Dead civilizations general.
>>1204438
oy vey
god'z chosen empiya isn't ded
>>1204438
Khazaria is probably one of the most bizarre states to ever exist
How did a bunch of steppe niggers suddenly decide to adopt Judaism out of nowhere?
>>1204466
it's a good political move. a lot of Jews had trade connections throughout the muslim world
What was exactly his masterplan? Replace ancient ruling dynasties with his own relatives in the name of revolution and freedom?
crashing europe
>>1204383
>in the name of revolution and freedom?
nah
>>1204383
>What was exactly his masterplan?
Survival. Other than the Russian invasion (which could easily be argued as a pre-emptive war) and the Spanish invasion (probably his only full-retard grand strategy decision) he never declared any war. All the great Coalition Wars were declared by a coalition member.
The fact that he was the last hope of the revolution probably played a big role in him being accepted as emperor by both the masses and the revolutionairies.
>>1204400
He was more pragmatic than the first hour jacobins, but it's not like he was disloyal to the Revolution in its entirety. In fact, many of his laws and institutions (some of which survive to this very day!) had their philosophical foundations and justification in the revolution.
"Before 1157, the [Holy Roman Empire] was merely referred to as the Roman Empire."
But didn't the Byzantines also call themselves the Roman Empire and exist at the same time? So did people just accept that there were two Roman Empires simultaneously with no distinction between the two?
>>1203631
They called the Byzantine empire the Greek empire at the time and the Roman emperor the Greek emperor.
the Greek terminology came when the byzantine papacy was waning and the holy roman empire was the new western Roman empire and the successor of the Romans.
Like edgy memes on this board yes that is where the
>Byzantines were Greek
meme originated.
>"GERMANS?!?!"
>"The EU?!?!"
Is anyone still not astounded by the irony of the fate of the "Roman empire" during the middle ages, also Germany and Italy in modern times?
>>1205640
No one is astounded because they're two completely different situations to the point where it's ridiculous to compare them.
What are some non-indo-european influences on indo-european languages, and to what extent? Some languages seem like they've been rather true to their ancestor language, such as Russian and Hindu, whereas languages such as Norwegian and Gaelic seem further removed. What's a good place to start reading on this?
Spanish has a large influence from Arabic because of the Muslims who lived in the Iberian peninsula. The only example I have of its influence is with the word "Alcohol". Coming from the Arabic "al-cool". A decent portion of Spanish and Portuguese vocabulary comes from Arabic because of the presence of Arabs there. I'm sure there's other examples of these influences but I don't know of any other
>>1202169
Desu comes from Chinese
Kayak, hammock, coconut, curry, fork, zombie and bamboo. Of the top of my head
Neanderthals built complex cave rings 175,000 years ago.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a21023/neanderthals-built-mystery-cave-rings-175000-years-ago/
Does this give more weight to the theory that neanderthals were actually more intelligent than homo sapiens?
>>1194281
Nice meme - I feel sad that you waste precious time with fake theories to theorize other bullshit.
>>1194281
>Does this give more weight to the theory that neanderthals were actually more intelligent than homo sapiens?
I'm pretty sure homo sapiens (us) can make rings of rocks. So no, I wouldn't say so.
>>1194287
Sorry if it hurts your feelings that homo sapiens may have actually been the inferior species who got lucky.
What is the best government system and why?
That depends wholly on the people and their culture it wants to serve.
>>1208070
truth
>>1208055
Privately ruled city-states (the city belonging to a corporation).
So for a little while now I've been trying to understand Nick Land's philosophy and I think I have a good outline of it, can someone confirm or deny what what I think I've got?
So basically in Land's view modern history starts when capital is let loose on civilization and supersedes traditional society. Modern history is then defined by a struggle between capital and culture to gain dominance. The apparatus preventing capital from gaining traction is the Human Security System which is synonymous with Moldbug's Cathedral. The Cathedral attempts to create equality through various means and models such as social democracy and thereby hinder the advance of capital which strives on difference as well as human desire. In Land's view the effort of the Cathedral is futile as human equality violates the laws of GNON and those attempting it will be punished by nature. The triumph of capital will mark the end of history in a Hegelian sense with an inevitable technocommercial singularity whereby capital will discard its human hosts by means of self-automation. This will create a breakthrough in intelligence because it is no longer constrained by human monkey brains. So in Land's view we should not resist the forces of capital but instead embrace it and propel its growth through accelerationism by means of open markets and splintering sovereignty into collections of city states a la Singapore.
Did I get everything right?
I think so.
So it's just accelerationism + transhumanism?
Were steppe peoples the villains of history?
>destroy Islamic civilization
>ruin China
>kill millions and destroy huge amounts of knowledge
was there anything they did right?
>>1198455
Might is right.
Vae victis, faggot
The strong do as they please
Boo hoo, a bunch of fanatical murderers, rapists, slavers, and imperialists got wrecked
>>1198466
As is most commonly heard from those who have lost the argument.
There are a lot of older Russians who miss the Soviet Union, even though it was an objectively terrible system that they were exploited by. In the same vein, are there any older American or South African blacks who lived through and miss the systems of segregation/apartheid? You never hear about them if they do exist.
segregation/apartheid are wildly different from the Soviet Union, anon
>>1179363
Some of the Slave Narratives spoke nostalgically of slavery.
