/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9632380
Niggers are dumb.

none of your post except the first sentence actually parses

>Why exactly do people shit on africans for building with mud?

Racism, not insisting it must be the best building material in all cases though.

>>9632440
You have a good point

>>9632380
dumb racists are dumb
lots of white people on the border think adobe is stupid and backwards too

Horn effect due to cognitive bias op, because they're Africans/Sub-Sahara Africans most feats inherently tied to them is viewed negatively without usually verifing the merits of said feat independent of them.

Just because something appears "low-tech" does not mean it isn't efficient at it's job. It seems the greater global community (or maybe just the west) is just only now realizing this with scientists and tech companies trying to immitate the feats of plant life like photosynthesis on a industrial scale through solar energy. Or with more reinforced structural compounds using nanometer scale cellulose for nanowood.

>>9632380
Anons are mostly whites who failed at life.

>>9632620
They'll resort to calling a mud or a sand castle ignoring the intracacies of sudano sahelian architecture

>>9632657
If you've ever seen the inside of one you wouldn't say that

>>9632380
Because from a European perspective it is primitive.

Sure, these structures might be in some sense optimally suited for their environment, but compared to the great architectural wonders in other places in the world, they look significantly less impressive.

>>9632657
If this is the most "Impressive" it can get, then I have serious doubts about anyone defending Africans here.

>>9632380 >>9632657 >>9632669
Compare it to European Castles

>>9632380 >>9632657 >>9632669
Now compare it to Japanese Castles

>>9632380 >>9632657 >>9632669

This is the Golden Temple in Japan

A temple covered with Gold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8vptzXrfW0

>>9632703

>>9632701
>construction started in 1869. at least use something remotely early.

>>9632706
..

>>9632703
..

Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, France

>>9632703
Not even castle just mosque and Universities

Château de Chambord, France

>>9632717
You due no west africans lived in a vast nearly uncrossible desert right?

Château de Chenonceau

>>9632719
>>9632717
Your not really disproving my point your just swinging your tiny dick around

Alcazar of Segovia, Spain

Olite Castle, Spain

Scaligero Castle, Italy

>>9632691
So you're surperior because africans environment greatly handicapped them

Hofburg, Austria

Moscow Kremlin in Russia

>>9632730
Not even from medieval times bro

Matsumoto Castle, Japan

>>9632732
>>9632730
So now your posting modern architecture?

Buda Castle, Hungary

>>9632735
....

>>9632733 >>9632737
Windsor Castle
>The oldest and largest still-inhabited castle in the world, Windsor Castle has been home to British royalty for almost 1,000 years.

>>9632738
So more modern architecture

>>9632737 >>9632733
Windsor Castle built in the 11th century

>>9632744
>>9632737
Hohensalzburg Castle in Austria
built in 1070AD

>>9632743
Thats not what the original looked like

The castle's lavish early 19th-century State Apartments were described by the art historian Hugh Roberts as "a superb and unrivalled sequence of rooms widely regarded as the finest and most complete expression of later Georgian taste".[4] Inside the castle walls is the 15th-century St George's Chapel, considered by the historian John Martin Robinson to be "one of the supreme achievements of English Perpendicular Gothic" design.[5]

Originally designed to protect Norman dominance around the outskirts of London and oversee a strategically important part of the River Thames, Windsor Castle was built as a motte-and-bailey, with three wards surrounding a central mound. Gradually replaced with stone fortifications, the castle withstood a prolonged siege during the First Barons' War at the start of the 13th century. Henry III built a luxurious royal palace within the castle during the middle of the century, and Edward III went further, rebuilding the palace to make an even grander set of buildings in what would become "the most expensive secular building project of the entire Middle Ages in England".[6] Edward's core design lasted through the Tudor period, during which Henry VIII and Elizabeth I made increasing use of the castle as a royal court and centre for diplomatic entertainment.

