I've heard a few times now that the war wasn't as righteous as is commonly believed, but is there a reasonable way for it to have been prevented?
I've heard some people say that independence was supported primarily by business owners who didn't want to pay the British taxes, would that make the war inevitable?
Allow Americans to kill Amerindians and take their land, and tax the commoners rather than the rich merchants and the people who own printing presses.
>>1125250
Don't send Hessians to the colonies
Don't pass the intolerable acts
Keep only tiny garrisons of soldiers
Talk about potential representation in parliament, accept the Olive Branch petition.
That's it, no one would be the wiser.
They should have taken more Irish instead of the blacks. The Irish can't fight wars like that. They can only get themselves killed to whip up public sympathy
i just wanted to tell you guys how much i love this board! /his/ is an amazing place where i can finally talk to people who do not only respond with "muh nazis", "muh WW2" and "muh holocaust" whilst asking them about their historyknowledge.
you guys truly care about what happened before WW2 and WW1 wich i think is amazing. since everyone here in germany has a stiffy if the topic is WW2 because everyone and their fucking mom know about WW2 and that's it.
also: September 52 BC was an insidejob
leave now before you get spooked
>>1125138 how should i get "spooked" ?
>>1125111
What do you think about a certain pre-modern German agglomeration, then?
How did bread come to be? It seems like a lot of steps each of which one normally wouldn't think of doing.
Convenience I assume
>man this grain is really hard
>oh, if you mash it up it's easier to eat
>but now my mouth is dry like a desert
>I'll add some water
>probably should heat it up to avoid sickness
>hmm, if I heat it up in an oven it turns into these tasty blobs
>>1124615
What about yeast?
And I know there are variety of types of bread based on cultures and time in history. How did the culture and time periods shape the kind of bread they produced.
Or conversely how did the type of bread eaten at the time reflect the time and people?
>>1124610
Eating hard grains is shit so folks would naturally try to grind them.
From there on it's easy to make a porridge like substance or flatbread.
Hey /his/ I have this old wax seal and would like to use it but I have no idea what it says. Is there anyone here who can translate it for me? Googles translations are quite... unintelligible.
Pic related.
The base as well.
/int/ might be able to help you more than /his/
>>1124477
Looks Japanese. Would help a bit if first pic wasn't so blurry. The second pic you posted is also upside down.
What is it about Sikhism that makes them so bro tier?
>this meme again
nevertheless
>fight against Muslims
>better hygiene than Hindus
>turban looks kind of cool
>come from one of the more interesting parts of India
They've had to learn the art of war, diplomacy and civility to last so long in a land dominated by Muslims and Hindus. You respect them, but you also fear angering them.
A religious symbol that looks like Starcraft, and carrying a dagger everywhere religiously.
With Israel independence day coming up, let's discuss it's history.
How would you have compromised with the Arabs?
>>1123156
I would have genocided them while I had the chance. Yom Kippor war, no-one would have intervened to stop Israel annihilating those shitstains.
Settle the jews somewhere else.
>>1123156
Once in High School I asked a Syrian kid if he was an Israeli Jew. I genuinely thought he was Israeli based on his accent and complexion. He got butt mad, but he said he was more mad about being called Israeli than being called a Jew.
Relatively, looking at other Italian Prime Ministers, was Mussolini really that bad?
>>1123079
if only mussolini hadn't invaded greece, taking hitler's attention away from the soviet union in the summer and tying his army up for precious warm months... oh how i lament the loss of all that could have been.
>>1123110
Why did Mussolini invade Greece? Surely there must have a geopolitical reason behind it that was detrimental to the war effort.
>>1123131
Are you autistic? You can't have a New Roman Empire without Greece, That's like well...Greece without Debt
What made the Low Countries and Germany drift away from each other?
Teutonic plates
>>1122694
ha gateeeem
>>1122596
The low countries are very alluvial providing geographical barriers, they are also connected to trade with Denmark, France and England. The rise of sea trade during the Renaissance rivalling trade along the Rhine coincides with the religious upheavals and greater independence.
