Forgive my ignorance about near eastern history, so this question goes for all the Persians and Arabs.
How the fuck Arabs managed to conquer Sassanids? Were Sassanids so decadent or were arabs very skilled?
>>1704058
Here is Caliphate just about 20 years post mohammads death.
>>1704061
What's with the part of Persia around the Caspian?
>>1704058
The sassys fought one of the most brutal sasanian-byzantine wars just a decade ago. Also there was a civil war and a plague going on and also mistreatment of the peasants by the noble cavalry which made tjem switch to the arabs en masse. The arabic light cavalry also had a tactical advantage over the heavy cav of the sasanids
Hey, could someone fill me in on the difference between an Elder and an actual Reverend among the various English separatists like Puritans and Pilgrims and stuff? I've heard stuff about Elders being elected, but were there education requirements and things like that like they would have for a Reverend? Could just any free male be one back then?
>>1703968
Reverend is just a title for the Pastor
Elders are elected by the regional congregation. They then appoint Pastors, the heads of individual churches.
>>1703968
Elders are parishioners whereas as a Reverend is employed by the church.
>>1704000
In some denominations, Elders are appointed by a committee or the pastor rather than elected.
>Think of your favorite foreign food
You are now the leader of this country or a leader of the most prominent state in that culture in the 16th century.
What do?
I rule Florence or Venice
Idk, probably go to war with France or Pope or some other Italian state
>"holy roman"
the meme is real
>>1703951
French fries are from Belgium right? 'd just sit back and wait to inherent everything the Habsburgs get. Probably dissuaded incest.
who's your roman helmetfu?
LATE
A
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greek helmets were better
>>1703902
Last one
How do I know the world isn't a figment of my imagination?
Well, all of us anons here are in agreement that we exist; though we are skeptical of your existence, anon. Can you prove your existence to us?
>>1703823
try dieing, its the next one thats the real one
Because I'm not a figment of your imagination.
"Cogito ergo sum"
Is the world portrayed in Dark Souls games similar to medieval Europe?
Really, did they make most of these clothings, settings, and conventions up or did they take influence from real things in history?
>>1703739
it's as much as game of thrones
>>1703739
No.
Dark Souls architecture is based on high fantasy with medieval european style of building architecture and armor/weapons.
>>1703739
It's a mish-mash of late romanesque and gothic influences.
That being said, it's still miles ahead of the awful Warcraft and dungeonpunk style plaguing fantasy aesthetics today.
TELL ME ABOUT THE SUFI
WHY DOES HE SPIN?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5goISKPSH8
Also how did Sufism get started? Why don't Wahhabis like them? Is Sufism present in Shia Islam as well? Do their beliefs differ from "mainstream" Sunni Islam, and if so how? How many different schools of thought or "kinds" of Sufism are there? How comparable is Sufism to Christian monasticism?
>>1703680
>tell me about the sufi
just sandniggers tbqh
>why does he spin?
because he's a faggot
>how did sufism get started?
politics
>why don't wahhabis like them?
stupid, insignificant religious differences
>is sufism present in shia islam as well?
no.
>do their beliefs differ from "mainstream" sunni islam, and if so how?
it doesn't differ from it b/c they're both islam
>how many different schools of thought or "kinds" of sufism are there?
none.
>how comparable is sufism to christian monasticism?
they're cucked abrahamic "religions" or rather, spooks, for jews to take advantage of them. true story.
>>1703693
euphoric
SALAFISTS A SHIT
A SHIIIITTTT
wtf I love Islam now
>>1703376
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Muslim_philosophers
forgot link, lol
>>1703376
He was persecuted by muslims tho
>most or all of the great thinkers in Islam focused their work on interpreting the Qu'ran to be compatible with the Greeks
Really makes you think.
>tfw we already hit peak civilization with the Roman Empire and everything else is just us descending further down towards our species wide oblivion
Delete this thread.
>implying were not currently living in peak civilization and everything won't degrade into a mad max situation of bikers on meth 24/7 competing for the last clean water and petroleum reserves in a hundred years because of global warming
>mad Max
>somehow worse than society today
It's almost like you don't want to come home to your 10year old loli wife after a long day of raids and genocide.
do your thing, /his/
>>1703259
this is for historical people, if any of you get confused
>>1703259
>>1703262
Should have said before I started.
>>1703259
playing by the rules is a little vague. history is filled with unorthodox events in every century and country. The rules of the game is to just survive. So I'd say it's redundant
What Biblical prophecies do you guys think have been satisfied so far?
>>1703162
Most of the old testaments prophet stuff that isn't about the end times, considering there were dozens of them running around and they only kept the ones who were right, or very close to it.
The relevation a Jesus a promised messiah, of course.
>Biblical prophecies
>>>/x/
So a while back I found out my mother's grandmother was a Picard. Would it be a valid move to change my surname to Picard or does that go against traditional naming conventions and the like for a man to take his maternal great grandmother's maiden name because he thinks his current one it shit?
Also post heraldry and crests and the like. That's historical right?
>>1703150
Bump?
>>1703150
Heraldry is yet one more disgusting remnant of aristocratic society. The idea and imposed system that one is better than others on virtue of birth and not on virtue of merit is despicable.
>>1703944
>t. peasant
What if Operation Barbarossa had never happend?
>>1703101
eventually Germany would get invaded by the Soviets.
Soviets were preparing for invasion not defense.
>>1703126
This.
They had more than 20 divisions on the border with Germany. While Germany only had about 3 divisions, they also invaded Finland, Latvia, Lithunia, Estonia and demanded clay from Romania.
It was pretty obvious the soviets were going to invade Germany.
>>1703126
This is such fucking nonsense.
How come Christians only control 1/5 of these? Aren't these the holiest sites in your faith?
>your
Fuck off
>>1703063
Because the arabic barbarians taken four of them.
>>1703063
Anglos can take the blame.
What is the historical significance of this find?
Transitional species that show apes beginning to walk up right
We already had examples of that in the form of complete skulls and intact pelvises. I'm talking more in a cultural sense.
>>1703449
you mean what did lucy do to our culture, or what culture did lucy have?
lucy probably didn't have more culture than simple spears, and probably only had nongrammatical language.