>In 1860, half of the South’s wealth was held in the form of slaves. By the end of the war, it was gone, legally defined into oblivion by emancipation.
oh i am laffin
>tfw this was a tragedy
>tfw you live and were born in New England and you're the only person you know who thinks this for reasons other than "we need to enslave niggers again"
>>903807
When your entire economy is based off of immoral means, you deserve everything you get.
Both fiction and non-fiction are welcome.
I'm looking to really pad my reading list now that I have money.
>>903740
some of my favorite books on hoplology/marital arts history.
http://www.freelanceacademypress.com/oldschool-ebook.aspx
http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-133-9780824818791.aspx
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1220405.Comprehensive_Asian_Fighting_Arts
Draeger's work is dated but still pretty good
>>903740
Great book but based Magee made an updated version of it which is equally as good
>>903740
If you're interested in even more history of philosophy I'd recommend The History of Philosophy by Julian Marias. Durant's book used to be my favorite because I read it as a kid, then I read Marias'and it was terrific.
Paint the world based on how interesting regions are.
''no''
Here we go m8s
http://discovermagazine.com/1987/may/02-the-worst-mistake-in-the-history-of-the-human-race
>was he right /his/?
no shitposting about his other books pls just on this essay
>>903136
>History
>Mistakes
This is like reverse positivism.
>>903136
As ethnobotanist it's bothersome that lay people and generalists make a division between farmers and gatherers as if the divide is clear cut
>>903136
Primitivists shouldn't be allowed to write any articles on the internet.
How does this makes you feel?
Like we should have just gassed them like the rats they are to halt their advances.
How will peoples reactions when finding out that all sides of the conflict partook in the looting make you feel?
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.5615/neareastarch.78.3.0142.pdf?acceptTC=true
http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/content_files/AAAS-SyrianTWHS-122014.pdf
As percentage of sites assessed, we see 21% of sites
looted in ISIS areas and 16.5% in Syrian regime areas, compared with 28% and 27% in Kurdish and opposition-held areas respectively.
It's no shock considering the country had -9.90% GDP growth last year (even Iraq and Afghanistan experienced a more positive net growth) and all sides are pulling funds which ever way they can through crude, amphetamines, and other anti depressants; Pfizer must be making a killing.
Thoughts?
>>902692
He was a good statesman and was responsible for the industrialization of France and helped in making it a major power during the 19th century
>>902706
Second French Empire was pretty damn GOAT in general.
What do you think about the evolution of ballet, particular 19th century ballet compared to modern ballet?
>>901647
I don't know much about it other than that Balanchine is the guy who's pinned as being totally responsible for the whole thing. I do know that ballerinas have very ambivalent opinions on whether or not the transition was an overall good for the art form. Most of the negatives seem to come from the new, rather extreme body types (and feet) required for professional ballet. This is just me making observations from the 2 (professional) ballerinas I've dated.
I'd be interested in seeing a thread with people more knowledgeable than I, but this is 4chan. Here's your reply for starting a thread on an interesting topic.
>>902753
I would say the transition can't necessarily be called bad or good. I do think the changes from late 19th century ballet/early 20th century to modern ballet includes losses and gains. We've pretty much lost these really fantastic terre à terre steps they used to do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAQs_rlyCKo (by the way I highly recommend all the Ballet Evolved videos, very very interesting look at the history and evolution of ballet) yet modern ballet dances can do far more fouettes/pirouettes/other turns than before because of the changes in shoes and different standards for ballet training. Modern dancers can also balance for longer period.
In modern ballet, legs are lifted higher and straighter and there is much more emphasis on achieving a specific aesthetic with the body--achieving a line or arc at a certain moment, and making sure every thing looks "clean," each step and jump measured to perfectionist. Modern ballet requires you to be an athlete, and also as you said, requires or expects a more extreme body type. Whereas in the past, the emphasis was more on those little details--their feet movements, leg movements, arm movements, all creating stories and drama and reactions. You had to have great strength in your feet and legs--more so because the shoes of yore provided almost no support--but it wasn't nearly as intensive, physically.
Compare this old pas de deux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YNpnbGmM5M or Ellen Price dancing La Sylphide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7xkcl0I6zA and you can get a better idea of it.
>>902961
(continued)
There's been a lot of buzz since last year because of Ratmansky's new production of The Sleeping Beauty, which is largely based on the original Petipa of 1890. Ratmansky painstakingly transcribed Petipa's original notations, adding some things where the notations were unclear and to add a bit of modern sensibility to certain pieces, but overall it's meant to evoke the feel of the late 19th century/early 20th century ballets, costumes and sets included.
