Has a thing such as "European nationalism" ever existed in history?
Nietzsche.
Maybe Hitler wanted to unify Europe but we'll never know what went on inside his mind.
"europe" isn't a nation, it's barely even a clear region.
>>1101433
Yes, everyone with a brain thought and still thinks it's retarded.
So what is up with these two physically speaking? Akhenaten is represented as having wide hips, a pudgy belly, and a strangely African looking face (not quite somali, but there is some group or another that has super sharp features like he does), and his son Tutankhaten (later Tutankhamun) is later determined to have those features too? http://www.express.co.uk/news/history/525480/King-Tutankhamun-breasts-hips-club-foot-truth
Does that mean that maybe it was less of a stylistic movement (Atenist artwork) and maybe more of a pathology of the royal family? Since the Pharoah was supposed to be divinity on earth, how could the artists represent him in any other way than as they saw him (which was what determined what was "perfect"). Do you think father and son both had a disease, were of a different ethnicity, or was Atenist art truly just a style shift?
He was inbred to hell so It's not surprising that he was probably defective.
His brain seemed normal though.
>>1101404
It's just weird because even in the art of him he breaks a lot of cultural norms. No other Pharoah ever is depicted with their wife and kids in terms of an *actual scene*. He's playing with his kids. No Pharoah before or since is depicted in such a human way. Side note: I'm not sure Akhenaten was the greatest statesman, based on the Amarna letters. I have a pet theory that his mother Tiye, and her parents Yuya and Tjuya were forgeiners of some kind. Makes sense why freaking everyone hated Ay, and why nefertiti was so okay with him more or less controlling Tut.
>>1101387
Egyptians are Africans
Southern Egyptians have that sort of look, not somaili or bantu but its own thing.
he was likely inbred as fuck so that could be one reason
then again Atenism was pretty significant and a MASSIVE intellectual development which we have very little info about so its hard to say
I doubt he was a foreigner as something like that would be more obvious, its definitely more an artistic/ideological thing
his family is the family of God, making his statues look strange like that gives him an almost "otherworldly" divine look compared to the idealized human figures that were common prior.
Which wars or events in wars were the spookiest?
I remember reading about some tower siege during WW1 in which one of the camps used chemical warfare upon the other camp who in turn came out all disfigured and looking like zombies and shit causing the other camp to run away out of fear. Don't remember the precise details so it would be cool if anons could bring in more stuff on this.
>>1101354
that one story from belgium during ww1 when a gas attacked hit the wrong spot in a small village and about 30 little kids with bleeding eyes were running towards the german lines
>>1101354
It's the siege of the fortress of Osowiec
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osowiec_Fortress#Gas_attack
7000 Germans routed by a few dozen half-dead Russians, "the attack of the dead", it was called.
>Years later the Hiroshima city government requested survivors to paint or draw pictures depicting their horrific experiences and these were collected. I was greatly moved and shocked by these graphic depictions showing people with burnt and swollen hands and faces like grotesque masks. Others were shown holding their exposed intestines and bowels, trying to prevent them from falling out. Some had an eyeball hanging down from their eye socket. A mother was holding a child with a missing ear; crying,” Oh, poor baby!” The burnt skin on the arms of many people became blistered and broken hanging down like rags, so they couldn’t their arms down and had to walk zombie-like with outstretched arms. Most people lost the ability to think and they just wandered with blank stares trying to escape the fear. Stopping would only make the fear real again and so everyone just aimlessly kept on walking as much and as long possible.
Looking for good books on Napoleon's empire. What was his main ambition and goal (obviously to take Europe, but why exactly)?
Any books on Napoleon's empire's features will greatly help.
Also post period uniforms. They're pretty much my absolute favourite.
>>1101147
>>1101152
>>1101167
I'm the only one that exists.
Although, it sounds stupid you can't prove it wrong. Even super advanced aliens ponder this shit.
>super advanced aliens
>exist
Evidence?
>>1101109
I know you are wrong though.
For I am the only one that exists
What does /his/ know about Battle of Lepanto?
amazingly little. I just learned about it recently. It was apparently a very pivotal battle where the turks got completely devastated. It should be up there with Cannae and Waterloo and Stalingrad but it's obscure for some reason. I especially enjoyed reading about those gargantic battleships that the Italians used, i had never heard of those ships before.
