Who's your favorite explorer/adventurer?
>El Draque
>Philip the 2nd offered the equivalent of 6.5 million dollars for his head
>second only to Black Sam in the wealth hierarchy of pirate kings
>burned the spanish armada
>raided new world colonies and feared the length of the spanish coast
>probably fucked elizabeth
Pic related. Utterly epic, got to the Pacific *AND* Arctic overland long before Lewis and Clark ever thought of the idea.
>>33917
yours tbqhaf
Is Mali the most underrated empire?
Is that a fucking sandcastle? lmao
>>33695
Lol a mudcastle. I could build this over a few weekends with my friends.
Has anyone here taught themselves Latin?
What resources did you use? Where did you start?
Caecillius est in horto.
>>33654
cambridge is probably the best beginner's book.
Does Christopher Columbus deserve to be as vilified as he is today?
Absolutely not
>>33258
why not
>>33239
Was he a brave explorer who falsified the size of the globe as smaller than it was so he could get the OK to explore unknown waters, or a fool who thought he really could sail to eastern Asia over Atlantic?
Suppose, for one moment, that we were making a mascot about this board. A drawn mascot, that is.
If you were to design that mascot, and your choices would be between
A) A little ghost girl
or
B) An old man/woman
Which one would you pick?
http://strawpoll.me/5891747
>A little ghost girl
What? No.
I pick the other one by default.
Hello I'm here to discuss history.
>>33106
>strawpoll
FUCK NO ABANDON THREAD ABANDON THREAD
How many of you have actually read Herodotus? I wouldn't really read it for historical value, but its such an enjoyable read nonetheless. It blends history and legend so elegantly. The sections on Persia, Egypt, and Phoenicians are my favorite, as well as learning about the tyrants of Corinth.
>>33010
>that part about the Phoenicians prostituting their daughters in temples
Got pretty hard desu.
Again, it's like poetry - sorta, they rhyme.
I read Herodotus way back in my A-levels doing work on the Persian Empire. I can't remember much since it was so long ago but I remember really appreciating his work because most of the other shit was so blatantly fucking fictional that his work seemed sane.
>>33132
>>33010
People like to shit on Herodotus as the father of lies, but I think he's actually one of the best historians ever. Do you know why?
Instead of...
>i'm writing many years later but I know for a fact that x did y
Herodotus did...
>since I wasn't there because it was several years ago I had to speak to people who were there or their children, one group says that x did y but another group said that x did z. I'm not sure which is true but i'll leave that up to the reader to interpret.
If later historians did shit like this, the entire field would be much better.
more than certain that other users have their own items tucked away somewhere
so lets bring them out and see if anybody has any questions
starting out with a map of mine, i forgot the date but its 19th century, nice quality, from a book.
contain prussia, denmark, and holland
>>32860
continuing with the backside of the map
>>32880
this is a spanish coin i got at a most reasonable price (5$)
it is from 1781 and in relatively good condition
>>32911
and the backside of the coin
apparently these are commonly found in the ocean, my knowledge of the spanish is limited so i am uncertain about any significance this coin would have
but i would like to know, if anybody has that information
Why was the Karl Marx thread deleted?
Marxism is a philosophy and the sticky reads "This board is dedicated to the discussion of history and the other humanities such as PHILOSOPHY, religion, law, classical artwork, archeology, anthropology, ancient languages, etc." There should be no reason for the marx thread to be deleted.
If I am not mistaken, one of the reasons /his/ was created was to get the philosophy content off of /lit/, so why when someone posts a thread advocating discussion on a particular subject of philosophy does it get deleted? I would love for this to be explained.
There was surprisingly little shitposting in it too (at least compared to all the threads that mention Africa or WWII) so it seems like an odd choice for deletion.
did you start with the greeks /his/?
>>32595
No, I started with the Egyptians, like the rest of the world.
Greeks are a meme
>>32644
Cool, so you read about a bunch of useless people putting rocks on the ground? Sounds like a good plan if you want to get into history.
ITT we post and discuss historical arms and armour
Old thread >>27587
Pic shows a suit of Gothic armour, a popular style produced mainly in South Germany and Northern Italy during the late 15th century.
/k/ here, stumbled across this.
anyon e have experience with saxes? particularly norse examples of longsax.
I seem to find conflicting reports of them being hilted and pommeled just like a sword, and in fact becoming the single edged swords, and others that say only the mentioned swords have the sword fittings and a regular longsax still had no guard or fittings whatsoever.
id think a long stabbing weapon would be, well, somewhat unsafe to stab at without something preventing your hand from sliding off the handle onto the blade if it hit something solid.
>>32509
Can every one provide details like this on images they post this time like OP
>pic
Irish infantry during the Anglo - Spanish War (1585 - 1604)
Note the armour and arms are heavily influenced by their Spanish contemporaries
>>32509
Seaxes later developed pommels and guards akin to swords.
Who is the biggest meme in history?
The jewish people.
God.
This thread
Thread for creating /his/-chan to represent the board to all of 4chan.
Ignore all shitposts and feel free to contribute
>Not using best picture
Step up your thread game
I think the idea that there only should be one mascot is better than having two. no old men tho.
Anyone else found their new home board in /his/?
>>32027
>already spent 9 hours on it
>supposed to be studying judicial review
Help.
>>32047
UK or US? Uni level or more college stuff?
Like settling in a new, promising land.
Lots of wild animals and riffraff to fight first, also the landscape needs some slash and burn.
Just report the /pol/ nonsense diligently and this might turn out fine.
Did the enlightenment movement fail? If so, why?
Not really no.
If you mean it in the broad sense, the Scientific Revolution since Descartes has led to the period with by far the fastest scientific and technological progress in human history, and it's still going on today.
If you just mean the political Enlightenment of the 18th century, the ideas of Rousseau and other thinkers of the time still form the basis for our entire concept of nation-states, constitution, and laws since the French Revolution.
The only dent is that Enlightenment founded the Modern Era, and today we live in the Postmodern Era which is all about deconstructing everything including what Enlightenment has built. Still, there's nothing to replace it.
>>32016
Great analysis, I was going to memespout but your post convinced me not to.
>>31899
Go read Foucault and then suggest a proposition yourself.
A lot of discussion of history is focused on a few particular nations such as Italy, Greece, Egypt, China, etc.
What are some countries and regions with lesser known but still fascinating and entertaining histories that deserve more recognition? I hear Central Asian/Turkic countries have some amazing history, are there any works on these areas anyone would care to recommend?
Portuguese history is under emphasized IMO, they have a very interesting history.
I liked reading about the rise of the Arabs and before that as well, with the Lakhmids and Ghassanids.
You should know, it's not about where, it's about who and when.
If you want to be a hipster, find some obscure faggots from a place irrelevant for its period, and you're done.
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