what happened to the ancient egyptians.
were they genocided by the muslims or romans?
>implying ancient egyptians had a different ethnicity
>implying conquest leads to significant change of ethnicity
This is most likely bait.
We're still here dummy
>>1254686
Obviously
/int/ faggots think literally every pre modern war or conquest was a game of thrones tier genocide/rape festival
Redpill me on the Sassanids, /his/.
After centuries of Hellenistic and then Parthian rule, did they just pop up and say "actually we're Persians, fuck off"? Where did the Sassanid dynasty originate?
>redpill
>>1253776
>Implying 'redpill me on...' isn't now just another way of saying 'tell me about'
>>1253773
What do you want to know apart from the origins? It's a very broad subject.
Anyway, the Sassanid dynasty was founded in theory by a dude called Sasan (I will talk more about him below) but actually the first semi-relevant Sassanid is Papak who may or may not be Sasan's son depending on who you read.
Papak and his son Ardashir were persian local potentates who revolted against the ruler of Pars, who was a vassal of the Arsacid ruler. Papak killed and usurped this ruler of Pars. With the death of his father Ardashir continued to conquest of several vassals of the parthian ruler until eventually the Arsacid king Artabanus came to fight him personally. Long story short, Ardashir won and he became ruler of Iran to continue his campaigns against eastern and western neighbours. It doesn't look like his wars were motivated by ethnicity but personal ambition and maybe religion.
Ideologically, Ardashir claimed to descend from the ancient iranian rulers of the past. This is where Sasan enters. This Sasan was a priest of Anahita and, according to the Sassanians, was a descendant of the Kayanian kings. This Kayanians are a mythological or maybe legendary dynasty that ruled Iran before Alexander. They're not the Achaemenids although some Achaemenids are or may be included as Kayanians (but this is a complex subject that has generated a lot of scholarly debate).
Anyway, several parthian families were very powerful during Sassanian rule. And they all claimed to descend from those Kayanians. So the anti-Arsacid sentiment of the Sassanids cannot be interpreted as anti-parthian. You should keep in mind that Sassanians didn't call their kingdom Persia but Iran, and parthians were iranians.
Catholicism or Orthodoxy.
Who is the right one, what do I do /his/ do I stick to the other because? Or do I convert to the other because?
No fucking proddy or mudslime memes thx
>>1253143
Got into desert, untouched by man - feast for days - purify your mind and soul and ask God.
Or simply go with Orthodoxy.
>>1253164
You hinting on that Orthodoxy would be the outcome after such a spiritual pilgrimage?
>>1253168
It's the outcome of Jesus Christ - God in human flesh together with Holy Spirit that's still present today and can speak with you not in desert - but in Church.
With the baptism, you get the armor of Holy Spirit on you - while still on earth your soul becomes angel like in human flesh.
But yeah there's also lots of mysticism in orthodoxy and lots of miracles - many actually, still today - mainly because of the Holy Spirit.
And because role of Church on earth is to prepare souls for eternity - not just wait idle until death - Holy Spirit will train you, test you, teach you and make your soul greater while still alive, so that when you die lots of rewards wait you - eternal boundless joy.
Did people from Ancient Greece actually believe Zeus was real the same way modern Christians believe in a Christian God?
>>1250056
Why do you say God is a Christian?
>>1250056
I don't have historical evidence to support this, but given how much time they spent on their mythology, it's probably not unreasonable to think that it wasn't mythology to them. But there's also no reason to think that they were deluded enough to create deities and then believe these deities existed on their own.
>>1250070
So you're saying Christians can believe in a non-Christian God?
Is Cornwall England?
bump, okay
>>1261351
Is Brittany France?
>>1261357
Is Galicia Spain?
>The overall conclusion reached is that the United States most likely has been responsible since WWII for the deaths of between 20 and 30 million people in wars and conflicts scattered over the world.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/us-has-killed-more-than-20-million-people-in-37-victim-nations-since-world-war-ii/5492051
Let us commemorate the millions of people who have been murdered by the evil American homo empire. From Serbia to Iraq, from Asian to Europe.
Let us hope that the US, after this election, will become like Syria.
>>1260998
kuso thread
>>1260998
Well yes, if you do things like count the number of Chinese soldiers killed in the Korean war, things are going to get bloody.
This is the essential problem with ethics based on pure utilitarianism. I for one don't see anything wrong with killing soldiers of an invading nation in an attempt to help out your ally. If those are the sorts of deaths that the U.S. is responsible for, good.
Really makes you think.
>>1260872
Amen
So man was God's first mistake? Wtf is this fedora faggot pointing at?
>>1260872
wtf! i hate women now
Who is this man?
Luigi
>>1260743
Meow Dingdong
That's Mao Zedong, former dictator of China
Enjoy a pic of my pussy
How does /his/ feel about the solutrean hypothesis?
No ayy lmao's involved but it's still shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzRHZ1Yy4OQ
>>1260706
>Out of Africa
Wew.
In 500 years, what things from the 1950s to now will be remembered as important in terms of history?
>>1260608
Moore's law
>>1260608
Six million
>>1260608
Computers
>ywn see Alexandria at it's peak
>ywn walk to Pharos to bask in the greatness of Hellenistic Architecture
>ywn be on top of the ancient world
Why even live?
Must have been awful. The heat, the mosquitoes and that smell of stagnant water from the brackish lake Mareotis mixing with smell of the salt of the sea.
Sounds ripe for dehydration and disease and general discomfort.
Nah, I'd prefer somewhere nice like Constantinople.
>ywn visit ancient Helsinki
>ywn hunt bears with the Jedi
>ywn bathe in the blood of proto-ninjas
jdimsa
>>1260516
> ywn experience the power of silphium
> ywn visit ancient brothels and partake in pure, affordable, hedonistic degeneracy.
> ywn waltz over to the slave market and purchase a young maid to warm your bed at night.
Why do I even live?
Edition: emotion
Post only works that are strongly emotional/inspire a great deal of emotion. That is: drama over prettiness.
>>1260455
truly a masterpiece for the ages
Is this literally the worst country Europe EVER spawned?
I mean come on folks, it's neither
>holy
nor
>roman
and it isn't even an
>empire
>>1260179
>Admitting Austria, Bohemia, Netherlands, northern Italy, and north eastern France are the rightful property of Germany
>>1260190
>implying those provinces were even Holy or Roman
>>1260190
Fourth Reich when?
The dude who graduated #1 in Eisenhower's and Bradley's class only became a two star general who was in charge of fuel.
The guys who graduated 2nd to 5th in the class never made the rank of general
Where did it go wrong for them?
>>1260165
Tell me who did make it the top and what place they were in classes and then we'll talk.
>>1260165
Getting good grades isn't a leadership quality.
>>1261141
Eisenhower was 61st in his class
What the fuck was his problem?
His entourage
>>1260047
No available loo, so he stopped eating.
>>1260047
He was an idiot that everyone though had something profound to say. Turns out he was just dumb as shit
