Who is your favorite barbarians /his/?
Scythians
because
DUDE
Gauls
>>1576425
Sarmatians
Was Boudica the worst military commander of all time?
>lead an army of 250 000 people against 10 000 Romans in your native land
>lose so badly your entire tribe gets erased from existence
>Romans get to control southern Britain for the next 400 years
Really makes you think.
>>1573634
Europe's doomed. Russia gonna rule the world.
>>1573616
Boudica and Joan of Arc are talked about way too fucking much when their military abilities weren't that great.
There are better women to choose from over these two to highlight women in the military. I have no idea (aside from propaganda value) why so much emphasis is placed on Boudica and Joan of Arc.
>only 5,000 years of human history has been recorded
>>1590193
Wasn't much before that.
>it's all boring
Is there any records of someone knowing what happened before recorded history before archaeology?
Why are fascist aesthetics so mesmerizing and enchanting? Shiny uniforms, catchy songs, marches, flags, the speeches, the celebration of masculinity and strength, passion for violence and war... everything just seems so appealing and natural to a man.
And despite being so pompous and bombastic, at the same time it emphasizes on what is essential, the preservation of order, morality, tradition and values. It's like pottery.
>>1590107
>everything just seems so appealing and natural to a man
That is the purpose of propaganda.
>emphasizes on what is essential, the preservation of order, morality, tradition and values. It's like pottery.
Yes, it works well on stupid people.
>>1590118
It's more of a middle-brow thing. If you want to know what stupid people like, just watch TV.
>>1590131
no, no, fascism panders to stupid people. it's just that stupid people of today are most stupid than stupid people back then
why are iranians so shit at war? its like these people were conquered and dominated by foreign people every few hundred years or so
>>1571373
Not Arabs, I know, but still a similiar culture.
http://www.meforum.org/441/why-arabs-lose-wars
>>1571404
this begs more question how fucking shit could you be to get conquered by the fucking arabs?
>>1571373
the whole region sucks at war, Persians and Arabs. A bunch of starved holocaust survivors could even beat them
Who are your top 5 greatest minds of all time? pic related for me
pic related is mine. Am I cool yet, /his/?
>>1584032
in no particular order:
>socrates
>leonardo da vinci
>albert einstein
>david foster wallace
>plato
Albert Einstein is only on your list because it lacked muh meme scientist/who's gonna be the posterboy for science?
The world would OBJECTIVELY be better with a Central Power victory of World War One.
>>1588886
Not really
The best scenerio is a Entente victory with Germany being dismantled
>>1588892
which then leads to the most costful event in human history?
>>1588892
France should've been dismantled firever. Really Europe would be better if not for constant French bullshit for the last 300 years.
Did East Asia or India experience massive de-population, de-urbanization, and technological simplification in a few hundred years on the levels of the beginning of the Medieval period in Europe or the Bronze Age collapse in the Middle East?
They got the plague around the same times so yes.
>>1586671
Yellow
Turban
Rebellion
Nigga
>>1586671
Nope.
For starters, the Bronze Age Collapse is limited only in the Mediterranean.
The Shang State ruled China at the time and basically was doing well for itself around the time the Bronze Age Collapse started happening in ME. Running around in Chariots, conquering Southern Barbarians, and beheading their kings.
What is the deal with Marx's stupid ideas about seeing yourself in your work?
Why did he think that feelings were more important than quality, price, efficiency, and reality?
Here is another picture of him and a chair.
>>1584853
>>1585681
MOAR
ITT: Men who were literally perfect throughout their entire lives.
>American
There goes perfection
Opinions on Messianic Judaism?
Is it the true version of Christianity, where one abides fully to the Old and the New Testaments?
Or just jews in denial?
According to James and the Apostles, they'd be the only true Christians
>implying Jesus wanted filthy Gentiles following him
>implying Jesus and his Jewish comrades didn't look down on Gentiles as subhuman "dogs"
>>1581801
Nice bait
>>1581812
Nice bait
Is there any philosopher more honest (and thus more caring and passionate) than Nietzsche?
Life is will to power and nothing besides. Every single philosophy, life choice, decision or action itself in the universe is from will to power. And there are so many people that talk against this, that hate this and call it sophistry, but deep down we all know it's just an attempt to derail something that hurts them, and their reaction to this effect is simply another manifestation of the will to power.
And Nietzsche spoke of how much better life is when you live in alignment with this will to power. Instead of sugarcoating it, ignoring it, or straight up trying to fight it, embracing it is how you reach maturity, which is like an innocent child. The "adult" — that's a concept put forth by weaker half-beings that are not honest to themselves.
Nietzsche is the main source of total relativism as a paradigm. He ruined Western art and morality.
>>1579054
yeah but what was his 1rm?
I'm not sure I understand this concept. Does that mean everyone should be out trying to be a CEO or Emperor?
>>1579082
Nah. He restored it to sanity. Plato was the one who ruined it.
What caused it? How was it? Why did end?
What are the differences between Islam preached today and Islam preached then?
>>1576700
Your questions are too broad and open to be answered in any considerable or respectful detail here of all places.
I suggest you hop down to the local library or see if you can start a university course on the subject of Islamic history before the racists, bigots, historically ignorant, and storm fags see your post.
>>1576700
>What caused it?
Everyone else being even shittier
>How was it?
Pretty much like the current IS
>Why did end?
It didnt, the rest of the world simply evolved, making it look like shit in comparison
>>1576700
They were more tolerant towards religious minorities AKA the Buddhists/Jews/Christians/Zoroastrians/
Shamanism.
But they have to pay Jizya and convert if they marry a Muslim.
There was a greater emphasis on commence.
The Spice, precious mineral and luxury trade
was still going on between Europe, Africa, India
and China, along with the inflows of knowledge.
Back then, they still had Greco-roman/Persian libraries. So yeah, they were more 'progressive' than medieval Europe during that period of time.
How the fuck is this fair?
>>1575593
>trench warfare
>the states are the trenches
DUDE MONARCHY LMAO
>>1575596
No it's a 1914 world map showing combatants in World War 1.
I will not accept answers for any year before 1800 because the USA was barely even a country at that point.
Depends where the war is.
If it's in the US, that's iffy even under the best of circumstances.
If it's in Russia, most of history.
>>1574075
(Why?)
What type of war?
What is the purpose of the war?
Invasion of the US?
Invasion of US European allies?
Nuclear war?
The answer, in general, is no.
At any point of history the US military attemping to directly attack Russia in its mainland would result in failure unless with a successful nuclear first strike at hands (which is highly, highly unrealistic to happen without Ruski retaliation).
The Soviets until the late 50s had more military power than the Americans. They could have overrun Western Europe and launched a first strike against US forces
Also Vietnam.