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Daily reminder that Napoleon a shit and was brought down by his own hubris
>Muh constant expansion
>Having a bigger army = being a better general
>Continental blockade is a good plan XD

>>906072
I mean he was good, one of the reasons he lost so many land battles towards the end of the wars was because other armies started using his own tactics against him

>>906085
>Use same tactics over and over again
>Wonder why they get countered
>'Good'

States

Their personal property

>>905370

You mean medieval monarchs?

Feudal holdings. The Kingdom was a collection of feudal properties with the king as a primus inter pares among them.

If you are referring to ancient times, then it was empires, kingdoms or city states.

>>905331
That guy at the end was seriously lucky the lance broke.

The Aztec ball game!

>>905350
aye, his neck twisted in a nasty way when he took the hit

>>905243
Fuck no.

t. third world.

it´s no fun lacking proteins to develop your intellect, dying from mild diseases, being a wage slave or cannon fodder, etc.

I often wish I was born into a poorer family that I actually loved.

But then I realize that I'd likely have the same social problems, only I'd lack money too.

He meant that the Jews are sexy ubermenschen.

>>904351
The whole book is advocating radical action.

If you're a poor, you kill the rich man and steal his possessions. > it heavily advocates amorality, consequentialism and psychological hedonism. In Might Is Right, Redbeard rejects conventional ideas of human and natural rights and argues that only strength or physical might can establish moral right

"Christs may come and Christs may go but Caesar is forever"

>>904638

NO; IT ADVOCATES EXTREME ACTION; YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT RADICAL ACTION IS; DO NOT USE TERMS, OR WORDS THE MEANING OF WHICH YOU IGNORE.

>>903770
>>903770
BUT ANON ONLY ONE PERCENT OF WHITES HAD SLAVES SO THAT MEANS IT WASNT A BIG DEAL AND BLACKS ARE MAKING SLAVERY BIGGER THAN WHAT IT IS.

ONLY RICH WHITES BENEFITED FROM SLAVERY

>tfw this was a tragedy
>tfw you live and were born in New England and you're the only person you know who thinks this for reasons other than "we need to enslave niggers again"

>>903807
When your entire economy is based off of immoral means, you deserve everything you get.

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>>903740
some of my favorite books on hoplology/marital arts history.

http://www.freelanceacademypress.com/oldschool-ebook.aspx

http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-133-9780824818791.aspx

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1220405.Comprehensive_Asian_Fighting_Arts

Draeger's work is dated but still pretty good

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>>903740
Great book but based Magee made an updated version of it which is equally as good

>>903740
If you're interested in even more history of philosophy I'd recommend The History of Philosophy by Julian Marias. Durant's book used to be my favorite because I read it as a kid, then I read Marias'and it was terrific.

''no''

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Here we go m8s

>>903136
>History
>Mistakes
This is like reverse positivism.

>>903136
As ethnobotanist it's bothersome that lay people and generalists make a division between farmers and gatherers as if the divide is clear cut

>>903136
Primitivists shouldn't be allowed to write any articles on the internet.

Like we should have just gassed them like the rats they are to halt their advances.

How will peoples reactions when finding out that all sides of the conflict partook in the looting make you feel?

http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.5615/neareastarch.78.3.0142.pdf?acceptTC=true

http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/content_files/AAAS-SyrianTWHS-122014.pdf

As percentage of sites assessed, we see 21% of sites
looted in ISIS areas and 16.5% in Syrian regime areas, compared with 28% and 27% in Kurdish and opposition-held areas respectively.

It's no shock considering the country had -9.90% GDP growth last year (even Iraq and Afghanistan experienced a more positive net growth) and all sides are pulling funds which ever way they can through crude, amphetamines, and other anti depressants; Pfizer must be making a killing.

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>>902692
Also

>>902692
He was a good statesman and was responsible for the industrialization of France and helped in making it a major power during the 19th century

>>902706
Second French Empire was pretty damn GOAT in general.

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>>901647
I don't know much about it other than that Balanchine is the guy who's pinned as being totally responsible for the whole thing. I do know that ballerinas have very ambivalent opinions on whether or not the transition was an overall good for the art form. Most of the negatives seem to come from the new, rather extreme body types (and feet) required for professional ballet. This is just me making observations from the 2 (professional) ballerinas I've dated.

I'd be interested in seeing a thread with people more knowledgeable than I, but this is 4chan. Here's your reply for starting a thread on an interesting topic.

>>902753
I would say the transition can't necessarily be called bad or good. I do think the changes from late 19th century ballet/early 20th century to modern ballet includes losses and gains. We've pretty much lost these really fantastic terre à terre steps they used to do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAQs_rlyCKo (by the way I highly recommend all the Ballet Evolved videos, very very interesting look at the history and evolution of ballet) yet modern ballet dances can do far more fouettes/pirouettes/other turns than before because of the changes in shoes and different standards for ballet training. Modern dancers can also balance for longer period.

In modern ballet, legs are lifted higher and straighter and there is much more emphasis on achieving a specific aesthetic with the body--achieving a line or arc at a certain moment, and making sure every thing looks "clean," each step and jump measured to perfectionist. Modern ballet requires you to be an athlete, and also as you said, requires or expects a more extreme body type. Whereas in the past, the emphasis was more on those little details--their feet movements, leg movements, arm movements, all creating stories and drama and reactions. You had to have great strength in your feet and legs--more so because the shoes of yore provided almost no support--but it wasn't nearly as intensive, physically.

Compare this old pas de deux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YNpnbGmM5M or Ellen Price dancing La Sylphide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7xkcl0I6zA and you can get a better idea of it.

>>902961
(continued)

There's been a lot of buzz since last year because of Ratmansky's new production of The Sleeping Beauty, which is largely based on the original Petipa of 1890. Ratmansky painstakingly transcribed Petipa's original notations, adding some things where the notations were unclear and to add a bit of modern sensibility to certain pieces, but overall it's meant to evoke the feel of the late 19th century/early 20th century ballets, costumes and sets included.

Here's a short sample of a few dances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVQTJFPqvjE

Personally, I disagree with those that dislike modern ballet as a whole, merely because modern ballet can theoretically be anything. You can recreate the original 1890 Sleeping Beauty as meticulously as you want, or you can re envision Sleeping Beauty with vampires and gothic elements, or you can take the music scored for Sleeping Beauty and use it to tell the story of the fall of the Romanov family. Be free!

>>900986
None of the tiny Feudalcuck states had the fucking money, resources, nor political organization for the longest time.

Showed up again by the time of the Renaissance. But fully impelemented after the end of the 30 Years War and Treaty of Westphalia.

>>900986
Standing armies require a much more complex and prosperous economy than feudalism and levies.

>>900986
Standing armies are expensive as fuck as it requires you to pay your soldiers all the time instead of just when they are needed. Not even the parthians kept a standing army IIRC.

Another thing that makes having standing armies a problem is having a military aristocracy. Nobles aren't that fond of spending long amounts of times away from their lands, especially if it means hanging around some god forsaken border province.

I know which Memphis you mean, but I laugh at the idea that people might think you mean Memphis Tennessee

>>900897
homeland of the KKK right?
pretty important then kek

>>900792
Istanbul
Rome
London
Paris
Vienna
Moskov

>>900611
>kicking the shit out of Persia and Byzantium
>a desirable thing

apart from you know the middle east being the site of most technological advances until 1600 or so

The middle east is a fairly cool place until relatively recently in history.

Shame it's now hell on earth.