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>>1653278

I enjoy Matt he is my favorite source on youtube for information.

Has anyone here done HEMA? It looks like it would be good fun to give it a go.

>>1653278

HEMA is all very well, but why should I learn how to stab someone with a sword when I could just learn how to drop bombs on them from an airplane?

Just chemicals.

We are just organic robots.

Our brains are just organic computers.

Anyone who tells you otherwise is a christcuck level idiot.

>>1685203
a lot of pain wear and tear type shit in ur body is an emotion especially when ur endocannabinoid systems empty

>>1685203
There's a lot more to it than chemicals. Like the fucking brain.

That's like asking if a keyboard is a computer program.

>>1680261
>it's a "nationalism existed before french revolution" thread.

>>1680261
>it's another butthurt westerner who won't admit that the eastern part of the Roman empire survived thread
Fags like you are why /his/ is a shit place.

>>1680261
>history
>&
>humanities

Muh rationalism

Muh future

To be fair, I think there's nothing intrinsically wrong in playing with the lives of millions of people as part of some sick experiment.

It's worth it to learn things.

There is literally nothing wrong with commieblocks desu. I wish we had more of them in stuttgart then the rents would be lower.

>>1679352
Modernist Brutalism was a cancer on architecture and I'm glad it's dead.

>>1679156
*assume

>>1679156

They first had clear naval superiority in the early 18th century. They never had naval supremacy.

>>1679166
What I read in a book which made me post this thread.

"By 1700, England was the leading naval and maritime power in the world,
superseding Spain, the United Provinces and France, which had each held that
position in sequence."

So for Spain it would be 16 c. For UP I guess it would be their "golden age" in the 17th century. Then France? I realize they had strong presence in North America but I don't know anything about their early ventures to Africa or Asia.

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>>1684393
Seax is pretty high up there for me.
I really like the look of early Chinese swords for some reason.

>>1684411
> 200s BC
> still making bronze swords

Why? Weren't Romans of the same time period rocking low quality steel short swords?

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>>1684428
I'm an unashamed Rome booster all the way. But aesthetically the Chinese swords, especially the bronze ones really do it for me. Like the sword of Goujian, it's just really damn pretty.

>>1679987
>implying size matters

>>1679987
Zheng He's fleet is not only designed for exploration while Columbus's fleet was.

Zheng He's fleet had to maintain an onboard military presence to deal with SEA pirates, a lot of storage room for supplies and food. Stables for horses, etc.

>>1679987
>>1679989
It's almost as if the Chinese were trying to compensate for something

>>1679940
Germanic mercenaries always seemed the number 1 cause imo.

>>1679940
Corruption

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>>1679940

>>1679026

I went on walkabout.

& religion was a mistake

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>>1679026
I waited and then he came to me.

How could something be "objectively" better?

>>1677144
>objectively
How is this even judged? A certain brand of autist rails against moral relativism but how can anybody not view something as complex as cultures, societies, civilisations through their own personal lens?

>>1677144
>Bulgarian Empire, Russian Empire & Qing China at least not mid-tier
>Soviet Union shit-tier instead of at least low-tier
>Republic of Venice, Japanese Empire & Macedonian Empire top-tier instead of mid-tier
whoever made this list sure loved their memes

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>>1686610
>Semetic People worshipped the true god
They also worshiped Ba'al, Asherah, Molech, Inana, Dagon, Allat etc etc.

In any case, everything about your question is subjective

>>1686610
I doubt Solomon temple looked anything like that

>>1686610
They worshipped god as well, but mistaken as many gods and therefore not in the pure way semitic religions do.

Good geographical position and a terrain that could sustain a large population.

>the main military power of the Early Middle Ages
But that's incorrect, you west-european centric shitlord

>>1684330
I forgot to include European.

But could you elaborate as in how?

>>1684323
Charlemagne

>>1682103
Those three are all turkic

>>1682103
>wear coins like in pic related?

we are rich and have money now haha thanks to plunder and loot

Because when the rubber hits the road, and Arabs encounter enemies that actually don't give a flying fuck about human rights and equality, they often get completely obliterated.

wtf I hate christianity now

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>>1679148
It's late Gibbon. Go home and get to bed.

>>1679168
At least half of those are tied to Christianity.

I'd be king

you can be the queen :)

>>1685225
>we
>return
who?

>>1685228
aww thanks anon >:3