Windsor Castle survived the tumultuous period of the English Civil War, when it was used as a military headquarters by Parliamentary forces and a prison for Charles I. At the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, Charles II rebuilt much of Windsor Castle with the help of the architect Hugh May, creating a set of extravagant Baroque interiors that are still admired. After a period of neglect during the 18th century, George III and George IV renovated and rebuilt Charles II's palace at colossal expense, producing the current design of the State Apartments, full of Rococo, Gothic and Baroque furnishings. Queen Victoria made a few minor changes

>>9632737 >>9632744
>Modern

Warwick Castle. Built in 1068 in England

>>9632747
>>9632751
Recent history Edit
Hohensalzburg castle was refurbished from the late 19th century onwards and became a major tourist attraction with the Festungsbahn funicular railway, opened in 1892,[7] leading up from the town to the Hasengrabenbastei. It stands today as one of the best preserved castles in Europe.

During the early 20th century it was used as a prison, holding Italian prisoners of war during World War I and Nazi activists (before the Anschluss with Germany) in the 1930s.

German ceramicist, sculptor and painter Arno

Inuyama Castle, Japan. Built in 1537 AD

>>9632752
>Thats not what the original looked like

Africans "castles" look like shit no matter the time period, or how many restorations.

>>9632737 >>9632744
Brodick Castle, Scotland
dating from 4th century AD

Prague Castle, Czech Republic (Czechia)
built in the 9th century

Home of former Bohemian Kings, and Czech presidents.

>>9632733
Not even from medieval times

Himeji Castle, built in 14th century

Middle Ages: 5th to the 15th century.

>>9632733
>Not even from medieval times

Himeji Castle, built in 14th century

Middle Ages: 5th to the 15th century.

>>9632744 >>9632733 >>9632737
>Modern
>Not from medieval times

Hohensalzburg Castle, Austria, dating from 1077 AD

>>9632744 >>9632733 >>9632737
>Modern
>Not from medieval times

Christiansborg Palace, Denmark, 1167 AD

>>9632744 >>9632733 >>9632737
Conwy Castle, Wales. 13th Century

>>9632744 >>9632733 >>9632737
Kilkenny Castle, Ireland. 13th Century

Nyborg Castle, Denmark. 12th century

Shuri Castle in Okinawa, Japan. 1429 AD

Bitchu-Matsuyama Castle, in Japan. 1240 AD

Bitchu-Matsuyama Castle, in Japan. 1240 AD.

>>9632729
Wew your argument took a hard right turn there buddy.

Osaka Castle, in Osaka, Japan, built in 1583.

Hohenwerfen Castle, Austria. 1078 AD

Reichsburg Cochem. 11th Century

This is now an architecture porn thread.

>>9632380
Isn't mud just crappy concrete though?

>>9632802
It actually didn't mud was used solely for environmental purposes

>>9632729
>africa's not made of rocks like everywhere else
>there's only mud and sticks
>definitely no metal in the ground either

>>9632811
It's actually not just mud it's timber plaster and sun dried adobe

>>9632817
None of these old structures were made of iron

Angkor wat, Cambodia (Southeast Asia). 12th century

>>9632817
Middle Easterners built extensively out of mud

>>9632823
>>9632817
You know it's not just finding random rocks right also Asia's population was exponentially higher than any were in Africa at the time

>>9632817
No ancient structure was made of iron

>>9632824
Middle Easterners also built with Rock

Aleppo Citadel in Syria
(dating from 3rd millennium BC, reformed by Muslims during the Middle Ages)

>>9632813
Your argument was that they were great works of architecture. Now it's that they are great works of architecture "relative to their environment."

Not to mention the fact that they still aren't impressive because they never even developed a complex technique of masonry. They had plenty of time and resources to at least develop brick making, and yet they only ever managed mud houses.

>>9632824
Aleppo Citadel, Syria

>>9632834
They still used mud did just ignore my pic

>>9632836

>>9632826
Taj Mahal, india. 1653 AD

>>9632836
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>>9632836
.....

>>9632826
Amer Fort. Built in 1592.

This India fort is way better than african "castles"

>>9632836
........

>>9632846
Location of any of the images?

