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2000 years ago middle east and north africa were most developed regions in west
1000 years ago middle east and north africa were on par with europe
Today they are far behind Europe.
Proportionally with spread of Islam, state and relevance of these places diminished.
What made them fall behind so far?
Is it possible to conclude it was fault of Islam?
Even difference between Turkey and Greece, or Albania and Serbia, countries that should have similar cultures, is enormous and not just by economic but also moral progress.
What made these places today so backwards...
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>>711918
didn't colonialism and the age of sail decrease the value severely of large parts of africa and the middle east? People could simply sail around africa to get to the silk road and I know the vast amount of gold from mesoamerica tanked mali
>>711999
Literally this
Op is a whiggist moron
>>711918
The "west" was still an iron age shit hole while most of the middle east was already civilized for a couple of thousand years.
What would it take to mend the east-west schism?
>>711258
Electing an Orthodox as pope.
>Vatican controls the military
>Jews control the money
>Muslim control the minerals
>they all control sex, drugs, rock n roll
>>711267
This probably would've worked about 14 centuries ago, but not now. Too much of a split between the two.
Really at this point, it's not a matter of ending the schism but rather absorbing the few remaining Orthodox back into the western church.
HBO comes to you to direct a historical drama akin to Rome.
What event do you choose?
I'd choose World War 1. The first season would be the years leading up to the war with the finale being the declaration of war.
The first crusade would be dank
The Peloponnesian War
>>711118
Would probably be easier to do than WW1 since Peloponnesian War has more "main characters." WW1 would have a new cast nearly every episode.
What are some good /his/ related youtube channels and podcasts?
Except of course pic related.
history of rome
history of byzantium
history of the crusades
history of english
revolutions
the memory palace
futility closet
>>710822
History on Fire
>>710822
>listen to Hardcore history because /his/ likes him
>he's pretty good, kind of rambles a bit
>really excited to hear his take on the fall of the Roman Republic
>13+ hrs between 6 episodes
O-okay Dan.
Just watched a rabbi's show "Discovering Jewish Jesus" or something like that and the rabbi went in depth about the "Our Father"
>Our Father who art in Heaven hallowed (holy) be thy name
He mentions how we need to put God first in our lives.
>Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth, in Heaven
It is about us aligning ourself with God's will and seeing it manifest everywhere
>Give us this day our daily bread
It...
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He also said this quote:
>"If anyone will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority" John 7:17
So Christ is telling us throughout the Gospels that He is doing God's will, and to understand that the teachings are from God, we have to apply them and see how they align with God's will.
This book isn't in my Bible but is the reading for today
>Reading 1,Jonah 3:1-10
1The word ofYahwehwas addressed to Jonaha second time.
2'Up!' he said, 'Go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach to it as I shall tell you.'
3Jonah set out and went to Nineveh in obedienceto the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was a city great beyond compare; to cross it took three days.
4Jonah began by going a day's journey into the city and then proclaimed, 'Only forty days more and Ninevehwillbe overthrown.'
5And...
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>>710327
So to summarize this reading, God warns Jonah about upcoming disaster, and tells them to preach to the people.
The people are asked to fast and repent.
God sees them Repent and does not bring about disaster because He is pleased with their efforts.
This is good for present day understanding.
I'd imagine so. It speaks to history and kinship. All English-speaking countries have a certain sense of togetherness that you really can't say for others. I'd imagine that, with the exception of divided countries (like Korea) this is mostly true
Even then, Koreans recognize that the north and south are both Korean.
>>709911
I WAS BORN IN A SMALL VILLAGE.
>>709921
What the fuck.
>>709911
Latins tend to be pretty easier to relate between themselves, culturally, imo.
Why Ancient Egyptians keep being portrayed as white in Western media ?
Well known actors attract a much larger audience.
Most movies are not set in Africa, but Europe or the United States, so most movie stars are white.
