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The Tatars rebelled against the Jin dynasty in 1195. The Jin commander sent an emissary to Timujin. A fight with the Tatars broke out and the Mongol alliance defeated them. In 1196, the Jin Dynasty awarded Toghrul the title of "Wang" (king). After this, Toghrul was recorded under the title "Wang...

Quite a famous event in European history, but what could've been done differently to change the outcome?

In our time, it was Mao Zedong who would take power in 1949, and forever change the shape of China, but what if this is not the case? What would the knock on effects be for East Asian geopolitics post 1945,and for the cold war in general? Would the Nationalists fall into the American camp...

Why did polytheistic religions largely give way to monotheistic religions? There are a few exceptions, Hinduism being by far the largest example, but on the whole throughout history polytheistic religious traditions have declined or disappeared and have been replaced by monotheistic cults. Was...

Triumph des Willens (1935), Leni Reifenstahl This work is one of the most famous Films of the 20th century, obviously full of a political charge and pure propaganda by National Socialist Germany. I think everybody knows it. I'm going to watch it in some minutes and my questions are: 1)...

Interesting rare archive footage of Hitler making a speech from the 1934 film Triumph of the Will. I think this 1 minute and 22 seconds clip really sums up his career. Obviously, this post does not imply support for Nazism. (Jeez, you'd think people would know that already, but just in case...

Since people have posted "what if the Roman Empire existed today?" I should counter with another massive empire - What if the Inca Empire continued to exist today? I already know that in order to this to happen certain conditions would have to be met - the European problem the major one...

Hey guys, So I need to address the question - Account for the Triumph of Stalinism in Russia (after 1927). So what do you guys think? Was Stalinism triumphant? How not? How so? Thx!

Let's say that the so-called "Anti-Party Group" manages to oust Khrushchyov in the summer of 1957. Assuming Zhukov is neutralized to the point where he cannot or does not launch a guardian coup d'état, how do we think the USSR proceeds under Molotov and his hardline Stalinists? (The future...

I am not particularly interested in the Third Reich, but a few nights ago, I took the opportunity to watch this film. It was a film documentry of the 1934 Nazi party congress at Nuremberg. The film was made on Hitlers orders by Leni Reifenstahl, who filmed the whole shebang with attention to...

Just askin' ... :smile1: Let's face it, when you look at Churchill's speech to the House of Commons on 4 June 1940, his "We will fight them on the beaches" speech - and here's the last bit of that speech: Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may...

For the ancient Greeks and Romans, there were many kinds of 'barbarian'. But none seemed to haunt the Classical psyche more than the Persian. Very likely, this is because the Persian civilization was hardly 'barbarian' at all, and under the Akhaemenids the Persians had come close to making...

How might this have affected the course of the history of the Republic, specifically concerning the First Triumvirate? I would venture to guess that Crassus would have been less likely to attack the Parthians to prove himself militarily (if he had still received command in Syria at all; it's...

Do you think that "good" will always triumph over "evil"?

The Roman Triumph was borrowed from the Etruscans. How does the significance of the Triumph reflect Roman culture, religion and politics?

YouTube - Triumph des Willens (Full movie - English subbed) Triumph des Willens (Full movie - English subbed) Great propaganda! Like D. W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation" YouTube - DW GRIFFITH THE BIRTH OF A NATION PART 1 1915 Birth of a nation was historical ( or should I...

YouTube - Triumph des Willens (Full movie - English subbed) Yes its actually the entire movie and yes it is completely subtitled in English. Not only is this an important movie as far as history goes for movie value cause this movie helped revolutionize early film making; but for the...