>>9632847
Not even castles

>>9632847
Amer Fort, India

>>9632849
Tichitt settlements Dhar Tichitt is a Neolithic archaeological site located in the southwestern region of the Sahara Desert, in Mauritania. It is one of several settlement locations along the sandstone cliffs in the area. The cliffs were inhabited by pastoralists starting at around 1600 BC and lasted to around 300 BC. This area is one of the oldest known archaeological occupation sites in the western part of Africa. About 500 stone settlements littered the region in the former savannah of the Sahara. Its inhabitants fished and grew millet.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhar_Tichitt

>>9632847
>>9632852
Didn't even refute my point

Spis Castle, Slovakia. Built in 13th century. reformed in 15h century.

Prague Castle, Czechia. 9th century

Mehrangarh Fort, India. built in 1459.

Western Africans didn't use stone, because it wasn't abundant. Eastern and southern africans did use it. Pic related: Obelisk of Axum.

Malbork Castle, Poland. 1274 AD.

Mud was favored not because they liked or any thing it wasn't some choice. it was due to constant desertifacation and mud made a better insolator in the heat that combined with the fickleshifting climate and deserts it was a far more logical option

http://historum.com/middle-eastern-african-history/67773-derisive-inconsistent-attitudes-regarding-building-mud-3.html

Citadel of Bam, Iran (Persia). 6th century BC

>>9632855
Stone work isn't brickwork but I digress that point.

If there was a millenia of time where stone work was readily used, why does the architecture stagnate si harshly in comparison to other civilizations that achieved the same level of technology in much shorter time frames.

>>9632871
Bam Citadel in Iran
is the largest Adobe structure in World

From 6th century BC

>>9632862
It wasn't finnished until 1928

>>9632873
What do mean much shorter farming didn't start until much later due to the formation of the Sahara

Mamure Castle. Turkey. 13th Century

>>9632657
>>9632669
>>9632380
>>9632712
>>9632714
>>9632716

>sudano sahelian architecture
are you fucking kidding me...?

Mansa musa, the guy who built that sand castle, used Arabian architects that bringed with him after doing pilgrimage in Mecca

>>9632873
Because of massive and constantly growing desert

>>9632868
But mud can be crafted into much more useful forms then what most African architecture actually utilizes it as. Using mud isn't in and of itself isnt a problem, but using mud in a primitive way for millenia is what raises questions.

>>9632880
You know sudano isn't just in Mali righ he built mosque during his hajj and that only applies to mosque in djenne

>>9632885
In Southwest Africa?

>>9632888
I meant that also on the influence, it's not "Their" architecture

>>9632886
How is that primative exactly?

Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. 1732 AD

>>9632891
This argument
Djenné-Djenno (also Jenne-Jeno; /ˈdʒɛniː dʒʌˌnoʊ/) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Niger River Valley in the country of Mali. Literally translated to "ancient Djenné", it is the original site of Djenné, Mali and considered to be among the oldest urbanized centers and the best known archaeology site in sub-Saharan Africa.[2][3] This archaeological site is located about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) away from the modern town, and is believed to have been involved in long distance trade and possibly the domestication of African rice.[3] The site is believed to exceed 33 hectares (82 acres); however this is yet to be confirmed with extensive survey work.[3] With the help of archaeological excavations mainly by Susan and Roderick McIntosh, the site is known to have been occupied from 250 B.C. to 900 A.D. The city is believed to have been abandoned and moved where the current city is located due to the spread of Islam and the building of the Great Mosque of Djenné. Previously, it was assumed that advanced trade networks and complex societies did not exist in the region until the arrival of traders from Southwest Asia. However, sites such as Djenné-Djenno disprove this, as these traditions in West Africa flourished long before.[4]

>>9632380
Because n*ggers are retarded af
next question

>>9632894
Winter Palace, Russia

>>9632877
Middle Eastern architecture was built without mass agriculture. Mainly through trade.

>>9632891
The Rock art in the Sahara suggests that northern Mali has been inhabited since 10,000 BC, when the Sahara was fertile and rich in wildlife. By 300 BC, large organised settlements had developed, most notable near Djenné, one of West Africa's oldest cities. By the 6th century AD, the lucrative trans-Saharan trade in gold, salt and slaves had begun, facilitating the rise of West Africa's great empires.

