>He desperately clings to the residual respect given to Christianity and its followers despite knowing full well the illogicallity of believing it it, just because he is too cowardly to forge his own path and philosophy.
>>512313
is the chick in the blue dress hotter
>>512313
more than being illogical, its his absurdity
anyway, sage because this is just reverse religious shitposting
Let's have a thread to discuss one of the most based medieval polities of them all: La Serenissima.
La Serenissima resources:
De Re Militari tag archive: http://deremilitari.org/tag/venice/
DRM articles: http://deremilitari.org/2014/08/the-venetian-crusade-of-1122-1124/
Venetian naval strategy: http://deremilitari.org/2014/03/foundations-of-venetian-naval-strategy-from-pietro-ii-orseoto-to-the-battle-of-zoncho-1000-1500/
Wiki on the economic history of Venice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_Venice
NBER article 'International Trade and Institutional Change: Medieval Venice's Response to Globalization': http://www.nber.org/papers/w18288
National anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEaMeOeEXao
>ONCE did she hold the gorgeous East in fee;
>And was the safeguard of the West: the worth
>Of Venice did not fall below her birth,
>Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty.
shame about the anthem tho
>>512227
Shame that they didn't transform into an empire. Regardless of interests, they could have unified Italy.
>>512227
Thank you for taking down Constantinobel.
Today is the day!
https://www.change.org/p/teutonic-knights-drive-saracens-out-of-byzantium
Let's get this show on the road.
>>512198
>teutonic knights attempt to drive the turk out of byzantium
>the HRE gets flooded with turks
Barbarossa would be proud
>>512206
I BET THE VENETIANS DID THIS.
>>512216
They're what they call "Italians" now
By the way, the papacy owns about a fraction of rome now, and is a joke state
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826HMLoiE_o
Just a video to get things started. I think it's amazing that the San are the last people to actually hunt like this (there is this Mexican tribe of Natives that can run for far longer, and are most likely descended from people who chased down their prey for hours).
theres an interesting discussion about hunter gatherers and post agricultural revolution cultures here also linking this other thread to here
>>508189
>>512162
You realized this video is staged don't you, little American?
>>512162
thats the most badass hunting recreation ive ever seen
Can /his/ name some wars where both Christians and Muslims fought side by side that happened before 1800?
I'm certain I've read of conflicts on the Iberian Peninsula during/before Reconquista where Christians fought alongside Cordoba muslims against enemy Christians.
>>512092
I heard before the british split up the middle east, the jews and muslims were on really good terms with eachother. Is this true?
>>512092
The Crusades.
Muslim mercenaries in Crusader armies. Christfaggot Turkics and Arabs in Muslim armies.
Why have Christian missionaries always done so badly converting Jews compared to people of other religions?
>>512043
lmao
They were pretty bad at converting muslims too.
Christianity being shit is a core tenet of Rabbinic Judaism, it's deeply influenced everything right down the Biblical exegesis. It would be like trying to convert a Christian to Satanism.
Was the Ottoman Empire an example of "moderate" Islam?
I don't associate it with the prudery, violence and martyrdom of modern day Arabia/Islam.
>>511901
It had its religiously retarded moments (i.e. ban on printing because it was unislamic) but it was chiller than what came after.
Turkics never really took Islam that seriously as Ayyrabs do.
>>511907
>(i.e. ban on printing because it was unislamic)
The ban on printing was by the guilds of calligraphists and scribes. Who had a very large influence in the Ottoman Court since they practically wrote down all the bureacratic shit.
>>511901
Sure, moderate,but it still didn't like science. Like that observatory in Istanbul that operated a whopping 3 years or so before getting rekt by clerics.
Where did the British go wrong during the American revolutionary war? Why exactly did they lose it? Curious.
>French assistance to Americans allowed them to simply outsupply the British
>retarded, but hard to predict, American guerilla tactics
>dissatisfaction amongst the populace with British taxation budged them towards supporting the rebellion
>American propaganda was also better
>>511322
>retarded, but hard to predict, American guerilla tactics
>American propaganda was also better
these two do not even deserve to be in the presence of the other two points 2bh family, so insignificant they are comparetively
>>511283
Not enough support. Most of the populous were happy to remain loyalist, since very little of the concerns affected them. But the British just had too much shit going on elsewhere to commit much of a force compared to the rebels and their allies.
Best thing said about it is that "America didn't win, but Britain certainly lost."
For what purpose?
>>511123
pic says it all senpai
>>511123
Why is Chernobyl in the picture when it is in Ukraine?
>>511141
It is close to the border. It's also close to Kyiv. Have you ever wondered why Kyiv isn't polluted with radiation? Most of the shit went right North.
william the Bastard
>>511109
William the Bastard was worse than Hitler
>>511109
>Establishes a familial line that will never perish and rules England to this day
>Successfully conquered the Saxons, something the Romans and Danes/Norwegians never fully succeeded in
>BTFO Scotland during the Harrying of the North, something many of his spawn would fail to copy
>Put the traitor Harold down like the dog he was
>Had the blessing of the Pope
I'm detecting significant levels of Saxon butthurt.
>>511350
>>Establishes a familial line that will never perish and rules England to this day
Your royal house are a bunch of fucking germans.
Anglos are the scum of the earth.
You and your ilk ought to exterminated before you wipe us all out.
Ok so if you're a feminist and atheist do you you find it hard to believe the whole Joan of Arc story: That a peasant girl with no training lead an army because she received a vision from God? Or are you more inclined to believe she was a crazy bitch hearing voices in her head due to schizophrenia?
>>510957
>I'm a girl btw
I think the skitzo factor may just be a part of the getting a vision from God deal.
For example, before her soul is sent to Earth God tells her, "I need you to do something and here are the conditions that your physical body will have to endure"
Goes to show you how God's most Holy are always killed off even by the ones who say they are "holy"
>Brit conservatives hate him because he sold the Empire off for a song and because Gallipoli
>socialists hate him because of economic policies
>leftists hate him because muh colonalism muh racism
>Euro nationalists hate him because Dresden
>Americans don't like him because drunk banter
>the French hate him because he cucked CDG
>even Jews hate him because White Paper
Why the fuck is Churchill seen as a popular figure? For giving a couple of speeches on the radio?
>>510935
Basically because he was the figurehead of Britain while it won WWII. Had the war not occurred, he would have been reviled. Had he lost the war, the public would have hung him in the streets.
>>510935
Americans still like him though
>>510942
But how did he go from "drunk incompetent asshole with some redeeming qualities who was in the right place in the right time", to one of the people brought up in every list of greatest modern leaders?
How could the Brits fuck up this badly?
How?
HOW?
Poor intelligence and an unwillingness to withdrawn once committed to an action.
They almost broke through despite that, the main thing they underestimated was the Ottoman resolve.
>>510891
you underestimate the Turks, who, on their own turf are pretty exceptional fighters .
In the Balkans or deserts of Palestine- not so much .
>>510891
Churchill was an absolute madman that wanted to see how many he could get killed on a wild ride to the east for a laugh
Looking for a Byzantine general history, any recs? I'm fascinated but I don't really know where to start.
Other books to check out about Byzantium wouldn't be bad either. Maybe a primary source as well, but all in due time.
>>510864
Why does Byzantine art and jewelry always look cruder than Roman stuff?
>>510887
Like what?
>>510864
It's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Am I going crazy or does this look wrong?
I remember having a conversation with my third grade teacher about how far away Japan is from China.
Also Australia looks weird. I never remember it having a dimple.
>>510789
Google Maps does have a bad case of Mercator Projection... or you're just bad at geography.
>>510789
You should look at maps more often
you're probably just American.
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