What is the most unlearnt lesson of history?
I'd argue will durant nailed it here.
>>677901
um.....islamophobic much???
>>677904
kek
>>677904
The world needs more islamaphobia desu.
>inb4 you're a Christ fag
religion
>>677866
4chan
>>677866
Dicks
What would have happened if Napoleon won his campaign in russia and didn't suffer crippling losses?
>>677853
All of Europe would be unified under one banner and it would speak french
Based desu
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>>677853
The world would be a better place.
What did the crusaders think of the Muslims?
Did they have specific opinions about Arabs, Persians and the Turks?
What are some good materials to read in this era about the interaction of Christians and Muslims?
Also post any interesting or funny quotes you have.
>>677779
I only know of Moor (Berber) and Saracen (Arab)
They had no slur against Turks or Persians
Like any religion that isn't Catholicism, they hated them.
t. Orthodox Christian living in the Byzantine Empire
>>677779
"God what a knight, if only he were Christian!" et al.
>The saddest thing is that the Americans stopped moving west when they hit the ocean.
They should have all jumped in.
What did he mean by this?
>>677701
Western culture should've colonized the east via naval warfare if necessary.
>>677757
>They should have jumped into the ocean and died there.
>Nietzche ever liking Anglos
We should have conquered east asia
Someone on /int/ told me to post this on /his/. My grandfather died. When I cleared out his apartment, I found a trunk of old newspapers he saved. I took pictures of all of them. Here is what a man born in 1916 thought were important historical moments.
Is there any language that just comes naturally and is easiest for humans to learn?
I was thinking since what language we use, is mostly dominated by how widespread and how long it has been in use.
Surely we can agree that some languages are easier to learn than others but it doesn't matter so much as the language you learn as you grow is going to be an easier process than trying to learn one later on in your life.
If you don't teach a child any language they will learn the Phrygian language all on their own.
>>677282
>Surely we can agree that some languages are easier to learn than others
As a linguist I disagree.
>>677404
>Spanish isn't easier than Mandarin
Inform me all there is about the Hyksos.
They were Assyrians.
>>677172
>Assyrians
Knowing them they'd get bootyblasted halfway through Egypt because they weren't worshipping Sham-Mesh.
>>677168
I've studied them quite a bit recently!!
From what I understand, the Hyksos were Palestinian and Syrian refugees / entrepreneurs who immigrated to southern Palestine and the Nile Delta region c. 1750 - 1700 B.C.
They slowly began establishing power (economically first, since they were all over the Nile's outlet, but slowly politically since they are related) in Egypt to the point where, along with Ethiopian assistance in the south, they were able to push 'pure-blood' Egyptian rule out of Egypt.
They integrated into Egyptian culture for the most part and were Egyptian to everyone except the real Egyptians, who started to get pissed once they were cut out of the economy.
After ruling for around 200 years and even establishing their own Dynasty, the majority of 'Hyksos' (Palestinian / Syrian immigrants) were expunged from the land by Ahmose I, whose father and brother had both dedicated their lives to the effort.
They fled to Palestine.
Hatchepsut also had her own expulsion of Hyksos and slaves later in history
What happened during the Greek dark ages?
pls respond
idk I wasn't there
>>677277
My grandpa was there but he died in 2009
Hello friends,
What has caused these borders to form like this?
Weird borders general.
>What has caused these borders to form like this?
Not to be an asshole here, but the answer is pretty obvious if you know anything about the european military history of the last few hundred years.
>>676973
>What has caused these borders to form like this?
Germans
Dukes and later on nation states bickering
>"This truly was the Hundred Years Warᵀᴹ"
>I can't belive we survived the World War I
For The U.S™ Army®
>I guess, in the end, it really was a Bellum Gallicum
Why did he stopped after conquering Poland? He could've conquered France, Spain, Germany and Italy, prevent Renaissance to happen as well as shiity, petty wars of Europe in general. Also did Mongols ever fought the Byzantines?
>>676936
Genghis never conquered Poland because he was dead long before first invasion took place. And that's also why Mongols didn't go further west - no comparable leader to fill his shoes resulted in a gradual fragmentation of the empire and loss of power.
>>676980
>Genghis never conquered Poland because he was dead long before first invasion took place. And that's also why Mongols didn't go further west - no comparable leader to fill his shoes resulted in a gradual fragmentation of the empire and loss of power.
Yup.
There were also better targets for the Mongols to spend most of their resources.
Europe was not as rich as Persia, Egypt or China.
That's why the Mongols would send 50,000 men to Europe while they had 500,000 against one of the Chinese Kingdoms.
Mongol tactics worked on steppe
Europe is not Steppe. They'd have never made it past Eastern Europe even with Genghis.
This is also why they couldn't get into India
What's your favourite book of the New Testament?
The Book of the Fisherman Who Had No Fish Because He Needed Jesus
Revelation.
Fucking awesome.
>>676891
Mark. It really makes me laugh.
>I write this letter, the last letter, which will be left after me in Saint Petersburg. I have a premonition that I will die before 1 January (1917). I speak to the Russian People, to Papa [he referred to Nikholai II as Papa and Aleksandra as Mama], to Mama and Children, to all of the Russian Land, what they should know and understand. If I will be killed by ordinary people, especially by my brothers—the Russian peasants, then you, the Russian Tsar, should not worry about Your Children, —they will lead in Russia another hundred years.
What the hell was up with this guy. I am not a expert on this period of history can someone enlighten me on this mysterious figure. Was he really super natural and what was up with his death. Why couldn't he die
>>676817
>Was he really super natural
Congratulations. You are now the Tsaritsa. Please die in a basement by pistol shot to the head.
>what was up with his death.
Adrenaline's a helluva drug. Also growing up as a Russian peasant makes you adept at receiving punishment.
>Why couldn't he die
He did, therefore he could.
Rasputin was the cause of the Russian Revolution.
He was having sex with all Russian women and this made the men mad. When they complained about the oppression of the elite, they were actually talking about Raputin's penis. Most of the Soviet leaders read Das Kapital while locked in their cucksheds.
God tier (pun intended):
>Theist
Fedora/pseudo-intellectual tier:
>Militant atheist
Normals tier:
>Theist without reason or questioning
Can we agree for once?
Wheres your evidence theist?
>>676722
Leap of faith, friend
>>676725
Thats not very disciplined.
