When did the medieval period end?
I believe it ended with the death of Charles the Bold.
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the fall of Constantinople in 1453 is the only real answer.
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>implying it's not the crusade of varna in 1444
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>>1623848
this or Columbus voyage
Who would have won a Cold War?
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Japan, I guess.
They already had the "the absolute madman" image of WW2.
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>>1622435
Italy would have been annexed at the earliest opportunity.
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Saladin?
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>>1622357
You're a big Guy
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You merely adopted the desert. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see civilization until I was already a man.
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>>1622363
For you
/his/
What army had the cruelest soldiers?
>Pillage, rape, crimes against civilianz and surrendered soldiers, etc.
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>>1621115
Mongols made it a part of their tactics
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Vikings?
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The Assyrians.
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Why did they disappear?
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>>1621023
They were no longer profitable.
The world wars also decreased the colonial power's finances and power projection significantly.
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>>1621027
How can the majority of the world's resources not be deemed worth controlling is what I don't understand...
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>>1621033
It was cheaper to allow private companies to do it. Plus natives weren't too happy.
Why is medieval Burgundy so overlooked?
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Oh come on guys
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What the fuck did Medieval Burgundy do worth looking at?
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>>1620596
Its just France.
Did hoplites in Ancient Greece use spears overarm or underarm?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klOc9C-aPr4
As Lloyd mentions it seems underarm has some clear advantages to overarm.
While an underarm thrust might not be as powerful as an overarm one, it has greater reach, you can parry with it more easily and it generally seems to be more versatile.
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>>1617959
Why not use both, depending on the situation?
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>>1617959
ur videos fucking bullshit and the guy in it is straight up lieing
overhand for throwing or maybe in a shield wall mowering across a much lesser opponent else underarm for control, dualing, sustainability, longevity, control, power etc.
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Underarm. As LLoyd explains, underarm refers to the type of grip more than the area its held, and with underarm you can just as easily do overhead thrusts. Whereas holding overarm limits you to one and only one attack.
The biggest contrary evidence is Greek pottery which almost always shows overarm but it is highly stylised, pre battle, and possible shows javelins being thrown.
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>"by a miracle, the bread and wine turns into the actual, literal, blood and flesh of Jesus Christ. But ANOTHER miracle also happens at the same time that makes it so that this same flesh and blood retain the appearance, taste, smell, composition, and chemical structure of bread and wine!"
People actually believes this nonsense,
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Leave em alone
They're retarded but not hurting anyone
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>They're retarded but not hurting anyone
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>Be me visiting cath. church with mom
>First row right next to priest so whole congregation can see us
>I'm wearing my mjolnir necklace under my shirt unbeknownst to the judeo-christian sheeple whose whole desert fuck ""religion"" is built upon stolen pagan rituals and symbolism
>Don't make sign of the cross
>Don't say amen or sing or anything
>When the cuck (he had a really whiney and nasal weird voice) brought out the bread i didn't go there to "receive" it
>Christcucks behind my back get extra butthurt about me visibly refusing to take part in their cult so they say "amen" extra louder each time
I've seen the green pill and judeo-christianity isn't it
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ITT: justice well served
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Best day of my life
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If you believe there is no God, what's the point of having morals or ethics?
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There isn't one.
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>>1614000
>I need an authority figure to approve of what I do or there's no point.
Theists.
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>>1614000
Societal good.
If a bunch of Ancient Greeks and Chinks figured this out, you should too.
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Why have Americans historically worshiped the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights like they are sacred, holy documents? Is there any other nation in history so obsessed with pieces of paper? Also they have a weird fetish for their flag. Are Americans the most spooked people on the planet?
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>>1626427
That's what happens when kids are forced to pledge their alligence to a flag everyday at school. Literal brainwashing.
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>>1626427
You bring up a good point and it always kind of bothered me, they literally view their founding fathers as some kind of divine prophets and treat the constitution as the holy scripture.
As a Christian I find it heretical and idolatrous as fuck
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>>1626427
Flags i can understand, because that shit is common across the globe (i.e. state/cultural symbols must be respected.) You had Romans with their eagles that are held sacred, Chinese with their 5 fingered dragons whom only the emperors can use, etc.
But worshipping the constitution is the retarded bit. It's a literal fucking legal document.
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Why haven't you converted to Judaism?
>Direct link between man and God
>Most humanitarian philosophy -- just be a good person
>No mystery bullshit like transubstantiation
>No pagan bullshit like the veneration of saints and Mary
>Democratic and also traditional -- individual interpretation is encouraged but there is 3,000 years of disputation to study
>You get to be part of the same club as Mel Brooks, Spinoza, Stanley Kubrick, and Albert Einstein
>Cute Jew girls
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>>1623111
>No mystery bullshit like transubstantiation
we have the mysterious bullshit of how Ephraim and his descendants lived in Israel but then later arrived in Israel with Moses.
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>>1623111
Why the hell does people follow a religion if it does not involve some mystery and magic?
>But I have a personal conection to God!
Again, why do you need a religion then?
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>>1623111
But what sect of Judaism should I be a part of? Which one is the real one?
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Why so many retards count Rus as vikings? I didn't know Vladimir is a norse name or that having one norse generation of rulers that later on intermarried and had half slavic children counts as norse dynasty. Are vikingboos mentally challenged?
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>>1622168
>one norse generation of rulers that later on intermarried
Why not? It's apparently good enough for the Normans.
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>>1622177
No one aside from the most delusional vikingboos considers Normans either. They spoke french, had french wives, french mothers and even Rollo's son was 50% frankish so they were as Norse as Americans are Irish.
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Obsession with "what ethnic group was X" is the worst thing about /his/.
Why don't we see any Heathen philosophers?
I would like a specific answer.
By Heathen I mean Germanic Pagan.
Why don't they have any great thinkers?
The Greeks, Romans, Chinese, Middle-Easterners, all had their own philosophers or thinkers, in the least a thinking class/category.
Was it do to the harsh society, small tribal enclaves, lifestyle?
And slightly more relevant to today which would undercut the objection that Christians burned the Germanic philosophy schools (I just know someone is going to claim this)
Why don't we see any Scandinavian philosophers or thinkers, I mean really big names, like Nietzsche, Kant, Marx, Plato, just someone that's worth remembering or made a significant contribution.
>Kirkegaard
Yeah but he was Danish and more German than Scandinavian.
Why do the Germanic peoples (German, French, English etc) have such a monopoly on philosophy when compared to their Nordic brothers?
I mean, surely Scandinavians are a Germanic people but why don't they participate in the newer Germanic tradition of philosophy?
I know Ancient Germans couldn't hold a candle to Rome and Greece or anywhere else, but now that the dust has settled and the world has modernized more and European culture (Germanic values and Mediterranean philosophical tradition) have spread literally across the world, why is it that Nordics just aren't putting out like everyone else?
Why do Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Southern Pagans (looking at the Greek thinkers) etc. all have rich philosophical traditions but nothing ever comes out of Scandinavia?
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I'll get some replies one day....
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>>1620850
when did the roman emperors become germanic again?
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I'm talking out of my ass, but I,d assume that relatively little surviving records of these tribal civilizations, and the fact they were tribal and a bit less prosperous than their hellenistic neighbors probably plays a role in the lack of "heathen philosophers".
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What's the point of intelligence if you're not happy?
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Why should happiness be our goal?
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>>1619366
Why shouldn't it?
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>>1619375
In that case surely it's a mistake to even be born.