What war or era of warfare would you least like fighting in?
For me it would be medieval warfare followed by World War I trench warfare
pls respond
>>59989
Line warfare. Objectively the best balance between infantry, cavalry, and artillery in history.
>tfw you will never learn how to reload your flintlock musket in under 20 seconds
>tfw you will never charge an artillery emplacement and spike the guns
>>59989
CQC like in stalingrad, leningrad , okinawa and Iwo jima plus afew italian cities during WW2
ww1 is also horrible, more horrible when your lead by a french/british officer so stuck up he decides to do a forward march into a machinegun
Why is it that most threads that clog /his/ are
>You get to go back in time and have sex with one historical figure of your choosing. Who do you pick?
>Was Jesus a buddhist?
>American stuff
Meanwhile quality threads like
>Karl Marx thread
>/his/ maps
>Medieval art thread
And other consistent topics of discussion are ignored.
Should i stick around? Or is /his/ just /b/ with dates?
>>59857
>Should i stick around?
No, fuck off back to /leftypol/
>>59874
that board doesn't even exist you cretin
>>59953
Holy shit how fucking stupid are you? Ever heard of infinitychan?
In North America, people had existed for many thousands of years in land as fertile and temperate as Europe. Yet, even upon contact, at large the Natives of North America still seemed rather primitive and simple, at least by European standards.
What would be the cause of this? Was North America simply over-abundant with resources, and thus offered no incentive to develop technologies and highly advanced civilizations?
>>59809
Dude Europeans saw only the tail end of the Mississippian complexes that collapsed shortly after first contact.
Also this is very /pol/
>>59833
>By European standards
>Holy
>Roman
>Empire
Why was it not an empire? What is your criteria for defining an 'empire'?
>>59796
We've already had like 10 threads on the subject with the consensus being that it was all three of those things.
>>59796
overused meme
dumb bitch
like seriously, holy fuck she was so retarded
>>59690
Most women are
Anyone else think Joanna of Castile was one hot bitch?
At least she didn't fuck the horses, unlike Catherine the "Great".
Let's have a discussion on the accolades of Alexander the Great and his empire.
Great leader or Greatest?
Had he stayed alive and pushed towards the Ganges could he have conquered India?
If he had amassed such an empire could the later Mongolian invasions had a different outcome?
What do you think the historical implications of this would be?
He should've stayed out of Diogenes' sunlight.
>>59661
Empire at its heighth.
What is your opinion of this man?
I personally like this Will to Power
But I hate this Nihilism bullshit.
(if you don't believe in God you can believe in nature)
Thoughts?
>But I hate this Nihilism bullshit.
(if you don't believe in God you can believe in nature)
Nihilism ≠ atheism
>>59520
disbelief is an aspect of nihilism.
One of my favorite philosophers. I don't personally see him as a nihilist as he was not a fan of nihilism. I don't think that disbelief in a god or religion is an aspect of nihilism.
Check this site out if you're interested in Nietzsche’s take on nihilism.
>http://www.iep.utm.edu/nihilism/
Is he the most meme of any philosopher?
I'll take "Who is Rene Descartes?" for 400, Alex!
>>59334
He isn't a philosopher.
Nietzsche, hands down.
>gets quoted by War Machine after he got locked up for beating his porn star ex gf
He has definitively attained meme status.
Sup /his/
What's the best way to get an informed, nuanced, non-biased understanding of the history of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict?
Look up John green Israeli Palestine
>>59154
lmao
>>59138
Just read several sources across the political spectrum, look into anything that seems fishy or distorted
If you're looking to go back to 1946 it might be a little harder than just researching the last 10 years or so. Luckily you can find archives of old newspapers online or in some cases at your library so try those
Also, realize it's really controversial so don't assume that one side is completly right and the other is completely wrong, it's more nuanced than that
>>59184
kek
Al Jazeera
RT
The Guardian
What was his responsibility for the war?
Was it correct to completely exonerate him and imperial family?
>>59008
What would happen with Japan if he was sentenced and removed?
