Between Emperor Charles III temporarily reuniting the Frankish Empire and Charles V's empire, which monarch controlled the most land in Europe?
Napoleon I
I am gonna argue Queen Margaret and her heirs are at a rather good position. Remember that Sweden already is Europe's fifth largest country, and while Lapland may have been out of her control she also had Finland, Norway and Iceland as well as parts of Scottland apart from Denmark.
>>1031463
Some king of Poland when Poland was huge I guess.
was John the Baptist the prophet Elijah?
>>1031147
If you believe the gospels are literally true then you have to think so. Jesus says he was. course the gospels are a bunch of nonsensical gibberish so probably not
How do you come to this conclusion? People THOUGHT John was Elijah, but he wasn't. He was the last of the Prophets, meant to foretell and even bring about the coming of the Christ.
>>1031195
>the gospels are a bunch of nonsensical gibberish
This is what atheists actually believe, lel.
What do you think of the Great Man theory?
There are thousands of small men behind Great Men. One man could only change that much after all.
>>1031040
It's good if you like bedtime stories for autistic children.
>theory
Did the people of the Ottoman Empire consider themselves the successors to the Romans? Also, what are the arguments for the Ottomans being the successors to the Romans?
>>1030954
>Did the people of the Ottoman Empire consider themselves the successors to the Romans?
The Greeks did. The rest didn't.
>Also, what are the arguments for the Ottomans being the successors to the Romans?
By taking over their erstwhile empire.
Anyway, the Qaysar-i Rum title was only ever important following the fall of Constantinople. For the Ottoman Sultans at the time that was it. Boom. This is our empire: more non-Muslims than Muslims, might as well take their royal title now so as not to piss off locals that much.
Except Selim the Grim did the unthinkable: BTFO Egypt, defeated Persia, acquired Mecca and Medina, and basically the whole of the Sunni Islam world.
So Ottoman Sultans quickly demoted their "Caesar" Title in favor of (in particular order)
>Padishah (پادشاه), i.e. Emperor,
>Hünkar-i Khanedan-i Âl-i Osman (شاه خاندان آل عثمان), i.e. Sovereign of the Sublime House of Osman,
>Sultan us-Selatin (سلطان السلاطین), i.e. Sultan of Sultans,
>Khakan (خاقان), i.e. Khan of Khans,
>Amir ül-Mü'minin ve Khalifeh ül-Rasul Rabb al-A’alimin (امیر المؤمنین و خلیفه الرسول رب العالمین), i.e. Commander of the Faithful and Successor of the Prophet of the Lord of the Universe,
>Khâdim ül-Haramayn ush-Sharifayn (خادم الحرمین الشریفین), i.e. Custodian of the Two Noble Sanctuaries (i.e. the Holy Cities of Mecca, and Medina),
>Qayser-i Rûm (قیصر روم), i.e. Caesar of the Roman Empire (or the Grecian Ceasar)
Since this time they have more Muslims than Europeans now.
>>1030954
The Greek Christian population continued to call themselves Romans, and I believe the Ottomans referred to the European side of their empire as the land of Rum. Up until the 16th century at least I believe the Ottoman court was hellenized enough to consider themselves masters of the Roman imperial tradition, if not exactly Roman emperors in the literal sense. That changed slowly however with the Timurids and Murad II I think when the state became oriented towards Holy War.
To some extent, but not seriously or fervently. After Mehmed II conquered Constantinople he declared himself Kayser-i Rum (Caesar of the Romans). They did abandon that title after a while though. Also, it's simple a title, Ottoman rulers called themselves Sultans, Khans, Caliphs, etc.
Their only claim to the Roman empire is that they conquered Constantinople, they effectively ended the Roman empire for once and for good (that is, if you consider Byzantines legitimate Romans) and the fact that they came closest to making the Mediterranean "theirs", just like the Romans did. It's not really a legitimate claim, like any other claim made post-1453.