Here's a short sample of a few dances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVQTJFPqvjE
Personally, I disagree with those that dislike modern ballet as a whole, merely because modern ballet can theoretically be anything. You can recreate the original 1890 Sleeping Beauty as meticulously as you want, or you can re envision Sleeping Beauty with vampires and gothic elements, or you can take the music scored for Sleeping Beauty and use it to tell the story of the fall of the Romanov family. Be free!
If Roman Legions came to be a standing army for Rome, why is it that such a concept disappeared from Europe during the Middle Ages?
>>900986
None of the tiny Feudalcuck states had the fucking money, resources, nor political organization for the longest time.
Showed up again by the time of the Renaissance. But fully impelemented after the end of the 30 Years War and Treaty of Westphalia.
>>900986
Standing armies require a much more complex and prosperous economy than feudalism and levies.
>>900986
Standing armies are expensive as fuck as it requires you to pay your soldiers all the time instead of just when they are needed. Not even the parthians kept a standing army IIRC.
Another thing that makes having standing armies a problem is having a military aristocracy. Nobles aren't that fond of spending long amounts of times away from their lands, especially if it means hanging around some god forsaken border province.
What would you say are the most important cities in history? (while listing no more than 20 or so)
I think you definitely have to include:
Memphis
Thebes
Babylon
Athens
Jerusalem
Alexandria
Rome
Constantinople
Paris
London
Tenochtitlan
New York
No idea what was relevant in China or India.
I know which Memphis you mean, but I laugh at the idea that people might think you mean Memphis Tennessee
>>900897
homeland of the KKK right?
pretty important then kek
>>900792
Istanbul
Rome
London
Paris
Vienna
Moskov
Let's be honest, Muslims in the Middle Ages were pretty badass, weren't they?
These dudes were kicking the shit out of Persia and Byzantium while Europe was mostly a gagglefuck of squabbling kingdoms and city states. They had immense cavalry, and the idea of them starting out as mere tribes from the middle of nowhere and forging powerful empires. They also left a legacy that is still felt today.
>>900611
>kicking the shit out of Persia and Byzantium
>a desirable thing
apart from you know the middle east being the site of most technological advances until 1600 or so
The middle east is a fairly cool place until relatively recently in history.
Shame it's now hell on earth.
Tell me about the IRA /his/
>>899199
Controlled opposition.
Next question.
>Majority protestant region
>Want region to join Catholic Ireland
Why?
What were they hoping to accomplish?
Scum, subhuman scum
ITT: Historical figures who need a biopic.
Julian the Apostate
>>898010
Marius, Sulla, Lucullus, Catilina, Cicero, Pompey, Caesar all rolled into one. From 110 BC to 44 BC. Or maybe to 27 BC even.
William the Conqueror.
Robert Guiscard.
Otto the Great, Barbarossa, Frederick II (fuck the Pope).
Heraclius, Majorian, Maurice, Belisarius (hero doesn't win endings are all too rare).
>>898010
Hannibal. A Punic wars film trilogy would be great.
Anyone knows something about the people of the sea? their war against mycenean, hittite and egyptian empires marked the transition between bronze and iron age, but alternative historians believe they're involved in homer's odissey and that their history is very ancient.
>>895466
> but alternative historians believe they're involved in homer's odissey and that their history is very ancient.
Some writers linked the island of the Feaci to Sardinia because of a number of reasons, for instance Alcinous' royal palace's description shares many similarities with complex Nuraghi.
The three civilizations they targeted - Mycenean, Hittite and Egyptian - were undergoing some massive, catastrophic economic crises, most probably because of climate changes in the East Mediterranean coasts.
The raids by the Sea Peoples were a symptom, not the disease. They took advantage of these dying or near-dying cities.
Tales of successful raids, with plunderers boasting about their new, ill-gotten bling to corroborate them, would invite further raiders.
I'm of the mind that the Sea Peoples, while initially from some homeland, were mostly made up of large groups of dispossessed and otherwise hopeless people who took to piracy during the Bronze Age Collapse.
Were the Myceneans Indo-European ? Are they considered a pre-Greek/indo-European people like Minoans?
When do ''Greek" people appear ? Also Is the Hellenic pantheon based on pre-Indo European cultures.
need to know this ASAP for a last minute Classics essay and for whatever reason I can't find any sources that spell this out. I really appreciate any help but sources will be greatly appreciated.
>>907287
Kill la kill yourself, homeworkfag
They were black kings from Timbuktu
Were all English knights in the middle ages essentially French/Norman in lineage?
bump
no they were mostly black i think
>>907066
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