It is possible that "robber barons" played a role in this. Previously the empire would regulate tolls and taxes ensuring everything is fair and square, when this system broke down and the HRE didn't offer them much protection against French incursions, various cities probably began to wonder why they bothered. Though I'm speculating here.
What weapons were used by the average WWI soldier? What was used by the more specialized units?
A shovel.
>>1121639
Bolt action rifles, hand grenades, and some variant of the Maxim gun for the mostpart. Lots of handmade melee weapons, because a 6 foot long pike doesn't do you so well in the confined space of a trench.
A very broad question which I always like to see fleshed out by people who know more of the specifics than I do. It was truly a world war, and Germany's western front is not the only type of combat that was fought. African colonial campaign, and the ice fortresses of the alps are two other great ones, to say the least.
>>1121639
Depends on the army. Most people had bolt actions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_infantry_weapons_of_World_War_I
Am I the only one who misses this show? It may not have been the most historically accurate show on television, but it kept me entertained while it lasted.
>>1121529
I got triggered by the Zulu defeating the Jaguar Warrior, it doesn't get worse after that right?
>>1121529
I enjoyed seeing warriors from different cultures but the inaccuracies bogged it down.
I love the concept.
I'd actually love to see it as a regular TV series. Like a bunch of warriors from different time periods end up in the same place through some cosmic shenanigans and after a heated introduction they team up to beat the bad guy.
Did anyone else see this? While you all are busy shitposting about living and dead philosophers, a Canadian kid discovered a Mayan city.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/forgotten-mayan-city-discovered-in-central-america-by-15-year-old-a7021291.html
>>1121173
>implying archaeology is important
>>1121203
A Canadian teenager discovered an ancient city. You are a shitposter on a marginal board of 4chan that hasn't accomplished anything.
Very interesting OP. I wonder how many cities and ruins in Mesoamerica have been lost to the jungle that are out there waiting to be discovered.
Good to know there are still things worth discovering
Haven't seen anything related to maritime history in a while.
Shall we have a naval thread gentlemen? Anything goes but I know next to nothing about post ironclad warships. I do know a thing or two about wooden sailing ships so ask away.
>>1119357
>>1119359
>>1119361
tell me about europe pre-civilization
>>1113148
Just tribes, building little hill forts and worshiping nature gods
Nothing too exciting.
Thank you based Greeks and Phoenicians for civilizing the world and making history interesting.
>>1113368
Although, hill forts are pretty fucking cool
Also megaliths
ICE AGE CIVILIZATIONS NIGGA
SHIT WAS LIKE CONAN THE BARBARIAN, EXCEPT IT WAS REAL
Why there are so few commentaries about the 50 years of the Cultural Revolution?
Is it because dwelling so much upon it would undermine the narrative of the left? After all, the Cultural Revolution in China was the moment in history where humanity has come closer to True Communism, and it was absolutely horrible. Besides, too much of the terminology and practices of that era are similar to modern terminology and practices of the hegemonic left for them to feel safe talking about it.
I ask because I want to see a documentary about it and I can't find none. On Netflix the only political documentaries are about leftist obsessions such as Nazis and mass killings of communists in the Third World (which are totally justifiable when you study the Cultural Revolution by the way).
wow, just wow.... i can't even
just go back to your containment board neckbeard nazi >>>/pol/
>>1132252
How does criticism of the Cultural Revolution automatically makes one a Nazi?
Mao did literally nothing wrong
He just killed a few gay artists and smashed a few tacky pottery
who cares? its all water under the bridge amigo.
Please explain me the 1968 Paris "revolution".
>>1129031
>revolution
literally nobody called that a revolution
>>1129031
uppity hipsters got their revolution hijacked by obscurantist po-mo bourgeois philosophers secretly working for usa
>>1129031
Leftards used the naivety and idealism of youths to take over France
Then they installed mass immigration and a couple of of other stuff responsible for the dying state France currently knows