There are a few references to Mali in early written literature. Among these are references to "Pene" and "Malal" in the work of al-Bakri in 1068,[11] the story of the conversion of an early ruler, known to Ibn Khaldun (by 1397) as Barmandana,[12] and a few geographical details in the work of al-Idrisi.[13]

In the 1960s, archaeological work at Niani village, reputed to be the capital of the Mali Empire, by Polish and Guinean archaeologists revealed the remains of a substantial town dating back as far as the 6th century.[14]

Modern oral traditions also related that the Mandinka kingdoms of Mali or Manden had already existed several centuries before Sundiata's unification as a small state just to the south of the Soninké empire of Wagadou, better known as the Ghana Empire.[15] This area was composed of mountains, savannah and forest providing ideal protection and resources for the population of hunters.[16] Those not living in the mountains formed small city-states such as Toron, Ka-Ba and Niani.

>>9632900
Ah

>>9632900
How would you go about bringing said materials across the Sahara exactly?

Vatican

Vatican isn't technically a Castle or Palace, but whatever.
Just compare it to Subsaharan Africa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Aqx937YV0

>>9632831
They were made with iron tools

>>9632893
There are lots of ways that one can measure the sophistication of a architectural system. One of the easiest ways to get a rough idea is to just check the height of the tallest buildings. It's easy to built out, but building up is hard.

Africans didn't have to deal with much rain or floods from rivers. So there was literally no reason to use anything else than mud. It was almost as durable as stone, while at the same time being much easier to build with, cheaper, and a much better insulator. Up until the invention of canons it was also okay as a fortification.

That being said, Africans still had some stone buildings. The kingdom of aksum used stone, as well as the great zimbabwe.

>>9632897
>>9632901

nice copy pasta my African friend

>>9632908
Sistine Chapel - Vatican
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwl640Yc6JM
The paintings were completed in 1512, by Michelangelo

>>9632907
Saharan trade routes have been around since the desert has but the easiest was always to just use ships and go around. That is how the Middle East traded with Europe for centuries.

>>9632909
Africans had iron tools and used metal extensively

>>9632918
West Africa has no natrual shores or harbos most of the rivers are narrow

Castle of the Moors, Portugal. 9th century

>>9632919
And the great architecture is where?

Castle of Obidos, Portugal, 12th century

>>9632921
That's why Europeans had such a hard time navigating it untill the development of the steam boat

Guimaraes Castle. Portugal, 12th century

>>9632923
All I said was that they had iron tools which has nothing to do with architecture

Castle of the Counts. Belgium. 1180 AD

>>9632923
where the resources are m8
are you not taking anything from this thread in

>>9632932
Ah are following the thread or just posting?

Carcassonne Citadel. France

Why are people comparing the money sinks of competing nobles and priests to a place devoted to worship?

>>9632921
West Africa has access to the red Sea (a very valuable trade route and one that is even more valuable today). It is also a very short distance from the middle East which was widely developed at various times throughout it's history. A simple trade route through the red Sea to the Mediterranean opens it up to basically ever other great civilization except Asia. It was even posted earlier that these people fished so they obviously could have accomplished large scale sea fairing if they tried.

>>9632937
20% of time following.
80% of time posting.

>>9632933
West Africa had the ability to be a great trade civilization between the resources of South Africa and the civilizations of the Middle East and Europe. Do central Africa magically start having resources worth taking once the white man showed up?

Château Frontenac, Canada. 1890 AD.

>I know that this is modern.

>>9632941
Ah no the didn't it's literally on the other side of the region

>>9632949
Mostly just gold and timber though they built interesting structures

>>9632941
You know that the Saharan has a wet and dry seasons right aslo the lakes often dry up did not read the tichitt article why do you think they built so many?

>>9632949
ignoring the fact that has nothing to do with architecture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_I_of_Mali
was a thing before the white man showed up
but like anyone with a brain any trade empire is going to relocate it to somewhere with resources to sustain itself. since you seem to know so much about the resources and i'm actually ignorant about them, why don't you enlighten me as to what resources the white man brought into existence

>>9632949
That's thanks to transaharan trade due to the camel what was the only way of getting thinks to west africa the Sudanic kingdoms protected and taxed trade

Sao Cristovao Palace.
Brazil. 1803 AD.

