lets go history nerds
http://breakyourownnews.com
>Historians have also begun to consider the word "Renaissance" as an unnecessarily loaded word that implies an unambiguously positive "rebirth" from the supposedly more primitive Middle Ages.
>Some historians have asked the question "a renaissance for whom?," pointing out, for example, that the status of women in society arguably declined during the Renaissance.
When can I get off Mr Bones' Wild Ride?
When it's no longer the [CURRENT YEAR] anon
He's right, though. Renaissance? What 'Reinassance'? This rebirth was mostly focused on the Italian city-states, and it does not imply some kind of sudden revolution in art or philosophy or the sciences that everyone thinks occurred. I'd argue the 'Renaissance' was actually even more bleak, violent, and terrible than the Middle Ages
>>1083331
The first statement makes a good point
But the second, no
Been a while since I've done one of these threads.
Ask any questions you might have, and I'll answer to the best if my abilities.
General question: What impact did Zoroastrianism have on religions of the time? I know there's something about the good/evil dichotomy in Christianity that was related and I've heard Hinduism had devas as good and asuras as bad while Zoroastrianism had it reversed.
>>1070763
Which period are you talking about?
In its early periods, the main relgions were Paganism, Egyptian, Vedic, and Greek.
Zoroastrianism had roots in original Indo-European traditions and rites. That's why Vedism or Hinduism share some similarities. They're primarily cultural and linguistic. However, I believe Zoroaster set to establish differences between the two. That's why there are contradictions (as you mentioned)
>>1070811
I was just interested in what Devas and Asuras represented in Zoroastrianism. I've seen some websites that say Devas were elemental/war gods while Asuras were gods of higher human qualities, but then again those websites seemed pretty suspect.
Gods like Mitra being present all the way from India to the Romans makes me think there was some proto-iranic religion that eventually gave birth to Vedism and Zoroastrianism.
Tell me about the Polish-Soviet war, /his/.
How did the Poles do it?
>>1075001
The same way poles win all wars
We're men and we're willing to die for our country
>>1075001
Breaking the Soviet codes. That played a huge part in winning the war.
And the Poles were fighting for their nationhood after centuries of foreign domination, they were totally united and hellbent on thwarting the Soviets.
>>1075189
>poles win all wars
Daily reminder, the war was primarily about control of Ukraine and Belorus which Russia won
What /his/ opinion on the Ottoman Turks?
they can't handle good bants
Kebab removed
Judaism doesn't explicitly ban sex outside of marriage. So why are Orthodox Jews so puritanical?
>m-muh sex
>>1083442
this desu
Yes, it does.
See: Deuteronomy 22:13-29
What does /his/ think of the French resistance and De Gaulle?
>>1083189
Overrated and romanticized
Criminals
>>1083198
How so?
The US beating Japan in WW2 is a common myth
here is a different perspective: The soviets were the reason Japan surrendered
http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/05/30/the-bomb-didnt-beat-japan-stalin-did/
Japan surrendered not because of dropped nukes but because they were terrified of Soviet invasion over Hokkaido after Manchuria fell.
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>>1078211
PLEB TIER OBSERVATION
Is it true that he said that Hitler didn't kill enough Jews during the war?
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I don't know, but that sounds like classic Idi
I think zero was enough, don't you?
Wouldn't it be better for Greeks to submit under Persian rule in 480BC?
Pros:
> Internal peace
> Defense form external threats
> Access to huge Eastern markets
> No one gives a fuck about you as long as you pay the taxes
Cons:
> You have to pay some reasonable taxes.
The taxes would be less than Athenians would demand from you in case you're unfortunate enough to be their ally.
> Would probably demand a navy from you for occasional campaigns.
Yes, but you'd get to pillage and would keep your fair share of loot. Besides, there were noting left to conquer in the first place.
The could keep democracy, oligarchy, monarchy or whatever they wanted, could keep fucking young boy, writing philosophy and drama and would become reach from unrestricted trading within the empire, being the happy merchants they were. Instead they spent the next 150 years killing, pillaging, burning, and enslaving each other, before they bleed themselves dry and had to submit to the new overlords, this time much less benevolent (see Thebes and Corinth).
So I think it's clear, Thermopylae, Artemisium, Salamis and Platea was huge mistakes.
Better to die free than live as a slave
>Wouldn't it be better for Greeks to submit under Persian rule in 480BC?
Why of course
>>1076716
>paying taxes to get protection = being a slave
Besides, most of Greek cities payed such taxes to Athens or Sparta, it would be no difference from them, well, except for elimitanting the risk of raiding or pillaging by the other power block.
I mean, in the long run, Athens caused a lot more damage to Greece and Greeks than Persians ever did.
So, I was playing some CoD: World at War when I wondered how often it was that soldiers would pick up a dead enemy's weapon after running out of ammo. Was it rare? Did it ever really happen at all on a level worth documenting? I'm thinking WW2 here but if there's interesting data on other wars then I'd be okay with that too.
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>>1076026
Outside of battles that occurred in areas where one side was incapable of resupply, not really. You saw it semi-often during parachute jumps during WWII and on the Eastern Front on occasion, but that's about it.
>>1076026
Outside of small arms. The Germans used anything they could get their hands on. French tanks like Renault R35 used for training, captured t-34, captured b-17s, and P-51s.
I'd imagine the sounds from the different firearms allows your side to more easily distinguish friend from foe.
Kind of like how you wouldn't pick up an enemy shield on the battlefield unless you really had to.
I need to build a map collection, faggotboys. Help me.
>>1072477
I'll help. Dumping.
Memes aside,serious discussion. Was he the Übermensch? Why/why not?
>drug addict
>uber anything but loser
No, your average vagrant bum is the closest thing to an ubermensch
>>1072138
Literally who
>>1069996
this
>>1069996
the red army was more /fa/ than the wehrmacht desu
What factors led to China being so far behind the western powers militarily, that they were curb stomped in the opium wars?
>>1069175
Being isolationists. They went from one of the strongest most prosperous countries to that because of isolation. When all the unclaimed lands with only primitive natives are accounted for, the next lowest hanging fruit is backwards despotic isolationist nations.
Their occupational mindset
Its better to be a civil servant than being a innovative merchant
>>1069207
>innovatinve merchant
You do realize merchants aren't craftsman, they don't invent things, they deal with logistics. Merchants are the equivalent of retailers or wholesalers, not producers.
