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The year is 2016, common era. 20 years ago was 1996 and things seemed pretty alright(ish). If you were to take a peak back then, and a glance (not a detailed look, obv) at now would you say we were moving towards a historical peak or trough? Why?
Why are you holding a cup with your feet?
Peak in some ways, not in others.
A 96er wouldn't understand our obsession with the internet, particularly social media. They also wouldn't understand the existential angst the West feels over terrorism//financial crisis/the rise of China/government surveillance.
But they'd still think it's a trough, because us 2016ers would all seem like needlessly serious, self-centered, self-righteous people to them, and these qualities come about through hardship.
>>889993
>For the purpose of determining what is history, please do not start threads about events taking place less than 25 years ago
This is /his/tory's best architect Mimar Sinan
He lived to be 98 in the times of the middle ages
He erected many buildings from East-Europe to East-Asia
He was the kindest man for he had 4 apprentices which were orphans. One of them later became the architect of Taj Mahal.
This is/was undoubtedly history's best architect
Prove me wrong
>>889992
Mash'allah brother he was indeed a blessing brought down upon the Ottomans
>>889992
He also built the great mosque called Hagia Sophia which not many people remember.
Finally 2 people that appreciate his astounding work
Post ideas for history-themed vidya
Old Testament: Total War
>Babylon
>Assyria
>Egypt
>Israel
>Philistines
>Hittites
etc
Multicultural Utopia Tycoon Simulator
>Civ 2
>Playstation
>the ultimate version of the best-selling strategy game
Good Lord, this actually happened.
On topic:
Edwardian era hunting game. You go through various hunts for foxes, bears, fowl and other creatures as you unveil a vast conspiracy to destroy the Regency.
A thought just occurred to me while watching The Messenger:
What happened to all the "royal" plate armor from noblemen and Kings from the middle ages?
Was any of it held on to throughout history? Is there anywhere you can see it on display if any of them exist?
I'd like to see some actual legit armor from the Richard's, or the Louis'.
I've never even heard of any of this stuff still existing other than IIRC some crowns and jewels and such.
Pic related's website has some interesting info, and only a few pictures, I'd...
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>>889913
Quite a few examples still exist in museums and the like. Pic related is Henry VIII's when he was young.
>>889927
And this is his when he was older and overweight.
What does /philosophy/ think of Modal Realism? Is it an evil seductress or the key to unlocking truth?
Good luck getting a discussion on >analytic philosophy here
given that many people have attempting to seek truth and they all fail to persuade somebody else than themselves that they have found it, tell us why you choose to cling to the fantasy of truth ?
do you reject the principle of induction ?
>>889737
It provides me with some solace that there are an infinitude of other me's living better lives. Quite a comfy feel
Anyone been to Orlando's Holy Land Experience? I'm curious if it's historically accurate or not. Also, what is rural is conservatives love for Israel?
>>889352
> Also, what is rural is conservatives love for Israel?
da joos etc
not evn trollin
>>889357
US Christians creepy, sycophantic love for Jews as the chosen people is fucking weird. They still believe they're going to hell, anyway.
Modern American Left Behind-tier Protestants are an embarrassment and an insult to millennia of Christian religious, intellectual, and philosophical tradition.
>>889352
>Also, what is rural is conservatives love for Israel?
Israel needs to exist so the temple can exist so sacrifices can exist so etc. with the end goal of Jesus returning.
ITT: /his/torical individuals that did more good than bad
Vegeta in real life.
>>889345
>>889345
Even anti-Bonapartists have to agree, the guy was dedicated
>"We need to disrupt British trade in India"
>But Napoleon, the British are stopping us from sailing there!
>"Who said anything about sailing?"
Haven't seen this on /his/ yet. What did different people eat throughout history? What did the Egyptians eat and the Pharaohs? What did the Greeks, Alexander and Leonidas eat? What did the Persians eat? What was a common meal for Roman plebs? The Ceasars must have had delicious food. What about vikings or mongols? Or a common colonial British colonizer?
How do you think their diet affected their success? Why are we Americans the fattest fucks ever?
>>889118
China and Rome pretty much invented fastfood for merchants on the go.
Well, not exactly fastfood, but Bistro style eateries that just shat out food for sale and ready to eat.
Also fastfood pretty much popularized and solidified Chopsticks as THE Chinese utensil par excellence (fun fact: they had spoons and forks too). Because Chopsticks enabled you to eat anywhere. You don't need a table. You can eat on the deck of your ship, on your cart, or if you're a porter, on foot. It's versatile.
the Romans put a kind of fish sauce called garum(i think?) on loads of their food, there is even a hill somewhere in Italy where grass has grown over an ancient Roman landfill composed of old garum amorphae
>>889118
>Why are we Americans the fattest fucks ever?
food and fuel are extremely cheap in the usa, add to that the fact that many people lead sedentary lives at work and home
>>889118
There is some ancient Egyptian cookbook in my collection. Haven't read it in a while, but i remember one of the things they ate was a lotus bread.
