>have 5 exams
>have 1 essay
>classmates go crying on facebook constantly about how they got to study hard and how they are failing uni
>i look into it
>mfw its possible to sum up one subject on one and half page of A4
When did education became so shitty? Where are the times when university students could speak 5 languages and knew whole books from memory?
>>1150435
When it stopped being the exclusive domain of the
aristocracy.
>>1150439
So we sacrificed quality for quantity
>>1150444
Quantity is important for modern industrial society. Not everyone can be a genius, but the average person can be educated enough to fill out the many menial but still important positions in science, healthcare and tech that don't necessarily require you to be a luminary but do require you to have an idea of what the fuck you're doing.
What made the Latvian SS Legion so successful?
>>1150181
They, along with the other Balts, faced sure annihilation at the hands of the Soviets, while the Germans and bigger eastern Euros might be cucked, but not erased off the map. That's why you still had Forest Brothers operating in those countries until the 1950s.
>>1150181
The love for their country and determination to stop communism.
>>1150387
The last unit of forest brothers in Latvia put down their arms in 1960. Individual forest brothers remained in the woods much longer, the last one came out in 1996, three years after Latvia was independant again.
is this the biggest fashion meme in history?
Nope, that's got to be the neck tie.
>>1149531
What's the point of this thing again ?
>>1149787
The same purpose a toupee.
Also Merkins should be given a mention.
What was the real deal with knights and knights errantry?
The modern view paints every single knight to have ever walked the earth in the middle ages as being a cross between a serial killer and a village rapist, and while that's obviously true in many instances does it really represent EVERY knightly order across the entire span of the medieval era?
>>1149162
It's silly to assume all knights were mega rapists
It's equally silly to assume all knights were good boys dindu nuffin
I would say the former is probably more idiotic and most likely reactionary to the second being so prominent in mythos and poetry and the like.
Chivarly, as far as my understand goes, would generally apply to just being courteous and honorful. I think it was Bela IV who let the enemy cross a river before actually attacking. Ransoming fits in there too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Terrail,_seigneur_de_Bayard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_of_the_Thirty
>>1149162
>The modern view paints every single knight to have ever walked the earth in the middle ages as being a cross between a serial killer and a village rapist
Keep in mind that the Western nobility basically all died in WWI and don't exist to defend themselves against the plebs/bourgeoisie anymore.
>>1149162
How about we let a knight comment on the issue?
Ulrich von Hutten, a late 15th - early 16th century Knight of Empire, comments on his life:
>Such is the lot of the knight that even though my patrimony were ample and adequate for my support, nevertheless here are the disturbances which give me no quiet. We live in fields, forests, and fortresses. Those by whose labors we exist are poverty-stricken peasants, to whom we lease our fields, vineyards, pastures, and woods. The return is exceedingly sparse in proportion to the labor expended. Nevertheless the utmost effort is put forth that it may be bountiful and plentiful, for we must be diligent stewards. I must attach myself to some prince in the hope of protection. Otherwise every one will look upon me as fair plunder. But even if I do make such an attachment hope is beclouded by danger and daily anxiety. If I go away from home I am in peril lest I fall in with those who are at war or feud with my overlord, no matter who he is, and for that reason fall upon me and carry me away. If fortune is adverse, the half of my estates will be forfeit as ransom. Where I looked for protection I was ensnared. We cannot go unarmed beyond to yokes of land. On that account, we must have a large equipage of horses, arms, and followers, and all at great expense. We cannot visit a neighboring village or go hunting or fishing save in iron.
>Then there are frequently quarrels between our retainers and others, and scarcely a day passes but some squabble is referred to us which we must compose as discreetly as possible, for if I push my claim to uncompromisingly war arises, but if I am too yielding I am immediately the subject of extortion. One concession unlooses a clamor of demands. And among whom does all this take place? Not among strangers, my friend, but among neighbors, relatives, and those of the same household, even brothers.
[to be continued]
What went wrong?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRkq595NhD0
8th panel is the best period, btw.
