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    Re: Why wasnt Japan Colonized ?

    IMHO amreicans never started to colonize Asia because they had enough free land in their own country and people had no need to take a dangerous road to Asia, they could go to central regions instead....
  2. Thread: Grunwald 1410

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    Re: Grunwald 1410

    That depends on what nationality is author who writes about it.
    Most russian historians would say, that it was those 300 (?) man from Smolensk, who saved the flag (or captured teutons flag?) and...
  3. Thread: Your war movie?

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    Re: Your war movie?

    Something about vikings in Baltic, either from perspective of skandinavians or from curonians - raiding, raping, killing - a couple hours of fun you know.
    Epic movie about Otto I the Great - battles...
  4. Re: Polish-Lithuanian animosities - topic especially for the BALTS group

    oops, sorry, Catharine II The Great, emperor of all Russias
  5. Re: Polish-Lithuanian animosities - topic especially for the BALTS group

    One more question: I have heard, that she used throne of polish kings as toilet seat. Could this be true?
  6. Catholic school refuses to welcome boy because of his name!

    The boy, named Hell is refused by catholic school unless he's being enrolled under his mothers name.
    Discuss!


    source:...
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    Poll: Re: What Is Your Favorite Paradox Game?

    Only thing I missed in CK was historical events. Lack of them is the reason (besides having old video card wich does not support EUIII) why I play EUII with AGCEEP mod. It is possible to form German...
  8. Re: Polish-Lithuanian animosities - topic especially for the BALTS group

    I guess it is offtopic, but do people in Vilnius and its surrounding areas still want to be part of Poland?

    And I remember being tought in school, that Livonia was made part of crown lands (or...
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    Re: Planning my European itinerary

    May I suggest you to change your course from Stockholm going to Helsinki and than to Tallin by ship and from there take bus to travel trough Baltics. Why? Cheap beer, some nice places you can visit....
  10. Re: When Christianity Became The Religion of All Europe?

    there are documental evidence that in teritory of modern Latvia people were worshiping trees stones and being basicly pagan, because local priests often didn't really care about that, but then due to...
  11. Re: When Christianity Became The Religion of All Europe?

    And paganism survived in different places and different forms up to ~19th century. And it is reapereing today in Island and Scandinavia officially. Although some could disagree that this new religion...
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    Re: Who is powerful Japan or china or korea?

    Fine for me, no much of economics guy. But I think chinese government has total control of development and they dont let it to develop too fast. They prefere stability ;)


    No, such manners prove...
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    Re: Who is powerful Japan or china or korea?

    Just week ago bought mp3 player from China, works fine and it was like 3 times cheaper than japanese stuff.




    Probobly, but do you think Japan or Korea could depend on their own market only?...
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    Re: Who is powerful Japan or china or korea?

    Who cares? No really, do you care about them? I dont. Powerfull country does not need their citizens to be rich. Country needs them so they could do what they are supposed to do - work! (Country...
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    Re: Who is powerful Japan or china or korea?

    1,242,612,226 people and still growing! If country has manpower resources like that, they can win the war even without newest and the best technologies. China has it all to become true superpower -...
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    Re: Who is powerful Japan or china or korea?

    IMHO China is da best, because of her potencial in basicley everywhere.
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    Re: Who is powerful Japan or china or korea?

    eating dogs = Korea (nothing offensive, just thought that Korea must be mentioned)
  18. Thread: TWC Members Map

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    Poll: Re: TWC Members Map

    Latvia, Riga
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    Re: 2007 Hockey World Championship

    What has happened to swedish team in last two games? These games were sooo boring unlike the games they played before. Anyway congratualations to russians for bronze (it is not the gold but better...
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    Re: a question about Nazis...

    I would like to have Gebels talent of propoganda. He was a true mastermind of propoganda
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    Re: The Bronze Soldier

    1. All citizens can vote on elections. And it is up to government to deside to whom give citizenship and to whom not. All non citizens can become a citizens through process of naturlization.
    2. They...
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    Re: The Bronze Soldier

    If they are members of parliament than they are official representatives of people or at least their party. And they have real power in parliament, they can inniciate laws and actions towards other...
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    Re: The Bronze Soldier

    It seems strange to me, that all the time someone in these forums refers to some of the russian officials who talks about radical measures against other countries Pavlik the Rus calls them...
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    How to make a mummy.

    Found this link in one blog, and thought it would be cool to put it here.
    http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/ED/mummy.html
    It basicly lets you to make mummy. Have fun.
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    Re: Russia cancelling CFE

    There will be no war between Russia and EU or USA. Why do you think there is third world countries> to make war in these countries! Daaaaa
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    Re: The Bronze Soldier

    They have allready done that! Btw in russians also have removed one of their own monuments to WW 2 soldiers to build supermarket there and no protests or mass unrest in Moscow! Funny, aint it?
  27. Thread: Why do you post?

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    Re: Why do you post?

    I post because of Captain Arrrgh! He is so cool!
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    Poll: Re: Communism: Right or Wrong?

    Communism is an utopia, you could call it the ideal form of government, but only way man can achieve communism IMHO is live in a small commune, otherways it is impossible. It is impossible to govern...
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    Re: The Golden Age Trailer

    Awsome! Wasn't there some film with these actors about Elisabeth I some time ago? Something about how she came to power?
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    Re: Mr. Bean's Holiday

    I saw that film. Totaly boring, I was trying to sleep for about half of it. Althoug the end was better and in some places even funny.
  31. Re: Who you admire most, and loathe, from your nation's history.

    Admire:
    Myself

    Loath:
    Myself
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    Re: Amazing deciption of the Battle of Cannae

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0766213/
    Not the best film I have seen in my life, but it is OK if you are a fanboy of Hannibal.
  33. Thread: mongolia

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    Re: mongolia

    Who needs so many horses nowdays, because there is nothing else there.
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    Re: Kursk scene from a 1969 soviet war movie.

    I suggest you to wach epic "War and peace". Soviet film with epic recreations Napoleons invasion in Russia. Also features huge battles
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    Re: What is EUIII like?

    I recommend you to get all paradox games! As for me I don't play ant total war games since I have discovered Crusader Kings an EU for me.
  36. Thread: Mongol Policies

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    Re: Mongol Policies

    And many invading mongols were christians too. Besides, what do you expect from them? You would like to if they had been building prisoner camps or what?
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    Re: Jesus and the money-lenders

    It is a no way out situation, people need some place to live and only way they can afford it is take a loan. For example in Latvia we have really high prices on houses and apartments, like for old...
  38. Thread: Links to History

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    Re: Links to History

    History of Spain, lots of books about history of Spain, mostly middle ages.
    http://libro.uca.edu/
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    Re: Mystery of Great Pyramid 'solved'

    In this case maybe one size don't fit all, what I mean is, different pyramids, different techniques.

    And all these alien theories just prooves our "advanced" thinking - if we cant do it with our...
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    Re: A reaaaaaaaally stupid question.

    Actually it is good to drink salt water (in very limited quantities of course) in hot weather, because you swet and lose salt which is needed for our bodies. So in order you din't get overdose,...
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