So would they have info on specific concentration camps and their locations, or just more general ideas of a genocide being committed?
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Can anybody explain to me the difference between the nobility, the peerage and the gentry of Tudor England? I have a vague understanding of it but can't seem to find any solid definitions.
Also, could anyone explain what a Yeoman was? Again, I have a loose understanding but need some clarification.
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Their navy seems to have been effectively neutralized in the early years of war, and suffered a major defeat at the Battle of Taranto. Why were they not able to keep up with the British Royal Navy's mediterranean fleet, despite being numerically and technologically comparable?
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I was told in school and have heard the story many times since that Hitler was almost killed in WWI by an artillery shell. People normally state that this contributed towards him thinking he had a destiny. However, I can't find anything about it and have started to wonder if it's just an urban myth type thing?
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To wit:
Sweden: 9,995,153.
Denmark: 5,748,769.
Finland: 5,474,083.
Norway: 5,258,317.
Iceland: 338,349.
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I've heard stories forever of how pre-modern boxers would fight for dozens of rounds before a fight was finished. Just looking at John L. Sullivan's wiki, he had a fight scheduled for 80 rounds. How would these boxers fight for this long without being knocked out or dying? I have a hard time imagining a modern heavyweight going 44 Rounds... Was it differences in the rules, the boxers, the equipment?
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I unfortunately can't post a picture of the painting in question, but from what I did manage to find online, it's called George Washington Praying at Valley Forge by Paul Weber (the artist's name is super important if you look it up otherwise you're going to get the wrong painting. This one does NOT have a horse in it). In it, Washington is kneeling on one knee and some guy is hiding in the bushes watching. Who is this Peeping Tom? Anyway, someone I know asked so I figured I'd Google it for them but Google was very unhelpful in my endeavors so I'm hoping someone else here knows.
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Things like goat horned devils, demon summoning pentagrams and evil numbers (666) don't sound particularly biblical to me. My guess would be that this sort of image is either an entirely modern thing or they come from medival Europe, or they are traditions from other religions. Does the bible give any proper descriptions of hell? If so does it bare any resemblance to what we think of today as satanic?
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There's two parts to this question:
Why did neither the Japanese nor Germans successfully regain infosec despite their codes being cracked so early in the war? Both Enigma and Japanese naval codes had been cracked by 1942, allowing the Allies vital insight into Axis war plans. The Battle of Midway seems the most egregious example, with the Americans wiping out the Kido Butai with only 3 carriers thanks to the element of surprise. Did it occur to no one at high command that their codes had been breached?
Were there equivalent Axis successes in breaking Allied codes? I'd imagine that Japan and Germany would've had some teams working to break the Allied codes. How were there no similar breaches made by the Axis?
I'm asking mostly for Japan, because most previous questions focus on Nazi Germany.
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So we all know about Egypt. The great pharaos and their dynasties. I was watching documentaries on the end of bronze age and the collapse of all the cities, yet egypt made it through. What makes me curious is how did egypt survived for thousand of years. When was egypt's identity formed? Internal strife is usually the main reason empires fall, and egypt was no different Dynasties trampled each other, rulers changed and changed. How did the identity of efypt surcove throughout all of this time? Was it the culture that kept the identity, regardless of which dynasty rules?
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I've read this in the past and heard it mentioned but feel like if this was a known thing, it would have a large impact on Christian theology and history?
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Did they inherit unfavorable attitudes toward women from when they crossed the Bering Straight?
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Lovecraft describe Innsmouth as once thriving town notable for it's shipbuilding, fishing and worldwide trade connections with mentioned industrialization efforts. But since early XIX century town economy collapse due to War of 1812, overfishing and industry moving out or being closed. Early XIX century was a bad period for New England economy and some small towns do slowly vanish in this period similar to fictional Innsmouth? If so, what it caused and it was efforts to stop ongoing decay in region.
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Correction: European Communities (EC)
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I started reading a novel set in 1960s China about a woman whose husband is in the military. She lives in a rural village and all the farmers get "work points" that are traded for money or grains, and there is apparently a shortage or rationing, so people need coupons (ex. food coupon, oil coupon, industry coupon) in order to buy necessities. Without coupons, even if you have money you can't buy things, unless it's illegally on the black market. It's also described to be illegal to buy goods from one area and resell to another.
I have zero knowledge on any of the historical context for this so I was wondering if someone could give an overview?
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I stumbled on this interesting Canon from the wikipedia article on the Second Council of the Lantern, while I was researching something else. Unfortunately, when I tried to look into this further, most sources I can find seem more interested in quibbling over the exact weapon and language of the canon, and not that very interested in the background.
In relations to my question, obviously, if the Church passed this Canon, they believed (in some form) that it would either bring a benefit to the Christian world (like a proto-Geneva Convention, maybe?) or there was political/economic benefit that would benefit the repair of the schism between Pope Innocent II and antipope Anacletus II.
From what I (very superficially) know, neither theory quite holds up. There are some arguments about crossbows being inhumane in that time period, etc etc. However, the language seems very vague and not targeted against a specific weapon, so it does not seem to hold up. Alternatively, I tried looking into the background of both the main parties. However, both popes had a mix of nations/nobles, and I do not immediately see an obvious political slant to this, where one nation might have been able to condemn an opponent.
This leads me to believe that I am crucially missing some background information on the general belief in the medieval world. Was this some cultural belief against ranged weapons that I wasn't aware of? Or are there some interpretations of the Bible that are against ranged weapons?
As an aside, and for bonus: With the (very safe, I think) assumption that no general in their right mind is going to give up ranged weapons in their army, why did the Church even think of passing this Canon? Did they not expect that it would be promptly ignored, and their authority would be diminished in the aftermath? Or did they expect it to be ignored, and there was a deeper game being played here?
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