Why have Muslims been unable to get their shit together for the past 3 centuries or so?
>>812791
persistent lack of security preventing economic development
Colonialism, despotic secular leaders, Western foreign policy, etc.
Who is the worst ever president and why is it Reagan?
>Had 666 in his name
>Lived in 666 lane
>Wife wore red
The worst was Carter you dope. The 666 thing was Satan trying to make people think Reagan was Satan while he was actually a top-tier president.
>>812779
Lolwut
>>812779
>mccarthyite
How is that a bad thing?
>muh poor innocent communist spies
Remember when the History Channel used to be good? Back before all the reality shows and conspiracy theories. That was neat.
>>812725
>used to be good
When? it was never "good," it may have been history related, but it was almost always crap and poorly researched.
That said, I miss Mail Call
>>812725
Pawn Stars is fun.
Someone explain the history of croatia to a 1/4 blooded croat.
It got worse
>>812723
You spent a few hundreds of years together with your Non-Slavic Catholic Friends ((Aka Venice and Austria as well as Hungary))
Then some moron had the bright idea to make you enter the into a Union with a bunch of Slavic Orthodox.
Now, after two world wars, you are once again hanging out with your Catholic Nonslavic friends, aka Italy Austria + Germany and Hungary.
Is Croatia even a real country? I thought it was a myth, like giraffes.
How do I stop crying /his/? I miss her so much
That wasn't real communism.
It didn't follow the historical Marxist dialectic.
I miss her too.
>>812665
Feels so weird knowing she's gone
The chinks aren't the same, they don't even try to compete, just copy.
What theories exist for European global domination? Is Jared "muh geography and disease" Diamond correct?
>>812500
Well yes, Diamond is right specifically about geography and disease, and how it helped expand European/Near Easter societies, but it wasn't exactly a good thing. Keep in mind that the mass use of livestock mixed in with clustered populations pretty much created the plague in Europe, which may have helped in the long run, could have completely destroyed the social structure of Europe had it not been for what I consider the more important factor to European dominance: the Church.
Through the Middle Ages the Church pretty much served as a unifying political force which maintained communication and the spread of ideas between all Catholic realms across the entirety of Europe, and also set a standard of laws such as how and when to carry out wars, and how to treat the peasantry.
I think people fail to respect just how unique a system like that would have been in the Ancient and Medieval world, and the peace plus the spread of technology brought upon by the Church massively contributed to the ability of Christian kings to spare their wealth and manpower in sailing to India and later America, thus beginning European domination.
>>812528
what about the reformation?
>>812533
I'm not really sure. I suppose the arguments for the continued communication and cultural spread between Catholic and Protestant regions could be attributed to them all still obviously being Christians, or just that people still stuck secularly to the long established systems of communication and Catholic culture in newly reformed regions.
Nevertheless, it was way too late to really stop Europe from dominating the world. Virtually all the realms of Western Europe had already discovered and were traversing massive routes to America, India, and China.
Has your heart ever been strangely moved?
>>812431
No, my heart only moves according to well-established physical laws.
I used to captain a freighter near Alaska. One night we encountered the northern lights. And as I gazed, astonished at their lustrous brilliance, I turned to my first mate and I said, "We are looking into the very eyes of God."
>>812483
top edge
Is Allah the new Woden ?
>inb4 Allah=God
Yes that is true but just as Germanic barbarians that immigrated into the Roman empire held on to their old god until deciding on Christianity , is it possible that Muslims immigrants will hold on to Islam fiercely until at a point their descendants will mold themselves into the superior European belief system..( in this case secular humanism)
>is it possible that Muslims immigrants will hold on to Islam fiercely until at a point their descendants will mold themselves into the superior European belief system
Nope, it's not possible.
>>812291
No, faggot.
Hedonism is everyone's god. Hop on board.
>>812305
Why not ?
What would have happened if Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't close the ports of Japan and allowed extensive foreign trade with European powers throughout the 1600s, 1700s, and early 1800s, eliminating the closed country (Sakoku) policy from the equation of Edo Period Japan?
>>812254
The Shimazu and Mori fucking hated the Tokugawa, so they would've started shit way sooner, they probably would've lost any war they tried to fight especially in the 1600s, assuming they don't have foreign troops fighting for them
>>812254
I read that before that policy he was considering an invasion of the Philippines.
>>812271
Considering how fucking awful the invasion of Korea went, I doubt it
>What was the single most important event that led to the collapse of the Roman Republic?
I think it was the First Settlement by Augustus when he took pro consul power.
Discuss
The refusal to recognize Ricimer as western emperor by the East. If they had treated him like a completely legitimate political actor, he probably wouldn't have sabotaged the re-invasion of North Africa.
>>812259
He's talking about the fall of the REPUBLIC, mate.
>>812265
I got confused cause he started by saying the end of the republic led to the collapse of the republic
Why do most people psychologically try to reject the idea of karma?
Not physically?
Because it's a juvenile concept.
Still waiting on them Jews to be defeated
I'm not sure if this is an appropriate board to ask but I wasn't sure where else I could besides a local museum
Anyway I found this years ago out in my back yard and never thought much of it but does this look genuine? I'm not hopping to stumble upon riches I just wanna know more about it looks like a spearhead obviously but input is appreciated.
>>812123
Far from a spearhead, but those ripples along the edge kind of look like those done when knap flint.
The thick portion looks decent for a handle. Can we get a few more pics at different angles?
So not a spearhead? Damn
Few more
What the hell are humans?
It doesn't make any sense.
>>812098
How doesn't it make sense? What confuses you about humans?
>>812098
humans are mammals
>larger sauce on that pic?
>>812098
wow man that's deep
In terms of military prowess who was the better commander Caesar or Alexander the Great?
Cesars greatest victory
Battle of Alesia
Strength
60,000 Legionnaires vs 180-300 thousands Franks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU1Ej9Yqt68
Alexanders greatest victory
Battle of Gaugamela
47,000 Greeks vs 52,000 -100,000 (modern estimate) 250,000–1,000,000 (ancient sources)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOin08k4KFc
Seems like in terms of raw battle coordination Alexander wins but in terms of cunning Caesar does.
>>811991
Alex is undefeated and accomplished victories on a much larger scale, plus he seized an empire while Jules quashed tribal chiefdoms.
Alexander
how is this even a question? any cesar victory is more of a roman victory
All alexander victories are alexanders
Tactically, I'd say Alexander. Logistically and Strategically, Caesar.
What was one of Alexander's biggest skills was his very energetic movements with his army and his plans. Caesar himself should provide a match for this, as he famously was very bold and a very much "suprise" commander, plus the Legionaries were far more superior in terms of deployment, fortifications and supply trains.
>>812045
He also crushed several German alliances, the entire Egyptian army, and managed to defeat the enemy Roman Legions with minimal casualties to the civilian populations (in Rome's case anywyas, not so much for the Gallic fucking shits). That's a lot of playing fields.
> everything is like shadows on the cave
> except my theory about how world works
Why do people believe in platonism again?
>>811843
It's almost like platonism has a kind of higher significance beyond its mere appearance
>>811843
>Dude Plato wants us to believe every word Socrates says lmao
Platonism is for hipsters too hipster to go along with the current cultural Christian meme. They liked Neo-Platonism before it was cool, thus Platonism.