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what is Fourier's Transformation ?

fucked if I know. That's a science question, I'm history user, so i can't help you.

explain communism

Bonnie Prince lead us.

explain why nazi germany failed

I like threads like this. Explain the nuclear arms race

Communism

>an ideological movement
>origins in Maxism 19th century

general ideas common to all interpretations:

>State should seize the means of production
>collectivisation
>All large industry state-owned
>social programmes in exchange for work
>The only way to communism is to violenty overthrow the Bourgeoisie (large business owners, land owners, etc)

Ideas that some (not all) interpretations adopt

>No private ownership, everything is communal
>five-year plans (planned economy)
>No free market
>In order to transition into communism, socialism must first be adopted (large government, with central authority keeping private businesses in check for the benefit of average citizens
>Heavy state-funded subsidisation

Why doesn't this work? It assumes that people aren't corrupt.

Explain the Ottoman empire user

Were negros really Kangz?

A lot of reasons, but here's a few

>War economy dependent on Blitzkrieg, so long campaign heavily damaging to the economy
>War production propped up by private companies
>most equipment used by Wehrmacht privately-made, with huge variety each with proprietary replacement parts.
>If a certain weapon or machine breaks down, you have to use parts made specifically for that machine
>invaded Russia in the winter (because of Italy's incompetence in Greece)
>failed to win ait-superiority in Battle of Britain
>nuclear-research stalled by Allied commandos and sabotage
>incompetent leadership, Hitler insisted on being directly involved in war machinations and often ignored the advice of his generals
>inefficient use of finances--spending money on experimental "secret weapons"
>war on three fronts

I'm assuming you mean the one in the 20th century

>WWII ends
>Nazi technology ends up in the hands of both USA and Soviet Union (France and Britain too, but their economies are fucking exhausted)
>ideological differences lead to intense impasse
>For the first time in world history, ONE nation has the power to utterly annihilate any other with minimal effort (USA development of atomic bomb)
>USSR feels threatened by this
>Develops their own bomb as a deterrant against possible US threat
>US suddenly wrenched by comfort zone of being only country capable of wiping any other off the map
>nuclear proliferation begins late 1950s
>USA and USSR constantly testing, refining, and developing new, more numerous, and more effective means of annihilating one another
>by 1960s, MAD in effect
>MAD = Mutually Assured Destruction, the idea that if one fires, they're signing their own death warrant, because the automated response will ensure the other's destruction
>closest we ever came to nuclear war was in 1962 when USSR began stationing ICBMs in Cuba, meaning that MAD was now uneven, with more Soviet missiles now capable of hitting US targets than US missiles hitting Soviet targets (Later revealed in 1990s that this was in response to US stationing ICBMs in Turkey)
>1970s Détente comes into effect, with USA and USSR agreeing to ease tensions and scale back Nuclear production
>Direct line of communication established between Washington and Moscow
>1979, tensions soar, Russians invade Afganistan
>proxy war
>arms race ends in late 1980s-1991 with collapse of Soviet Union due to internal instability
>1992 end of cold war arms race

>Ottoman turks powerful new kids on the block
>wisepsread use of gunpowder and cavalry
>Janissaries (foreign conscripts) used whenever new area conquered--highly effective
>stopped invasion of Europe only by cooperation between various European powers at the time--especially France and Spain
>spent over two hundred years in decline, eventually broke apart in 1918 after Britsh supported Arab uprisings during WWI

Minor mistake here. Germany invaded Russia in the Summer, but got stranded in the Winter.

fucked if I know

Explain the reign of Gilgamesh

i meant the invasion got delayed, as I'm pretty-sure they intended to invade in the spring, but got delayed until the summer, and ended up staying until the Winter because of Italian invasion of Greece.

Haven't read his epic yet. It's in my reading list.

Mark me.

During Bronze Age Europe (3200–600 BCE), metallurgical science would obviously have needed to have a steady supply of tin. The thing is, though, apart from finding the metal in what is now the UK, there's very little tin to be found in Europe. Southeast Asia has a lot of tin, but it's doubtful Europe was trading with Southeast Asia during that time

So, was almost all of Bronze Age Europe's supply of tin coming from the British Isles for a thousand or so years, or what?

