, he could have turned Sicily into the cultural and economic capitol of Europe. During his reign, Sicily was healthier than England, and scholars would leave London in favor of Palermo. Instead he died of some stupid decease and his son, William The Bad took over, and everything went to shit.

Presumably you find a monastery or church that's taking people.

Although priesthood is actually a career that requires an education.

Monasteries were more like nursing homes or group homes.

>>1857315
Yes, that is what I was wondering about. It's not like there was a large body of educated men in the newly-founded kingdoms of the early medieval period. And it is incredibly hard to teach someone to read and write after a certain age (writing in particular, and transcribing books makes that necessary). Did they take in orphans and educate them?

> At the age of seven, Bede was sent to the monastery of Monkwearmouth by his family to be educated by Benedict Biscop and later by Ceolfrith.[17] Bede does not say whether it was already intended at that point that he would be a monk.[18] It was fairly common in Ireland at this time for young boys, particularly those of noble birth, to be fostered out; the practice was also likely to have been common among the Germanic peoples in England.

Parents would 'donate' their children to the monasteries - it gives the child a good education and alleviates the family of a mouth to feed.

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This man is the personification of autism

>>1857244
Im guessing that's not a favorite then? haha

>>1857251
No, it is a favorite, he was up to all sorts of antics, it's pretty gr8 in my onion desu

Western Civilization was born

>>1857133
>What happened in this part of the world?
White people.

>>1857133
At first everything and then nothing.

>>1857104
depends on how valuable the person being killed is

>>1857104
No, life is cruel so you're doing people a favour if you kill them.

>>1857104
Sometimes

>>1856995
>tribes
>Kingdoms
>democracy

>>1856995
Engineering
Conquering
Stagnation

>>1856995
>Rise
>Fall
>F̨͓͍͈̺̲ͯ̽̔̿̏̈́ͫ͆́ͪ̏ͫ̉̂̅̕͟͢Aͫͣͫ̒҉̸͇̬̗͖̤L̡̈́ͦ̒̍̄̎͒́̊̐͒͒̂͠҉͏̼̘͚̰̼̘Ļ̵̩̰̪̣̤̝͔̘͙̮̞̫̬̦̿̆ͯ͊̋͌̈͡ ̵̨̟̜̯͉̥͈͎̮̠̰̫̼̠̻̮͖͉ͤ̓́̀̍F̵̴̢̻͍̩̭̲͚͚̺̰͖ͤ̽̇̑͋̾ͪ̈́̋̉͢U̡̯̪̩̯̹̲̪̬̻̮ͨ̏͛͌͜R̴͆ͫ̈́͗͂ͩͦ̄ͮͦ̃̓͏̶͟҉̪̞͙͓͎̯̹̤Ţ̮̝͙̣͖͈͔͙̝̥͑̓̔ͧ̌͊̏͋̿̃̂̕͠ͅĤ̹̮̥̭̳̮̩͚̲̗͖̈́̈́ͫͣ̉̒̈́ͪ͐͌̀͘ͅE̲͖̥̝̟͈͆ͮ͗̇̌̐ͧͭ̊̿͛̿̓͢͟͞͞Ŕ̶̜͔̼̱͙͒̉ͣ͑̆̆̉̉ͪ̆̔͊ͨ̚͡͡͠ ͨ̾̎͋̇͐̽ͣͨͭ̈́̚͏̙̺̝́̕͟͠ͅI̹̜̤̜̪̝͌̊͗̍͊ͯͫ̌̿́͒ͨͨ͘͟N̸̨͕̰̖̦͍̩̭̱̱̼̥͖̠̟̝̩̝̮̓̈́̿̏̉̍̃̈͊͐̎T̸̶̟̭̤̟͛ͦ̿ͩ̆ͫ͆͌͒̍̐̆̐ͧ̾̾͜͡O̸̙̦̣̗̝͕̝ͯͧͣ͒̊̿͊̒ͫͬ̚ ̶̸̡̘̙̼͎̻̫̹ͨͫ͋̚͠D͍̪̣͎͎͉̮̠̬͓͚͔̠̻̲ͨͯ̽̉̋͆̔̍͆̒́̚̚͘Ẹ̲̥̻̫̮̥̳̤͍̳̞̮̊̑̎̐͆ͯͬ̍̈͒͋ͫͩ́̕͢P̨̝̞̟̫͉̟͙̞̮̣̟͛̋ͪ̿̎̽̑̎ͪ͆ͧ͆T̡̩̖͈͕̜̓ͪͬͩ͗̈ͨ͋͊ͮ̿̍͜͡H̨͖̗̞̗̱̠̐͋̒ͬ̃͊̊ͭ̐ͮ̂͂ͪ͑ͬ͜S̸̪͍͕͎͔̰͈̊̆ͤͯͤͤ̿̀̾̇̊̓̀ ̴̸͖̞͖̜̟̹̲̠͖̯̮̮̫̩͔̯̗̯ͭͬ̀̀̐͂ͨͩ̃̏ͬ̆̌̕͢Ȍ̟̤̟͓̮̪̤͓̞͕͖̀̒̀͟͜͝͞F̸̌̒͐̓̽́̾́ͯ̃͋̅̿ͭ́͋̍̀͒҉͢͞҉͚̖͖̪̙̞̥ ̴͈̹͎͈̪̠̰̼̝͓͙̤̦̤͖̎̋̐̃̈́ͪͤͯ͋H̵̡̩̖̭̩͖͎͚͕̝ͩ͗̐ͧ̿̒̓̽̂̏̽́̀̚͠Ė̽͐̎̓ͬ͑ͯͤͧ̈͒̔̏ͪ͢͠͏҉͈̞̲̭̰̘̳̞͜L̵̡̛̗̱͖̪͚̣̾ͮͩ̐̏̔͟L̉ͫ͛̇̊̅̆ͪ́̚҉̴̴̢̹͙̮̳̜̟͈̖̫͎͍̭̮ͅ

ides of march

>>1856990
I love how this picture does a terrible job of depicting the actual battle.

>>1856990
Why is England fighting Denmark?