How do you call it when you falsely explain an event by something that happened after?
Like saying "A wrote X book, and when we read it, we can see he was expecting WW2", when there is no link between these elements.
(Idk if I'm understandable here, I'm not a /his/toryfag)
>>858486
You mean a post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc
>>858501
Kinda, but really in a specifically historical point of view. Maybe there is no word for it in english, we have one in french but I can't remember it either.
(Anyway that's what I was looking for, thanks anon)
>>858486
I don't know but I have to say that it's quite a common misperception of history. Too many historical figures get bashed for something they couldn't anticipate or worse yet, acted in the best way possible according to their situation.
Is it possible that the Uralic peoples came from Northern China? Comb ceramic culture made its first appearance there and somehow it ended up in Northern Europe some time later
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comb_Ceramic
Redpill me on Liao civilization /pol/
>>858304
>inb4 China has a historical claim to Russia
>>858338
They are southern invaders. Manchuria belongs to the Ural-Altaic people
This has probably been asked before, but can someone explain to me how exactly the government worked in the Roman Republic? And I don't mean when it was corrupted as shit at the time of Caesar, but in its prime (Scipio and Cato the Elder era)
>>857363
>Empire wasn't prime
Okay lad
>>857370
I mean prime republic of course, which would mean when the republican government was running at its best, not necessarily when the state was at its best, which probably would have been under Caesar
Until the late period it was all about family alliances and was mostly realpolitik kind of shit where nobody really cared what they voted for as long as it helped you politically. Also you had to have once been a consul to be worth a damn in the senate
What the fuck was his problem?
>>888447
The British Navy
Bringing about the revolution of the bourgeoisie.
>>888447
The Russian winter
/his/
What Criminal Organization has been the most powerful and respected in history?. Who has been the most powerful Capo?
>>888236
>What Criminal Organization has been the most powerful
currently the 'Ndrangheta
i dont know if they are "respected" as such
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
>>888236
rothschilds, medicis or borgias.
Hey. Found this weird coin while digging through some stuff. Anyone have an idea what it is?
>3.54 MB
For a coin? C'mon anon
looks semitic or hindi
>>887631
Thanks
I get the argument that evil exists because of free will, but why couldn't God create men who were free of a desire to sin?
>inb4 Satan
pic unrelated
>>887583
because god is a dick who wants us to be perfect but gives us the capability to be asses for literally no reason
>>887583
Cause that's fuckin boring.
>>887583
He did. Then Satan happened.
You can't inb4 the correct answer
Is Paris the Beijing of Europe?
Or is Rome the Beijing of Europe?
>>887011
Beijing is the youngest of China's capitals and is not considered the "classic" city in Chinese history.
That would be Chang'an. Which is gone now buried by the modern city of Xian.
>>887011
You mean the other way around right?
>>887011
Rome is the capital of Daqin.
>massacres a bunch of French diplomats despite having no such orders
>this sparks the French and Indian Wars
>said wars forces Britain to raise the taxes
>rebels against Britain to evade the taxes they raised because of the war he started
>proceeds to beg for help to the country of which he massacred the diplomats thus starting the war
Why is this guy seen as a hero?
At best he's a lucky incompetent fool, at worst he's a malevolent plotter
>>886384
What if he was a lucky incompetent plotter fool?
>>886384
Americans idolize dumb luck and crafty trickery, along with determination, bravery and strong idealism.
His and the other founding fathers possession of those traits is probably the origin of that.
>>886384
Because america is filled with lucky incompetent fools.
alright /his/ convince me that this man doesn't own everyone and everything
>>886319
Hmmmm, that's tough. You would have to look at what he's trying to acquire to see what he's lacking. World dominance springs to mind. So if he's seeking it, he doesn't have it yet.
>>886319
Last time I checked Sergey Brin and Larry Page owned some stuff.
>>886342
what do they own? google? that's information. paper money?
how much is the vatican worth? is there anyone who could assess that value?
What is the role of Islam in Western countries in the 21st century? Do we label it as a political dogma or a religion, and will we rethink the way we perceive religious liberty?
I personally think Islam is a threat to our secular republican way of life. Not only is it frightening to see how they're ripping their countries apart on sectarian lines, but most of the suspects in Paris, Cologne, and Brussels were second and third generation who supposedly should have integrated by now.
Does Islam in its current form, where the vast majority preach din wa dawla, have a place in a liberal democracy?
>>886302
While I would like to discuss this I think it violates the discussion rules because it's about stuff going on in the 2000s which is too soon
>>886302
No, of course not. Democracies are only for civil people. They are useless when the mob is evil.
who is the king in that picture?
What is Juche? How did it become the state ideology of Korea? Why is best korea so fucked up.
Asians are kindve like ants. Get a charismatic enough leader and they'll go hive mind and blindly follow
>>886293
>Why is best korea so fucked up.
relying on an unstable superpower for assistance.
>>886311
not anymore, even china is fucking them up now
What if Ottomans (not Goths) were actually the ones who destroyed Roman Impire.
>>886099
>tfw the byzantines looked like turks
But the Ottomans were Roman.
>>886129
No, Romans had Impire once, but Ottomans were muslim turcroaches which invaded Byzantee.
Jeezus kids, you know nothing about history, wtf are you doings here? Are you Ameritard or just underage?
How different would Japan be if they had converted into Catholicism after the arrival of the Portuguese?
The Catholics had the plan of converting them and helping them Crusade on the rest of Asia. They would probably become more militaristic and expansionist than they were.
>>885916
>How different X be if Y historical event that did not happen happened.
...pretty fucking different, you nig.
>>885928
No bully. Just curious of what /his/ users think.
Let's say Alexander didn't die when he did, and just kept going further and further East, eventually reaching the fractured China of the Warring States period.
Could he have conquered China?
>>885779
>Let's say Alexander didn't die when he did, and just kept going further and further East
he was already returning west so no.
Nah
No.
He died after his conquest had already stalled.
