>>1005758
>Red Eyebrow Rebellion
kek
It's not Mao's fault rice is such a bountiful foodstuff.
Rice caused those Chinese deaths.
>>1005758
I'm surprised WWII is so much more than WWI
Where did the officer/enlisted divide come from? It's ubiquitous among almost every culture, even the communist and revolutionaries had it. Is it just a remnant of aristocracy because I honestly can't see a valid reason to keep it.
>>1005524
so you will know who is competent enough for you to follow.
It's more like educated / uneducated divide.
>>1005524
Because they are two different disciplines.
One is doing the job, the other is administrative.
Yo /his/ what is your choice for the most comical moment in history?
I'll start with the obvious.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
>>1005514
This was a tragedy.
It's still a little funny though
>>1005514
kek
Is this man the most based philosopher to ever live?
>inb4 diogenes shits up the thread
>>1005137
Hume
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>>1005143
/thread desu
His concept of humans as a Tabula Rasa is flat-out, objectively wrong.
Has there always been a divided opinion on this fella?
>>1004957
>there's a divided opinion on one of the jewiest jews who ever jewed
who'da thought?!
>>1004957
I guess you can think he's not a remarkably prolific war criminal and failure if you want
>>1004964
>missing the point
I know there is a divided opinion and I know why there would be one.
The question I am asking is whether there has always been sufficient enough knowledge of his actions (or to you, his Jewishness) that could cause a divide in opinion.
Just got all of these, which one should I read first?
>>1004867
did you buy those at the rotary club book sale
>>1004877
No I got them from someone who didn't need them anymore.
I suppose the best one would be from the cradle of situation, then move up as I am rather sure that the later civilizations reference to earlier ones.
Will give you some motivation knowing that you are working towards the "end" of it all.
Otherwise you may just read African kingdoms and tell us if it was WE WUZ tier or not.
What 10 philosophical works would you bring to a desert island? You will have to read them until the rest of your days. So choose wisely.
Why do you always post bears with your questions?
Or is it multiple people and that this is a new meme? The curious bear?
Das Kapital so I wouldn't have to wipe my ass with dry leaves.
None, philosophy is kinda useless and worthless. I would rather bring some technical manuals on log building and basic generators and so on..
Is Orientalism a real thing? And if so, how can one study the history of Eastern countries without engaging in it?
>>1004760
>Is Orientalism a real thing?
A "thing"?
>>1004769
A thing. A thing that is a thing
>>1004760
most of IRL /his/torians become "muh-study-subject"aboo so its no rare thing to find books of asian cultures written with bulshitic bias.
Its really difficult to be truly neutral (not in pro nor in con) on your studies since if you start to hate your subject, you usually drop it and if you dont get too engaged to it you would usually just scrape the surface.
So Yes, orientalism is real specially among those people who have to face those cultures day by day. Funny thing, westaboos also exist
France's greatest leader was an Italian
Germany's greatest leader was an austrian
Britain's greatest leader was a toad
>Implying Corsica is "Italian"
>>1004474
Til Robespierre was a wop
>>1004484
It more or less is.
t. Corsican
I am writing a paper over how the Kennedy administration handled the Cuban Missile Crisis. It's a historography paper so I'm writing about historians and critics' points of view of how well or poorly the Kennedy Admin. handled the situation. Right now I'm in a slump. Any help would be appreciated!
>>1004229
Kennedy lost.
Soviet victory for scaring him into removing missiles from Turkey.
Kennedy displayed brilliance in using the "Compellence Theory" of International Relations. By threatening massive consequence for the placement of weapons on Cuba, Kennedy scared the Soviets into removing their warheads.
By bringing them back to a "red line", as it is known, Kennedy had successfully achieved his aims of preventing a strategical disaster for the US.
>>1004273
Are there any sources that can be found to support this?
Why does /his/ never talk about arabian poetry and history? Arabian poetry is some of the most eloquent and based shit ive read, though it might not be relatable to you all as you all do not speak arabic.
>>1004129
Because Islam.
Don't speak Arabic, never will.
>>1004129
All I remember from 1001 Nights is that Arabs consider black people to be monkeys; that sex with black people was considered bestiality; and that their wives always seemed to be drawn to the help.
Who should of been the proper successor of Muhammad (pbuh) as caliph?
>>1004128
well
isn't there a passage in the koran that says something along the lines of "ali shall be my successor in every way"
Are Shia the ones that are generally less crazy?
>>1004184
I don't have any sort of gauge that precise.
To theists on /his/: it what ways do you justify or back up the idea that God or the deity you believe in has a will, a mind, opinions, and things of the like? This isn't intended to be an attack, I just want to hear your point of view. Thanks.
>>1003997
I have a 2 foot long penis.
Ergo, there is a God who loves me in particular.
>>1003997
The wonderful thing about faith is that you don't need anything to back it up. A theist can prove God by shrugging his shoulders. This is why theists will be the death of wisdom in the world
>>1004010
Holy shit, me too. What denomination are you?
What went wrong?
>>1003946
It was a foggy night.
>>1003946
Spain.
The breakup of the Iberian Union
>>1003853
Looks pretty Roman to me desu senpai
>>1003932
Human*
>>1003853
Amazing how Europeans can make even beduin desert mythologies look beautiful.