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>let them eat cake
What did she mean by this?
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>>410975
She wanted to order a DQ ice cream cake for all the plebs. The ungrateful bastards had to go revolutionary because the delivery guy was late.
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>>410975
>he fell for Rusing Rousseau's joke
When will people ever learn? If Rousseau wrote it, it's false or retarded.
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>>410975
She meant that she came out of her mom's ass instead of the customary opening in the vagina.
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Places names.
I always find interesting the history and story behind how places, cities and countries got their name.
What are the histories behind various countries and places names?
I'll start with The United States of America. America was the continent's name the country was in, names after an explorer. After several colonial states united and became the country called The United States of America.
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Terra Australis
The Land Down Under
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And also if a place has multiple names like Nipon/Japan or Deutschland /Germany share how each came and how the discrepancy happened.
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I'm from the UK
The UK is actually called the United Kingdom, and it's called that because it is one kingdom that has united several regions. We call it UK because calling it the United Kingdom is long.
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Does anyone have the rare pee pee poo poo of the Hannibal Barca Pepe standing in front of a casualty list of the Battle of Canae?
Also, Carthage general, I suppose. I find Carthage one of the most fascinating of the ancient civilizations. Would have been interesting if Rome and Carthage had both survived the Punic Wars and went on to become rival superpowers for millennia
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>>423107
>Would have been interesting if Rome and Carthage had both survived the Punic Wars and went on to become rival superpowers for millennia
Basically the UUSR and USA except instead of the Pacific as a boarder it's the Med
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>>423118
And it would have culminated in an ancient WWIII around 400-500 AD when both empires were growing weak due to corruption and needed one last hurrah to restore their glory.
God damn that would have been an historian's wet dream. At least to me it would have been
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>>423107
Furthermore, I believe Carthage must be destroyed, to be honest
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Were dogs ever used in warfare, or wolves. I would think they would make good anti cavalry troops. Also general animals in warfare thread
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man that seems like a stupid idea it would be a huge waste of time to train the dogs enough to actually work well in a fight and even then you couldn't be sure
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>>421410
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_in_warfare
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So the Huns and romans used war dogs. It says they used them as scouts. How could you use them as scouts
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So what noteworthy civilizations did Africa actually have besides the Egypt and Ethiopia which had continues ties with the Mediterranean and Arabic world?
Civilization = centralization, urbanization, agriculture, permanent armies, organized religion, bureaucracy (tax, law, accounting, etc.), class society, specialization of work--and as a bonus--expanding influence (territory, culture, trade), creation of culture and awe-inspiring propaganda due to affluence (statues, buildings, artists, philosophers, etc).
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>>420767
Carthage.
Benin to some extent,
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>>420767
How many European civilizations existed without Mediterranean influences that were note worthy?
Set the bar OP
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>>420775
Carthage were Phoenician colonies though
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The world would be peaceful if everyone was Buddhist.
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>>420489
I agree.
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http://time.com/2888864/rohingya-myanmar-burma-camps-sittwe/
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>>420495
That isnt religiously motivated
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Where does nobility come from? Do they spawn from and eventually return to the plebeian masses? Are they part of bloodlines that have been around for hundreds if not thousands of years? Are they genetically superior to "normal" people, or were they just in the right place at the right time and it carried on from there?
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Each civilisation's nobility forms at its beginning.
Western nobility formed around the 10th century, though new families joined it throughout history. Nobody can trace their ancestry farther back than that though.
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>>417389
Way, way back in roman times their ancestors were filthy rich and when the world went to shit they fed poor people in return for their physical labour services. Over time this made them feudal landlords. This evolved into nobility.
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>>417408
Please stop making shit up.
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if the vikings were such bad warriors how did they sack paris?
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>>423234
they weren't bad warriors
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>>423236
This is a bait thread. Just look at the picture
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>>423234
Frenchies saw scary Viking man and raised white flag.
Viking man raped French girl, and begat Napoleon.
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When did the Cold War start and when did it end?
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1945-1989
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>>423167
1945 - 1979
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>>423167
It's started right after WW 2 and end with the fall of Soviet Union
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Were the Vikings uncivilized?
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>>422727
They sailed across the atlantic which is impressive
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i mean adrian peterson beats his kids so yeah they seem pretty uncivilized to me
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>>422727
Men who went a-viking didn't live in cities, so the answer is yes, they were un-city-living.
Your puerile question deserves this puerile answer.
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17th century history in Europe
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Help /his/ I'm working on an historical paper on the subject on the crisis in the 17e century in Europe, more specific on the economical aspects. Due to a lot of other work i have less then 31 hours to complete this paper. I hope you guys can help me with references or even little notes of information that i can quickly examine (please put references if you do this). A student in need.
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>I'm a procrastinating faggot do my homework for me
Live with the consequences of your choices.
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>>422453
The chief cause of the economic crisis in Europe was flowers.
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Not really the pocrastinating type desu, all my other papers and transcribtions are done. This was just asking about people who encountered information on the toppic and are kind enough to share references, so i can finish it in the time limit..
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What does /his/ think of the 25th Nubian dynasty of Egypt?
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prepare for kangcer desu
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They were kings of Egypt for some time
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Well, THEY WUZ KINGS for one dynasty.
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why does the catholic church give the most satanic vibe?
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>>421273
Because your image of satanic is incorrect?
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>>421273
This sculpture is based honestly.
I am confused, I need some guidance on this topic. Which is the true Christianity, Protestantism or Catholic/orthodoxy?
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answer will not be found on 4chan
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>>420646
You'll have to tell us how you decided that Christianity was true to begin with.
Whatever method you used to find that out should be fine to find out which version of Christianity is true.
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>>420646
Protestants are what gives Christians a bad name nowadays. Each off-shoot tried to be the most bible-bashing of them all, which led to the ignorant/backwards Christian meme.
Catholics/Orthodoxy are the way to go, pick whichever one is closest to your own heritage.
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Is it just me or is it impossible to completely convert certain peoples to a religion?
I live in Lithuania and the majority here are Roman Catholics. I noticed that many people here, myself included, feel a certain spirituality towards trees and forests, much like the old pre-christian pagans. There was also a sort of a return of pagan ideals and religion to some extent in recent decades.
We have many poets that write about the beauty of nature (particularly forests) and this trend is still going ever since we were baptized 500~ years ago.
Is this just some phenomenon of geography? Culture? Something else?
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Pursue your individual mysticism my man
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>>420547
I feel as if almost every culture in the world has some degree of nature fascination. Whether it be British and druids, to Germans dressing up like wolves and yiffing.
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>>420581
Really? I heard the french literature about nature is non-existent?
It's not a "degree" of fascination.
Every notable poet here has written something about nature.
It's strange because everyone feels a certain pull towards nature here, even the city folks.