>>561265
yes

>>561265
Some is exaggerated history, some is complete fabrication just to tell a story/prove a point.

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>>561269
Thank you

It always seemed to me like myths are stories about real people and events that got way out of hand

>>561279
Interesting

the USA was really, really, really worried the soviets were closely collaborating with workers parties and agitators across LA. They threw money, resources and other forms of assistance at any group with even vaguely similar goals of keeping socialists and communists out of LA. What groups might worry about the rising political power of democratic socialists? Well that's an easy question. Big Business and the rich, entrenched, ruling class. Maybe even some neo-fascists. So while the USA was certainly far too overeager and paranoid, they acted with at the very least tacit...
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Why is the gdp of latin america so shit? It has clay, capitalism, cheap labor, no civil wars, et cetera. How come its still poor?

>>561303
Genes.

>>561150
American History Museum of Nashville is GOAT.

The philly museum of art has a great exhibit on arms and armor.
Even though Im not big into art, thats been one of my favorites so far.

Anyone been to the American Museum of Visionary Art in Baltimore? One of my favorite museums ever

>>561138

>good at picking the wrong side in wars
>good at dying at Mohács
>good porn

Paprika mate

>>561138
>Strongest European power in the 15th century
>kept Ottomans out from Europe with the Habsburg, while the country itself was divided into 3 parts
>were still able to resurrect itself
>has one of the most beautiful Eastern European city, Budapest
>lot of Hungarian scientist worked on the Manhattan project
>invented rubik's cube
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>>560952
>Had there been more direct contact between Han China and Imperial Rome what would have happened to history as we know it?
A few more mildly interesting curios.

>Who would win in a drunken brawl between empires?
Like most drunken brawls, it would be sad, pathetic, and basically amount to both parties failing to achieve anything that could be called fighting, and getting all their friends in trouble.

fuck alternative history

>>560952
Is there something up with that map projection? I thought Europe was smaller than that relative to Asia.

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>>560573
Anti-treaty

yeooooo up da ra

>British
>feel like I should probably care about Ireland
>just can't give a shit no matter how hard I try

>>560598
But the British don't want Northern Ireland either.

The only reason NI is still in British hands is because the Unionists won't fucking let go and migrate to the U.K. already.

Judging by the popularity of this thread, yes.

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Speaking of Chinese religions/philosophies
Was Taoism ever a state religion or enforced offically or was it kind of just there influencing stuff passively?

>pretty much rejected everything Confucianism stood for, which included adhering to elaborate rituals/traditions and tribalism

Into the trash.

>'Consequentialism' as masquerade for gibsmedat.

Trash

>Extensionless deism.

Trash

>believed in universal love

Trash

>strongly was against wars, but was not a pacifist

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The enlightenment was a mistake.

>>560408
It changed in France, that's for sure :^)

>>560408
The monarch that was most influenced by Enlightenment ideas (after Frederich arguably) was Catherine the Great. She was not only an avid reader of philosophy but also was a personal friend of Voltaire who spent some time in Russia.
Catherine's Russia was also one of the main powers who took up arms against the Revolutionary regime in France, and hosted many prominent emigres and counter-revolutionary key figures.
You draw your own conclusions from this.

Better question, how to we prevent autists from trying to do philosophy?

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>2015+1
>not ignoring the cries of the flesh
>not living like a medieval monk and seeking spiritual salvation

Our bodies are just vehicles for the soul.

>>560284
Bad- It existed

Good- it was cancelled

>>560284

>Spetnaz
>Boring
American Green Beret detected.

bad-it was stupid

good-it was fun/it triggered the autism of most history fags

Read Herodotus.

>>560218
Some of the the kings most certainly existed, even if they were twisted to fit a literary narrative. Its not even clear all the settlements named were real.

The Romans liked to think of their culture as continuous rather than something that developed over time, so they wrote elements into the past that probably were no there

>>560218
Twin brother thing is present in half of all Indo-European mythologies so I'd take that with a grain of salt.

>>560126
Define "human society"
Define "certain linear path"
Define "always advance"

Human societies tend to adapt to different circumstances.

The circumstances that humans exist under today are changing at a lightning pace.

There isn't an obvious, linear evolution, but simple logic dictates that our society must be able to adapt.

Mostly just Enlightenment bullshit. It's the easy to make mistake wherein a person sees not the fundamental character of thing but only it's ornamentation. Progressivism sees the technological advancements and what not which are, fundamentally, ornaments which can improve and relax what is at the heart of humanity but does not define it. At the heart is a sort of amorphous, highly capable thing which is unending in its complexity, the greatness of it being in evil and goodness. Which is all say, there's nothing new under the sun honestly, just different forms.

>>560124
No. He was an asshole.

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>>560124
The laurel and the fleur-de-lis I get, but what's up with the bee?

>>560142
The working class to bee themselves.