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Just got all of these, which one should I read first?
>>1004867
did you buy those at the rotary club book sale
>>1004877
No I got them from someone who didn't need them anymore.
I suppose the best one would be from the cradle of situation, then move up as I am rather sure that the later civilizations reference to earlier ones.
Will give you some motivation knowing that you are working towards the "end" of it all.
Otherwise you may just read African kingdoms and tell us if it was WE WUZ tier or not.
What 10 philosophical works would you bring to a desert island? You will have to read them until the rest of your days. So choose wisely.
Why do you always post bears with your questions?
Or is it multiple people and that this is a new meme? The curious bear?
Das Kapital so I wouldn't have to wipe my ass with dry leaves.
None, philosophy is kinda useless and worthless. I would rather bring some technical manuals on log building and basic generators and so on..
Is Orientalism a real thing? And if so, how can one study the history of Eastern countries without engaging in it?
>>1004760
>Is Orientalism a real thing?
A "thing"?
>>1004769
A thing. A thing that is a thing
>>1004760
most of IRL /his/torians become "muh-study-subject"aboo so its no rare thing to find books of asian cultures written with bulshitic bias.
Its really difficult to be truly neutral (not in pro nor in con) on your studies since if you start to hate your subject, you usually drop it and if you dont get too engaged to it you would usually just scrape the surface.
So Yes, orientalism is real specially among those people who have to face those cultures day by day. Funny thing, westaboos also exist
France's greatest leader was an Italian
Germany's greatest leader was an austrian
Britain's greatest leader was a toad
>Implying Corsica is "Italian"
>>1004474
Til Robespierre was a wop
>>1004484
It more or less is.
t. Corsican
I am writing a paper over how the Kennedy administration handled the Cuban Missile Crisis. It's a historography paper so I'm writing about historians and critics' points of view of how well or poorly the Kennedy Admin. handled the situation. Right now I'm in a slump. Any help would be appreciated!
>>1004229
Kennedy lost.
Soviet victory for scaring him into removing missiles from Turkey.
Kennedy displayed brilliance in using the "Compellence Theory" of International Relations. By threatening massive consequence for the placement of weapons on Cuba, Kennedy scared the Soviets into removing their warheads.
By bringing them back to a "red line", as it is known, Kennedy had successfully achieved his aims of preventing a strategical disaster for the US.
>>1004273
Are there any sources that can be found to support this?
Why does /his/ never talk about arabian poetry and history? Arabian poetry is some of the most eloquent and based shit ive read, though it might not be relatable to you all as you all do not speak arabic.
>>1004129
Because Islam.
Don't speak Arabic, never will.
>>1004129
All I remember from 1001 Nights is that Arabs consider black people to be monkeys; that sex with black people was considered bestiality; and that their wives always seemed to be drawn to the help.
Who should of been the proper successor of Muhammad (pbuh) as caliph?
>>1004128
well
isn't there a passage in the koran that says something along the lines of "ali shall be my successor in every way"
Are Shia the ones that are generally less crazy?
>>1004184
I don't have any sort of gauge that precise.
To theists on /his/: it what ways do you justify or back up the idea that God or the deity you believe in has a will, a mind, opinions, and things of the like? This isn't intended to be an attack, I just want to hear your point of view. Thanks.
>>1003997
I have a 2 foot long penis.
Ergo, there is a God who loves me in particular.
>>1003997
The wonderful thing about faith is that you don't need anything to back it up. A theist can prove God by shrugging his shoulders. This is why theists will be the death of wisdom in the world
>>1004010
Holy shit, me too. What denomination are you?
What went wrong?
>>1003946
It was a foggy night.
>>1003946
Spain.
The breakup of the Iberian Union
>>1003853
Looks pretty Roman to me desu senpai
>>1003932
Human*
>>1003853
Amazing how Europeans can make even beduin desert mythologies look beautiful.
What led to the rise of popularity in Neoliberalism and why did it happen when it did?
>>1003652
Keynesian economics got btfo when stagflation turned out to be possible during the 70s. People in the US looked at places like Germany and Chile that were supposedly pretty successful under neoliberal policies and decided to do it here. This culminated in the Washington Consensus which the US has been advancing globally since the 80s, which incidentally keeps the poor poor and the rich rich.
>>1003675
>Keynesian Economics are to blame for the Instability during the Arab Israeli war
>>1003784
Are you some kind of retard? This has literally nothing to do with who is to blame for the Arab Israeli Conflict, and nowhere in my post did I say anything about who's to blame for that. Up until then, Keynesians basically thought that stagflation was impossible and said that the Phillips Curve could not shift. Well low and behold, the oil shock comes around and stagflation is possible, the Phillips Curve can shift. This pretty much completely discredited them and legitimized the Austrians and Monetarists. It...
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/his/ I am in need of assistance. I am currently trying to write an essay demonstrating some of the similarities between Scandinavian odinsim and Roman paganism in my world history class. The problem is that I need at least a few primary sources of things like their practices and accounts that show their attitudes towards the gods and I have been unable to locate anything except some documents on mythology. Can any of you recommend any primary sources for Norse practices or databases full of this sort of thing?
Use the Snorri Forward that claims Norse gods were actually Trojan immigrants
>>1003481
I'm thinking of including a section on apotheosis, but my biggest issue is trying to find primary sources, especially with the Scandinavians. I didn't realize going into this that most of our literature on Norse worship was written after the conversion to Christianity. I think that our professor wants heavy emphasis on what we can figure out oursleves from the firsthand writings of the groups we chose.
>>1003522
>I didn't realize going into this that most of our literature on Norse worship was written after the conversion to Christianity.
You expected snowniggers to have developed narrative literature?
Tell me about the Central African Empire
The agglomeration which was called the "Central African Empire" was neither Central, nor African, nor and Empire.
It was the most prosperous and learned empire in the world at it's time. Other nations trembled at their economic and intellectual power.
>>1003463
fuck you dumb nigger cunt
what do y'all think about it?
Since we know that Cro Magnum humanoids have been inhabiting italy for near 28,000 years, doesnt that blow a huge hole in the theory??
>>1003313
Why, humans left Africa before 28,000 years ago.
I think the OOA theory is the most solid we've got. Others just don't hold weight and tend to come from contrarian ideologies.
>>1003325
then that leaves 12,000 years for sub-saharan africans to transform into modern italians, seems awful quick to me
>it's a creationist thread
Does capitalism produce good art? Does the profit motive lead to lowest common denominator nonsense? I think Oscar Wilde thought that man could be the moat aesthetically successful under socialism. Thoughts? Pic unrelated
I've never heard of an artist called Capitalism.
Would you be so kind as to show some of his/her works?
Most true communist are vehemently against intellectual property, so i can't see art thriving under communism.
Good art has been produced under capitalism, and it is arguable that capitalism created those conditions which made the art possible.
Oh and
>inb4 soviet union...
Soviet Union wasn't communist, remember? Communists seem to conveniently forget this fact when art or science comes up
>>1003309
>kate bush
>unrelated to good art
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