>Maxism

Shaka Zhulu. How his fighting was better than other tribes and why

According to Harms (1994) There were indeed sources of tin in the middle east, mostly in in the mountain regions of Turkey. This would explain why a lot of bronze-age civilisations became quite powerful at around this time

Source: 'Bronze Age source of tin discovered', University of Chicago Chronicle, Jan. 6, 1994, Vol. 13, 9.

Shaka Zulu

>"Horns of the Bull"
>Large flanking manoeuvre with sizable reserve to finish off enemy
> utilization of total war
>often absorbed existing tribes into the Zulu
>Smart enough to take high ground and hold on to it
>Established relations with Dutch settlers

Also, he may have been a bit cray cray.

when did the religious era die out and why did the scientific era take hold.

based on what you know if history what do you think well happen in the next 30-50 years, will there be a ww3 or another civil war in the usa?

Highly debatable and full of conjecture.

In plenty of places around the world, religion is more influential than secularism.

I'm specifically talking about USA and EU

The thing about talking about the future is that we always get it wrong. For example in the 1980s, we thought Japan would be the number one economy by 2000.

But if I were to make predictions:

>roughly 2025-2030 China becomes number one economy (if it doesn't collapse)
> Political shift in USA probably 2020-2025 more to centre-left (assuming trends continue)
>USA take a back seat in world affairs, sticking to its immediate sphere of influence
>Civil war only possibility if political shift happens too quickly

WW3 - most likely scenarios

>Korean peninsula finally caves to open fighting, US and China get dragged in
>China actually invades Taiwan, US forced to defend because of defence obligations
>Russians toe too far in Arctic or Ukraine
>India and Pakistan begin shitstorm with each other and throw designated nukes

can you explain how the muslim religion gained power in the middle east, or at least some of the history behind the religion.

I would argue that in the USA religion still has a very high amount of influence to the point that it could almost be called a religious state unofficially. large religious groups actively influence the voting patterns of their followers, and the Republican Party doesn't shy away from aligning itself with evangelical constituents.

In Europe, the mid 20th century, with half becoming secularised from Soviet rule, the other half from social programmes that lead to more investment in science over time.

what is the oldest records of history?

what's your favorite time period to learn/read about and why?

OP, would you tell me when the British Isles were first united and why the fuck do people there don't want to stay united

what kind of jobs can a phd in history get?

>Islam filled power vacuum left behind by Byzantines/Romans
>First major uniting for Arabs
>Once organised, they became powerful
>Open to adopting ideas and knowledge of those they conquered
>used both eastern and western technology to gain upperhand in some cases
>Eventually controlled trading routes between East and West, securing powerful middle-man position

>cave paintings, approximately 41,000 years old.

Explain how the history of Europe was shaped from the time of the Chauvet Cave painters until approximately December 2017. Also, I'm in a hurry, so please make your response brief. Thanks.

>The Long Nineteenth Century (Approximately 1750-1914)

this period has everything

>Seven Years' War
>age of revolution
>pirates
>slave trade
>age of empires and colonialism
>The Enlightenment
>beginnings of modern thought
>industrial revolution
>secularisation of government

This period represents the last of discovering new places, and the first time we as a species began to engage in civilisation-building on a grand scale. This period made what we are now, and defines much of the world in its current state. In order to understand the modern world, you have to understand the early modern world.

>people were born
>people fucked
>people fought
>people died

Also, we got addicted to coffee.

>history teacher
>museum curator
>archivist
>policy maker
>think tank member
>History liason

Has anyone really been far as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

why do they call the dark ages dark?

oldest kind of martial arts?

Commercial air travel

do you think music is progressively getting worse, musicians and composers nowadays don't seem to be as talent or good as they were back in the day.

>Romans fell
>Any kind of order is destroyed
>Roman land is in anarchy ruled by small warlords who have enough power to rule
>Technology is not going to develop as great at it did during the Romans until the Renaissance when people will care about it

Whats the best thing I can be doing with my life rn? 30/m skilled trademan, divorced, two sons 1 and 10?

>Acts of Union 1800
>Ireland formally incorporated into United Kingdom (previously personal union)

Why didn't it stay united?

>Irish didn't like the English
for good reason, really.

>Irish war of independence 1919-1921
>Republic of Ireland
>Brexit
>Only England wants to leave
>Scotland wants to stay
>Nobody cares about Wales
>Republic of Ireland active member of EU and profits from membership
>Tories have isolated themselves from rest of British Isles
>Theresa May is going to have a hard battle now. She's had to commit to Brexit for the tories, now she has to somehow negotiate leaving, but keep the British economy afloat in the process.
>Scotland wants the fuck out
>Nobody cares about Wales

edit: Not the OP, probably have something wrong, this is my interpretation of the whole period.

