Ive been quite frustrated on the general lack of information that i can find regarding the Vandal navy, especially in regards to what kind of navy vessels they used. So does anyone know what kind of ships they had? Did they copy the Roman liburnian, or did they use there own kind of ships?

Its is also quite amazing how a Germanic people, from central Europe, with no previous navy tradition, would come to dominante the western Mediterranean sea, in such a short period of time. What made them become so powerful in this regard?

Finally, it seems odd that none of the other Barbarian kingdoms that held coastal territories ever developed there own navies besides the Vandals. Do we know why this is the case?

I have this idea for a Western comic and it includes Native American characters. As I did my research, it got very complicated as there are many tribes and not a lot of information I found useful. What I want to know is the treatment of Native Americans during the Wild West around the 1870s, their culture at the time, and their relations with other races. Other tidbits of information like the politics, clothing, and weapons used in America during this time would be useful as well.

I’m still in school, Don’t bash on me pls. Just trying to learn.

If so, were they aware of the vast quantities of land across the strait? Was trade ever done?

I know this is a broad question but I cant find anything anywhere talking about it and I think it's a fun historical question.

These may be unrelated questions but they have been bugging after having heard Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast and Vox’s Missing Chapter series. Putting aside the quality of the content these to outlets focus on underexposed events or look at known events from a different angle.

How is revisionism received by the community? How do you judge if a particular take is a fair revision or is a product of the bias of the time (if such a thing exists)? And how to know if a collective response to a revision is influenced by biases?

Has the understanding of some events changed over time? Has these changes caused mainly by new information revealed? Or does the context of the times when an event is analyzed influence its understanding?

Sorry for rambling. I am just curious about how you check. I come from a field in sciences that is more or less open to new information and ready for new paradigms. But in some scientific fields, immediacy of experiments and data generation play a part in that.

Quite a common thing in fantasy novels is for a specific genetic trait (commonly blond hair or blue eyes) to be seen as a symbol of nobility, and to be almost exclusive to actual nobles. I was wondering if there are any historical examples of such a thing happening or if it is entirely fiction.

For example, the USS Lexington "sank or destroyed 300,000 tons of enemy cargo and damaged an additional 600,000 tons."

Is this the weight of the cargo, or the weight of the ships? Is there a way to convert this (roughly) into number of ships damaged and/or sunk?

Thank you!

As I understand it, Hebrew was used only by rabbis in pre-war Europe for the reading of the Torah. How was it made the daily norm for an entire nation? Could you give some juicy historical details??

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I was watching Rise of Empires: Ottoman on Netflix and the fifth episode on prophecy ended with an image of the Hagia Sophia being surrounded by a light of divine origin (I believe they said it was Mother Mary leaving the city). I tried doing some research to understand what are some possible natural explanations but with no luck. I found that there had been lightning,thunderstorms, and fog that day. Could the light phenomena been caused by the material used for the dome of the church? Any information would be greatly appreciated!

Out of curiosity and having not done so before (and mildly inspired by current events) I decided to read the US Constitution. I'm starting with the amendments because my son is learning about them in school so it's fun to learn together. The 25th amendment determines that the Vice President will become president after the death of the President. The amendment, however, was ratified in 1967, which is after the Kennedy assassination. I always was under the impression that this was a fact always and didn't realize it was so late that the amendment was made. I was just wondering why it seems to have always just been the case anyway to have the VP take over.

*Sorry for the edit, my dog jumped on me and posted before I had finished typing

I've heard about crazy megaprojects and weird shit about the nazis but what were they actually gonna do? What would they build? How would they keep control?

Obviously being able to read previously unintelligible writings was quite the incredible coup for Egyptology and expanded the scope of what could be studied, and knowledge of Ancient Egypt unimaginably. But that's not really what I mean. I'm more thinking about what the extent of knowledge was prior to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, and how much of that remained valid, how much had to be seriously reevaluated, and how much was tossed out as straight up wrong - and of course, how much we knew at all! I presume sources were limited to Greek/Roman texts, and the Bible too perhaps, so just what did we know!?

LaLaurie's crimes were absolutely horrific, but with my 21st century mindset, I have trouble figuring out how her violent acts were really that different from the day to day physical violence of the American slave economy, with "slave-breakers" like Edward Covey, the process of "seasoning" new arrivals and the Atlantic passage that preceded it, and the routine economic and physical exploitation of enslaved people and their bodies, not to mention the psycho-social aspects. Given that all these things were fundamentally part of the slave economy of the South, what was it about LaLaurie's acts that could have inspired a mob to attack her household? Also, legally, what did "mistreatment" consist of in New Orleans/Louisiana law?

I’m writing a dissertation on the reasons why the Bolshevisks won the civil war in high school. I’m looking for any suggestions on websites or books to read where I can get historians opinions and quotes on this topic. Any suggestions?

Thanks

While the violence in Kansas is often discussed, did violence of the sort occur in Nebraska, & if not, why not? Thank you!

Do we have any convincing evidence for the existence of Homer? Even though the Iliad and Odyssey were supposedly written in the Greek dark age, it is surprising we don't have surviving ancient copies apart from Homeric Papyri. Given the high probability of the Iliad and Odyssey existing as oral traditions, is there a probability of "Homeric" poetry having existed closer to the time Troy was destroyed?

To be fair, I'm asking this for a work of fiction, but I want it to be realistic enough.

Imagine a chartered company that has a grandmaster of sorts i.e main shareholder. If the company has administration rights of a colony i.e right to colonize, can the company's grandmaster be considered a nobleman of sorts? Such as a marquis or something like that.

Thank you in advance!