>>9632729
>So you're surperior because africans environment greatly handicapped them
Did you actually read my post?
European (and surely Asian too) Architects are superior to Africans, when it comes to building impressive structures.

Without a single doubt it is obvious that Europeans were better architects and were able to build Impressive structures.
Africans did what they could with the primitive materials they had, the Colosseum is more impressive then all the mudhuts I have seen from Africans that were posted in this thread.

>>9632972
You know like you man despite our differences you happened to be less of a complete faggot

>>9632973
So it had nothing to do with them just their environment so not really>>9632977

>>9632940
Because if the anon started to post impressive cathedrals and churches from Europe or Japanese shrines, the extremely defensive African anon would commit suicide.

>>9632955
Ah my b. I was looking at East Africa.

West Africa has the gulf of Guinea from which was the base of the European triangular trade system in Africa. I imagine if one could transport slaves viably through that area ine could di the same with central African goods. If gulf of Guinea is too south for you to consider it west African then you are right they have no resources to build from, but then why would they be the only civilization to settle in a coastless area with no resources.

Thailand Grand Palace. 1782 AD

>>9632958

>>9632980
>So it had nothing to do with them just their environment
If only there were a mechanism by which environment would influence humans.

Of course the environment influenced their Architecture, just as it influenced their genes.

>>9632990
Thailand Grand Palace
Side view

>>9632983
Mali did trade resources though just not sea the rivers made travel into the interior next to impossible until like around the end of 19th century

>>9632967
Gold, timber, cash crops that have changed over the eras but bananas were a staple of afria for a long time (brought in by early middle eastern voyagers.)

>>9632996
So building in mud is genetic then?
You know that the oldest west african ruins were made with stone right?

Todaiji Temple. in Nara, Japan. 728 AD

Places like Ethiopia hade access to giant stone mountains and Rock to carve into and out of

>>9632999
Travel to the interior was impossible because it was never cultivated. Similar areas were cultivated just fine in central America pre-colonization.

>>9633018
So Rwandan Congolese and other groups don't exist the practiced farming in that region

>>9633008
>So building in mud is genetic then?
That isn't what I said or implied.

I said, that the structures you build, just like your genes, is a result of your environment.
So the question if it is "them" or "their environment" is ridiculous.

>You know that the oldest west african ruins were made with stone right?
One would assume that civilization who have an easy access to stone (and the technology to shape it), would be more inclined to build with stone.
Where as a civilization which lives far away from suitable sources of stone, or doesn't have the required technology, would prefer other materials.

>>9633020
That's precisely the problem. You have primitive civilizations living there for Lord knows how long and they haven't accumulated a culture comparable to any other culture even when biasing for difficulty of condition.

Ise Grand Shrine, Japan

Japan Suwa Shrine. 1614 AD.

>>9633029
Kingdom of congo was a complex culture as described by the Portuguese while Rwanda and Uganda not so much

Vianden Castle. Luxemburg. 11th century.

>>9633040
Are you just posting architectureporn?

>>9633039
The kingdom for Congo could have been advancded "for Africa" but by no means were they advanced when compared to any other civilization on Earth. One need only compare them to the Inca of central America and see this.

>>9633039
"Castle" of Good Hope
A fort in South Africa,
Built by Boers (Dutch Colonizers)
between 1666 and 1679

Warwick Castle, England. 1068 AD.

>>9633041
>Are you just posting architectureporn?
yes.
Pic: Coca Castle, Spain. 15th century,

Kamenet's Podolsky Castle, Ukraine. 14th century.

Castle Eltz, Germany. 12th Century

Hermann Castle, Estonia. 14th century

Castelvecchio, Italy. 1376 AD

Just for fairness I'll post the closest thing to a castle built entirely by Black Niggas without help from Arab architects.

The Great Zimbabwe

The closest thing to a castle that Niggas built

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quzjmZ-7s6w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jld6DEpV1Q

I'm a bit tired so I'll pause a bit.

Do you realize that anons wouldn't be able even to build mud stuff?
Those niggers are literally more evolved than anybody here.