>comparatively fewer records from this period in Europe due to drop in literacy
>Historians now refer to this period as "Medieval" rather than Dark Ages, because it's a misleading description
>innovation didn't stop, it just slowed down

Thanks for that, is it in any way possible that The City of London can declare its indepence from the UK?

>first guy to realise that you can sharpen a stick and it's more effective at killing someone than beating them to death with a rock.

does anyone ever care about wales?

Also innovations were mostly in the combat area. Check out the weapons and armor of the Medieval Times.

>1920s-1930s Zepplins
>1950s jet aircraft invented (actually invented by Nazis in 1940s, but commercialised in 1950s)
>Modern commercial aircraft developed late 1950s-1960s

We still use the same tech from 1960s for all of our commercial aviation......

All subjective, really, but I have no taste so I can't really comment.

Also, I didn't study music history.

Go see someone qualified, I just answer shit about history.

Seems like those zeppelins turned people off the idea for a whole decade.

Probably not. I mean, for this kind of thing, you'd need bigger-army diplomacy, and I highly doubt there's going to be another civil war in England.

London could certainly function on its own, but i highly doubt it would come to that.

No.

For transatlantic travel, at least.

Aight bet, history question then, How different do you think the modern world would be had Harold the Saxon defeated William at Hastings? Would the different "anglo" world have been as apt to colonize and secure England and her daughter colonies a seat at the worlds table or would it have been different?

Akira

Tell me about Otto von Bismarck

french rev?

This is awesome

I've heard that Adolf Hitler is widely disliked, but it seems no one is quite able to explain how this opinion of him became so ubiquitous. Could you shed any light on this subject?

what is the most obscure history fact you know and what would you consider the most obscure time period in history. or whats the least studied time period of history?

The evolution of the word "faggot"

when did pirates become a thing and when did it technically stop being a thing people did

If Harold Godwinson had actually managed to defeat the duke of Normandy, I personally think that England would have eventually become a maritime power anyway.

The nature of competition and war in Europe would have remained the same, with England still having to defend itself by sea, therefore investing most heavily in it's naval power.

That being said, English as a language would no-doubt be quite different, with less French influence.

>A traditional conservative
>fanatically pro-monarchist
>masterful statesman
>Great use of strong-arm politics
>practically united Germany by himself
>predicted the fall of the German Empire

He ordered the killing of millions. People seem to look down on things like that. Not Op btw

English-Asking fag here, would ask your theory on what would happen in your opinion if Britain declared piece with Germany in WW2 when Germany proposed it AND if Germany didn't join Japanese War against the US.

>France spends shitload of money on supporting American Revolution
>Aristocracy and Clergy don't pay taxes
>famine
>Fiscal irresponsibility
>bread riots
>Enlightenment
=powder keg

>Liberal-driven violent revolution

During his visit to England, Peter the Great (pic related) got drunk AF with his friends and wheeled each other around some lord's country estate in wheelbarrows (something they didn't have in Russia at the time) and wiped their shit all over the walls.

There was also a depression (people couldn't afford air travel) and a world war in there.

The most obscure period in history? that's a difficult one, but if I were to point a finger at a few....

>pre-Etruscan Italy
>Early Uralic people
>Roman Kindom (not republic or empire)
>Australian pre-history
Only really studied by Australians, because they have to justify research spending somehow
>Welsh history
Noone cares about Wales.

>Russians
>Not having two levers and a wheel
I work with with a lot of rooskies and can confirm they are that way

What is the stigma against Wales? They think they’re hot shit compared to rest of UK or what?

>I've heard that Adolf Hitler is widely disliked,
Turned most of Europe into a pile of rubble. Started wars that killed millions and cost billions.

The policy of appeasement wasn't going so well to begin with, but.....

>The Germans would have focussed their attention on North Africa and Russia

Lebensraum eventually would have become a priority for the Nazis anyway.

>No lend-lease
>Russians overcome by Germans
>Germans eventually conquer most of Europe and Middle East
>Meanwhile, Japan fight war against Americans, because they were headed that way anyway
>Japanese lose catastrophically due to no support from Germans (American navy and GI/Marines can focus on Japanese) War in Europe over by 1943, war in Pacific over by 1944.

no stigma m8, just no one really cares about it, it's like the red headed step child.