Spain, Papal States and Venice allied against Turks 'cause they conquered Cyprus to Venice and they threatened Malta.
Alliance was short. After Lepanto, Venice got out and started to negociate with Turks. Yes, Alliance was done for Venice and they do the retard.
Anyways, Cervantes lost one hand there and Don Juan de Austria consolidated himself as hero
>>1100967
Turks rebuilt their navy in a few years.
What's your favourite WWII operation? Mine is Operation Mincemeat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mincemeat
British intelligence operations are just so comfy.
>>1100633
WWII is pleb history.
>>1100640
kill yourself faggot
Is this guy the Gary Stu of his time ?
>Rich, a successfull entrepreneur
>Popular with girls
>Handsome
>Everyone loves him
>European monarchs idolized him
>Makes his enemies ridiculous
>>1100576
No, because you could argue literally anyone is a Gary Stu if you present enough of their positive aspects whilst ignoring their bad.
Also, much of what you said is patently false.
Please shitpost elsewhere.
Arrian is the greatest Gary Stu. He was great at everything he did.
>Best historian of his age
>Best philosopher of his age
>Great hunter
>Governor of Roman provinces
>Great military leader that destroyed a big Alan invasion
Who the fuck is Gary Stu?
Who's the Moe of history?
moe
probably moe
Moe
>Olga of Kiev is a saint for spreading Christianity to Russia
So why is Isabella of Castile not a Saint when she spread Christianity to the Americas?
>>1100092
HHHNNGGGG
>>1100092
Latin Americans are Catholics and do not appreciate a cunt who sent murderous conquistadors being a saint.
>>1100092
Add your might to that of the Lobby for her canonization:
>http://www.queenisabel.org/
>There were later allegations that the Russian commander Count Tottleben had received a personal bribe from the Prussians to spare the city, and he was subsequently tried and found guilty of being a spy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Berlin
>Then, in January 1762, Frederick received the news that the Empress Elizabeth of Russia had died on 5 January: "The Messalina of the North is dead. Morta la Bestia", wrote Frederick on 22 January.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_the_House_of_Brandenburg
>Elizabeth of Russia
>most humane Russian Monarch
>Frederick calls her "Messalina" because he lost the war
Seems like if the Russians didn't spare them out of pity, there'd be no Germany today.
>>1100083
That's literally German history in a nutshell.
Someone always took pity. Funnily enough. Germans never pity anyone.
>>1100083
>Yet another MUH GERMANS SUCK thread.
This /int/ style country bashing needs to go back to its board seriously.
Fred the Great was still the man who established a modern Prussian state, stole Silesia from the Austrians, and set Prussia on the path to becoming a leading power among German states.
>>1100108
By pure luck and pity from Russia.
/his/'s thoughts on the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Pic unrelated
>>1100045
>islamic
I don't like them
>>1100045
Fledgling Nuclear Power. Not friends with their neighboring Fledgling Nuclear Power.
- 2 Nuclear Powers at a standoff over a glacier at an altitude of 19,000 ft.
/his/torically the Kashmiri question during the post British partition of India has caused tension which could have been avoided and is unlikely to be resolved any time soon.
There are serious concerns over Pakistani Nuclear command and control. People got Nuke and planet is lucky only US has used them (though I don't know if that was good) enough
Beautiful women
One of the greatest and most gifted countries. But sady it is ruled by fanatic mulvis who are hell bent on destroying it. It has one of the most ignorant public.
Why was Salahuddin al-Ayyubi so fucking based?
>>1099792
You mean the fucker who got kicked around the land by Richard I?
>>1099792
The Saracen that got his ass handed to him by the Lion Heart himself?
It's 1807 and you're Emperor of the French. What do you do?
Two ladies at the same time.
>>1099193
Literally copy Napoleon except treat the russian situation with caution
>>1099193
Guillotine the Habsburgs and Hohenzollerns
When does history start?
>>1094172
with the greeks
Thucydides
Herodotus if you really want to push it
with jesus