/his/ - History

>>18465

Because then you'd get

ANONIMUS IV/XIX/MMXV X:III:VII ID:IID4EV? NO.XVDCLXV

0s don't exist in roman numerals.

>>18656

Anonimus IV/XX/MMXV ID:XIXXIXUD NO.MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

GLADIATOR WADE DAVIS GET

>>18676

>MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

>Not MCXI

Q V A D R V P L V S

IV XX BLAZE IT EVNVCH!

>>18676

YVO BVGGER MEN

>>18416

Look at the helmets.

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.

Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

>>21074

Indonesia is shit. Java is overcrowded, outside of java rainforest ruined by logging & palm plantation. There are some pristine places here and there if you could forgive the lack of infrastucture.

t. indonesian

>>21072

Is there a big difference between the peninsulars and borneo islanders?

>>21080

I saw The Act of Killing some days ago, what's your take on the whole thing?

>>21081

>Is there a big difference between the peninsulars and borneo islanders?

Peninsular: Tonnes of monarchs

Borneo: No monarch (except for crazy Brunei)

>>21074

>with some great natural beauty

I always see blue birds when traveling to the cities. Those are everywhere. But monkeys, man. Those bloody creatures will turn your house upside down if you don't close the windows when you leave the house. Make sure you call the authority if you spot any crocodiles, those things doesn't play around. Get used to leeches and mosquitoes.

There's quite a lot of variety of bugs and beetles, if you're into that.

>What's your experience like living there?

I'm assuming you meant living in the rural areas.

Eh, it's kind of alright. Good luck finding people who can speak English though. Sometimes we just eat stuffs we foraged from the jungle.

>What did you do to pass the time.

Reading at the library (yes we have that. Hell, we have Asterix) and fishing for crabs. Some of my childhood friends regularly kill snakes for giggles but I has always been afraid of those buggers.

And, if you're white and British and not fat, you will get instant respect.

Do you think dueling will ever make a comeback?

>>20987

After the B Ball Wars there'll be zaubers in the streets

>>20987

I think it's been long replaced by sports.

>>20964

Conventional duels or pankration?

>>21034

>I think it's been long replaced by sports.

>>20987

I expect it to.

>>21034

Warfare as the duels of army champions.

>>18238

>implying middle ages did not start in the late antiquity and end before the XI century

What's a "middle age"? We're in the Holocene Era

>>18696

/thread

With Westphalia, we can say that the Christian (Roman) Empire dream/ambition ended. Also, it's a symbolical date that marks a period of decline of Mediterranean trade preeminence on the Atlantic one.

>>21026

Its kind of hard to take anyone seriously who thinks that the 17th century is "medieval". The dividing lines between medieval and early modern are centralized states and money economies. Luther is post-medieval as far as I'm concerned, but I can entertain that opinion. Westphalia is comical as a suggestion.

Why not just use /edu/? It gets a little bit more traffic and promoting it would help

>>21008

Why go to school when you can have a beautiful MAS-36?

So did Kennedy kill Monroe?

>>20850

I think Kennedy did okay for the short time he was here. It's so hard to really grasp what he could have done, but his management of the Missile Crisis was pretty decent.

Nixon wasn't actually a horrible president. He was just a paranoid weirdo who undermined all of his foreign policy successes by being a liar. War on Cancer was a cool project but can't really be seen as responsible for much advancement in oncology. Also set up the HMO system which everyone 100 percent loved and never had qualms with.

>>20804

This is true as well. He was in pain almost all the time and at the time of his assassination it was believed he couldn't duck down after getting shot through the throat because of his brace.

>>20933

Because it isn't "false". Even if what you are reading is pure, partisan propaganda, it tells you about that faction and their views.

>>20963

Yeah, of course pure, partisan propaganda can give you good information, e.g. the views of the faction or group, but those views are often presented as fact, and if what you're reading is black or grey propaganda then you'll have no way to tell whether what you're reading is actually true, or if it just represents the views of the political group or faction that wrote it.

>>20968

You can tell if it is true by reading other sources and reaching an informed decision. That's what being a historian, even an amateur one, means.

>>20933

That's the beautiful thing about history (and humanities in general): there is no such thing as a false account. What someone lies about tells a lot about the writer or their audience. In fact, lies can tell you just as much about history as an honest account in some cases.

