I'll start.
>Classical antiquity (i.e. Ancient Greece, Roman republic, Roman Empire)
>20th century (i.e. WW1, WW2, Cold War, etc.)
>>3157071
depends on your country, you should know your native country's golden age and foundation
Why nothing between those two periods of time?
>>3157071
Chinese and Hellenic history up until 3rd c. BCE. Use only primary sources; burn all your modern books on the subject.
Then, learn geography by studying the history of the British Empire. Just use modern books to do this, but ignore all the moral judgments, and play Victoria a lot, too.
This education in history will serve you better than anything on offer in American liberal arts academia.
Why did Princess Diana get assassinated?
>>3157058
If she was she deserved it.
>>3157058
that would be amazing if the English monarchy had that whore killed
>>3157058
She was a coalburner whore
*breathes in*
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
This is why the romans feared the black warrior.
>>3157085
It seems that Shitalians just can't seem to beat the black warrior
>>3157110
To be fair shitalians can't beat anything.
Why are dirty plays by the Allies not common knowledge today? I can understand why it wasn't in the past, but enough time has passed that incidents like this should be as well known as D-day. This event resulted in a dirtier war and easily caused thousands of additional unnecessary deaths.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia_incident
tldr:
>WW2
>off the coast of West Africa
>German u-boat sinks British military vessel Laconia
>Germans honour the humanitarian effort
>surface and save survivors, fly red cross flag, radio out their intentions
>days later an American warplane spots them
>the commander and pilot both know Laconia survivors are present
>decide to fire anyway
>German u-boats dive, casting the Laconia survivors into the sea
>Americans think they sunk the u-boat, award medals to themselves
>German admiral issues order to no longer honour the humanitarian rules of sea warfare for the rest of the war
>despite this order there were some cases of Germans rescuing survivors anyway
>later, at the Nuremberg trials, the Americans try to use this order as evidence of the German admiral being guilty of war crimes
>it backfires on them because they were the ones who fucked the humanitarian mission
>in addition the Americans never abode by these rules in the Pacific theater, always leaving shipwrecked Japanese sailors to die
>the Americans who issued the order and the pilot who carried it out are never charged with war crimes
>everyone who looks into this knows they are both guilty of war crimes
>>3156959
Obviously it's because the Allies won. Countries rarely prosecute their own side unless the folks back home get angry about it anyway.
>>3156959
if you think about the fact that many sverage Joes in german Army were POWs for 10+ years after the war with their only crime beind a draftee, the Allied Justice after the war becomes really questionable.
>>3156959
t. Hans Albenheimer
Are Germans the seed of Amalek?
>>3156931
Deborah Lipstadt thinks so.
The Germs are Gog and Magog
Is this bit from King Agrippa II's speech before the Jewish Revolt the first record of contact between Jews and Germans?
>http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0148%3Abook%3D2%3Asection%3D345
That is a link to the speech.
>https://www.indy100.com/article/historian-schooling-paul-joseph-watson-alt-right-ethnically-diverse-roman-britain-twitter-7860551
>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/27/alt-right-commentator-gets-schooled-historian-diversity-roman/
There are even more articles like this.
I guess that means we'd better rewrite the history books, Roman Britain was majority, or at least, significantly black and mixed race.
I mean, if some random guy on Twitter and the BBC said it, it must be true.
Right guys?
>>3156876
Oh shit, I'm black?!
>tfw cornish and gaelic
B-but why don't I look b-black?
>>3156868
we don't need multiple threads on this made every day
>>3156880
You wrong peckawood you be the creation of Yakub, mastermind of Kemet mang
why is WW2 so fascinating?