>>9633103
>Do you realize that anons wouldn't be able even to build mud stuff?

An Australian white guy, barefoot & alone in the woods can do much better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL3sho1CpkI&t=61s

>>9633103
>Do you realize that anons wouldn't be able even to build mud stuff?
Might that be because they haven't trained for it?
Building a basic structure from wood isn't impossible, it requires knowledge and strength.

>Those niggers are literally more evolved than anybody here.
That is ridiculous.
Just because someone wasn't trained to do something doesn't mean they are less developed.
There are hundreds of thousands of things in which I am "more evolved" then most Africans, by your standards.

Guys it's a butthurt AfriKang from /his/ who is constantly spamming threads about wewuzing.
Just remind him that Afrikangz still mass practice human sacrifice and he will have a meltdown.
btw in another thread he said eating relatives is a-ok kek

>>9633123
>eating relatives is a-ok
That is fucking WOKE

>>9633039
>Kingdom of congo was a complex culture
no it wasn't, it was described as a cesspit of rotting corpses due to amount of human sacrifice victims that were left laying around by natives

>>9632922
Moors were black, and primarily African, my dude.

>>9633039
here's your "complex culture"

>>9633123 >>9633127

>Afrikangz still mass practice human sacrific
>btw in another thread he said eating relatives is OK

Kek

>>9633114
>There are hundreds of thousands of things in which I am "more evolved"
Shitposting doesn't count though

>>9633174
>Shitposting doesn't count though
The ability to drive a car, which I posses, certainly puts me above a pretty large number of Africans.
Also, my knowledge which I gained from finishing "higschool" (not to speak of what I did in University) certainly puts me above 99% of Africans.

From an architectal point of view, where buildings are supposed to blend in with their surroundings, african clay structures are very beautiful.

Also, I dont even know why people think stone is superior to clay. In my part of germany, where there are no stone ressources nearby, building out of clay was normal.

pic related was made out of mud.

don't hate on mud.

>>9633134
Oh it's you faggot you were destroyed I'm this thread

http://boards.4chan.org/his/thread/4385285#top

>>9633134
Ah no he didn't he said nothing like that

>>9633039
>Kingdom of congo was a complex culture
>No buildings remains

>>9632380
LMAO, THAT BUILDING WASN'T MADE BY AFRICANS IT WAS MADE BY FRENCHMEN WHO DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL

>>9632729
Africa is full of some of the most resource rich areas on Earth. There is a reason Europeans fought each other over it, and why the Chinese have taken it over now for mining operations.

>>9632824
>Middle Easterners built extensively out of mud
This isn't just misleading, this is a complete and utter lie. It's wrong in every sense of the word.

Please, show me all those Assyrian statues and buildings made it mud. We still have those copies of the Epic of Gilgamesh, they must be made of mud too, right?

Fucking retard.

>>9634187
That's not even djenne you retard it's a different place

>>9634225

>>9634199
How does gold make a good building material exactly? Same with oil and urianium?

>>9634187
You know thats not even djenne right the mosque in the pic is a completely different one

>>9634187

>>9634271
>A random mud hut is proof
Even ancient Middle Eastern empires had massive Stone structures and art.

Why is it so hard for you to admit Africans were inferior in essentially every respect to Europe, The Middle East, and Asia. Why do you want to live your life in delusion? Why are you lying about other cultures? Because they were objectively better?

>>9634274
>A thumbnail

AHAHHHAHA BIX NOOD

>>9634278
Incorrect.

>>9634087
>destroyed
>by Kang posting how human sacrifice is good

top kek

>>9632380

>>9634329
Beavers learned their techniques by observing Africans

>>9634329
We have this comparison in Fallout general but it's wastelanders instead of africans

>>9632919
WE WAZ IRON AGE IN THE 19TH CENTURY

Pyramid in Mexico, Chichen Itza. 600AD.

Chichen Itza Temple in Mexico. 600 AD.

>>9632407
You're using wrong parser. Try parsing it using recursively-enumerable grammar.

Teotihuacán Pyramids, Mexico. 100 BC

>>9634329

Teotihuacán Pyramids, Mexico. 100 BC.

