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Let me start with 2 of mine.
1. Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (pic related, its buried 250ft. below that mountain of earth)
-I simply cannot wait for them to open that bad boy up. Rumored to have rivers of flowing mercury on a large scale map of his empire, and the constellations made out in precious gems on the ceiling, this tomb must be(have been?) incredible. This is also where the terracotta warriors were found, and all that was just a distant branch of the Tomb complex. Radar scans have shown it has not collapsed, and scientists have found high mercury levels...
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China will never allow for the mausoleum to be opened, the legend says that when those doors are opened, the chinese empire will fall, and no matter what is rumored to be inside, the Chinese just wouldn't have it.
>>1090489
>China will never allow for the mausoleum to be opened, the legend says that when those doors are opened, the chinese empire will fall
Well, good thing there's no more empire, right? Open that shit up famalams.
>>1090489
So why don't you go there? Bring a shovel and hide between those trees and start digging brug.
Be the change you want to see in the world!
Did the natives of southern Argentina/Chile ever reach Antarctica?
>>1089607
No but Maori did
>>1089619
Nigga the maoris barely got past the chatham islands
>>1090126
If you're gonna make this shitty joke you'd better make it finger lickin' good next time.
Was the Tokugawa shogunate literally the worst fucking thing that could have happened in the history of Japan?
Thanks to the Tokugawa Japan was a feudal country until the 1850s, only then things changed and it was only because the rest of the world was pissed at Yoshinobu for being a faggot.
If the Mori had won the Sengoku Jidai, for example, Japan would have turned into a country of trade and seafaring.
With no sankoku, there would have been more contact with China and the West. Commerce would have made Japan prosper, and reinvestments of taxation into...
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>>1088283
Tokugawas did nothing wrong, it made them super protective of the country and not get corrupted by imperialist.
>>1088283
Maybe it was because all Japanese were cunts? And still are.
>>1088381
t. Zhang
did turkey slaughter the armenians?what do you think about this issue
>>1087035
I just wish Eurofucks left their age old grievances in the old country instead of importing them into mine. For fuck's sake, if you come here to live, you're a fucking American whether you used to be a fucking Turk or a fucking walking hair rug.
>>1087035
Yeah they did
>>1087055
Armenians arent european tho
It should be fun, right?
Anyone have anything?
What's the minimum level of how good someone's art may be to be allowed to post it?
>>1074507
Anything would be great!
I am no artist, I just love history and am willing to try to draw it.
some call me raphael
How did Austria justify their participation in the partitions of Poland? Poland saving them from annihilation at the hands of the Ottomans just a century before must have been still in fresh memory.
I think you mean Hungary filthy slav
>>1101616
Justify in which eyes?
>>1101616
They put a document together for the first partition where all 3 states declare that they might unfortunately be forced to annex some territories from the Commonwealth in order to save the country. Yeah.
This might me /k/ shit, but what kind of swords looked the most aesthetically pleasing? I don't care about what was the best longsword vs katana bullshit. I just want to see really pretty swords.
Hook Swords
style or individual piece? i would go sutton hoo sword. or migration period spathas generally.
What stopped medieval armies from spamming archers?
>muh armor
longbows also Mongols did well with heavy emphasis on archery
>>1056499
It takes a long ass time to train up longbowmen, OP. England was running out of them by the end of the 100 years wars; meanwhile, France could spam crossbowmen with minimal training and get similiar -- though substandard -- results.
>>1056499
Hand make 100 arrows and get back to us.
>>1056499
A quick and smashing cavalry charge.
To me it is that people think of history in terms of nations and states, instead of local identities and personal loyalties.
It's the poisoning of modern society by ideology. People are simply incapable of comprehending that post-1789 ideologies can't be applied for most of human history.
>>1093978
Yeah I agree but 1789 was not the beginning of it.
>>1093983
bourgeois ideologies began at the French Revolution.
So /his/, tell me about the pre roman iberian cultures. they have caught my attention as of lately and i have found the amazing blend of Celtic, native iberian and proto indo european influence on the region's cultures to be severely interesting. Tell me moar plz.
The Gladius came from Celtiberians
>>1079220
Yeah, i know that, hence why it was called the gladius hispaniensis right?
Genetics shows that theres a lot of north african mixed up in there too. They were mostly just tribals like the gallic and celtic tribes to the north, only the Iberians were less accomplished cavalrymen and more formidable with the shortsword.
They were also a royal pain in the ass for the Romans to subdue and conquer.
Why is her legacy so polarized?
Because although journalists hate her for not being left-wing they can't really deny that she made Britain great again.
What did she actually do? Just fire some miners and btfo the Argies?
>>1100105
because she was the worst prime minister of the 20th century.
How come communism worked in China while in Russia it crashed and burned?
Oil. Worth repeating until you retards memorize it.
>>1094603
b-b-but /pol/ told me that Reagan beat the commies with his bare fists.
>>1094597
>chinaman holding russiaman
>chinakid holding chinakid
pottery
I wonder who is more dominant?
GOAT helmet thread
M1 with fabric cover.
>>1093158
what
the
FUCK
What is the purpose of your life? What gives it meaning? How do you relate to your fellow human beings?
My purpose is to enrich others, help them develop freedom, and a critical capacity to effectively choose the best path in their own lives. This pursuit gives me meaning, as well as developing my virtues like compassion, knowledge, patience, love, and wisdom.
My relations with other human beings is the foundation of meaning in my life. It is what guides my thoughts and activities, and good relations with others is like a flower getting sunshine and water. Minds...
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I just wanna have some fun, ya feel?
>>1092869
What is fun? Is that sufficient for a meaningful life? What is the purpose of it?
I know the truth of my own existence, I have contemplated it and I have had it revealed through religious and philosophic revelation and through the simplistic teaching and arguments of my parents throughout my life.
Simply put, my specific purpose is naught but to reproduce. This is what my life's purpose is and that is all it shall ever be. I shall never leave a mark in history and after I am dead I shall only live on through the genes of my children.
This is the only meaning that my life holds.
I do not relate to my other fellow humans, they are...
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Why do you love him so much, /his/?
>>1090769
Is it true that Lenin sodomized him on a regular basis?
>>1090769
Wait, does /his/ even like Nicky?
Also, that glorious mustache.