Thus, it is more profitable for studios to use a cast of British and American stars than a cast of Middle Easterners.
the pharaohs were white
>>709904
Because Ancient Egyptians usually show up in the media when they have to do with the Bible, and everyone in the bible was white
Ironic kippah edition
Questions of the day:
1. Is combining milk and fish kosher?
2. How about milk and poultry?
Also: Christians are welcome to discuss and ask questions about Judaism and Jewish culture, but this is NOT the place to debate Christian topics of no relevance to Judaism.
>>709647
No matter what, you guys will throw a hissy fit whenever someone mentions Christianity.
Do you guys believe in reincarnation? If so please elaborate as to the process involved.
>Constitution is a living document
>We're a nation of laws
Pick one and only one
>>709124
No. Incorrect. The existence of SCOTUS means that we can both have a society ruled by the law of the land, and a living constitution. After all, as the meaning of the document changes, the court exists to make new decisions, this codifying the new meaning as the law of the land.
>>709166
>9 un-elected lifelong judges should get to dictate law
Nawww, I'm have to disagree with you. The judges exist to uphold the constitution as is stands. It should be changed the way the founders intended- by amendment or constitutional convention
>>709174
this is the only reasonable and honest position.
Is he right?
>>708918
You're going to have to tl;dr his assertion down.
>>708924
The Second World War was nowhere near as mechanized as it is made out to be, tank battles were rare and tanks were not as much of a gamechanger as some people think, and it was largely like WW1 in nature.
>>708936
He is pretty incorrect. The whole ost front was lost by a poor choice of where to sent the mechanized units, and armor was extremely important in Africa and Italy.
You now have Baba Yetu playing in your head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQfa5E1o_tc
More seriously, how accurate the descriptions, related bonus and chosen main character for each nation in Civilization is ?
Would you have EVERY TIME chosen Napoleon for France as the best and only leader ? Would you EVERY TIME decide their best troops to be mousquetaires ? Or giving them only cultural bonus ?
Let's discuss:
> Major nations not in any games and that should be there.
> Changing some "best...
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I'm pulling all this from vague memory but I remember reading somewhere that ghandi has the lowest aggression level but something happens and it loop lowers his aggression from 1 to 10 because of how the game works. Making him bloodthirsty. Someone else might have more details.
Let's start with France:
> Leaders
Louis XIV: It's the highest point of French might if you consider Charlemagne isn't french. We ruled Europe and bongs were too weak to opposite at the time. He's also the first absolute king, sharing no power and having no rivals in the kingdom.
Philippe-Auguste: He shaped the modern shape of France, took back half of it and made kings important again. He also beat the crap out of Richard Lionheart and King John. Oh and he was a crusader.
Henri IV: Stopped religious...
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Also Germany is arguably best because of leader traits and Dat assembly plant, also panzers
What caused the French revolution to spiral out of control?
>>706103
The arrogance of the royalty and nobility combined with the suffering of the huddled masses.
Look at Syria.
>>706103
French monarchy
>>706103
The decision to spread the revolution through war.
Sikhism was born from the soil of Punjab and often gets dismissed. Sikhs get abused and thrown insults at because they wear turbans, but throughout history Sikhs have literally done nothing but good. They do have a shorter history than the larger religions of today, but the religion itself seems to make a lot of sense, and is focused around individual spirituality and caring for your fellow man. Every Sikh temple in the world allows free food to everyone; not exclusive to caste, creed, religion or race.
So /his/, what are your thoughts on Sikhism? I haven't seen...
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Kafir dogs, just genocide them
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>>705897
>So /his/, what are your thoughts on Sikhism?
It's okay
Why didn't the British ever retake the USA?
Why would they?
Not really worth the effort.
IIRC there was some hope immediately post-Revolution that the Canadian Colonies would demonstrate the superiority of the British form of government and lead to the Republic's collapse or petition to be readmitted into the Empire.
>>704270
wasn't worth the effort. being humiliated twice was enough.
Why did Turkey feel it was necessary to exterminate their Christians?
>>703402
It was more a case of amernians and greeks being extreemly hostile and subversive to the turkish state to the point they were willing to assist and align with foreign nations.
christians are scum
