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quote:Nero finally had to poison her to get rid of her. FreudianSlippers posted:-The Spanish conquered the Aztec empire in about 2 years. It took them about 170 years to fully defeat the Mayans. Mostly because the Aztecs had a fairly centralized state but the Mayan civilization was a huge mess of loosely connected villages and once mighty but decaying city states It didn't help that the Mayans were a lot poorer than the Aztecs which meant less loot which is very bad for motivating soldiers.
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Tasteful Dickpic posted:Yes, but why male models?
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Why are they always so smug.
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Tias posted:You have to disregard the existence of the Golden Dawn and Ordo Templi Orientis, where, you know, he learned them.
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CARL MARK FORCE IV posted:I don't have a source on hand, but I'm 99% sure that quote is actually from the Albigensian Crusade.
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syscall girl posted:Hashishins were ancient ninjas who would get stoned as gently caress before they did the dirty deed. The founder of what became known as the Assassins was Hassan ibn al-Sabbah, a Persian-born convert to Ismailism. in 1090, after years of infiltrating the fortress of Alamut, he turned up on the doorstep and suggested that it might be in the best interest of the castellan to skedaddle, which he did with an IOU to be redeemed by a wealthy patron. He would spend the rest of his life there. They were feared across the Umma and Outre Mere, but not because they sent doped-up chumps to do their dirty work. They were meticulously educated in local languages, customs, modes of dress, you name it. They were trained to blend in, watch, and wait until the right moment presented itself. That was the real scary part--there was no obvious suspect to look out for. Of course, Hassan eventually died, and he was a tough act to follow. The Assassins persisted for a couple hundred years afterward, during which time they dialed up their doctrinal differences right the gently caress up to 11--if I recall correctly, denying the divine origin of the Quran, the validity of the Five Pillars, the 12 Imams and the essential deliciousness of pistachios--and were eventually displaced from Alamut. By that time, though, they were a pale remnant of their former glory.  Alamut still stands, a potential UNESCO Heritage Site, and one of the places I would most like to visit on the planet.
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The Mentalizer posted:Sabbah was also extremely pious, and kept strict watch over the behavior of his followers with zero tolerance for anyone who broke the rules. Considering that he (allegedly) had his own son executed for consuming alcohol, it's pretty doubtful he would have tolerated hash use by any of his followers (let alone his most trusted fedayeen). For perspective, the Islamic prohibition against alcohol (which is, nota bene, an Arabic loanword) wasn't really universally enforced. Omar Khayyam wasn't put to death for his poetic fondness for bread, verse and wine. Neither was Rumi (note well, "The Roman"). Hassan was a single-minded, studious, and utterly devoted person. I think he would have been absolutely horrified by the actions of his successors, because every step of his religious progression was dictated by his understanding of the correct succession from the Prophet. quote:Reading that essay, it sounds like he got most of his info (especially the idea that Sabbah's core philosophy was the idea that "nothing is true; everything is permitted") from the 1938 fiction novel "Alamut": quote:I definitely recommend giving Alamut a read if you're interested in the assassins, it's a great story but bear in mind that the reality wasn't quite as sexy as Bartol made it out to be in his novel. If you want to read something less sensational and based more on the actual history of the Nizari then I recommend The Secret Order of Assassins: The Struggle of the Early Nizari Ismai'lis Against the Islamic World by Marshall Hodgson.
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The Mentalizer posted:Oh yeah, I've heard good things about that one. I actually have it but haven't had a chance to read it yet, and I don't like recommending books I haven't read myself. quote:Fair enough, although I think it's a pretty safe bet that Burroughs got it from Alamut. History is one of the most disappointing sciences. Even when you cut through all the bullshit propaganda, it's still all the same sad poo poo.
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#notallnazis
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Sulla-Marius 88 posted:While we're on the topic, if anybody is interested in Alan Turing, it's worth mentioning that The Imitation Game is a bad movie and don't bother watching it. You're welcome
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OldTennisCourt posted:An effect of this was that the Coliseum shows got real lovely.
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VanSandman posted:Temporary amphitheaters. For really big ones, maaaaybe the Circus Maximus. Rome in the late Republic and early empire didn't have permanent theaters like the Greeks did in the city.
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VanSandman posted:Both technically outside the city, unless I misremember!
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Chichevache posted:I'm surprised he isn't a Pats fan, what with "Heil Hitler" being a part of his name.
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Bertrand Hustle posted:No lie, the most racist people I knew in high school were stoners.
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Platystemon posted:Lol if you don’t have a manservant named “Enrique” to crank your meatspit.
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Oct 18, 2017 05:21
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Keru posted:Whatever cranks your hog.
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What's a Nubian?
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CharlestheHammer posted:You think that is something there was a year where they went through 4 emperors in one year. 
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Where's the Finno Korean Hyperwar? 
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Former DILF posted:Before caesar the republican system had yearly elections and two heads of state so really these
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"FOUR EMPERORS IN FOUR YEARS"
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I don't recall exactly when the elections stopped, though. Maybe under Tiberius, along with the rest of the neutering of the assemblies.
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Samovar posted:See also people buying their way into Ottoman beauracratic slavery so as to avoid other social obligations. It was a clever system, because in order to rise through the ranks, you had to convert. Your children would be raised Muslim, and therefor unable to be enslaved. So, the occasional ambitious parent would try to arrange to have his child snuck in with a new crop of slaves. Again, as far as I can recall.
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So what sort of hat should you wear to compensate for a penis that's of average length but is really thin? Asking for a friend.Alhazred posted:Lincoln would loving wreck you: http://www.abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/abraham-lincoln-in-depth/abraham-lincoln-the-athlete/ quote:gripping each end with one hand, raised it deliberately to his face and drank from the bunghole. 
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Alhazred posted:I guess we're lucky that there weren't any bakers present after battles in ancient Egypt... 
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Krankenstyle posted:Also his children are super ugly.
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Carbon dioxide posted:It's sad that most Americans can't pronounce poo poo right. 
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drrockso20 posted:It's a shame no one picked up on the Boney M reference I used
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dee eight posted:
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Milo and POTUS posted:What about being basque
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Solice Kirsk posted:I don't believe those guys ever actually existed.
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rude and highly inaccurate
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Vandalism can be fun and cool
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Sulla Faex posted:A few years ago I was naked with a mate in a night club coming down from mushrooms and keta and god knows what else, and this guy comes up to us, high on coke, and starts an argument with my mate about which operating system is better, windows or mac. And after ten minutes of this ANOTHER GUY comes up and starts arguing with the first guy about linux
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Zombiepop posted:Well kitkat in Berlin, but like dont go if you dont want unsolicited blow jobs.
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BalloonFish posted:Stephen Fry: He was a French writer trying to make a point, and therefore a massive git. 
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That's a cool and good take
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Carthag Tuek posted:i am absolutely not advocating for that (hence the quotation marks), i was just trying to give context but im a little buzzed lol
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Carthag Tuek posted:zaranoff vodka, the cheapest they had in aldi  Get on the taaka train and let's burn some poo poo 
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3D Megadoodoo posted:The vodka will be cleaner than Evian. (No seriously it's absolutely filthy compared to tapwater. Still legally potable but not something I'd pay for.)
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