What do you folks think about the people who got humiliated after their region was liberated by the Allies from German rule? AFAIK both sexes were involved, but probably more of them were women that slept with german troops.
I think the punishments were pretty absurd, true you may be a traitor and aid the enemy, but still.
>>290607
All those pics of the nude parading women are kind of hot.
>>290607
How many people who did that were quite happy to be under German occupation and only decided to join the resistance on 7th June 1944?
>>290634
Going about your business while ignoring your occupiers is much different than sleeping with the enemy.
What are some universal values that humans value?
It must be applicable to 99.9% of human population. Even better if its applicable to all animals as well (but not a necessity). I'll start.
>Reduction of suffering/Increase in happiness
>>290522
Eating food is good.
There is nothing on earth that every human can agree on.
Sex is good but reproduction is the ultimate vice.
So if Germany had develop the nuclear bomb first during World War Two would they have won?
What if the world was made of pudding?
>>290316
What if the world wasn't made of pudding?
>>290288
Unless they made the bomb in 1943 or earlier, no
What would be the best historical period to live in in America?
I would've liked to live in the Wild West.
>Looking for something to do
>Decide to go to your local saloon
>Grab your holster and Smith & Wesson just in case anyone tries to fuck with you
>Put on your long coat
>Ride your horse to the local saloon
>Have a couple shots, start feeling a nice buzz
>Decide that some hairy pussy sounds nice
>Luckily there are prostitutes there
>Count your money and go downstairs with her
Damn, this period of time sounds bad ass.
pre-columbus
>>290276
Wow, cars sure were advanced in the wild west.
>>290276
I'm sure life was hell in the wild west compared to present day but I'm with you on that one.
Tho I'd want to devote my life being a farmer, living off the land and driving away those pesky redskin bastards.
Greatest warrior of all time for the continent
Representing Asia.
Xiang yu.
>>290178
Greatest military leader, or fighter?
>>290207
Anyone that leads and fights his battles
>>290178
That's not Tamerlane.
Europe: Suvorov
>fertile crescent
california's future
>>290172
What's your question, OP?
>>290172
Their shit got fucked up.
Post fake archaeology
Why were people in the 15th century about as good at drawing as a first grader?
>>290103
That's a very succinct way of describing original sin
Lack of good materials, lack of good tutors, most artsy people of the period preferred architecture and sculpting
>>290122
THE "ORIGINAL SIN" IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE "EATING FROM THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE" BY "ADAM", AND "EVE", NOT "ABEL'S" MURDER.
Why did the french take the rooster as a national animal?
I know the story about gallus in Latin meaning both rooster and Gaulish but it's not a flattering animal.
>>290090
It's more original than the griffons/lions/birds. Though I think a horse would have been cooler (being famous for their cavalry charges)
>>290090
>loud, annoying, won't ever shut up, does what it wants even if everything including reasons says it's a bad idea
It's perfect though.
Now you tell me how the lion (lazy animal that does nothing aside from fucking and eating while the females go get food for him) is a better symbol.
>>290090
Roosters are vicious, dude. They also prance around with their chests huffed to show dominance, and can be extremely aggressive.
So I forgot my textbook at my house and I'm currently sitting at my college frantically watching videos and reading up all I can on the European crusades into the Islamic middle east.
I'm not asking for an hour out of your day, just something that briefly describes what went down with a military focus (so tactics, weapons, troops, etc).
Don't know what I need to provide in return for a response, but OP will try his best to deliver.
Perhaps dubs decides?
Also general crusade thread I guess
>>290083
Muslim generals were intruding into Byzantium, the Emperor asked for assistance, the Pope called for a military campaign to assist the Byzantines by creating a buffer state in the Holy Land, and then it became a concentrated campaign for Christendom to hold the Holy Land after they initially conquered it, leading to a series of campaigns against Muslims.
>>290083
>>290137
The First Crusade
The call to arms was issued by Pope Urban II. It was not an organized matter - many feudal lords decided to take up the call individually of each other. There were many small bodies of armies, but eventually it boiled down to these three main forces:
Godfrey of Bouillone
Raymond of Toulouse
Bohemond of Taranto
These three nobles were both allies and rivals. Raymond was the leading candidate and considered the most "senior" at the start of the campaign. Godfrey was a younger french noble. Bohemond, a norman, was never interested in Jerusalem but only took up arms against it because he knew they would pass Antioch on the way. For him, Antioch was the real prize.
They were granted through Byzantine lands. After this they were more unified but they did not march directly together as their armies were often 1 or 2 days apart. But close enough so that they could help each other out.
On their way they were harassed by a multitude of arab armies but in the end they managed to BTFO'd most of the forces that drew up against them.
(Sidenote: There was an earlier force called the People's Crusade who crossed into Asia Minor before these three. The People's Crusade consisted of mostly religious fanatics and naiv followers of some monk. They got cut to pieces and all of them - ALL OF THEM - were sold into slavery. This included some poorer knights and men-at-arms of said monk. The monk escaped tho and linked up with Raymond and Godfrey)
They reached Antioch. They besieged it for a long time. Bohemond really wanted that city and, though outnumbered, destroyed a relief force with only his cavalry. The normans eventually tricked their way into the city and the christians rushed in. After heavy fighting the city fell and Bohemond proclaimed that he was done crusading - and thus the Principality of Antioch was formed. A norman state.
>>290609
Godfrey and Raymond continued on with a decimated force since the powerful Normans had left them. They eventually reached Jerusalem, besieged it and - I think you know the rest...
Why has capital punishment continued to be a contreversial issue?
>>290030
BECAUSE DEATH IS STILL VIRTUALLY UNIVERSALLY "TABOO" DUE TO MOST PERSONS BEING INSTINCTIVELY AFRAID OF DEATH BECAUSE THEY DO NOT COMPREHEND LIFE; THIS IS SO ONLY IN SOCIETIES COMPRISED OF CONSCIOUS PERSONS; IN SOCIETIES COMPRISED OF UNCONSCIOUS PERSONS; EXEMPLUM GRATIA: WITH AMAZONIAN TRIBES, FEAR OF DEATH IS VIRTUALLY NONEXISTENT, BECAUSE THERE IS NO CONCEPT OF "LIFE" AS THERE IS IN CONSCIOUS CIVILIZATIONS.
Because it became obsolete with a prison system as advanced and extensive as what we have today. Why would we still kill people? For spite?
>>290074
Some crimes are so outrageous that society insists on adequate punishment, because the wrongdoer deserves it, irrespective of whether it is a deterrent or not
Why didn't they just execute him?
Would they execute him?
>>290000
because he got quads or because they were afraid it would set a precedent if they lost the next war?
>>290000
Probably afraid they'd turn him into a martyr. It's not like it wasn't an option though. Part of the reason Napoleon surrendered to the British was because Blucher wanted him executed.
who is the best youtube historian and why is it Indy Neidell?
Lindybeige's movie reviews are excellent.
Indy is truly based.
>Amazing voice
>Coverage of all fronts
>Very little bias
>>290017
lindybeige is terrible so everything he does is terrible
Did he do anything wrong?
literally who
Yes. He did everything wrong. His incompetence and insanity stretches a lot farther that just bankrupting Albania by building bunkers everywhere.
>muh bunkers
some give me a job
i majored in this stuff
im so fucked
anyone else know that feel
>>289611
>Doing a Master's in East European Studies
>>289677
ATTICA
ATTICA!!
Be a primary school teacher like me brah. Great holidays and children are dumb but fun to teach.