For me:
-A E S T H E T I C as all fuck
-MASSIVE war (the whole world except Antarctica it seems)
-Battles so big they had their own battles
-Clear and tangible and rapid progression of killing technology
-Quintessential good vs evil
-Heroes on both sides (Pottery)
-great records available still
-Goldmine for the autistic that likes numbers (KstN, Shtaty, TO&E, Kill ratio, numbered divisions/regiments full etc)
It was objectively the best war in history, both aesthetically and numerically, and set the stage for modern civilization. Anyone who disagrees is a hipster contrarian who thinks Age of Empires is entertaining.
>>3156855
Literally R*ddit: the post
>>3156855
Now that the dust has settled, can we agree the French revolution was a mistake?
>>3156818
>republicanism
>clearing up useless monarchical dynasties since the fall of the roman empire
>>3156818
>natural hierarchy
>divine right
>stability
Oh boy, can't wait to join the next succession war
>This kills the monarchist
Did Alexander win at Hidaspes, /his/?
>>3156816
Explain.
>>3156817
because he beat the enemy and fucked off only because his army threatened to mutiny if he didn't let them all go home to fuck their wives
>>3156823
But why did he not keep the lands he conquered?
What are some of your favourite flags throughout history, /his/?
now thats fucking sexy
Why does everyone want to be Roman?
>HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
Actually is the German Empire
>THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Is actually the Greek Empire
>>3156690
If you're baiting, fuck off.
If you're serious, it's because the Roman Empire carved out the largest continuous empire in Europe the world had ever seen, with unprecedented longevity and had cultural impact on Europe after it fell. Being recognized as a continuation to the Roman Empire (whether by blatant and continuous propaganda or reconquering Rome's old territories or by being the Byzantine Empire) earns tremendous amounts of prestige and would land the rulers an everlasting legacy.
Honestly, it should be obvious why everyone wants to be Roman. However, the retarded way you phrased the question in order to trigger byzaboos and charleboos makes be think you're intentionally just baiting, so just fuck off.
sage
>>3156706
I don't think any other part of the world claims to be heirs of a fallen civilization
I am serious though
Would I be correct to observe that social ownership seem to work decently on a familial and communal level but fail on a state level? If so, why?
>>3156618
Because it doesn't matter if you share with your kin, since your personal survival is not what matters but rather the survival of your kingroup does. But when you try to share with strangers, you run in to the problem of free riders and psychopaths, who will happily take but won't reciprocate, resulting in you reducing the prospects of your kingroup surviving while directly aiding rival kingroups survival.
I would arge that communal sharing with kin and a tribe can go to the extreme, Africa places ridiculous pressure on anyone that gets ahead to share with the community (relatives etc). The social pressure and expectations are huge so any wealth is often hidden from tribal eldars who van take their cut at any timw.
>>3156618
>COMMUNAL OWNERSHIP AT THE STATE LEVEL.
THAT IS SELFCONTRADICTORY; EITHER, OWNERSHIP BELONGS TO THE STATE, OR TO A COMMUNE; BOTH ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
When Israel was being flooded with immigrants, did you have to prove you were a Jew or was your word enough? Do you think it's possible some non Jews got in?
>>3156518
Usually you would need a Rabbi or similar authority to vouch that you or your parents were Jewish. You'd have to learn Yiddish or Hebrew at least.
>>3156518
>Do you think it's possible some non Jews got in?
This only happened during the Soviet Aaliyah. Now there are 1.5 million people from Russia in Israel and a quarter of them aren't even Jewish. There was even a Neo-Nazi gang that beat up Jews and Arabs.
>>3156867
>There was even a Neo-Nazi gang that beat up Jews and Arabs.
LMAO
Tell me about Chavin and how it compares to the Olmecs.
>>3156467
This is a very specific question m8, one about two cultures most people probably have never heard about. I don't think there is enough interest about these two to inspire significant discussion.
Norte Chico/Caral civilization is older than the Chavin by the way.
They were pretty cool.
The Sandeel Monolithic has a length of 5 meters.
Historical photos thread
Lets see what you got
>>3156465
Will help with a small dump.
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>>3156488
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Woman makes it across the border from east to west Berlin. The Soviets are not pleased.