Palmyra, a classical city and UNESCO World Heritage site, was recently liberated from the hands of ISIL, who destroyed some of its ancient structures (the Syrian government has vowed to rebuild them)
It feels a bit uncomfortable bringing /pol/ to /his/, BUT regardless of your stance this is a victory for history.
Here's a quick rundown
>rich independent trading city in the desert of what is know central-southern Syria
>culture was a mix of Semitic/Aramaic and Greco-Roman: a bridge between East and West
>at its peak in the 3rd century CE, Palmyra had power throughout the Levant, was able to stave off the Persians, before becoming a Roman city
>during the present-day Battle of Palmyra, its castle was used in the fighting
So, a few questions
General discussion of Palmyra - I've scanned the Wiki but I am interested in learning more
Have there been other instances of destroyed/damaged historical structures being rebuilt?
What other times have ancient/classical structures been involved or used in more modern battles?
>>896290
Slightly related but what did the people in modern day iraq and Syria consider themselves before Arabs? Assyrians?
>>896290
>BUT regardless of your stance this is a victory for history.
spotted the progressivist
>The temple showed a remarkable synthesis of ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman architecture.[1] The temple remains lay inside a large precinct lined by porticos. It had a rectangular shape and was oriented north-south.[1] It was based on a paved court surrounded by a massive 205-metre (673 ft) long wall with a propylaeum. On a podium in the middle of the court was the actual temple building. The cella was entirely surrounded by a prostyle of Corinthian columns, only interrupted on the long side by an entrance gate with large steps leading from the court. The cella was unique in the fact that it had two inner sanctuaries, the north and south adytons, dedicated as the shrines of Bel and other local deities. The northern chamber was known for a bas-relief carving of the seven planets known to the ancients surrounded by the twelve signs of the Zodiac and the carvings of a procession of camels and veiled women.[10] The cella was lit by two pairs of windows cut high in the two long walls.[1][2] In three corners of the building stairwells could be found that led up to rooftop terraces.[1]
Mine is skanderbeg, basicly stopped the ottomans from fucking up western europe, and was really good at military tactics. Mai Waifu
Jesus the Messiah.
He died for the collective sins and crimes of mankind.
He gave us the gift of salvation.
Bump
I'm interested about this thread
Charles Martel. He killed Saracens and didn't afraid of anything.
What did he mean by that?
>>894379
where is this from?
>>894391
OP's asshole.
Post inspiring feminist role models
>>893984
>posting about feminism here
>>893984
>woman poring sand into vagina.gif
>>893984
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/qa-author-feminist-geology-study-reflects-sudden-place
As a related note, is feminist glaciology a humanities subject like anthropology or a scientific subject?
If people in the middle ages thought the world was flat why is this thing round?
>>888104
>If people in the middle ages thought the world was flat
They didn't
Dionysus and the disonsian symbol became re-christianized as some voodoo talisman
PLEASE /HIS/, DON'T FALL FOR THIS ONE SINGLE BAIT!
PLEASE!
When did your state become cultured? I live in a state with a long history. It was a manifest destiny state (Illinois), because I think we bought Illinois from the natives. The nation has landlocked states, but we have lot's of rivers and mountains too. (Misssippi reporting in)
Does your state have a monoculture, and what would you propogate about your state? Are you happy there?
I live in the greatest state, Virginia.
Mother of Presidents.
Mother of States.
Model for the US Constitution.
Seat of the government.
No other state can claim to be more influential or important.
>>888093
Thank god you weren't born in West-Virgina. Bitch of Washington D.C. and master of none.
>>888037
Rhode Island.
First to fuck with britcucks, Smallest state,Home of the Navy, Shippers, First in America with Industrialized Factories and Mills, Gets looked over by Everyone.
Did Queen Elizabeth actually switch places with Francis Drake /his/torically once she got her scar?
No.
Also king arthur wasn't a little girl
>>886305
but muh Saber
>>886305
There's no proof that King Arthur was a man.
Let's talk about ethics.
Anyone here know a good philosopher who supported nihilism?
I came independently to the conclusion that nihilism is the only tenable stance in ethics. I'd like to read a real professional's arguments, so I can use his concise and well-phrased quotes in internet debates.
>>901666
Kefka approves of nihilism. He's also intelligent and he has a wicked sense of humor.
>>901666
Ray Brassier, but he's more 'nihilist' on the existential side of things
Why is nihilism the only tenable stance?
>>901676
Thoughts about Camille Paglia? Either as a thinker or as an art historian.