>>1148969
>building a country on an indian burial ground
>>1149087
>i'm not sure how i feel about this
you could argue they are doing the wrong thing by trying to do the right thing
>>1149087
I'm laughing so hard
Has anything really ever worked?
>>1148789
I saw ur mum workin the corner last nite gaiboi
>>1148789
Your sister on them streets
Why did the Ottomans miss out on the Renaissance and Enlightenment if it all was happening right next door?
Muslim ban against depicting the prophet derphamed in art.
Bled over into a complete shunning of art in general in favor of calligraphy.
>>1148322
They had their own cultural renaissance in the 16th and 17th century which produced a lot of Ottoman poetry and architecture, and periodically hosted European artists at court, but the Ottoman aristocracy and middle class did not know Latin and there wasn't much of a market for Latin texts. The diplomatic gap between the Porte and the rest of Western Europe kept both at arms length of one another, limiting mutual cultural exchange to ambassadors at court.
certainly bigot acts like the ban on printing and general rise of Islamic fundamentalism after Selim helped but IMO main cause was differences in demographics compared to Europe.
My English is shit, read Halil İnalcık for more.
I grew up in the protestant church and as such am vastly undereducated on the history of the church - all I know is what I've researched myself, which isn't much.
>>1147608
They're Rome with more popes.
>>1147608
Orthodox is with "patriarchs" which are just puppets of the government.
Anybody know anything about this country and how it got where it is today?
>>1147556
>and how it got where it is today
Plate Tectonics I'd guess.
>>1147577
Ok poorly worded on my part, I just meant the political, economical, and social landscape it has now.
>>1147556
Look up the revolution.
I saw this flag on a polandball representing the American (as in, future USA) colonies before they revolted from the crown. I haven't found much info that validates the artist's choice in flag. Was there a general flag or flags for the 13 colonies or all of the North American colonies while under the empire? If you have anything about the colonies that would become America specifically I would be grateful.
Thank you.
Bumperino, I found the comic in question.
Pretty sure it was a crown colony, and therefore, used the Union Jack
All the fancy colonial variant popped up later on, when colonies got more autonomy IIRC
>>1146441
Ah, I see. What does wikipedia mean, then, when it says that the flag flew over the colonies and was the predecessor to the US flag?
What is the point of languages when all cultures are fundamentally the same?
All cultures value happiness, money, success, family, and good looks - really, the things which makes it essential for us to survive and reproduce. I don't see how learning a new language can open your eyes to a new culture. You can read translated works anyway.
(Btw I'm talking about a not so useful language such as a language that is rarely spoken by locals in your area)
Is that what you're telling yourself for only speaking English?
>and good looks
Explain India then
>>1145879
Sure, and 4chan is the same as reddit.
ITT: weird and/or forgotten about conflicts
>>1145100
We need to stop with this until we can come up with decent oc for it.
Never forget.
How much incest was actually going on in the Roman Empire?
Most (probably all) of the stories that involve some Roman fucking their siblings or mother are slander, but are there any accusations of incest that were actually true?
photo unrelated
>>1144489
Just like my hentai reflects Japan
I like to believe that the stories of Caligula and Nero are true because I do not like them
>>1144489
I've sometimes thought there must have been kind of a 'hyperstition' effect where they were accusing each other of it so fucking much it must have affected the baseline rate by making it seem kind of normal and maybe even a bit cool if all these literal Emperors were doing it. But there's nothing concrete.
WHO DF UP
>>1144055
Mods are asleep, let's
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What did Voltaire do against the HRE?
Why do people always post images of him when people talk about the HRE?
I want to know these memes.
>>1144120
>holy
>roman
>empire
>(You)
>history course
>lecturer makes you watch Extra History
As long as it's a jumping off point and shows the lies episode along with his take I see no reson to discard it.
still better than crash course
>not horrible histories
Why even pay tuition?
![history3[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/8uyNHsu.jpg "history3[1]")