Take a random example: Herodotus' account of the Persian invasion. Did the Persians really have a million men in their army? Did the gods really intervene to save Greece? Of course not, but the fact that he would exaggerate (or use hyperbole. whatever the case may be) demonstrates the importance that the Greek victory against Persia has. A more accurate account of the battle might not give a good insight into the transformation of the Greek psyche following the victory. A completely faithful account of the battle would probably tell you the events leading up to the battle, the context, the battle itself, and its impact, if it is even that comprehensive. Herodotus' account shows us how important the battle is in the minds of Greeks, gives some insight on Greek religion, what they value, and other things (since this is an account of a repelled invasion, it shows us how the Greeks viewed themselves by comparing themselves to the oppressive Persians, etc.). So in a way, an account with some bullshit in it gives us a more holistic view of the society, rather than just an account of one event in history.

Probably not the best example, but hopefully it supports my point that the scientific accuracy of a source doesn't entirely determine what you can learn from it. Pretty much if you can read it and approximately date it, you can surely get SOMETHING from it.

>>20979

Aso as >>20941 points out, you fact check all your sources with other sources to filter out the bullshit.

>>20968

And that's where your brain comes in. There's only really a problem where the partisan source is the ONLY available source on an issue. And even still, provided it's not the only source from the period entirely, comparative checking helps a lot. If you can determine common themes of bias from other accounts of your source, you can make some good guesses at the truth.

>>20959

I'd imagine the Oxford History of the United States series is pretty good. I believe The Glorious Cause (American Revolution) and Battle Cry of Freedom (Civil War) are regarded as classics.

Personally I really want some good books on Manifest Destiny, the exploration and development of the country west of the Mississippi and post-Civil War/pre-World War I America.

the 100 years war wasnt a civil war

>>20950

It was a succession war where one of the claimants was, in the view of the other, his subject.

How much power do we have

>>20961

Yes

>>20866

Did you post this on /pol/ before? Your Irish grandma sounds like a qt when she was young.

>>20874

She was a model in NYC

Firstly I'm just generic mixed white, so I don't need to know about my ancestry. My ancestry is just called "Western History"

Secondly, I think it's dumb to be proud of anything you had no control over, like your ethnicity, your nationality, physical traits, etc. You should be proud of things you've personally accomplished, not things which were just handed to you randomly at birth

>>20918

I agree completely, but I am very curious about where my family has lived throughout history and where my genes come from. It's more of an extension of my interest in history and anthropology than any nationalist thing.

>>20918

>>20921

Glad to see people with commen sense.

i love /his/

The first man in history is more influential than him

I don't think that's the best way to determine the most influential person in history. Much of what is monotheism today was developed by generations of Middle Eastern theologians, and Abraham just happens to be the legendary patriarch of the Jews whom Christians and Muslims retroactively declared their own ancestor as well.

You could take this to a reductive extreme and just declare the man who invented fire, speech, or agriculture the most influential in history. The older you are, the more likely you'd become a narrative character of some tradition or legend, but that's not the same thing as being influential in the past.

It's best I think to limit just what counts as influence to the person's lifetime and immediate successors, say one or two generations removed. After that it's dubious whether history is being influenced by that individual whenever he's remembered or referenced. He may have become a narrative device in the meanwhile to suit someone else's needs. The great prophets like Jesus, Muhammad, or Buddha are just one example.

>>20887

All hail our Great Lord Moses

I'd say Jesus and Muhammad are the two historical figures that had the widest impact.

Which is unfortunate because I want to pick Alexander the Great or Augustus, but in the end they're overshadowed by the filthy monotheists in modern times.

>>15831

AND HIS FACE WAS FUCKED LIKE A TRUE GENTLEMAN

–Rule Britannia plays-

French Revolution

>>14591

The only truly /his/ answer. Right and wrong are for ethicists. Who, what, where, when, and how are for historians.

>>14577

Why were Bashkortostan, Tatarstan and other Soviet ASSRs seen as quasi independent (borders inside Russia) in 1993? What is the story about it and why did they turn back into Russia?

>>15587

Byzantium had recovered quite a lot of land from the Turks when they were sacked by the Crusaders, including the area where the Ottomans would later be founded.

If it wasn't for the Fourth Crusade there is no doubt in my mind that a Byzantine State would exist in the place of Turkey today.

>>18296

Do you have any book about proto indo european religion? Or some comparative studies of different indo european religions?

>>18876

Most of the books up the top cover that.

>>18360

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>>18399

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>>18548

>>18675

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Thank you. Good Read.

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