Feminism should work the other way around, with women becoming more masculine (rational, taking responsibilities, interested in higher pursuits), not with men becoming emotional pussies like women.
What do modern feminists (the serious ones, not the tumblrite ones) think of the idea of forcing women to register with the Selective Service?
I agree with everything she says.
>watching 300
>pretty good
>learn that it actually happened
>what the fuck.
That's a very shitty fantasy flick.
You got some shit taste.
Protip: it didn't.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Chronology_%28Fomenko%29
i have a persian buddy
i tell him that 300 is one of my favorite movies that is historically accurate
Alright philosofags, let's settle this once and for all.
What is the meaning of life?
Undefined
To achieve satisfaction.
To glorify God and resist evil.
Why would an intelligent creator even create such a thing?
Why did your parents create you?
>trying to understand something that is way beyond our comprehension
>>890397
For the humor. Have you ever watched an alpha pigeon go around bossing all the other pigeons? Raping all the female pigeons. It's fucking hilarious.
Who thought this was a good idea?
>>900733
Every sane man on the planet.
People living in USSR i imainge.
>>900779
Go to Brighton Beach and find me someone from the USSR who thinks it's collapse was a good thing, and does not legitimately miss their life there.
I'll wait.
Evil is what inhibits perfection. Matter is where evil happens. Lack of self-awareness/reflexive self-identification with all the kooky shit your materially-based mind is how it happens. Prove me wrong. Protip: you cant
http://mundusmillennialis.com
>23.
>WHAT CONSTITUTES “EVIL”?
>WHAT CONSTITUTES “EVIL” IS PERMANENT OBSOLESCENCE; ALL THAT WHICH IS PASSIVELY, OR ACTIVELY, DETRIMENTAL TO PERFECTION; ALL THAT WHICH PROMOTES DECAY EITHER VIA NEGATIVE —EXPIRING— MOTION, OR NEGATIVE —INERT— STASIS.
>WHAT CONSTITUTES “GOOD”?
>WHAT CONSTITUTES “GOOD” IS NOT ONLY IMMANENT ACTUALITY; ALL THAT WHICH IS CONDUCIVE TO PERFECTION; ALL THAT WHICH PROMOTES INTEGRATION EITHER VIA POSITIVE —INSPIRING— MOTION, OR POSITIVE —KINETIC— STASIS, BUT ALSO THAT WHICH PROACTIVELY STAVES OFF “EVIL” IN ALL ITS MANIFESTATIONS, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF ERADICATING IT.
>THE FUNCTION OF “GOOD” IS DOUBLE: TO RECONCILE AND OPTIMIZE, AND TO ACHIEVE PERFECTION, THE FORMER BEING A PREREQUISITE FOR THE LATTER; CORRESPONDINGLY, THE ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE EFFECTS OF “EVIL” ARE DOUBLE ALSO, DESPITE “EVIL” HAVING ONLY ONE FUNCTION —TO DISINTEGRATE—; CONSEQUENTLY, “EVIL ACTION” IS ALWAYS MORE IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE, AND MORE DIFFICULT TO CURTAIL, THAN “GOOD ACTION” —IT IS ALWAYS EASIER TO DESTROY, AND TO KILL, THAN IT IS TO CREATE, AND TO CONCEIVE.
>BOTH, “GOOD”, AND “EVIL”, ARE NECESSARILY MEDIATED QUALITIES, THEREFORE SOMEONE PURE —PURELY POTENTIAL, OR PURELY ACTUAL— IS BEYOND “GOOD”, AND “EVIL” —PURE POTENTIALITY, AND PURE ACTUALITY, THEMSELVES, BEING UNMEDIATED CONDITIONS OF BEING; ID EST: IMMEDIATE.
>PURITY IS BEYOND ETHICOMORALITY.
>>900690
>24.
>SOMETHING WHICH REGARDS ITS OWN SELFPRESERVATION, AND THE STRIVING TOWARD THAT SELFPRESERVATION, AS ENDS IN THEMSELVES, IS “EVIL”.
>SOMETHING WHICH PERSISTS IN THE CONTINUATION OF ITS OWN PERMANENCE AFTER HAVING BECOME OBSOLETE, OR INAPT, BECOMES “EVIL”.
>>900690
Yeah p much this except with the added caveat that what negates perfection/being is Nonbeing/unreality
We need to build a wall, and who's going to pay for it?
>>900169
people who pay tolls to get through the wall
>>900169
Initially a combination of Roman tax payers and Hadrian's personal fortune, which is offset over time by merchants paying tolls!
The pecuniam of the emperor.
