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>>1168272

>6. From Leipoxais sprang the Scythians of the race called Auchatae; from Arpoxais, the middle brother, those known as the Catiari and Traspians; from Colaxais, the youngest, the Royal Scythians, or Paralatae. All together they are named Scoloti, after one of their kings: the Greeks, however, call them Scythians.

>7. Such is the account which the Scythians give of their origin. They add that from the time of Targitaus, their first king, to the invasion of their country by Darius, is a period of one thousand years, neither less nor more. The Royal Scythians guard the sacred gold with most especial care, and year by year offer great sacrifices in its honour. At this feast, if the man who has the custody of the gold should fall asleep in the open air, he is sure (the Scythians say) not to outlive the year. His pay therefore is as much land as he can ride round on horseback in a day. As the extent of Scythia is very great, Colaxais gave each of his three sons a separate kingdom, one of which was of ampler size than the other two: in this the gold was preserved. Above, to the northward of the farthest dwellers in Scythia, the country is said to be concealed from sight and made impassable by reason of the feathers which are shed abroad abundantly. The earth and air are alike full of them, and this it is which prevents the eye from obtaining any view of the region.

>>1168280
It's Herodotus, called father of lies by many, but in this case he claims to have been informed by the scythians themselves (which is not unlikely since we know that greeks and scythians had contact). Also the story he's telling is very similar to the Persian myth of the division of the world between three brothers, and the scythians were also iranic.

>>1168290
>called father of lies by many
Such an unfair title. He repeatedly states that his information is not personally verified, that he heard it from a guy and it might not be true.

>>1168059
>you have reasonable evidence that they have done something wrong or are about too
Torture as defined by the Oxford dictionary

>The action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or to force them to do or say something, or for the pleasure of the person inflicting the pain.

>>1168065
Are you saying they're not related, because they clearly are. You bomb things as a preventive measure, just as you torture for the same reasons.

>>1168076
I'm saying this is invalid and not a requirement for either. Your argument is utterly invalid.
>you have reasonable evidence that they have done something wrong or are about too

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>Socialist
>Soviet
>Republics

>>1167755
Well it was definitely soviet

>>1167762
>The soviets weren't dismantled
>The soviets held any power

>>1167508
Pierre de Bayard would make good main character desu
>At the Battle of Garigliano he single-handedly defended the bridge of the Garigliano against 200 Spaniards, an exploit that brought him such renown that Pope Julius II tried unsuccessfully to entice him into his service.[1]

looks all samurai like, japs would love it

>>1167508
The first Indochina war.

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i wish all weebs would kill themselves

Bigger version here
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/12/12-maps-that-changed-the-world/282666/

>>1167332
Ptolemy & Strabo.

All medievalshits operated on Roman Maps for the longest time.

>>1167332
Terra Australis got propagated by Ptolemy's maps, which emphasized an Indian Ocean enclosed by land. The idea was that the Southern Hemisphere must have a large region of land to "balance out" the land in the Northern Hemisphere.

And since the Byzantines were not explorers in their own right, most Medieval maps were still reliant on Ptolemy's cartography.

Consumer societies don't recognize genius.

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I have studied this man for 2 and a half years and I still cannot figure out what the fuck he was on about

Why should we ?

>>1167083
>What's the deal with the Frankfurt School
A collection of contemporary, far-left philosophers that gained notoriety because particularly paranoid right-wingers connect them to a conspiracy.

>Are worth reading?
No, they really have nothing substantial to say beyond what's already been said in far-left circles.

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The Frankfurt school is a bunch of left wing thinkers that right wingers uses as a meme to explain why their beloved culture is turning against them instead of capitalism

>>1167637
I think the Alt-right obcession with the Frankfurt conspiracy and "Cultural marxism" is pure nonsense but let's be real, the only "genuine culture" they wanted to foster was a universal one based on "progressive" ideals

Modern Roman Catholic church and their muh werks shit.

>>1167049
This. They adore Augustine yet ignore everything he taught

>>1167046
You mostly can't. The brunt of stuff is looking at what the Vatican said is wrong with his work.
Shame too, because it seems like a way better denomination.

>>1166580
continentals are better shitposters because they know how to use the phallibilities of language

>>1166586
they seem completely obsessed with stirner and communism. also they are miserable assholes. never have i had a decent conversation with one.

>>1166586
and maybe thats the best description for continentals... academic shitposters just ruining everything

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>>1166496

Yep, those are paintings alright

>>1166496
>>1166497
haha no they're not old. looks viet

they're worth half a tuna sandwich

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>>1166327
Biased and of poor quality (with regards to content), like most shows on CNN. The only one I can manage to watch is the Anthony Bourdain show, just cause it isn't as blatant with its agenda-pushing (if there is any).

>>1166327
>/pol/

Never watched them btw but given that it's CNN, it must have a slant.

>>1166327
>/pol/
Ah shit, sorry.

desu geographics

The vastness of the eurasian steppe was not the highway of 1200AD+ it was a vast unending sea of nothing. The difference between these people was purely distance, but in 600ad,every KM might as well have been a lightyear

>>1166316
Not much. The same people spread out basically

Scythians never went that far into Europe

scythians, sarmatians, cimmerians, alans, kushans, ossetians were all one and the same

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seima-Turbino_phenomenon

>>1165624
only way I can see morality being "objective" is if karma was an actual thing like gravity

No, all value-systems are axiomatic in nature and dependent upon the desires of a particular agent.

So assume we prove that a set of morals is "objective"... then what? What would actually be different if the same set of morals were relative/subjective?

>>1165507
>Tell me about Lebanon /his/.
True people who should honestly have Israel (not the Muslims, but the Christians.)

>>1165507
Just islam my shit up senpai. They used to be majority Christian (the majority of people of Lebanese descent are Christian however) but the Muslims had a higher birthrate and lots of Christians left to France/USA/Brazil. I think the new Brazilian president is part Lebanese.

>>1165507
Just read the letter from Ben Gourion to Moshé Sharett about Lebanon

>>1165238
> Would significantly less civilians had died if we invaded?

no, it would have been many more, probably by a few magnitudes

Operation Downfall was projected to produce 2 million US casualties. All Purple Hearts issued by the US military since WW2 were part of an initial production run for the invasion. The US has made it through Korea, Vietnam, and the Global War on Terror without running out.

This was probably too low, as the Japanese High Command had correctly predicted American landing points and order of battle.

An American land invasion would have looked like something out of the absolute worst days of the Eastern Front, or the Paraguayan War.

Picture the Battle of Berlin times like ten.

Not to mention Japan wasn't self sufficient in food. One of the first things the US did after the surrender was rush in as much food as possible to avert the impending famine. Even without a blockade, you would see mass starvation.

I think it's almost impossible to think of a historical scenario that involves less than 200,000 Japanese dead during that time period. That's just the way it was back then.

>>1165295
All Purple Hearts issued by the US military since WW2 were part of an initial production run for the invasion. The US has made it through Korea, Vietnam, and the Global War on Terror without running out.

no