Say a true fact about history doesn't have to be special I'll start
People worked iron by 1200
There was a global flood in around 2000 BC.
It wasn't until the 1800s that humans routinely exceeded 5 foot 6 inches tall.
>>451897
>true fact about history
History is not composed of truth or facts but wie es eigentlich gewesen, to show the past essentially as it happened. To show, not truth, and as it happened in its own terms, through the attempt to be essential about the past, from the past's own sources.
Most people don't understand this not particularly special aspect of the discipline.
Blue collar ignoramus here. Recently disgusted by how little I read, but I've always preferred books about history to fictional literature. Is there a list of /his/ essential books? I want to buy 5 books while there's still holiday sales going on all over the place. I've heard Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich by Sherer is very good and respected.
>Blue collar ignoramus here
in b4 whining about marxist left wing academics who control universities
>>451720
inb4
>yea man universities are totally not lefty cesspools haha that's a load of crap
>>451727
I'm not trying to bait shitposts just want some book recommendations, I wasnt very well gonna go to leddit or amazon recommended
Thousands of years ago
>was the intellectual birthplace of our number system
>were masters of medicine
>forged massive empires
>rivaled rome
Now
>a massive shithole
>ravaged by terrorism
>burning temples and other pieces of history
What the fuck happened?
>>451674
If your country is religious and your holy book says someone should be stoned for committing adultery, progress really isn't an option.
>>451674
The number system originates in India
>>451705
Wonder how Europe is going to look in 15 to 20 years with all the middle eastern refugees they've taken in. I don't think it's so much they they are Muslims, but more the combination of coming from a war torn country + Muslim beliefs that is going to cause a fuck load of problems.
/his/, can you recommend me any solid books about the history of Knights, especially during the Early and High Middle Ages? Looking for Anglo-French books, but anything on Italy would be pretty cool too.
Alternatively, books on the overall nature of war from the Norman Invasions of Sicily and England to the Hundred Years' War.
>>451624
Richard Barber has various jobs about knights and chivalry.
Jean Flori has another easily readable book in the subject.
Georges Duby has an small article about about the young and the chivalry society that its really funny and interesting to read.
How did knights come to be?
Was there a vacuum previously occupied by something from classical times that they filled?
>>452420
Not really. There was cavalry, but previously this was mostly light cav that used javelins. IIRC the Normans largely defined the role in the 11th Century, with the Norman cavalry deciding to hang onto their spears in Hastings instead of tossing them.
Is a degree in Classics the way to go?
Half of my university's political science/history courses are about muh colonialism and immigration.
A degree not in history would be preferable, unless you are aspiring to be the assistant manager at Starbuck's.
Unless you're doing history for pre-law you're probably fucked.
But yeah that said my concentration is in classical studies. Anything else and you're going to hear endless leftist white guilt and self-flagellation.
>>451620
I'm already work in IT, but I need a degree to get a promotion into management.
>>451625
Ah, then yes. Do classics. Like I said, most other histories will be invaded with SJWs doing it for a humanities credit and spewing their toxic white self-hate. However studying classical civilizations tends to scare them away so you'll be fine
What are some /his/ approved youtube channels?
Real Crusade History
https://www.youtube.com/user/RealCrusadeHistory
Religion for Breakfast
https://www.youtube.com/user/ReligionForBreakfast
what does /his/ think about extra credit's history lesson stuff?
I can't stand their normal stuff but I honestly find myself entranced by their extra history series.
>>451449
i watched the one about WWI but thats all
>>451449
Read a fucking book and please never post on /his/ again.
There is no true universal or objective morality.
Prove me wrong.
Protip: you can't.
>>451161
last time we had this thread pretty much everyone agreed...
>>451166
Alright. There is a universal objective morality. Prove me wrong. You can't.
There is.
Read the book Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis.
There is an absolute truth, not relative.
Why do people still say "modern day" instead of saying "post-modern day" or "contemporary day"?
Modern being used to describe the present day makes sense. It's terms like "post-modern" that don't (at least without an external reference to what period or movement they are actually refering to).
I would say everything after 1900 classifies as modern.
>>451133
Most history textbooks use colonialism or the industrial revolution as the starting point, others use the Enlightenment
It would appear Islam forbids animation with some exception. To anime fans who have wondered about whether or not anime is forbidden in Islam, here is one place to clarify.
https://islamqa.info/en/39806
Except that there are weebs in the middle east. Are they apostates or what?
>>450708
Possible. Allah may bring fire upon their loins.
>>450557
There are Islamic cartoons about the like of Muhammad.
>2015
>not being a hedonist
tips trilby
>>449993
the fuck is a hedonist
Is viperposting a thing or it's just one autist shitposting on all boards?
What could France have done differently in 1940 to avoid defeat?
>>447927
not have dogshit communication and morale
>my dick when it sees that qt brunette blue eyed French qtpie/10 baguette
>>447927
Invade Germany when its entire military was in Poland
Orthodox thread.
Protestant > Orthodox > Catholic
From most Christian to least Christian.
What's some Orthodox required reading?
>>440073
Why do you think Protestantism is the most Christian?
Is Judas in hell according to christians? I don't think he should be seeing how he repented.
>>453727
>if this guy was proclaimed a saint
Judas is probably fucking some boys in catholic heaven.
>>453727
Not according to many Christians. After all, without Judas there could have been no salvation of man. He was integral to God's plan. The more interesting question is whether or not Judas had free will.
>>453786
None of us have free will. And this isn't because of God, it's because we have too many factors in life that make the notion of being completley free of doing whatever one so desires, completley ridiculous.
I didn't even choose to be born.
which civs smoked pot back in the days?
The Hindu Kush are called that for a reason
The ayyrab Assassins/Hashashins chewed hashish all the time
But in all seriousness OP, weed history is an even more barren field than weed science.
>>453360
Scythians burnt the seeds and hotboxxed them
>>453700
american civilization
>tfw christianity destroyed greek culture
>greeks
>culture
>we wuz kings
>Byzantine empire
>not realizing Christianity is a product of Greek culture
From NT until early Middle Ages Greek was the language of Christianity, Greek philosophy was used as the basis for Christian Theology and Greek art as the basis for traditional Christian Art.