What was his responsibility for the war?
Was it correct to completely exonerate him and royal family?
You can't be responsible for something you didn't do, and the Showa Emperor did nothing.
Maybe a bit of a bitch to the army, but not immoral or responsible for anything that happened.
Why is diogenes the best philosopher ever?
>>58916
The cynics were the first shitposters.
![Diogenes-and-Alexander-The-Great[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/MERNuMY.png "Diogenes-and-Alexander-The-Great[1]")
>>58916
Because he's a hard-living badass who don't take shit from no one
>disrupted Plato's lectures by bringing food and eating loudly
Here's a trailer of the show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbpTo5azMJA
Diriliş Ertuğrul is a Turkish historical adventure television series that takes place in the 13th century and centers around the life of Ertuğrul, the father of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire and focuses on the kayı tribe.
With the Mongol invasions, oppression and slaughters, Turkic tribes flee from Central Asia. The Kayi tribe is one of Oghuz Turkic people with four hundred large nomad tents settling in Anatolia. But they get through a difficult time due to famine. All these nomads want to migrate to a better place where they can start a new life. Suleyman Shah is the leader of the Kayi tribe and his two sons Gündoğdu and Ertuğrul are reliable to him.
Ertuğrul, a young brave man and the younger son of Suleyman Shah. He often goes hunting with his three close men. One of these days they come across prisoners taken by the knights of the Knights Templar. Ertuğrul and his three men save the lives of a young girl named Halime and her family from the knights and kill them all. They bring them to their tribe without knowing their true identity. Halime and her family belong to a noble family of the Seljuk Empire and were to be executed if Ertuğrul did not save them. Due to the fear of being caught, they do not reveal their true identity. However, their arrival brings new difficulties to the Kayi tribe: the Seljuk Empire is threaten to have war if they do not let their guests go and the Knights Templar is seeking for revenge. For this reason some nomads start to blame Suleyman Shah for not being able to be a good leader. This suits up well for Kurdoğlu, swore brother of Suleyman Shah, who has a hidden agenda. Suleyman Shah takes action and sends Ertuğrul on a vital mission for finding new land. For this reason, Ertuğrul and his three men go to Aleppo in order to make an agreement with the Sultan. They set off a chain of events that ultimately will lead to the founding of the Ottoman Empire.
>>58733
best show about history
>>60207
was anything in this show factual?
>>58733
Are the Mongols also just Caucasian Turkish actors?
Was it:
a) Gorbachev (glasnost/perestroika)
b) Internal structural issues (negative demographic trends like a decline in pop growth, life expectancy declining, increase in alcoholism)
c) The U.S and Reagan (through increase in military and the SDI shenanigans)
>>58716
I reckon it was Gorbo giving the individual free speech and ability to criticize the government. Communism doesn't work unless everybody believes (or pretends to) in the system
Also, Gorbo gave the satellite nations free elections or some shit
>>58716
standard crisis in the reproduction of capitalism, exemplified by old capital stock written down at a loss, and the nomenklatura shifting into a traditional bourgeoisie through primary accumulation of worker's rights.
>>58716
It was Krutchev in 1956.
> british colonies declare independence from crown
>"all men have inaliable right to liberty"
>written by slave owners
How would the last 2.5 centuries be different if the founding fathers had decided to free all nigs just to be that much more legit?
>>58581
Humans could be property. Slaves weren't free men in that time, and to some weren't men at all.
>>58581
Humanity progresses slowly.
Everything would be better, most certainly
Tell me again why Alexander of Macedon is so great?
>because he conquered it all in one lifetime!
Looks like he just took Persia, and not even at its height.
"Conquered the known world" my ass.
>kicking the ass of the egyptians
>kicking the ass of the persians
>managed to do it while being an insane wroth drunken narcissist
>>58277
at 500bc his empire did have most of the known world in it
Impacted European and Asian culture for centuries. Distilled imperialistic ideals. Just the perfect example of a classical leader.
![story-teller[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/24FXMcK.jpg "story-teller[1]")
