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The newly discovered huge geoglyphs are really interesting:

Looks like a swastika

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/kazakhstan-geoglyphs-solving-mystery-huge-structures-created-by-ancient-unknown-civilization-1517179

>>28194
What is it with ancient cultures and making large structures or changing the landscape to make figures visible from the air?

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>>28564
A lot of them thought the gods were above them.

The Bisitun inscription by Darius the Great of Persia is built into a cliff-side and details how he opposed the deceivers who had tried to seize the throne previously, his language is clearly in line with Zoroastrian thinking about the constant competition between dark and good and how his triumph over the "liars" is part of it. It's huge, but it isn't meant for mortals to read.

Not magic rocks, sunstone.

>>28117
Also they weren't dumb barbarians. They were literate, experienced mariners with a long tradition of ship building and navigation.

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It's not really surprising sinc they share ancestry with polynesian tribes whose sailing achievments are imho far greater

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>>28031
WE FORGE OUR OWN HISTORY

SCRAWLED IN BLOOD
WRITTEN ON THE SKIN OF OUR SLAIN ENEMIES

>>28031
We get Japan to turn all historical figures into cute girls.

We shitpost.
Or we could do it both at the same time.

Cyrus the Great got it first, in Persian it was common. (just from googling it)

>>27966
Not exactly comprehensive though

>>27936
>Who gets to decide?
Propagandists.

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>>27904
I.e. Zaporozhian Cossacks: The Thread?

A saying goes that Vyshnevetsky after being tortured was thrown out of a high tower yet got his rib stuck on the hook from a wall (or he got hanged by the rib on the hook on purpose). He lived for three days after that, constantly loudly swearing at Turks and their faith. In the end someone got so offended at his sacrilege, he got shot dead from a bow.

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>>27904
>"America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization."

B8

Because the French had an alliance with Russia which could have meant a two front war.

An alliance signed exactly because of the fears of a German invasion, a very realistic fear given the war only a few decades back and aggressive Germany policies in the years leading up to WW1.

>>27882
Germany could never manage a two-front war against France and Russia so the plan was the swiftly knock France out of the game while Russia was still mobilizing, which would take a lot longer due to their infrastructure and organization being a few notches behind the other European powers.

>>27928
>aggressive Germany policies in the years leading up to WW1.
Can you give any examples? The balance of power that Bismarck established set the most peaceful and stable decades Europe had seen in a long time. If anyone was aggressive I'd say the revanchist French were, as they were still sour after the Franco-Prussian war. The Germans were unified, had acquired colonies, their industry was booming - they, if anyone, were content with their position.

The one in your pic, no doubt.
Literally gave everything for his country, encouraged free speech, national unity, ended slavery and was the most educated motherfucker on the western hemisphere.

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Lee Kuan Yew, obviously. Despite being authoritarian, he always had Singapore's interests in mind. His legacy speaks for itself.

>>28174
>ended slavery
>ex-slaves can now work for wages
>ex-slaves can now buy things with their money
>the economy grows
>everyone benefits
Come again?
>>>/pol/

>>27630
Money.

>>27630

they share a border with the Dutch

belgium isn't a real country

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>>27548

Nice one OP

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>Keep shitposting to a minimum.

>>27548
>Keep shitposting to a minimum

It's kinda hard when thread is about shitposting.

>>27411
>Underrated Generals
Alternate History General

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>>27411

Won what? His right to make the roman people starve to death for the lulz?

They killed Caligula and he was really just a bit of a weirdo.

>>27402
I can only talk about Allende, but I can say he is a myth more than anything. He was weak and incompetent and caused his own ruin. He didn't had enough authority to stop the radical communist movements from terrorizing the common people, and that bited him in the ass at the end. Did you know that by the end of his goverment the food shortage was so bad there were the so called "Committees of Supply and Prices", that prioritized the members of the party over the rest of the people?

Now I'm not telling you that Pinochet was a godlike figure, but at least he saved the country from starvation.

>>27653
Thanks.

Anyone else?

>>27402
Not OP, but bump for interest

America isn't so much a nation as it is an Empire at this point. Nations, as per the Latin word, need a common root - And America is just a bunch of different racial tribes who increasingly hate one another. That's why you feel the need for an absolute leader, because Empires require absolute leaders, Republics only work with homogeneous populations. Not that the US was a Republic after later Presidents introduced mass democracy though.

What makes America so important? Why does it need to be powerful? I want a democracy and a country that doesn't shove it's nose where it isn't asked or needed

An absolutely great, engaging, entertaining way of being introduced to a subject. It is genuinely fun.

However, people listen to it and take it as gospel.

inb4 >but he says he's not a historian!

That might be true but I feel it is a bit of a cop out, weasely behavior on his part. Like 'oh of course my work is sometimes wrong or not properly researched or purporting bad pseudohistory, after all I am not a historian!' you get the idea.

Still having said that it's great fun. Just don't go on the internet pretending you are an expert after listening to it.

>>27430
what is inaccurate?

>>27430

Can you actually point out major errors ?

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>>27179
>Armand-Jean du Plessis was born in 1585, the third son of a down-on-their-luck family of French aristocrats who were on the downswing of the “good old days”. Armand-Jean was skinny, not particularly strong, and got sick a lot, and from a very young age was forced to rely on his wits to stay on his feet.

His dad was a French soldier who got his ass killed during the Wars of Religion, leaving the family in crushing debt, financially ruined, and with little more than their manor and a hereditary title of Bishop of Lucon to their name. France, meanwhile, was also completely broke, and the recent assassination of King Henri IV meant that the country was now ruled in name only by a pre-teen King whose balls hadn’t dropped yet.

France was a feudal realm full of local medieval-style knights, Catholics and Protestants were murdering each other in the street on the regs, and the ancient enemies of France -- the hated Hapsburgs of Austria -- had powerful family members ruling over Prussia, Spain, and Italy… meaning that in addition to internal religious anarchy, France was also completely surrounded by pissed-off Germans that basically just wanted to kill all French people anywhere they could be found. Bitchin.

>>27216
I am physically excited.
Continue, wise bard. Regale us of stories of soldiers and Kings.

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>>27216
The first time the phrase “the pen is mightier than the sword” appears in print is in a play written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839.

The words are being spoken by Cardinal Richelieu. Even though he may never have actually uttered the words in real life, the phrase fits, because without ever unsheathing a blade on the battlefield, fucking Armand-Jean du Plessis still managed to grind France into what would be the most dominant military, economic, and political force on the European continent for nearly a century.

By the time he was done, this sickly poor kid from the countryside would be known as L’Eminence Rouge – “The Red Eminence,” and people would be naming goddamn World War II battleships and Paris Metro stops after him.

Richelieu had two older brothers, but the eldest inherited the family manor and the middle bro decided he’d rather peace out and become a monk than have to wear one of those silly bishop’s hats.

Eager to do his duty to help out the family, Armand quit the military academy and resolved to become the most badass priest in the history of the Catholic Church. He was only 21 and technically wasn’t old enough to be a bishop, but it didn’t stop him – he traveled to Rome and convinced the Pope to appoint him Bishop of Lucon anyways.