Redpill me on 1900 - 1930 Russia.
What happened? Why? Who?
>>1686250
http://boards.420chan.org/his/res/45709.php
>>1686250
>Redpill me on...
is this a new meme or what? fuck off
>>1686250
German try to destroy Europe, Russia try to stop them.
A memeless answers is that the Tsar was a good man but a really bad Tsar, also WW1 and German(they fund bolchevisk)
Did they use a Germanic model for this statue?
I doubt it pretty strongly, but that is really based upon the depictions of Germanic individuals in other artworks,
I have the same lips and nose.
t. Croat
>>1686179
I know they depicted some more germanics and celts.
Couldnt they just hve used some slave?How did mdoelling work anyway during roman times?
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121127094111.htm
>tfw shartinmarts and leafs call the people who discovered their land and created their language "mountain niggers"
Modern English is very divided
Latin derived: 29%
French derived: 29%
Germanic derived: 26%
Other: 16%
>>1686162
if you count loan words, yes. but grammatical structure is the foundation of a language.
>>1686040
We don't call them anything. We don't care about the future Caliphate of Scandoba
>a top-down approach to reform societies never works
When will this meme die?
>a top-down approach to reform societies never works
Say what?
also katherine the great
>society spends the majority of its existence governed by monarchy or some form of despotism
>suddenly, not anymore
Is this how it is from now on, /his/?
>>1685969
plato warned us
>>1685969
of course, because it is 2016, and history is a straight forward path coming from a bad past with oppression going to a glorious future were everybody is free
>>1685969
Politic is like any form of human creation, we slowy improve it, Modern western state are some of the most stable state ever. Also agricultural developement and massive technologie improvement have erase some of the most basic revolte reason: FOOD.
>http://xkcd.com/1732
How wrong is this, /his/?
>>1685928
100% scientifically accurate.
>>1685928
>made by a liberal PhD bragging woman
Go figure
>>1685928
the magnetic poles shift around as the tilt of the earth is effected by the volume of ice creating lob sided wobbles because of the concentration of mass abnormally located at oblongated and opposite ends of the sphere creating an oval type 3 dimentional configeration, gave rise to moon orbit & seasons.
olmecs & proto jomon (pre jiahu, before they jumped islands to japan etc) were australoids migrating from africa-india-australis-asia&america, there was more land above sea level then depicted in the map.
poleshifts & significant meteor etc events had a big impact but i get this is a line of best fit. i enjoyed it. i didnt know about jiahu before it and i was proud at the early date of western civ @ minoa predating egypt or anything else on the board which reminds me.. illyian pyramids in bosnia.
and 10 000 year old cannabis found in china.
Why spend money and resources keeping this guy on an island instead of just executing him for whatever contrived reason? It doesn't make sense, especially considering the first attempt at the island exile thing was a failure.
He wasn't going to escape from St.Helena, that shit is in the middle of nowhere
>>1685894
they werent savage barbarians
and theres a fuckton list and line of people to die ahead of him at any stage in the game
>>1685894
You already make this same thread.
Do you believe in liberty and personal freedom? Of course you do! Here's a couple of questions for you:
Should a person be free to consent to chattel slavery?
If he does, is he still free since he consented?
>>1685888
>Do you believe in liberty and personal freedom?
No, they're human inventions, existing only due to current morality and tradition.
>>1685888
>Do you believe in liberty and personal freedom?
No, unrestrained freedom leads to misery and sadness.
People will almost always choose order and security over freedom when given the option.
>>1685898
>American revolution et al.
Uh
What are some great historical haters? One of my favorites is Pascal badmouthing Montaigne at every opportunity.
Leibniz and Newton (hating each other) come to mind. Descartes also responded with bizarre vitriol when Hobbes sent some critiques on the Meditations.
diogenes hating plato
>Plato was discoursing on his theory of ideas and, pointing to the cups on the table before him, said while there are many cups in the world, there is only one ‘idea’ of a cup, and this cupness precedes the existence of all particular cups.
>“I can see the cup on the table,” interrupted Diogenes, “but I can’t see the ‘cupness’.”
>"That's because you have the eyes to see the cup," said Plato, "but", tapping his head with his forefinger, "you don't have the intellect with which to comprehend ‘cupness’.”
>Diogenes walked up to the table, examined a cup and, looking inside, asked, "Is it empty?"
>Plato nodded.
>“Where is the ‘emptiness’ which precedes this empty cup?” asked Diogenes.
>Plato allowed himself a few moments to collect his thoughts, but Diogenes reached over and, tapping Plato's head with his finger, said “I think you will find here is the ‘emptiness’.”
How should we call denizens of this board?
I prefer /his/terics.
/his/torians, duh.
And for the humanities people, just tell them to go the hell back to >>>/lit/
/his/sy fitters
>>1685593
/his/terics and similar is the only valid one
Why did cavalry during the Napoleonic era stop using spears? Throughout history the spear has been the primary cavalry weapon because it is superior to the sword from horseback, in reach and the ability to couch it. So much so that the few units who did use spears in the Napoleonic era, the lancers, were known as fearsome units for their lances. But why wasn't all cavalry using lances? Surely it would have been better to have a spear longer than the infantrymans bayoneted musket?
>>1685530
Different units have different purposes, and different doctrines may make some units, such as lancers, unnecessary
As example, a recon unit whose doctrine is based upon mobility and enemy avoidance would certainly not need a spear
>>1685644
Yes but 95% of NW era cavalry used sabres only.
why
>>1685946
Because more effective on infantry when charging
Spears have to be taken out of the dead body after each use, while you can just slash with a saber
I'm suddenly interested in war tactics but I want to ask for suggestions about good sources where I can learn more about them...
What are some good books, movies, maybe games, etc. that you can recommend me?
Thanks.
Could you specify which period of war you'd like to know more about?
You only need to know one thing: If you kill your enemies, they win
>>1685479
I'm not too much into this so I don't really know where to start... What time period should I investigate first?
How did lance charges work in a battle?
We have horse tightly packed together, once the lance hits it would impale someone how does the rider not come of his horse with the weight of a human body on the end.
When in formation there would be horses behind you too, so what stops the horses from hitting into each other? If you trample a foot soldier the horse can be unpredictable or get stuck, would the mounted soldiers be able to prevent a pile up?
>How did lance charges work in a battle?
you stab the fucker with your lance
>>1685393
But then what drop your lance? Surely that is ineffective, if it gets stuck what can you do its not like a sword cut.
>>1685392
good question op, bumping because I also want to know more about this
Which historical melee weapon would be the most painful to get killed with?
I say the warhammer:
>low chance of an instantaneous and fast death
>blunt impact force
>the beak punctures you instead of stabbing you "cleanly" thus damaging many nerves which leads to massive pain.
What do you think?
>>1685292
bare fists maybe a big rock
especially if its a personalised enemy or something, kills ur family first type shit
>>1685292
I'd say you have a relatively great chance of being killed instantly with a war hammer. Bladed weapons seem a lot more painful to me.
>>1685309
>NOT /Pol/
What went wrong? Europeans and Arabs hate them so much. Was it because of their economical system? Their faith? Or what?
Jealousy of their superior iq
Complete dishonesty.
History of attacking Christians (Persian conquest of Jerusalem in the 600ads)
Greedy money policies
>>1685223
Insular
Conniving
Dishonest
Manipulative
Greedy