I also have a couple of books on the Sumerian diet and they basically smothered everything in onion and mint.
Read about the daily lives of aztecs, the nobles knew how to throw feasts. Some of the memorable dishes i remember are turkey egg tamales, a "cheese" made from flies, posole but with human meat, and amaranth/blood mix snacks.
I imagine...
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Has it ever experienced a period of time even remotely resembling peace? Has it always been in a perpetual state of tribal war and bloodshed?
>>888674
Europe hasn't witnessed peace for more than 30 years in total. A battle that ensnared the whole world was what 65 years ago?
Why do euros act high and mighty with only 2-3 generations of tenuous peace on their soils but continued proxy wars and coup support throughout the world?
>>888674
The Abbasid caliphate was basically pax islamica
And the ottomans at their peak
Persia was nice too
>>888709
Balkan slavs were eating each other like 20 years ago
Considering how much disinfo is floating around in our technological age of easily accessible information, how can we be sure that historical accounts are accurate? Since the information was more tightly controlled in the past than is possible now, if anything, past history is many times less accurate than the information future generations can gather from our era. Having said that, can we not conclude that the study of history, being a study of lies and myths, simply a waste of time? Some argue this to be the case. I seriously hope you didn't major in history.
>internet makes academic study of history less credible
What are you on about m8
Get out of your mom's basement once in a while
>>888657
>Since the information was more tightly controlled in the past than is possible now, if anything, past history is many times less accurate than the information future generations can gather from our era.
There's a lot of assumptions packed into this one thing.
Also you also assume that lies and myths aren't worthy of study in their own right.
>>888657
Historians prefer to work with sources that were produced without political intention, like births and deaths rolls, or monestary accounting tables.
We also spend 10 years a historian training them how to read for bias ("hermeneutics" or "reading").
Why did so many leave? Was Italy shit at the time?
Pretty much. I think they had some shitty ruler back then?
>>888597
Italian nationalism couldn't make up for a shit economy. Also, a very few Italians didn't believe in Italy.
>>888597
for the south; over population, lack of land, famine, poor opportunities, corrupt landowners and government
What hat is this from? I can see a Nazi swastika and it's from 1944, this person was a relative of mine, were they a member of Nazi Germany?
Another picture
No, I think he fought for the Soviets, man
>>888555
You sure? Looks American to me
Tell me about Pike warfare, /his/
What were the tactics like?
How was cavalry used?
How were pike formations like the Tercio countered?
Imagine a whole bunch of pikemen standing in a square, not really doing anything. Maybe marching forward a bit to scare the enemy pikemen, but rarely if ever actually engaging in a melee. Some musketmen stand in the middle of the square, shooting potshots at the enemy.
Meanwhile, the cavalry does all the actual fighting.
Once the enemy cavalry is gone and scattered, the enemy infantry get a few good charges from the heavy cavalry before their morale breaks and they scatter off.
This is where the light cavalry comes in and commits a minor massacre on the fleeing troops.
The...
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>>888333
>What were the tactics like?
Lots of dudes standing in squares, the squares being in a chequered formation to overlap their fields of fire, with pikemen in the middle and musketeers around the outside/on the flanks, ready to hide inside the pikes if enemy cavalry show up. Cavalry running around, fighting eachother in melees and using caracole tactics (ride right up to the infantry, shoot their pistols and ride away to reload) to fuck with pikemen while musketeers hide. Sometimes straight...
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>>888420
Wrong.
Could the Russian empire have survived if Nicky wasn't so incompetent, untrained and lazy?
Probably
Possibly, but why should it have?
The real question is should've it survive?
It has only taken a big civil war, half a decade of near-anarchy and several million dead, but the revolutions turned out pretty good at finally casting off all the medieval shit that was holding Russia back and helping the nation begin to realize its potential.
What caused the Kleinstaaterei in the Holy Roman Empire? Why did it take so long for a large states to consolidate all those tiny principalities?
>>888275
Constant clashes between the Emperor, Church, and local barons and princes over power and rights.
Typical Germanic disdain for the centralization of power
The fact that castles are a huge bitch to take.
>>888275
as far as I know it was their
>retarded succession laws
>electivity
>The Kaiser himself didnt want them to unite so they wouldnt create some big super state to rival his power
(Keep in mind most of the time Kaiser was the nigga that was leige of Österreich and Königreich Böhmen,
which gave him considerable power in the Empire and with this power came all the petty votes from all the electors)
Maps of the HRE + my autism make my penis erect
