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Although the medical definition of autism and Asperger were formulated recently, are there any historical figures who were believed to have had to characterized traits of the disorder.
More food for thought, how many people in the clergy in medieval/renaissance Europe or the Administrator class of society in China and Japan do you think may have had such a disorder.
Nobody, because 90% of mental disorders are made up.
Mozart loved scat
But then again, he was German/Austrian
>>1324173
Is anyone here a nihilist? It seems that many people on the other boards like /b/ and /pol/ are. Nietzsche was a nihilist too.
In case you don't know -
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Nihilism
>>1324049
Shut up.
t. 17 year old
>>1324049
If /pol/ was nihlist they wouldn't care about nationallism and the survival of the white race
Tell me about ancient Indian civilizations
I hardly ever heard about them in class
It seems they were in a prime location
Between the Middle East and China yet it seems they never did much
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>>1322551
>Indian Civilizations developed sewer systems earlier than Western Ones
>>1322507
>It seems they were in a prime location
Not really. That was Central Asia. India was more a difficult branching path off that road
Could Eastern Roman Empire have survived after Manzikert? Could it have survived after the Fourth Crusade? Could it have survived to this day? Ottoman Empire survived until 1914 and got successfully successed by Turkey; why not Rome?
The bourgeoisie destroyed the ERE
>>1320955
With a little help from their retarded frankish/german friends, yeah... it could have survived.
Anatolia would have been eventally lost anyway, but there was no reason for them to loose the European part of their Empire.
instead of asking why East Rome fell, people really should be asking how it lived for so fucking long.
It's actually pretty amazing to think that a Roman state existed during the reign of Cyrus the Great in Persia, and was still around to see the Italian Renaissance start.
But as fro OP's statements, the Byzantines went on for 4 more centuries after Manzikert, and 2 centuries after the 4th crusade, it's nothing short of amazing that an empire literally torn apart and partitioned by Crusaders was put back together at all.
as for surviving to...
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What magic is this? Did Poles made a pact with the devil or what?
>>1318086
not even plague wants anything to do with that shithole
>>1318086
They caught on quick and quarantined their kingdom.
The plague was nominally spread along river tributaries at this time. Lucky for Poland they quarantined their only major one and we're thus relatively safe.
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What was the most miserable place in human history?
The closest thing to hell in earth
>1307093
Andersonville GA
Any European town during the bubonic plague
>>1307093
I wish to look into becoming a Christian once again. I was one as a small child, however, I would be lying if I claimed to have had any understanding of the philosophy behind it, nor what being a Christian truly entailed. I recently came across Psalm 137:8-9, and I was utterly entranced by it. Would any kind soul be willing to assist this wanderer walk the path to meaning?
>>1330943
Should I have expected more from a shitposter?
>>1330929
8 The Lord will repay for me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: O despise not the work of thy hands.
Sure, you just go to your nearest Church and get a spiritual director.
What race inhabited Mesopotamia?
>>1328643
Why does it matter?
Royal Afrikan Kangroids
Humans.
Was there ever such thing as colored armor like in MUH RPGs?
Short answer: Yes.
Lacquer provides a solid base for paint, allowing otherwise metal armours to show brilliant colours.
Late 16th century full plate harness could also have a few finishes - the steel could be "blued", "browned", or "russeted", leaving either a blue-black, brown, or crimson hue to the steel. This wouldn't be paint or dye, but a method of treating the steel to get a certain look.
A harness could be assembled of pieces with different treatments for aesthetic effect or parts of the harness might be gilded for contrast if you really wanted to show off your status.
There actually seems to have been comparably active Buddhist activity in the Eastern Mediterranean, especially in those areas such as Egypt, the Levant, Asia Minor, and Greece, at least during the 1st century BCE and beyond.
For example, there have been Buddhist gravestones from the Ptolemaic period found in Alexandria, adorned with the Dharma wheel. There are Roman accounts of an Indian ruler sending an embassy to Caesar Augustus, with this embassy being staffed by a number 'sramanas' (Buddhist ascetics and preachers), one of whom supposedly immolated himself...
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>>1325580
Its pretty likely. For example, Barlaam and Josaphat is a story Christianity got from Mani. Mani is influenced by Buddhism, as he claims to be Buddha's reincarnate and traveled to india to learn buddhism, etc.
Most likely source of connection can be found from Buddhism -> Mani -> Christian influence.
Gnostics may have been influence. The so called "desert fathers", ascetics, monastics, prayers have some connection to Buddhists.
>>1325580
>Mani is influenced by Buddhism, as he claims to be Buddha's reincarnate
>as he claims to be [the guy who broke free from the cycle of rebirth]
Wew lad.
Armchair generals, how would you have beaten Ramsays army as Jon Snow?
>>1316175
Give wun wun shield, armor and sword
>>1316175
He already had a great plan, he just shouldn't have bothered trying to save Rickon.
Fuck off redditor your fucktards have already taken over /tv/
Is it true that ancient statues used to be painted?
>>1328789
What a horrible color combination.
>>1328789
Probably not. Why go to all the expense of making the statue out of marble if you are just going to paint over it?
>>1328789
Yes it is. They were worked in bronze, and painted. We're just used to seeing them as more, solemn and defined without color. The Romans did worse by utterly decimating Greek sculpt by having it all reworked in Marble, destroying much of all Greek art.
> Sieging the high defended castle
> Not just going around it for easy win
Retarded military strategy of the past thread go.
>>1328321
>Leaving the castle so the people in it can fuck with your supply lines and raid your troops, having a fortress to return to when they need
Yeah, those simpletons
>>1328321
castle's weren't just placed on random areas of land, they usually were placed on vital roads or choke points to prevent an enemy army from advancing, or are protecting key economic areas such as your typical city walls or inner-city citadels.
but generally castles were placed defensively so that in order to advance in a direction, the enemy had to assault the castle in order to continue.
>>1328321
And what do you do next when you go around it smartass, roam around the countryside and continue dodging castles forever?
How do you go from this...
>>1327809
Really makes you think.
Empire was a mistake.
>>1327810
REALLY
>tfw socialists still pushing revolution bullshit despite every socialist countries turned into a shithole
They should read the history books about failure Socialists revolution, massive experiment is over.
>>1325578
Eh, sometimes I just hope as soon as soon as all these liberals go in to the real world and see no one gives a Fuck about them or their liberal arts and social science degree, why communism doesn't work.
>Humans don't like to work together, the left is a great example, they won't even listen/tolerate anyone on the right or anyone with diffrent ideas.
>But you know, the right has as many of not more crazy people, there is no right political...
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>>1325578
That picture is fucking retarded. Anyone who tries to shill revolutionary """""socialism"""" has no understanding of how the mind works. People won't suddenly accept total economic equality in one generation via revolution. I'm not going to sugarcoat this: effective socialism requires brainwashing. All members in society must be taught from birth to accept communal thought and economic equality. This of course is a gradual process that would take a couple hundred...
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Are you conflating communism and socialism again?
Let's say it again for the Americans in the back.
Communism = socialism.
Socialism =/= communism.
