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The black death that ravaged through Europe and Asia in the 1300s is estimated to have killed up to 200 million, completely altering the course of history. My question is, what would the world look like if it had never occured?
Idk
Wasn't it proposed that the decline of feudality started with the decline of the general population of plague-stricken Europe?
I guess the result would be no/later age of enlightenment, a stunted scientific revolution, and a postponed industrial revolution.
Oh, and Poland would've been f*cked much earlier/differently than it was in our history.
It's difficult.
Europe had been going through something of an early renaissance. The Medieval warm period had happened, states had sort of figured out their "natural" borders and boundaries, trade was flourishing along with guilds and universities.
And then bam, the plague kills 50% of Europe.
And yet, the change in demographics resulted in much less peasantry which created a huge social upheaval resulting in much more freedom and rights for the peasantry and was the beginning of the end for it, at least in terms of a legal class with little...
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What went wrong with Slavoj Žižek?
Was there anything we could have done?
>>1402681
>sniff
He lost control over his eating habits, that's for sure.
>>1402681
Ideaology.
How involved was Egypt's empire in the New Kingdom?
Would somebody in Nubia and somebody in Canaan follow any of the same law? Was there any settlement of Egyptians into conquered territories?
Would court politics (ascension of a new Pharaoh, Akhenaten's monotheistic revolution) bleed thorough into the provinces at all?
They were a great influence on the Abrahamic faiths. Read their prayers for yourself, they're real similar to ones found in the Talmud and Bible. But this is a meme everyone knows about.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hymn_to_the_Aten
Bump for OP. Also interested.
>>1402640
Egypt was an extremely entrenched and powerful state, it imposed endless taxes and managed huge public works, employing a sizeable part of the total population.
It had a single unified legal system so yes in theory you would be tried by the same laws across the empire, tho in practice their control often wavered over peripheral regions.
Dynastic instability was a problem for Egypt as it was for all ancient states, however the existence of well-established bureaucratic and priestly hierarchies tended to mitigate disruption by ensuring continuity of local government. This broke down under Akhenaton, who tried to destroy the powerful priestly class, but in general Egypt was remarkably stable, peaceful, and prosperous.
Egyptians were extremely tightly connected to the Nile and didn't really think Egyptians could live outside Egypt.
I dun goofed /his
Need to write an undergrad thesis. History major. Told my mentor I am gonna write it on Fatimid Caliph Al Hakim Bi Amr Allah.
Know enough about him to bullshit but can't come up with any major questions to ask about him
pls help.
more deets on what I have so far l8r.
Try to find an aspect of his character that hasn't really been written about in scholarship before
>>1402551
His character has been written on a lot. To a point where any addition will have to come from new sources completely.
What I have done so far is look at the Vizier, Jawhar Al Siqilli and I noticed that the Fatimid rulers had not adopted the title of caliph or amir al mu'minin until the 4th Fatimid Caliph, Al Muizz. Essentially until the conquest of Egypt and the establishment of Al Azhar in 988 and Dar al Hikma slightly earlier.
Under al Hakim (6th fatimid ruler) however you see a strong shift towards...
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Why him out of all people. I find great generals far more interesting but then again Im not a history major and I just like history as a hobby.
To what degree was Marx's philosophy influenced by his Lutheran faith?
Not at all. Marx's family nominally converted because Germany wouldn't let Jewish scum take their jorbs.
>>1402466
Man, he was racially ambiguous wasn't he? He doesn't even look Jewish.
>>1402473
The fro is the giveaway.
/his/, what are the best castles aesthetically? What about those with the best defensive record? Do pretty castles tend to not be as defensible as the ones that are just big slabs of brick?
Pic is Narikala in Tbilisi.
>>1402368
>What about those with the best defensive record? Do pretty castles tend to not be as defensible as the ones that are just big slabs of brick?
YOU ARE MUTUALLY CONFLATING CASTLES, AND FORTRESSES.
CASTLES ARE BIG PALACES; FORTRESSES ARE BIG FORTS SURROUNDING A CITADEL.
>>1402401
Is your schtick just some long term character troll to try and piss people off by tapping out half truths or complete bullshit in the most obnoxious, arrogant manner that you could think of?
Neuschwanstein.
>>1402401
You're the one who is confused. Very often they are both. See Prague Castle.
Looks like most of the entire continent of Europe was under Communism after World War 2. How did the Soviets get a free pass at this massive swath of land? Why couldn't Eastern Europe have fallen under the Anglo/American/French umbrella instead?
almost all of that was under either german or Italian occupation.
