Recent content by Spearblast

Well, if we count Greek Fire, then we would have to count all examples of any chemical reaction in weapons. Therefore gunpowder weapons can't come to existence.

Wait a second guys, wait a second. I've heard on here that early chemical warfare goes back to the American Civil war (you can actively discount this point if it IS in fact false), and the fact that chemical warfare got it's undisputed real start in WWI. How much would a lack of chemical...

I kinda want to sig this, not gonna lie.

I was always told it was because at that point in time, the American military was a glorified militia and Mexico had an actual standing army. Ergo, the Mexicans will win because they have better numbers and training.

From what I remember from my American History course last year, the reason Quincy Adams and Henry Clay made that arrangement was so the vote wouldn't go to the House. It was thought that if the vote went to the house the VERY popular Jackson would get elected. For there to be no...

The search function didn't pull up anything recently, so here's a few questions I'd like to ask. St. Louis, MO has shown A LOT of decay since the end of the Second World War. So, WHY did this happen? How would one go about preventing this from happening? AND how could the city be...

I think the big question here is when... I know Stalin did some nasty stuff (and I'm NOT justifying it), but he did end up getting the Red Army into fighting shape, even with all the negative connotations it had before hand. If he's assassinated during Barbarossa? I think it depends more...

I always heard that the only reason Trotsky was still around was because Lenin liked him, even though the rest of the Bolsheviks hated him. I've also always heard that if Imperial Russia couldn't reform Lenin was the best man to lead the newborn Revolution. But hey, excuse my ignorance...

So, after searching around a bit, I find concrete, NEARLY unbiased views on the Soviet Leadership hard to come by. Basically I hear Stalin was the worst ever, but then there's always that one person saying he isn't bad, and that Trotsky/Lenin are overrated/just as bad... Anyway, straight...

Yeah, that's the problem.... The five civilised tribes will have a lot of problems due to being in already established states... The Iroquois might be able to muddle along if the US gains a certain amount of Canadian territory and New York doesn't lose any. After that there's Oklahoma...

Before I get too in depth I'd like to apologize. I'm on my phone, rather than my laptop..... Now.... Getting the 360 to sell better than the Playstation would be fairly easy. All you need to do is weaken the PS3 or have the Xbox do SLIGHTLY better in Asia or Europe. You can manage this...

Weren't the Egyptians growing Indigo and a couple other things of that caliber before the Brits consolidated it to just Cotton? Oh, hello everyone! This thread is the one that made me WANT to get an account on here. Also, it really makes me feel epic when I play as the Byzantines in Civ 5...

Well, the Foo Fighters did release Wasting Light in 2011 (which I own, it's quite good). Rope was just hard enough for my Rocker friends to really like it, but then it was mainstream enough for my Pop friends to really enjoy it too. I also heard a rumor somewhere that Dave Grohl was...

I'd have to agree with this statement. It took ages for the Republicans to rally under one banner effectively. Rick Perry was leading for a while, and then Santorum....... I could easily see a few people getting behind Palin, especially if they want to appeal to Women voters. I still see her...

Well, from what I learned (both here and in class) the early Americans loved to push into land that wasn't theirs. This happened leading up to the revolution, then it happened with Texas, its how Northwest terrirtory was settled...... With that late a POD, I don't see this happening. A...