from what country are you /his/?
>>40936
>Greenland is not the flag of Greenland
What?
Russia. Parents moved to Canada when I was a kid.
Africa looks beautiful in that pic
Today is all saint's day.
Whose your favorite saint?
>>40931
Saint Benedict.
We know the pope will be deified in a hundred years, so it is best to start praying to him now.
Probably Aquinas as I really like his writings.
Thomas Aquin. He was analytical and he loved food, what's not to like? Also, I love Dominican habits.
>Your king didn't create the greatest written language of all time
Sucks to be you guys
>>40929
>It's so great the masses need a simplified version of it to have any hope of writing for a living
>>40964
You're thinking of the Chinese, anon.
The man in OP knew Chinese characters were shit.
>>40964
It's Korean you idjit.
Can any Afro/his/ explain to me where it all went wrong?
Africa had wealthy, organized, and technologically decent empires. I would even argue that Europe only surpassed it around the 1500s or so. So why could the Europeans just march in and do what they wanted?
Timbulku maniscript were made by north african or /and when Timbuktu was under north african rule.
It's an maghrebian achievment, if it's one.
>>40400
Pic related.
>>40360
>Parts of Africa had wealthy, organized, and technologically decent empires. I would even argue that Europe only surpassed them around the 1500s or so
Fixed that for you.
A great deal of Africa simply isn't conducive to the natural spread of civilization.
I'm going to talk about John Green's crusade video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0zudTQelzI
Right away I'd say Green's target audience has not romantized the Crusades. The view of the Crusaders ie highly polarized, and his target auidence likely does not have a positive view of the Crusaders. Most of his viewers are likely left leaning teenagers who lack any real education in the humanities. In my experience these people think the Crusaders were ruthless savages who indiscrimindetly slaughtered innocent Muslims for their God.
>Pope Urban's main motivation for calling the Crsuades was mending the schism. (Time 1:50)
Pope Urban certainly wanted to expand the sphere of Catholic influence in the middle east, but he didn't see the Crusade as a tool to mend the schism. At the time, Urban was trying to mend tensions with Constantinople, and trying to force Papal authority onto the Byzantines would have destroyed all of his work. In fact, he chose Bishop Adhemar to lead the expedition because Bishop Adhemar was very diplomatic in his correspondance with the Byzantines. Adhemar himself supported the idea of detente between the Catholic church and the Orthodox one. Pope Urban himself loathed the Schism which had taken place a few decades earlier, but in his speeches he called the Orthodox and Catholic peoples brothers. (Source: Thomas Asbridge – The First Crusade pg 92)
The only man who saw the Frist Crusade as a way to end the Great Schism was Bohemond I of Antioch
who proposed the Crusaders . Before leaving on the journey Bohemond was known to preach in French churches, advocating French knights to join him in a war against the Byzantine empire (source: The First Crusaders by Johnathan Riley-Smith, pg 137)
>>40323
Part 2:
>To the Crusaders they were taking up arms to protect Christ and his Kingdom
I'm surprised he didn't mention the Crusaders also took up arms as a way to ensure their own salvation, as Green just mentioned it minutes before. The Crusaders were mainly noble men, who were well aware their secular duties of war and attaining wealth was in contrast to what Jesus' preached. They were afraid of the after life, and saw the Crusades as a way to earn pennence for their sins. Guibert of Nogent wrote this:
“God has instituted in our time holy wars so that the order of knights might find a new way of gaining salvation. And so they are not forced to abandon secular affairs completely by choosing the monastic life, or any religious profession as used to be the custom, but can attain some measure of God's grace while persuing their own careers.
>>40330
>The Crusaders were mainly noble men
Mainly led, most were soldiers or the general poor rabble. At least as far as the first crusade goes.
>>40402
I remember in high school we had to refer to the crusaders as the "pale horde" when giving presentations on this.
ITT: Literally you: the historical figures
Diogenes is literally us
Literaly low effort cancerous posts: the thread
>>40212
Nobody really comes to mind.
Prussia was a mistake
Agreed
>>40043
Good thing it fell!
