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For the nations that had them, eunuchs worked in the harem of their rulers. These men were a failsafe for their rulers that any child borne of the women within were his, since typically they're the only men allowed within. But to flip things on it's head, would a matriarchy with Ottoman/...

The Myth of the Kindly General Lee The myth of Lee goes something like this: He was a brilliant strategist and devoted Christian man who abhorred slavery and labored tirelessly after the war to bring the country back together. There is little truth in this. Lee was a devout Christian, and...

IN THE FAR FUTURE, IN A DISTANT LAND I, DAIGOTSU, ANCIENT MASTER OF THE SPIDER CLAN UNLEASHED AN UNSPEAKABLE EVIL UPON ROKUGAN BUT IN MY MOMENT OF TRIUMPH A FOOOOOLISH SAMURAI WARRIOR STEPPED FORTH TO OPPOSE ME BEFORE I COULD STRIKE HIM DOWN A PORTAL WAS OPENED IN TIME ITSELF AND HE WAS FLUNG...

For most of history, an army approaching where you live was bad news, regardless of their supposed affliation. Soldiers were badly paid to no pay at all, and their supplies were supplanted by whatever you can loot from the locals. Even in 1915, retreating troops in WW1 looted friendly towns. So...

How Table Manners as We Know Them Were a Renaissance Invention Forks, knives, and napkins: These items may be part of a proper meal today, but well-bred medieval Europeans had no use for them—until modern table manners were born in the 1500s. Picture of Paolo Veronese's 1563 painting "The...

((FIrst little game/story in this forum. Looking at the others in this forum makes me feel a little inadequate as the quality of writing is infinitely better than mine. But one can only try :) )) A game set in the Ancient World, but Alternate History (AH) and most likely involving fantasy...

The world is out of order. No one knows why, what spirits or ancestors have been angered, but the land is shifting in ways that bring tremendous hardship to the people. Landmarks known for generations are no longer corresponding to what they should be. The elders remember the course of rivers...

As the old idea goes, in space nobody can hear you scream. Unfortunately, this denies both screams of horror and screams of warning- to be specific, the screams of warning one rather young (as far as they measure time) being that would be right at home in the poor head of Howard Lovecraft...

I have been looking through a series of articles and have recently been studying the beginning of the U.S civil war. During looking through an article I found myself coming across a repetitive cycle about how this is a war about slavery. But as you read further into the war there seem to be two...

End Game: A Nation Game at the End of History Welcome to a world where the 19th Century never really ended. Europe reigns supreme and is the unquestionable leader of the world, monarchies are still commonplace and most republics are seen as little more than unstable regimes where the tyranny...

I was working on a story, and in this story I've got a question on how to address a foreign head of government. For context, the person is holding the title of Chancellor, has no noble title and is subordinate to the MC's departed mother. While the MC would address her as Aunt because she...

Liu Shan- more widely known as Ah Dou his childhood name was widely maligned in those who are familiar with the story of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms as a woefully inadequate successor to his illustrious father Liu Bei. Some even linked his inadequacy to the incident when he got thrown to...

Somewhere, someplace. At some time. In the future. Where the world as we know it has long gone to past. And all that remains of society is waste, dirt, and the consequences of the darkness residing in the deep corners of human nature. The mission, as always, begins in the heat. One of the...

So i recently started watching illacertus's youtube channel of Animated videos here is the first video. Please be patient with me as i am a very slow and terrible writer.

Clockwork Liberty A Revolution of Blood and Steel Fall, 1765 “Boy, if you walk out that door, you shall forever be banished from my home and hearth.” The door slammed shut behind me, and my calloused hands shook as they buttoned up my ankle-long coat. “Virtue number three. Let all your...

So okay, we may not be getting a game this year, but we are getting a movie (and a whole lotta books in relation to it, holy crap...), and there's also that pair of comic series from Titan, so there's that. Anyway, you know the drill, post them to get liked/mocked as the desire goes! Here's a...

Alternative History/D&D 3.5 CK2 Civ Quest: ??? OOC: So I thought of resuming Kings of Men but I have some stressful things going on IRL so I do not think i can do that quest justice,especially while keeping my other quest going so I struck on this idea: to try my hand at combining our actual...

To summarize the excellent William Neade: The bow and arrow is the greatest weapon in the world, and archers are the greatest warriors in the word. Abraham was an archer; Issac and Esau were archers; King David loved archers; the Assyrians and Persians were great archers; the Romans loved...

This is an idea that came to mind after rereading the comments in the Extra History thread. In particular the discussion about YouTube channels like EC and Crash Course trying to condense down complex historical topics to make them more accessible. This seems like a meaningful topic because...

So... ROB is bored. The continent of Africa, February 1st 2016, is transported - along with its people, wildlife, resources etc., everything from South Africa to the Suez Canal - backwards in time to February 1st 1916, replacing the Africa of February 1st 1916. How does this affect the world...

"No! No! This is wrong! Why aren't you agreeing with me? WHY AREN'T YOU LOVING ME?!?!" The beautiful girl with hair and tattoos of many colors screams, but the grim-faced policemen that are dragging her to the car don't even look at her, as if disgusted. "Mary Sue." Another policeman, a...

Seems to be the latest fad, but it is the kind of fad that can sometimes yield interesting/informative stuff and I don't mind adding to it. So here is this thread in case anyone has doubts about this topic.

Since German History came up in the thread of our deaaaar ( ;) ) western neighbours and twins (both France and Germany arose out of the Treaty of Verdun in 843, as the West and East Frankish Kingdom, respectively - longest case of sibling rivalry in the world), and since I didn't want to clutter...

Not knowing if people are interested but posting the thread in any case. :) Exactly what it says on the thin. If you have questions, thoughts or comments about French history, this thread is for you. Want to know why AC: Unity pisses people off, why the cheese-eating surrender monkeys is a...

Bit on an idea I've been mulling around for quite some time. The city of Constantinople, right during the beginning phases of its final siege, is given some divine intervention. The city, inhabitants, and allied soldiers/ships are sent back to the time of the Peloponnesian War (Specifically...