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The Frog
Wait, this is a certified history professor who said this?
Top Ten Medieval Battles
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Wait, this is a certified history professor who said this?
Gen.Mannerheim
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My Islamic teacher was this nice lady from Egypt. And the class was pretty good, except that she made Islam extremely rosy and they never ever did anything bad ever.
ParkCungHee
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Yes. Poitiers is, like most of these battles listed, a big f*ing deal, just not for the reasons usually listed.
I listed Clontarf, which is usually trotted out as a great victory of the Christian Irish over the Pagan Danes driving the "vikings" from Ireland forever. It of course did absolutely no such thing.
It's still really important for a bunch of reasons, such as Brian's inability to form a lasting political legacy for his son and sept, but not because of some "clash of civilizations"
It effected the political career of Charles Martell, which had a few later consequences down the line...
Though now that I think about it, if this was about the rise of Islam, that does seem out of place. Certainly wasn't any more important than say, Kulikovo or any other battle you could pull out of nowhere.
I listed Clontarf, which is usually trotted out as a great victory of the Christian Irish over the Pagan Danes driving the "vikings" from Ireland forever. It of course did absolutely no such thing.
It's still really important for a bunch of reasons, such as Brian's inability to form a lasting political legacy for his son and sept, but not because of some "clash of civilizations"
It effected the political career of Charles Martell, which had a few later consequences down the line...
Though now that I think about it, if this was about the rise of Islam, that does seem out of place. Certainly wasn't any more important than say, Kulikovo or any other battle you could pull out of nowhere.
Quackers
The Frog
..but, BUT a University professor said it was a big deal! I'm right!
Needless to say, the most important battle in the history of the Universe was the battle on the field of Kulikovo (1380), where ~70k of heavenly Russian warriors faced the ungodly swarms of Mongol dogs ~150k strong. With the help of the Holy Trinity the force of evil was soundly defeated and angels rejoiced in Heaven.
A thread without pics - time wasted in vain:
A thread without pics - time wasted in vain:
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Sorry guys for the interruption. I didn't intend to make more than one post in this thread.
But, well...
*sigh*
You feel those two would be related?
But doesn't it matter to you whether they do so as result of insight or as a result of our effective coercion?
Please take note of the difference between our posts:
You made a claim that was based on hearsay (the anecdotes of your cousin).
I offered some qualification. You in return felt it was necessary to engage in all kinds of fallacies and speculations about either my knowledge or my character.
But, well...
*sigh*
Those are not necessarily contradictory.
Aha. So you were there the day James Earl Jeremiah McDemocracy filed the patent?
Is this supposed to be an argument?
Debatable. Don't get me wrong: It's debatable for Germany and Turkey, too.
Who claimed that?
You feel those two would be related?
I agree. They should.
But doesn't it matter to you whether they do so as result of insight or as a result of our effective coercion?
Please take note of the difference between our posts:
You made a claim that was based on hearsay (the anecdotes of your cousin).
I offered some qualification. You in return felt it was necessary to engage in all kinds of fallacies and speculations about either my knowledge or my character.
Paste гугл.рф into the adress bar and see what happens.
Russians gonna rush, though.
It can be confusing at times.
Ur welcome
Russians gonna rush, though.
It can be confusing at times.
Ur welcome
TheLastOne36
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What do you mean no importance at all? If Henry lived, Silesia would've been a part of Poland, and there was a good possibility that Poland would've been reunified much earlier.
I second this. Though I don't know if it can be considered major for the battle itself or more for it's historical implications.
The way it is taught here, you'd think Canada won the D-Day invasion on their own.
By any chance, is that picture from a game or something? And if so, are there more?Needless to say, the most important battle in the history of the Universe was the battle on the field of Kulikovo (1380), where ~70k of heavenly Russian warriors faced the ungodly swarms of Mongol dogs ~150k strong. With the help of the Holy Trinity the force of evil was soundly defeated and angels rejoiced in Heaven.
A thread without pics - time wasted in vain:
Spoiler :
LightSpectra
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You realize that history professors, especially if they're quite old, can say lots of awfully inaccurate things. My history professor from my last semester in school taught that the Daily Telegraph Affair was the primary impetus for the First World War, and also that there was the Schlieffen Plan.
innonimatu
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Great photos. Who organizes those reenactments?
Ferguson isn't misinformed so much as willfully wrong.
Thanks. Medieval geeks. With the help of municipal authorities, I guess.
Link to video.
Hilarious at times. Does anybody know is this how actual medieval infantry openspace combat worked?Usually, you'd only see a big block of white if it were snowing really hard during the battle.
Link to video.
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