Can we have a Romanov appreciation thread? This family oversaw the creation of the largest Christian empire in world history and expanded the borders of Christendom all the way to China's doorstep.
>inb4 revolution / tyranny
This thread is only about the 300 years of glory and Christian magnificence of the Romanov reign.
I don't know much but am eager to learn more about the splendor of this imperial dynasty.
https://youtu.be/e8KsNHZWLDk
>>1291357
Sure.
>>1291380
Anyone have any neat stories? That's mainly what I'm hoping for here.
>>1291357
>inb4 tyranny
They were such bad rulers that the soviet regime actually improved Russia, theyare shit and nothing changes that.
I understand it's generally accepted on /his/ that LindyBeige and Skallagrin are shit, so what do you guys think about Indy Neidell and his Great War series?
>>1291212
I listen to it while cooking dinner.
Its fine, great for learning events and timelines. I appreciate that opinions (besides that war is bad) are generally not given emphasis.
its good
Nice, we'll high quality show. For a sweede it's less cucked than expected.
Are arvanites greeks or albanian?
Let's settle this once and for all, they speak a heavy-version of albanian, some even claim that it's the purest form of albanian.
But some say that arvanites had mixed way before the revolution of 1821.
So who's right and who's wrong, are there any other arguments to be made?
Greece was colonized by illyrians during the bronze age collapse any way
>>1291210
t. albanian revisionist
>>1291215
well lets see the hitties were collapsing at the same time, so it couldn't have been an eastward advance, and all of greece was sacked and introduced cultural and linguistic changes which could only be germans or illyrians, but there's no evidence of illyrian tribes being subjugated or sacked
How did Hungary lose against the Ottoman empire ? For many years, Hungary fought the Ottomans, and had some great victories, as well as bad defeats. What lead Hungary to Mohacs ? Was the fall of Hungary inevitable ?
>>1290987
>that map
>>1290987
Matthias Corvinus dun goof'd and left no legitimate successor.
This was extremely fucking bad as Hungary actually had the largest number of Nobility per capita (10%!!!) which promptly led to a power struggle.
Which promptly led to a series of very powerful local rulers.
Which promptly led to disgruntled peasants and revolts (Dosza being the most famous)
Which basically left Hungary in no shape to fight the Ottomans, who unluckily for them, is led by Suleiman the Magnificent of all people.
>>1291010
What? Its the fucking historical borders, Hungary looked like this for quite some time. Fuck off you faggot, this is not even revisionism, he asked a question how did Hungary lose in 1526, well fuck, in that time, Hungary looked like this.
Hungary also looked like this between 1867-1920, so read some history you fucking nigger.
>>1290987
After Matthias death who centralized the power onto himself, the Hungarian mobility played house wars again, and the new king started to give up lands and power to gain supporters, and when Sulejman himself attacked the country they didn't raise their lazy ass for the king.
Maybe not the best example, but its kinda like around the time of Joan of arc in England, foreign powers use the power struggle for invasion.
Harold, you have allowed this dark lord to twist your mind, until now, until now you've become the very thing you swore to destroy.
>>1290894
DON'T LECTURE ME WILLIAM! I see through the lies of the Normans. I do not fear the Saxon Line as you do. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Kingdom!
>>1290899
YOUR NEW KINGDOM?
>>1290902
Don't make me kill you William..
Are we just /pol/ but Jewish?
>>1290822
we only had 20 followers of judaism in our religion poll
>>1290822
Yes, other than the Jewish thing.
>>1290822
why do you ask this op..
are we in the age of decline and soon in the age of chaos?
>>1290467
Stop basing your idea of the future of society on quotes from old people and instead read journals on sociology if you're concerned. I don't think an incoming massive societal collapse is expected by people who study this.
>>1290473
so do you claim the historical cycles aren't real?
>>1290467
>Interpreting the history of the United States via the astrological positioning of Pluto
What did he do besides write books? Did Marx ever give speeches, attend socialist conferences, or less protests?
Was he a well-known person within his lifetime? Would his neighbors have understood how important he was?
A Neet, lived by money of his rich but stupid friend Engels.
>>1290456
>this meme again
While he definitely got contributions, they were mostly from his wife's aristocratic family and his supporters.
His primary source of income, though, was from being a reporter.
>>1290449
He was a journalist. Lived off of the Engels family wealth.
He was an excellent contemporary social commentator, but a mediocre economist. The Labor theory of value is a perfect example of this.
/his/
What was the reaction of the Native Americans and the European white male when they met each other for the first time?
>What a moment to be alive
>Natives: the white aliens must be god
>Whites: I must opress these subhumans
>>1290294
>achoo! uh. I hope i don't get sick.
>>1290294
Natives: they must be Heralds of our Gods
European: The true question is, can i put my dick in it?
>Latin
>""""Empire""""
>"""Empire""" of Trebizond
>>1290226
>seljuk sultanates
>"of Rum"
>""""""Duchy"""""" of the >""""""Archipelago""""""
Go.
cunts
Obviously, here is a map of it. But that begs an interesting question. If this is what the earth looks like, and the earth is round, whats on the other side of the earth?
>>1290141
GroßGermaniums Kaiserreich
>>1290215
This desu
>>1290141
Given that this picture shows the entirety of earth's surface, the "other side" you are referring to would be the area beneath the earth's surface.
So, a lot of rock and eventually molten magma.
What was the best dynasty and why was it undeniably the Tang?
>>1289846
Song Dynasty best Dynasty.
>>1289846
Nice stable dynasty you've got there.
Shame if....somebody was to challenge its rule out of the blue.
>>1289846
>why was it undeniably the Tang?
dem aesthetics bruh.
I genuinely think the years 300-900 were the pinnacle of humanity and we will never recover to those heights.
How would say 100 Roman soldiers go about beating a Greek phalanx of the same number. I think it would be impossible to get close to them. Or do you just have to do damage with ranged weapons
Easy, just walk around their spears
Flashbang, over and out.
They would our manoeuvre the phalanx. A phalanx isn't effective in such small numbers, it has to be a long and deep line.
Colonialism was a mistake
It certainly was, and?
>>1289445
The world literally never looked like that.
"Colonialism was a mistake."
-Cecil Rhodes