>The ancient Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang arrogated the pronoun "I" (Old Chinese, 朕) entirely for his personal use: he literally made it illegal for anyone in the entire nation to refer to themselves as "I" except for the emperor himself. All other speakers and writers were obliged to choose some appropriate epithet (such as 愚, "This Foolish One") instead of using the former pronoun. In Modern Standard Mandarin the first-person singular is 我, which was gradually adopted from a common epithet expressing "This [Worthless] Body".
Post others.
>>1030937
That's a myth though.
我 is basically an attempt to be humble.
China's not the only one in this. Strangers in many places in 18th Century Europe ended letters with "Your most humble servant." Despite not having met each other
>>1030950
It is not a myth though.
Source: Wilkinson, Endymion. Chinese History: A Manual, pp. 108 ff. Harvard University Press (Cambridge), 2000. ISBN 0-674-00247-4
Was there every a point when all of the following families were all active at once. I need this for reasons.
>Plantagenets in England
>Capets
>von Luxemburgs
>Habsburgs
>Guelphs
>Hohenstaufens
>Arpads in Hungary
>Piast in Poland
Yep! All those families were in power between the years of 1126 and 1268.
Plantagenet: 1126 - 1541
Capet: 987 - 1328
von Luxembourg: 963 - 1616
Habsburg: 985 - 1780
Guelphs (although they weren't a family, just a political faction): ~1120 - ~1320
Hohenstaufen: 1079 - 1268
Árpád: 855 - 1301
Piast: 960 - 1675
>>1029904
Who's who in this pic?
>>1032066
>Capet: 987 - 1328
More like 888 - 2016 (1848 if you only count France).
An advice from historical mr. skeletal lads
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3553906/Ancient-mosaic-featuring-cheerful-skeleton-Turkey.html
>>1029524
T-thanks Mr. Skellington
>>1029524
I want to get on Mr. Happy Bones' Happy Ride.
>>1029524
T-thanks Mr skeletal
Econ general I suppose.
>inb4 Austrians, Marxists or ancaps.
The only exception to that might be Hayek or Schumpeter. On that note, what did Hayek actually contribute to economics, aside from information and central planning? Also pic related, if anyone in the developed world says capitalism isn't working, perhaps tell them their citizenship rent is being lost and capital is being directed to the more cost efficient places, with the side effect of higher wages/standards of living in these countries which are developing.
>>1029462
>side effect of higher wages
>higher wages
>developed world
>pic related
Yeah enormous wage growth in that graph. I mean like wow 1%.
>>1029496
I was talking about high wages elsewere desu. Look at Asia/Eastern Europe etc
>>1029507
You said in the developed world. Of course wages are growing in Romania and Bulgaria for some time.
What is general opinion of this guy?
Would it be better if he lose to king?
>>1029357
Probably the biggest autist to ever rule.
>>1029357
Had a raging hard on for shitting all over the Catholics, but he still turned into one of the greatest Britons of all time.
>>1029357
>dude fuck the catholics lmao
How can anyone argue against the fact that we are literally living in the Hinduistic age cycle called Kali Yuga? It literally matches modern society in every way. Truely Evola was right all along.
>Evola was right all along.
>>1029208
It wasn't Evola's idea you pathetic fucking nu-male.
Was she relevant as anything more than a meme?
no.
/thread
>>1029033
no, French military superiority was more important but either way, pissed of brits which is always good
>>1029035
t. windsor
How can one man be so fucking based?
>>1028797
>>>/kc/
too bad Allemagne lost it's ability for skillful diplomacy with him
Did Bodhidharma historically exist or was he a Shaolin folklore?
Mu
He probably was real.
>>1028372
He most likely existed. There were shitloads of Indo-Iranian Buddhist missionaries streaming into China from places like Khotan or the Kushan Empire.
What is myth is that he invented Shaolin Kung-Fu.
Is this /his/-approved?
Yes, though it can be slow as fuck sometimes.
>>1027998
This is probably my favorite historical show.
Tell me about the Venetians. Why were they such dicks?
>>1026018
The Venetians were essentially the richest nation around a bunch of poorer nations. I presume they just feel superior to the other nations/countries.
>>1026018
>dicks
They pursued their own interests as all successful cities-states should
>>1026105
Didn't they eventually get BTFO'd? How did they get away with their Crusades antics?
