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What is it about eagle symbolism and power?
It flies and shit.
It's powerful.
>>54363
birds of prey are awesome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Ngv1rIGUQ
Being predatory birds with a cool aesthetic, eagles have a noble, powerful image
Its prominent use by the ebinly prestigious Roman Empire allowed it to spread
A lot of the uses are connected to countries trying to emulate Rome: Byzantines, Third Reich, Imperial Russia (muh Third Rome), etc.
Funny thing is, especially in relation to America, is bald eagles are such pussies
I see them get harassed by crows and seagulls
Ottoman Empire thread?
Ottoman Empire thread.
Its influence on the Balkans and the Middle East are very interesting to me and I would like to know more about them as a whole.
>>54199
Alright, what do you want to know?
>>54199
It's ironic that thw sultanate of rum, a mongol subordinate, actively fostered the ottomans and let themselves get fucked over instead of joining the Mongols
>>54199
Was the Ottoman Empire destined to fail? Could they have dominated Europe?
Why are Scots and Jews such degenerate scum?
Jews are historically the most degenerated people in the world, they seem to draw strength from how degenerate they can make society around them. Is it because Jews are the most nepotist inbred group in the world?
Tell me /his/
Scots and Jews make like half the important scientists ever to live.
>>54189
Yes but our world is completely fucked up socially, is technology worth the price of losing your soul?
>>54128
Bumping with historical societies dedicated to corrupting the world.
Hi /his/, what are your opinions on the Lebanese Civil War? I'm the son of Lebanese Christian Diaspora, and I'm curious in seeing what you believe.
>>54106
Legacy of the French mandate. The Maronite Christians wanted to establish essentially a Christian state in Lebanon, despite being the minority, and the Muslims (both Shi'a and Sunni), who were the majority, were not happy.
Then the Israelis got involved and it all went to hell.
>>54186
>Shi'a and Sunni were the Majority
Maronite Christians made up 90% of the population before and during the war.
>>54296
lol no
Virtually all scholars agree that the Maronites had become the minority by the time the French had left.
One of the major reasons the war happened was that the Muslims, especially the Shi'a, wanted to hold a nationwide census to determine religious demographics in Lebanon, knowing full well that they were in the majority, followed by the Sunnis, then the Christians. The Maronite ruling administration was adamantly opposed to any census, fearing it would legitimacy and power if it would take place.
Any students of Greek around here?
>>54064
I'm a native speaker.
>>54213
That's cool. I've been wondering, how different is attic to you?
New Greek
So the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt was a week ago.
What are your thoughts on this historic battle, and the Hundred Year's War in general?
I'm currently uneducated on the topic, but i just checked out a book on the Hundred Years' War. Crecy was a pretty cool battle desu
Its basically a meme due to English shilling
>>54095
Want to get into Agincourt?
Read this.
30+ contemporary accounts, some of them from eyewitnesses of the battle, translated into modern English for your reading pleasure.
Esoteric shit, pictures and discussion
Who was melchizedek?
Whats the significance of the checkered floor?
Who were the Pelasgians and how did they relate to the Minoans?
My personal guess is that the Pelasgians weren't really a unified presence in Greece, they were just scattered bands of peoples who the Greeks conquered on their way into greece.
As for their relationship to the Cretans, I believe that they may have shared an ancient ancestry, and that their ancestors split and left the mainland, eventually founding the Cycladic culture which evolved into the Minoan civilization.
Tell me /his/, why is China so biased when it comes to this guy? What gave Luo Guanzhong the idea that Liu Bei or Shu as a whole to even consider them "honorable" and "benevolent"?
>>53614
Romanticisation. In actuality the historical Liu Bei was very much a Legalist and would have thus been considered as a man of bad character in Confucian evaluation.
>>53614
>great great grandfather was a minor nobleman who happened to be descended from the Liu royal family
muh heritage muthafucka
>>53614
Basically, Liu Bei is an individual who embodies secular rule and the power of law. This is something that Chinese rulers have always tried to emphasize in order to tamp down nationalism and economic rebellions. Unlike Cao Cao or other lesser warlords, Liu Bei did not have a reputation for capriciousness, personal cruelty, and a general disregard for the state in favor of gaining personal power. That's why he's been idealized.
