>Go back to 1800
>Introduce gold and oil in Alaska to Russia
>Shows them how to kerosene
>They industrialize as they have more light and metals
>Wealth distributes preventing communism
>Go back to 2016
What is different?
>>1036372
Russia takes modern day America's place. And instead of the west being the powerhouse the Eastern block is the center of the world.
*China never goes through a socialist shit-hole phase and resembles a bigger Japan.
*Japan probably adopts a great deal of Eastern Orthodox religion and Russian culture instead of Western.
*Australia is even more chinkafied.
>>1036372
>Everything is run by Slavs.
We live in a dystopic world.
>>1036525
Ok, no memes.
First of, you need to make sure the Russians WILL be able to hold Alaska, the sign of gold may lead to the bongs to launch the Crimean War decades earlier. Also in 1800 connection between Russia proper and Alaska were pretty bad, it'll take a few decades to become reliable.
Second, industrialization isn't like a video game where you build a factory and "plim, we rich now :DDD" in 1800 Russia lacked the economic conditions that lead Western Europe to the Industrial Revolution (like widespread Serfdom)
And third, which reinforces #1 and #2, Russia lacks accessibility to external markets because >lol no ports.
So, you gave them A LOT of advantages, but for the Russians to dominate they have to overcome a lot of problems, can they succeed? Yes, but it wouldn't be certain.
What is piety?
Piety is the process whereby a holy Being discloses itself to Dasein and is disclosed by Dasein.
>>1036088
Something to do with pie I guess
>>1036088
Mind over matter.
Battles with cool names
Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
Siege of the Sogdian Rock
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Magnesia
Battle of Milvian Bridge
Battle of Chaeronea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Black_Mountain
Great Marianas Turkey Shoot
Why is America so large* and successful while Canada is small* and mediocre in comparison?
*population wise
>>1035973
>Canadian Shield
Google that
Half of Canada is basically a frozen wasteland
there wasnt really any eras of mass migration other than the chinese during the gold rushes, i think
plus, the south was always urban and densely populated and industrial because of the railroad while the north remained sparsely populated and rural
Is there any cooler unit than war elephants? I don't think so.
>unruly animal that can rek your own formation if startled is incorporated into the army
>only one survives to the final showdown
Meme platoons are the worst. Given me one example of a meme platoon that worked in history, that won a war, not some obscure battle.
>>1036004
>unruly animal that can rek your own formation if startled is incorporated into the army
Medittos never learned how to use an Ephelant in battle properly desu.
They looked at them and saw cavalry, instead of fighting platforms.
What are the conditions that must be met for industrial revolution to happen?
How comes it happend in Britain in 18th century
>>1035888
>surplus population
>proximity to deposits of coal and iron
>high IQ
There you go, OP.
>>1035888
(relatively) expensive labor made it worth to invest a lot of capital in labor saving machines instead of simply hiring more labor to achieve a higher production. On top of that a lot of capital is needed to build certain types of machinery, coal is also quite good to have.
All in all i'd say it's typically just the maturation and growth of pre-industrial economy.
Britain has relatively little natural resources
they simply had to invent efficient ways of using what they have
Last thread: https://desustorage.org/his/thread/1034772/
Let me start off with a dilemma of mine. I'm a Muslim and I'm thinking of joining the Freemasons. I've looked through some articles, namely these:
http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/islam_freemasonry.html
http://www.masonsmart.com/can-a-muslim-be-a-freemason.html
But I'm still unsure. What do you guys know about this particular field?
P.S. mods, this is humanities related so don't delete pls
>>1035825
Thanks for the bump
Assuming you are the same guy from the last thread, "connections" should not be your motivation for wanting to become a Freemason.
At least not in the financial networking sense anyway.
don't join a lodge full of weirdos who just wanted to be in a secret club and don't really care for each other
find one of the cool ones full of guys who like each other and actually hang out / drink after meetings.
I joined the first kind before moving and joining the latter and it was like the difference between night and day.
Hey /his/, I'm sort of a n00b when it comes to this specific topic in American history, and I'm sure I could find out more through wikipedia or google but I enjoy the discussion of ideas on here and find it to be much more of an educational experience.
