History questions not worth their own thread V

[IkM]

this is I don't know, but that just interesting, I also wonder when Christianity start to not grow within the Jew community but it grow more between the Roman and later to other European, then from Anatolia it grow within the early Turkish peoples, as I recall the wife of Hulaghu was a Turkish Christian.

Hulagu was a Mongol but that's true Nestorian Christianity was popular in some Turkic tribes like Naimans and Kereits.

 

[H4run]

not Hulagu but his wife, if I not wrong reading it long time ago his wife is a Turkish Christian. This also make some historian speculate the reason Hulagu spare to slaughter Christian in Baghdad.

 

[Louis XXIV]

I would gladly argue such a point, but I am not in this thread, which is the mysterious part of his posts.

For what it's worth, it might be educative for others following this thread (such as myself) if someone were to take the argument that Stalin and Hitler did not have the same goals or methodologies and that Stalin's actions are more indicative of a Communist leader than Hitler's.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I don't want to encourage that thread jack any further.

 

[Lord Baal]

What are some good books or online sources on the history and strategy of naval warfare? I'm currently reading Fighting Techniques of Naval Warfare, 1190BC-Present: Strategy, Weapons,Commanders and Ships by Dickie, I., et al., but it really isn't more than a brief history of naval warfare. I want something that I can really sink my teeth into, as I am mostly ignorant of naval warfare. Also, if anyone more knowledgeable than myself on the subject has read the book I'm talking about should I have saved my $9.95, or is it accurate?

 

[Louis XXIV]

I don't want to encourage that thread jack any further.

Well, it's the "history questions not worth their own thread" thread. Treat it as if I asked the question if that keeps it on topic. I still view this forum as something I can learn in rather than a place where people posture to "win" their argument.

 

[Lord Baal]

Well, it's the "history questions not worth their own thread" thread. Treat it as if I asked the question if that keeps it on topic. I still view this forum as something I can learn in rather than a place where people posture to "win" their argument.

Ten years on these boards, and you still think there's more to the internet than posturing? Your idealism warms my heart.

 

[H4run]

Well, it's the "history questions not worth their own thread" thread. Treat it as if I asked the question if that keeps it on topic. I still view this forum as something I can learn in rather than a place where people posture to "win" their argument.

I don't want to give compliment easily because sometime compliment end up to be disappointing.

The reason I reading and commenting in this forum, I see there still peoples (even not all the peoples) when they don't know the things they just silent or dare to say "they don't know" the subject. Really is a very good things that one have in their character.

It can be fade though; I guess when it totally fade I'm not learning here anymore. But thanks for all the good answer and fair attitude.

 

[Louis XXIV]

Ten years on these boards, and you still think there's more to the internet than posturing? Your idealism warms my heart.

Well, I can hope. I'm not going to pretend that I always think it's that way, but it's always nice when it is. I've learned nearly as much history from this forum as I did for four years getting my History degree.

 

[Lord Baal]

Well, I can hope. I'm not going to pretend that I always think it's that way, but it's always nice when it is. I've learned nearly as much history from this forum as I did for four years getting my History degree.

I know that feeling. I too have a history degree, and have no doubt that I've learnt more from this forum than during my degree.

 

[Lord Baal]

Apologies for the double-post, but a question just came to mind and I want to ask it before I forget. Was there any sort of independence movement in Norway prior to it being given to Sweden during in the closing stages of the Napoleonic Wars? I know that the Norwegians immediately declared their independence when Bernadotte was given control of Norway, but they also chose the Crown Prince of Denmark as their head-of-state. So were they responding to a genuine independence movement, or simply trying to stay as Danish as they could given the circumstances?

 

[IkM]

not Hulagu but his wife, if I not wrong reading it long time ago his wife is a Turkish Christian. This also make some historian speculate the reason Hulagu spare to slaughter Christian in Baghdad.

Sorry, misunderstood, my bad. yes, you're right Hulagu's wife was a Christian Turk. that's why Mongols became ally of christians. also Hulagu's most favourite general was a Christian Turk too, Kitbuqa. He was killed at the Battle of Ain Jalut.

 

[ParkCungHee]

Ten years on these boards, and you still think there's more to the internet than posturing? Your idealism warms my heart.

Your idealism warms my heart if you think the internet is unique in this regard.

 

[Lord Baal]

Your idealism warms my heart if you think the internet is unique in this regard.

It's worse online.

People are tools in everyday life, sure, but they're bigger tools on the internet. As such, you tend to become cynical far more quickly.

 

[Wrymouth3]

Well, I can hope. I'm not going to pretend that I always think it's that way, but it's always nice when it is. I've learned nearly as much history from this forum as I did for four years getting my History degree.

By playing a drunken walkthrough of Empire:Total War, you automatically know more about history than at least 10-12% of all history undergraduates.

 

[History_Buff]

By playing a drunken walkthrough of Empire:Total War, you automatically know more about history than at least 10-12% of all history undergraduates.

I sincerely doubt this is correct, though having not taken a history degree, I don't know for sure.

What I suspect it would teach you would be a very militarily skewed history, all about who conquered who. Which is barely scratching the surface of what history is.

 

[W|M]

There's a lot of popups about world events while you play which aren't about military history, so you learn a fair bit from them.

 

[sophie]

By playing a drunken walkthrough of Empire:Total War, you automatically know more about history than at least 10-12% of all history undergraduates.

This is the truth.

 

[Gen.Mannerheim]

By playing a drunken walkthrough of Empire:Total War, you automatically know more about history than at least 10-12% of all history undergraduates.

Back in my day we learned history from Age of Empires!

 

[Lord Baal]

Back in my day we learned history from Age of Empires!

Back in my day we learnt it from Civilization. The board game.