>>1179363
Uncle Rukus sees the powerful niggadry behind your thinly veiled /pol/ thread, and reminds you that a whole lot more people were better off before the collapse of the USSR, than there are blacks who were better off under slavery, let alone segregation, the former at least having some vague advantages, such as food and board, the latter having none at all.
Is it bad? Is it good? Why? Tell me.
>>1209547
Neither. I think you can't deny that capitalism created a lot of wealth and at the same time used people
It creates personal incentive for resourcefulness and invention, outside of a drive from necessity.
That's about all I got. sry.
>>1209556
Yea, I mean you gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet.
This is my area of specialty. I will answer any questions you have. I'll probably post some excerpts from codices/source illustrations while I explain relevant stuff.
I'm not just gonna dump info, but I will explain you ask me to to the best of my abilities, which is probably better than most people as this is what I did my graduate thesis on; specifically the cholula massacre (pictured), but I have a very good understand of the socio-politics that went into the events that transpired. That said, ask away! This is a woefully misunderstood area of history, and perhaps one of the most momentous in history.
>>1207237
I'm a retard who's interested in Mesoamerica (and studied pre-Columbian North America, as a Mohawk Tribe member), and I only know about the Aztec conquest and the stuff from M2TW.
So, after the Aztecs, how did the Spaniards subjugate the other cities, the ones that allied with the Spanish, the farther away ones, especially the Tarascans, whom it seems, as an AH writer, could've united Mexico following an Aztec collapse in the absence of European contact. Was it more or the same, did they do it through diplomacy as well, did they encounter any organized resistance, and how long did the whole thing take?
>>1207237
how important was Spanish Calvary in the conquest of mexico?
>>1207237
I realize I should probably explain the picture, it is a Tlaxcalan account of the Massacre at Cholula (I have a UN hearing next year to determine if this should be classified as a genocide or not, I am of the opinion it was, with reasons I will explain).
Basically, when Cortés had secured the cooperation of Tlaxcala, Tenochtitlan's rival altepetl (like a city-state but closer to the Sumerian version than the Greek type, having different relatively important differences from each other and each having their own identity rather than seeing themselves as all being Nahua), they stopped at Cholula on the way to Tenochtitlan (thereby forcing Cortes to stay with them) as they saw the support of Caxtilan (the nahua saw Castile as just another altepetl from far away) as the ally they needed to tip the balance of regional hegemony out of the Aztecs' favor. Cholula was a vassal/ally altepetl to Tenochtitlan, so the Tlaxcalans wisely decided to take the city before moving further, lest they have an enemy city at their backs. They blockaded the city, and rather than wait for a long protracted siege, the Tlaxcalans stormed the city, killing every man they could find. Not to be left out, the Spaniards followed suit. The tlaxcalans, however, did what the Spanish would *not* do, which was to round up the women and children in the sacred ball court and set them on fire. Around 30,000 lived were lost in total.
Why does China suck at war?
>>1207032
>Why does China suck at war?
yeah burger, that's the right way to go. just piss'em off.
>>1207048
Is that CIA?
>>1207032
>muh art of war
How did pants become associated with masculinity and skirts associated with femininity?
easy access
>implying you need pants to be a man
Barbarian shits please leave
>>1206827
t. scotsman trying to disguise himself as a roman
I have theological questions
So Satan and God didn't get along so he sent Satan to hell right? But now Satan runs the place right?
My question is, if Satan's original issue was defying God and he was cast down for this... why would Satan keep hell to God's specifications? Why not compete with God's market of heaven and turn hell into a fun park? I mean, you don't like the guy you aren't going to walk his dog for him, you know?
Does this mean Satan, by running hell the way God intends, is sucking up to God, trying to make it back into heaven? Doesn't this mean Satan has some good in his heart? Does this not detract from the badness of hell?
And what of the punishment? If an eye for an eye is used then why would anyone fear hell? Being raped once for a single rape you committed and then being done with your punishment is honestly not that intimidating. But then, why is an eternity of hell so talked about, when the bible says God does not punish more than the sins you commited? Then how do you explain things like the great flood?
>>1205766
This is a scholarly board based on reasonable discussion where we focus on humanities. If you want to talk about the paranormal, there's a board for that.
Basically, Satan despises humans because we are gods creation, and god loves us more than him. Satan then starts sinning because of the hatred and disobeying god, so God sent him to hell. Satan then uses hell in order to torture those who get out of the true path and all of that.
He just really hates us. A LOT.
>>1205816
The bible is a very common topic on this board
>>1205849
I have heard from theologists that Hell is punishment for Satan too, and this implies that he is not in control of hell at all and is suffering just like anyone else there. This would make his ability to tempt us to sin very inrealistic in my mind. I have also heard that hell does not punish anyone including Satan until judgement day comes.
Was it necessary to bomb Horoshima and Nagasaki, or it was just an useless act of cruelty? Also, how is it possible to appreciate people like Richard Feynman and at the same time see him as one of the worst criminals on earth?
>China said on Friday that Japan’s World War II violence is more worthy of remembrance than the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, ahead of a historic visit by U.S. President Barack Obama.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/china-says-nanjing-more-worthy-of-remembrance-than-hiroshima
I don't understand Chinese people sometimes. There's a time and place for everyting.
It probably wasn't necessary, but it was practical.
hiroshimmie sure. they were trying out a weapon that maybe wouldn't have worked. and revenge isn't the worst ideoology
nagasaki is imo an act of cruelty and 1 bomb was enough
>inb4 le 2 bombs weren't enough maymay
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