>""""""""""""""prussian kingdom""""""""""""
Was it good or bad?
Personally, I'm mixed on the African colonization, but the American colonization was definably just Europeans crushing civilizations and tribes for their own benefit.
>>40023
What would Europe be if not for colonization of the Americas? It'd continue to batter itself into poverty and strife, as well as keep an entire collection of cultures isolated from the exchange of ideas (and a few diseases that killed hundreds of thousands) that we value today.
I think colonization was what Europe needed. I'm sorry for the NAs, but nations do what they gotta do to survive. They shouldn't be begrudged it.
Generally good for some, bad for most at the time. But good for people today, due to increased globalization
This guy completely BTFO the "Dark Enlightenment" before it was even a thing
Then chumpsky BTFO of him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wfNl2L0Gf8
I know most people probably consider it a meme, but the Roman Empire is just the absolute fucking tops.
Can we have a Roman thread?
Today's Discussion:
>Why was Hannibal the most incompetent general Rome ever fought?
>>39780
>Today's Discussion:
>>Why was Hannibal the most incompetent general Rome ever fought?
if you think this is true you are a fucking retard.
>>39780
Not half as incompetent as Boadicea.
>>39780
>Hannibal
>incompetent
Back to /pol/ retard
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>>39718
What's the password?
I didn't do my Akkadian translation homework for tomorrow. Fuck you for reminding me.
>>39718
Do you think the Sumerians had memes? There's examples of wit from Greeks, Romans, and a bit from Babylonians and Carthaginians. There any Sumerians with a sense of humor?
Also, is there a difference between Sumer and Sumeria?
Is history always subjective?
>>39638
proper history is always objective
to liberals no
to everyone else yes
>>39638
Yes. Partisans were at the time known as brigands and thieves. Now they're heroes to those nations.
So, how many of us are actual IRL Historians with academic degrees and shit and not mere armchair Historians who got all their information off Wikipedia? I'm currently working on my Masters in 'Histoporn: the Sexualization of History in Popular Culture,' a study in how History has become hyper sexualized on Television, Movies and print, and what that means for the telling of History and the Academic Profession.
wat
>>39620
You just fucking doxxed yourself you idiot.
Working on my masters at the moment. Writing about the diplomatic missions to the west by the Japanese and how they influenced the rapid change in their society.
Hey /his/, can we talk about the Eastern front in WWII? Do you guys know of any little known battles or occurrences? Have any authors you would recommend? I've read a few books by David Glantz, his writing style is kind of dry but he gives a good breakdown of force composition, tech, maps, orders of battle, etc.
The sheer scope of the Eastern front blows my mind. There are a lot of large battles that are completely forgotten to history. It's really a topic I'd like to know more about. Such a tremendous clash of ideologies, yet at least her in America, it's very rarely discussed.
Also, could we get some fucking maps up in this bitch?
Also, here's some music for the thread.
http://youtu.be/zDEem_aEttE
"Les Preludes" by Franz Liszt. This was chosen as the theme song for Barbarossa by the Nazis.
I think the Battle of Budapest is pretty overlooked.
I think there was a Battle of Lauban, which was basically a lucky last ditch German tactical victory in 1945. So the 1st Ukrainian Front was kicking ass in their advance westward and the 7th Tank Guards Corps of the 3rd Guards Tank Army attacked the Silesian city of Lauban. This started on February 17th and only the remainders of the 6th Volksgrenadier Division defended the place, so they were pretty screwed. However the 8th Panzer Division, 408th Division, and 10th Volksgrenadier Division swept in and stopped the advance. However many of them were understrength and lacked fuel. Ultimately they recaptured the town and held it till the end of the war. Both sides suffered heavy infantry losses but the Germans only lost 10 tanks. Meanwhile the Russians lost 162 tanks, 106 vehicles, and 159 assault guns. Many kids served with the Germans in this battle.
>>39510
>There are a lot of large battles that are completely forgotten to history
Such as?
Dump your art /his/!
>>39507
Lovely ladies welcome!
