So what noteworthy civilizations did Africa actually have besides the Egypt and Ethiopia which had continues ties with the Mediterranean and Arabic world?
Civilization = centralization, urbanization, agriculture, permanent armies, organized religion, bureaucracy (tax, law, accounting, etc.), class society, specialization of work--and as a bonus--expanding influence (territory, culture, trade), creation of culture and awe-inspiring propaganda due to affluence (statues, buildings, artists, philosophers, etc).
>>420767
Carthage.
Benin to some extent,
>>420767
How many European civilizations existed without Mediterranean influences that were note worthy?
Set the bar OP
>>420775
Carthage were Phoenician colonies though
The world would be peaceful if everyone was Buddhist.
>>420489
I agree.
http://time.com/2888864/rohingya-myanmar-burma-camps-sittwe/
>>420495
That isnt religiously motivated
Where does nobility come from? Do they spawn from and eventually return to the plebeian masses? Are they part of bloodlines that have been around for hundreds if not thousands of years? Are they genetically superior to "normal" people, or were they just in the right place at the right time and it carried on from there?
Each civilisation's nobility forms at its beginning.
Western nobility formed around the 10th century, though new families joined it throughout history. Nobody can trace their ancestry farther back than that though.
>>417389
Way, way back in roman times their ancestors were filthy rich and when the world went to shit they fed poor people in return for their physical labour services. Over time this made them feudal landlords. This evolved into nobility.
>>417408
Please stop making shit up.
if the vikings were such bad warriors how did they sack paris?
>>423234
they weren't bad warriors
>>423236
This is a bait thread. Just look at the picture
>>423234
Frenchies saw scary Viking man and raised white flag.
Viking man raped French girl, and begat Napoleon.
When did the Cold War start and when did it end?
>>423167
1945-1989
>>423167
1945 - 1979
>>423167
It's started right after WW 2 and end with the fall of Soviet Union
Were the Vikings uncivilized?
>>422727
They sailed across the atlantic which is impressive
i mean adrian peterson beats his kids so yeah they seem pretty uncivilized to me
>>422727
Men who went a-viking didn't live in cities, so the answer is yes, they were un-city-living.
Your puerile question deserves this puerile answer.
Help /his/ I'm working on an historical paper on the subject on the crisis in the 17e century in Europe, more specific on the economical aspects. Due to a lot of other work i have less then 31 hours to complete this paper. I hope you guys can help me with references or even little notes of information that i can quickly examine (please put references if you do this). A student in need.
>I'm a procrastinating faggot do my homework for me
Live with the consequences of your choices.
>>422453
The chief cause of the economic crisis in Europe was flowers.
Not really the pocrastinating type desu, all my other papers and transcribtions are done. This was just asking about people who encountered information on the toppic and are kind enough to share references, so i can finish it in the time limit..
What does /his/ think of the 25th Nubian dynasty of Egypt?
prepare for kangcer desu
They were kings of Egypt for some time
Well, THEY WUZ KINGS for one dynasty.
why does the catholic church give the most satanic vibe?
>>421273
Because your image of satanic is incorrect?
>>421273
This sculpture is based honestly.
I am confused, I need some guidance on this topic. Which is the true Christianity, Protestantism or Catholic/orthodoxy?
answer will not be found on 4chan
>>420646
You'll have to tell us how you decided that Christianity was true to begin with.
Whatever method you used to find that out should be fine to find out which version of Christianity is true.
>>420646
Protestants are what gives Christians a bad name nowadays. Each off-shoot tried to be the most bible-bashing of them all, which led to the ignorant/backwards Christian meme.
Catholics/Orthodoxy are the way to go, pick whichever one is closest to your own heritage.
Is it just me or is it impossible to completely convert certain peoples to a religion?
I live in Lithuania and the majority here are Roman Catholics. I noticed that many people here, myself included, feel a certain spirituality towards trees and forests, much like the old pre-christian pagans. There was also a sort of a return of pagan ideals and religion to some extent in recent decades.
We have many poets that write about the beauty of nature (particularly forests) and this trend is still going ever since we were baptized 500~ years ago.
Is this just some phenomenon of geography? Culture? Something else?
Pursue your individual mysticism my man
>>420547
I feel as if almost every culture in the world has some degree of nature fascination. Whether it be British and druids, to Germans dressing up like wolves and yiffing.
>>420581
Really? I heard the french literature about nature is non-existent?
It's not a "degree" of fascination.
Every notable poet here has written something about nature.
It's strange because everyone feels a certain pull towards nature here, even the city folks.
Is there any point to believing in a non-immanent God?
Stuff like deism, pantheism, agnosticism and that kinda shit just seems like pussy-hole atheism.
Well?
Agnosticism IS Atheism but without all the self-assured asshattery
>>420254
Naturalistic pantheism basically is atheism but I can see the point in it from a philosophical point of view because the idea we are all connected and the entire universe is connected has some clear strengths from a moral reasoning point of view.
>>420264
So pussy-hole atheism then.
'spook' is synonymous with 'social constructs'
muh 'morality' muh 'social constructs
I'm pretty sure social constructs is a spook too.
>>419990
As the same as saying that spooks are a spook.
>>419993
What is not a spook?
I want to learn Latin
is latin one of those languages where you absolutely need a teacher to teach you or it's easily learned on your own?
(spoiler: the reason why i wanna learn latin, as well as german, is because i want to read philosophical treatises in their original language for the most comprehension possible).
I learned Latin in high school, it's not that hard. Find a high school starter book and live the dream. Remember to do a lot of translations.
>>419472
Its's really easy
>>419472
It depends OP. How much experience do you have learning languages?
I'm studying Classics at university with a major in Classical Greek, and I'd imagine it would be pretty hard without a teacher.
What were the various sackings of Rome like? (Gauls, Vandals, Visigoths, Ostrogoths)
What was it like for the civilians living in the city? Was there ever a time when barbarians killed off all the civilians? What was the rest of the empire's reactions?
Anyone here?
bamp
What will it take to get a reply? Or is this board just really slow?
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