Just not much happened, really.
>Got conquered by the Romans
>Got conquered by the English
>English built a great big ditch to keep them out of England (See: Offa's Dike)

history of england and how it came to be?

Why the fuck did Poland thought it was a good idea to invade the USSR in 1919?

Sihks, been told theyre badasses
Why?

>Fuckknows BCE - British Isles separated from Continent as ice age ends.
>roughly 10,000-8,000 BCE Proto-celtic people arrive
>Not much happens until...
>Julian expedition to Britain-doesn't stay
>Claudian Invasion, Britain becomes Roman province of Britannia
>Romans leave in 3rd century CE in order to fortify empire
>4th century CE, Picts, Scots, and Welsh continually raid Romano-British lands
>Romano-Britons invite Angles, Saxon and Jutes to England in order to protect borders
>Angles, Saxons and Jutes invade and stay instead--the weather is better than their homelands (and that's saying something)
>Anglo-Saxon England--several kingdoms (eg: Mercia, Northumbria, Wessex)
>Vikings invade/raid
>England eventually unites in order to better defend against Norse
>First Kingdom of England under Alfred the Great
>makes peace with Danish, they can keep Northumbria
>Danes and Anglo-Saxons mingle, even the royal families
>Danish crown and Anglo-Saxon Crown now related/shared
>Anglo-Saxon King dies, disputed succession, other vikings (Normans) invade
>Norman-England under William I (Current line of succession starts here - 1066
>bunch of wars in France (Normans come from here)
>bunch of wars with Scotland
>a couple civil wars
>English Republic after 1649
>Resoration of the monarchy 1660
>Scotland tries to build maritime empire like the English and failes.
>20 percent of entire Scottish economy blown on one expedition
>Scotland bankrupt
>England offers to bail them out of they submit to English union
>they agree
>English/scottish line of succession ends with Charles II
>Closest relative that isn't catholic George of Hannover
>Becomes George I
>there were a few rebellions over this
>British become massive Empire builders
>Defeated Naepoleon
>Industrial Revolution
>Victorians

cont'

>Monarchy continues until crisis in 1920s when Edward VIII marries a divorced American commoner (unthinkable for Church of England at the time)
>Abdicates and throne given to George VI
> WWI - Brtiain REALLY bankrupt now
>Decolonization - British have to come up with money themselves
>EEA/EU British eventually have to swallow pride and trade with continent on continental terms
>British immigration includes Poles and Muslims
>Brexit

And so here we are.

Watch this video
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No idea--didn't get to study it. Sounds interesting though, so I will now.

Why have the Irish been hated so much in the 19th century no earl 20th century? Also did you hear that Irish people genetically are a mix of Nord, French and English? Possibly RU too but I can’t remember

Would also add that the English were dominated over by other people for most of their ancient history, which is why they shined only after the whole shitstorm of the medieval times. The Isles themselves are quite rich in natural resources and at the times of Romans were exploited much more than most of the Regions of the Empire

The Chernobyl meltdown and Soviet response.

If you're talking about the Irish hate in the America then I would suggest watching this: youtube.com/watch?v=lvtKolUaMO4

tl;dw Irish are like Mexicans today, society needs a group of scapegoats that they can blame all their problems on otherwise it won't be able to work properly

Alright guys, I have to get going. Until next time.

Not an OP, but my grandfather read a lot about it.

>Chernobyl NPP, one of the best in the Union, powers the secret project DUGA which monitors the rocket activity of the US.
>Command wants workers to test something related to the shut-down of the fail-safe methods of deactivation of the powerplant
>Workers deactivate ALL the deactivation mechanisms, including the fool-proof physical one with a wrench put into it
>Shit fucks up and with the power of chemical reactions there is an explosion which blows up the roof of the 4th Power Plant.
>Fire & shit is getting real
>If nothing is going to be done to fix the roof the radiation is not going to kill nearby area but much more
>Emergency response team is called to create a sarcophagus
>Most people get a severe dosage of radiation but spent all their force to build the sarcopaghus and protect the environment.

Chernobyl is still a tradegy that is remembered by some old Soviet citizens, even though it is at least 30 years old

Not Just US but England too. Did English people just resent anything tied to the Vikings?

Aw bye OP