Teotihuacán Pyramids, Mexico. 100 BC..

>>9634368
>>9634372
>>9634389
>>9634392

Amazing.

Ziggurat of Ur, Iraq.

1st built in 21st century BCE, restored in 6th century AD

>>9634397
US Soldiers climbing the Ziggurat of Ur, Iraq.

>>9634397
US soldiers climbing the Ziggurat of Ur, Iraq..

>>9634397
Ziggurat of Ur (Iraq) with US Military Tanks

Temple of Baal in Syria.
Built in 32 AD.

Petra, Jordan , 300 BC

Tazumal ruins, in El Salvador (Central America). 250AD

>>9634395
Tazumal ruins, in El Salvador (Central America). 250AD.

>>9632817
Metal for what? Making iron weapons and waging war against the next best "enemy" one can find?

>>9634395
Cholula Pyramid, Mexico, 3rd century BC

>>9634395
Teotihuacán Pyramids, Mexico. 100 BC.

>>9634395
Teotihuacan main Pyramid, Mexico. 100 BC.

>>9634395
Pyramid in Chichen Itza. Mexico. Built in 600AD.

>>9634395
Chichen Itza. Mexico. Built in 600AD.

Chichen Itza.

>>9634395
It's amazing to see what Human beings
(except niggas) are capable of

Teotihuacan Pyramids, Mexico. 100 BC.

Pompeii Ruins, Italy. Destroyed in 79 A.D

>>9634510
Is that the volcano in the background?

China's Forbidden City (Former Imperial Palace). 1420 AD

China's Forbidden City

China Forbidden City
(Close up photo)

>>9634520 >>9634524

China Forbidden City

Edo Castle, in Tokyo, capital of Japan. 1457 AD

Edo Castle. Japan. 1457 AD

Tokyo Imperial Palace. Japan

Vietnam Hue Imperial Palace. 18th Century

Sheesh Mahal (Lahore Fort)
in India. 1632 AD.

Sheesh Mahal
in India. 1632 AD.

Potala Palace. In Tibet, China. 17th century

Gyeongbokgung Palace. In South Korea. Built in 1395 AD.

Mongolia
Winter Palace of Bogd Khaan

Mausoleum Of Tamerlane
in Uzbekistan (Central Asia)

17th century

Louvre Palace (former royal palace)
France.

Undergone many reforms from 13th century to this day. Now a Museum

Luxembourg Palace
paris, France
1645 AD

Palace of Versailles (
1715 AD

>>9632808
How rich are you, Jacques?
I'm so rich I have a vineyard inside my castle.
Like, on the estate?
No, inside the fortifications.

Palace of Versailles
France
1715 AD

Palace of Fontainebleau
France. 12th Century

Fontainebleau, France
12th Century AD

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>>9632897
This makes things worse. They had a city for over a thousand years and accomplished so little. The Mexica empire was one tenth as old.

>>9632851
yeah, even a dingy fort blows your mud "castles" out of the fucking water
kill yourself already, your thread is dull and you've lost the plot 10 times over

>>9633016
>mfw africans are the real dwarves

pretty cool

>>9632940
we're actually comparing castles to castles
if you want to start comparing cathedrals, mosques, and temples to african ""places of worship"" we might need to dial the suicide hotline for our african friend

>>9633212
brick isn't mud

>>9632717
Why was this built here?
It's a small town right?
Is it because the location is so defensible?
How would they produce enough food to survive a seige?

>>9634947
Initially a Monastery.
then a fortress against the Vikings.
Seized by England in 100 years war
(when Joan of Arc's fought)
Briefly a Seat of a chivalric order
Abandoned by monks during the French revolution.
Converted into a prison for High-profile political prisoners.
The prison was finally closed in 1863,
and the mount was declared a historic monument in 1874.
Catholic monks came back.
Became a touristic place.

>>9632380
niggers are dumb

>>9632380
Even the word “adobe” is a testament to the KEBABing of Europe. It comes from a Spanish verb that derives from al Qats or something like that (“the bricks” in Arab)

>>9633079
racist