Do you think it is possible that perhaps the Radical republicans were behind the assassination of President Lincoln for being too moderate and soft on the ex-Confederate states? I know they had a plan for reconstruction that would involve ensuring extensive civil rights and liberties for former slaves, and it passed through congress, but Lincoln vetoed it.
Was it a for sure thing that Andrew Johnson would succeed Lincoln? If so, I guess obviously they would see Lincoln as the lesser of two evils.
Jack Chick thinks it was the Jesuits
I think it was the Zionists
Just like with Kennedy
>>1035506
So I literally just looked into it more, I wasn't aware of JWB's political beliefs, I think it's very clear this was a plot hatched by the Democrats. Probably Andrew Johnson was in on it too. Thoughts /his/?
>>1035500
Definitely wasn't booth alone; there was definitely a higher up involved, either from the confederate side or someone on Lincoln's cabinet.
What is your opinion on Tang dynasty China? Is Taizong the best emperor?
W2c shirt?
He's a big guy
>>1035399
>Is Taizong the best emperor?
>illegitimate usurper who seized power in a coup d'etat by aligning himself with generals when the crown prince was aligned with bureaucrats
>best
Greetings, /his/. I've come to destroy you and your pathethic, undisciplined barbarians. Choose your greatest warrior of time, for you stand before a master of the blade. Which one will you choose and why?
Warrior as in hand-to-hand, or leader of armies?
Achilles
>>1035329
Random baker with a machine gun, because he would have put thirty holes in your samurai in the time it takes for him to grab the sword.
What's your favorite time and place in history. For me it's Romano-britain. The interaction of Celtics traditions with the Roman Empire is fascinating to me...
What's yours /his/
>>1035191
Anglo-Saxon period> Roman period
>>1035191
The Eastern Front in WW2.
People really can't get a hint that you can't fuck with the Ruski during winter...
>>1038477
I couldve broken the siege of Stalingrad with 4 tigers
Page: http://implyingrigged.info/wiki//his/
>4chan cup?
http://implyingrigged.info/wiki/Main_Page
The draw for the Spring Cup (http://implyingrigged.info/wiki/2016_4chan_Spring_Babby_Cup) group stage is in 30 minutes on the Hitbox channel that is linked on the wiki main page, be sure to be there.
go /his/
Alright, draw's finished and here's what we're looking at.
We're in Group C along with /cm/, /lit/, and /o/. /his/-lit/ is going to be a good match I can already tell. The cup starts next Friday (May 6). Get hyp!
>>1035238
CUMON GUISE YOU CAN DO IT !!!!!!!!!
Was William II really that incompetent at Waterloo?
Here's forty shillings on the drum...
>>1035055
For those who volunteer to come....
>>1035063
To 'list and fight the foe today....
For a board that prides itself for being Romanboos abd Napoleonboos, there are really very few threads about each of those.
Now's a good time as any.
Why was the Roman Empire the best military machine?
Why was Napoleon one of the greatest leaders?
>>1034827
>Why was the Roman Empire the best military machine?
Because Italians are good at war
>Why was Napoleon one of the greatest leaders?
Because Italians are good at war
>>1034870
Do you then consider Napoleon's Empire a rebirth of the Roman Empire of old?
>>1034882
Nah
The HRE was
General books thread.
I have a question for /his/torians. I have a few months of downtime coming up, and so I have decided to educate myself on philosophy and abrahamic theology. I haven't read all that much on either so I am looking for some good books to read.
I am basically going to order a bunch of books and read and take notes on them to gain a decent understanding of the books. What I have down is the following:
- King James Bible
- Qu'ran
- Oxford's World Classics JS Mill
- Oxford's World Classics Thomas Paine
(The above two are collections of their essays)
- Atlas Shrugged
- Das Kapital
I have 6 so far, and I want 10 decent books to give me a decent grounding. Which ones would you add or remove?
>>1034550
>- Atlas Shrugged
>>1034550
>Das Kapital
>>1034550
don't get atlas shrugged
