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[@thinkingwest](/creator/twitter/thinkingwest)
"In uncertain times leaders who defend their culture values and future are needed more than ever. Charles the Hammer was a defender when Europe needed onewho will take up that mantle today"  
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"Charles "the Hammer." Perhaps no figure deserves the title defender of Western civilization as much as him. A warrior-statesman he not only crushed foreign invasions but also laid the foundation for medieval Europe🧵"  
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"Shortly before Charles struggle for the Frankish kingdom a darker tide was rising to the south. Muslim forces under the Umayyad Caliphate invaded Visigothic Spain defeating the Visigothic King Roderic in XXX at the Battle of Guadalete"  
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"Whats an architectural masterpiece you feel is underrated"  
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"8. Hernn Corts In 1519 Corts famously ordered his men to burn their ships so that theyd know there was no going back. He went on to overthrow the Aztec Empire with only a small band of Spanish men (and many Native allies) proving he wasnt afraid to go against the odds"  
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"Christianity conquered Rome the greatest empire in history. I wouldn't bet against it today"  
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"His kindness toward Boniface would be later returned as Boniface anointed Pepin the Short (Charles son) as king in XXX strengthening the Carolingian-Papal alliance in later years"  
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"Christianity changed the world in incredibly positive ways that we often fail to grasp"  
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"Whats the most incredible religious/historical site youve visited"  
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"All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle. St. Francis Of Assisi"  
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"@CeaddaOfMercia Metal embodies the Faustian spirit second only to classical. Hippy music is eastern larping"  
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"1. Leonidas The Spartan king showed his willingness to sacrifice for his people when he along with a cohort of vastly outnumbered Greeks fought to the death at Thermopylae in XXX BC. Despite his death hes become immortal in the legend that surrounds his epic last stand"  
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"You may not like it but this is what peak (political) performance looks like:"  
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"Theres something wrong with a society whose corporate buildings dwarf its religious ones"  
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"What's the biggest historical misconception you've seen promoted"  
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"The beautiful chaos of the Holy Roman Empire. At its peak it incorporated hundreds of fiefs"  
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"The sword you choose says a lot about you whats your pick"  
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"@realAtlasPress Bryce Canyon National park is otherworldly"  
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"You're tasked with raising the next emperor. What book do you give him to become a wise and courageous leader"  
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"What battle was most consequential for Western civilization"  
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"Subsequent years would continue to try Charles political will and power: the nobles of Neustria and Burgundy originally opposed his rise to rule. But a series of military victories strategic alliances and diplomacy brought these neighbor realms under his control securing the former boundaries of Pepins rule under one leader again"  
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"Without Charles there would be no Christian Gaul no Charlemagne no Carolingian Empire and perhaps no Holy Roman Empire. The Medieval West wouldve looked very different culturally religiously and politically without Charles the Hammer"  
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"Manifest Destiny is a good thing actually"  
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"9. John III Sobieski As the Ottomans besieged Vienna in 1683 Sobieski king of Poland rushed to their aid with roughly 25000 men. He then led an attack against the besiegers which culminated in a cavalry charge 18000 strong including 3000 of the famous winged hussars"  
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"You were created for more than just spreadsheets"  
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"The Ancient Greeks basically invented Western philosophy. 2500 years on and were still studying their ideas. Here are XX Greek philosophers you need to know🧵"  
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"The greatest men in history didnt sit back and watch their men fight from afar they led from the front. A thread on courageous leaders who fought alongside their troops🧵"  
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"While Charles occupied with the situation in Gaul failed to help the Pope against the Lombard threat his sympathies and support for the Christianization of Europe secured the positive sentiments of the Papacy toward the Franks"  
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