>we cant even build pyramids in modern times
>thousands and thousands of ancient books refer to reptile like beings
>countless drawings of these beings found in the most ancient civilizations, even the ones that developed independent from each other
with respect to abrahamic religions, is it really all that crazy to suggest alien elements were involved in the creation of civilization?
>>53579
I fucking hat the "building pyramids is impossible" myth. They found the fucking plans for it and everything. The Nubians, not really that sophisticated a people, learned to make fucking pyramids. You can still find some in Sudan.
Lizards and snakes are creepy and weird so it's awe-inspiring to fuse them with humanity for a divine figure. That's it.
>>53579
>with respect to abrahamic religions, is it really all that crazy to suggest alien elements were involved in the creation of civilization?
1. HOW DOES THE QUESTION DIRECTLY RELATE TO ABRAHAMIC RELIGIONS?
2. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION: NO.
3. THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT REPTILIANS ARE ACTUALLY FROM ANOTHER PLANET; THEY COULD HAVE BEEN ON EARTH SINCE BEFORE HUMANS EVEN EXISTED, PHYSICALLY, OR ETHEREALLY; ID EST: IN THE THIRD DIMENSION, OR IN THE FOURTH DIMENSION.
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>>53743
i dont see how believing Abrahamic religions is any crazier than ayy lmaos
This is Dr. Douglas M. Kelley. He was the prison psychiatrist responsible for monitoring the mental health of the high ranking Nazis as they awaited trial in Nuremberg.
He killed himself because after studying the defeated nazis, he couldn't identify an underlying illness that drove the nazis to commit the crimes they did. He discovered that Nazis were normal people who did extremely bad things, and concluded that anyone, anywhere was capable of doing what they did. This drove him insane so he killed himself.
Brutal.
>>53458
lol what a pussy
>>53458
If you can't handle working with the minds of people who do fucked up shit, you probably shouldn't work as a psychiatrist analysing war criminals.
From his wiki:
> He committed suicide in front of his wife and children on New Year's Day 1958 by ingesting a capsule of potassium cyanide.[1][2]
Sounds like a bit of a cunt, to be honest.
Could we get a trigger-warning feature on this board so /pol/ can't bully us with hatefacts?
>>53321
Yeah we need to get rid of trolls on 4chan and have a safe space!
>>53393
Fight racism! Climate change!
>>53321
As an avid Redditor who fled the tyranny, I for one would feel more welcome here if this was implemented ASAP. Who knows, maybe I can make this my new home and bring my friends :)
Let's get a Rhodesia thread going
let's not
>>53190
Why not?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TrdraURegE
I don't know much about Rhodesia other than it was set up by white Brits, was sort of prosperous for a time, and is now Zimbabwe.
What was society like? What did they trade in, who held it all together, who was famous from there, what did that contribute? What were some of the nastier parts of the country, was it at all fair or equal? Was it libertarian or authoritarian? What cultures were dominant? How did it become Zimbabwe?
Hey guys do you think Jesus was a real historical figure?
>>52917
Nice b8, OP. How many threads is that now?
The image would be far more offensive and powerful if it didn't have the demon. Just the ideas that Jesus never left the cross, that the whole Resurrection is a lie and the cross is a symbol of his defeat.
That's powerful.
>>52977
The picture was just to keep out people who might have a biased view.
I'm going to dump a few pictures of historic New Zealand.
Depending how the thread goes I might post pictures from other countries/maybe even do a historic fashion thread (as a side note does anyone have any websites with collections of photographs from Victorian/Edwardian England?).
Auckland Art Gallery, taken from Wellesley Street West, looking across Queen Street. Taken around 1904-06.
Boating, Canterbury Rowing Club, 1910. Steffano Webb
Cadillac car with passengers, ca. 1907. Frederick Nelson Jones
Did this guy fuck up everything? Or was war in Europe bound to happen?
He pretty much caused the 20th century. Hundreds of millions of death can be attributed indirectly to his actions
>>52860
Hard to say to be sincere.
I'd say eventually there would have been a crisis like always.
But yes its all his fault.
>>52860
It was brewing, then this guy comes along and spills the pot all over Belgium and France