>>1402324
>How did the Soviets get a free pass at this massive swath of land?
Because Roosevelt believed Stalin and Churchill had less and less to say as the war progressed.
> Why couldn't Eastern Europe have fallen under the Anglo/American/French umbrella instead?
Patton and Churchill wanted to liberate those countries but retard Roosevelt already promised them to Stalin before he died.
Why do humans do all of that useless shit? Why not simply accept death? Since I was born I never understood why anyone does anything. It seems like distraction from the inevitable.
Why do humans have such an irrational fear of dying? Are you really that fucking arrogant that you think you are important enough to stay forever? And do hedonistic shit? And then what?
Because we feel like it?
I enjoy stuff that I do and therefore don't want to die yet.
>>1402308
I try to not do anything. but then my tummy hurts and starts growling and I have to get some food. Then I remember I need money to buy food. The I remember I need a job to get money. In short, that I live in the real world you raging faggot!
>>1402308
>Since I was born I never understood why anyone does anything
Isn't that just wonderful. See >>1402331/this.
>Are you really that fucking arrogant...
You could start of by not being rude and improving your vocabulary.
Have a blessed day
When did the United States surpasse the Latin American states. Specifically I am interested in military affairs, I would be curious how an 1830s Mexico would up in a war with the US.
In the 1830s, the US and Mexico barely shared a frontier.
>>1402141
In terms of populated area no but in terms of actual size it was quite large.
Considering 1830's Mexico couldn't even manage to hold onto Texas, I'm going to wager that the US was always militarily superior.
What's some essential reading on the Finno-Korean War?
Most forced, circle-jerky meme on /his/.
I bet you love spurdo and ending your posts with "t." don't you, you annoying Finnish faggot
>>1402100
t. Butthurt subhuman
>>1402100
t. Korean
What does /his/ think of drinks new video? Is it true, is this really the absolute philosophical truth? I'm serious, I am confused.
https://youtu.be/FakIyMRAj4s
>>1402014
This is really how I always thought of this as well in a general sense.
>>1402014
The laws of thought are absolute as well.
>>1402014
This guy is a fucking retard is this a troll thread?
Hey /his/torians.
I know this seems like a really dumb question for someone who found themselves on /his/ to ask, but I was wondering if anyone could explain the background to the Tank Man photo? More specifically, the Tianamen Square protests. I've read about it, on Wikipedia and what-not, but never really understood it other than it was a protest by college students against political repression in China.
Thanks.
>>1401990
Here's a quick summary:
>Communist Party lets blacks from Africa attend Chinese Universities to bolster Sino-African relations
>Chinese college students hate blacks and protest
>Protests spread to the point that students convene in the capital to complain
>Government offers concessions, but students are too drunk on power to stop now
>Government sends in...
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>>1402029
I think there was a bit more to the student protest than racism. Let's talk about the rest of the agenda, and the hunger strikes that led up to the demonstration.
From what I understand, which isn't much.
>China has been gradually reforming since the Mao era
>USSR begins to collapse
>Chinese students, and other middle class people begin to wonder whether they can also experiment with democracy
>the answer is no
>Finally, after many years of subservience, I have secured myself a piece of territory for me and my fellow haplotype-sharing subjects. Even though this feat was only possible after my superior subjugators died, I consider my achievement a superhuman feat. I am a god.
What should he do now, /his/?
>>1401933
Are you the frog who thought Charlemagne was a French conqueror of Germans or something?
>>1401933
embrace diversity
>>1401933
World relevance by becoming the most loyal servant of the pope and give him all my money
Hello
I am the worst site on the internet
>>1401888
I don't know about that, but this is definitely the worst thread in this board
>>1401888
"please read my 10,000 word post about how operation sealion could have totally worked if hitler was gay and black."
I hate the fucking website.
The mods are so goddamn ban happy and think their power on an obscure message board no one cares about actually means anything.
If you support any form of government besides western liberal democracy you get banned.
This is a more petty complaint but I get the feeling that the median age there is a lot higher than in most places on the internet and they're more or less stuck in 2005..
Why were parliaments historically so shit?
>parlement blocks all Louis XVI's efforts at reform, precipitating the French Revolution
>parliament spergs out over Charles I putting rails on alters and refusing to execute Catholics priests, precipitating the English Civil War
>>1401823
Because they have their own interests to care about. Case in point: LIBRUM VETO
butthurt uncles
>>1401823
Parliamentarism is just what Plato called oligarchy. It's the revolution of the wealthy nobles and the merchant class against the monarch, and since not one of them can rule alone they resort to parliamentarism.
