Earlier in the film, he indicates that the $10,000 bounty for El Indio alone would be enough to retire comfortably on. Would this have been the case?

Obviously nobody was around writing stuff during prehistory, so this image of a caveman had to come from someone's imagination. When, where, and why did this come to be the image of a caveman? My first thought was the Flintstones, but it seems like they relied on some familiarity with the imagery. Is this idea from colonialism and stereotypes of "primitive" natives?

This is in no way meant to be another ignorant, eurocentric question meant to bring down Eastern civilization. That being said, I'm genuinely curious as to how the Chinese could suffer such a humiliating defeat when the British had such a difficult time subjugating other countries in Asia. Wikipedia says the first Opium War saw 18,000 Chinese dead and only 70 British dead. To make a comparison, the conquest of Burma cost the British 15,000 casualties to a higher but unknown amount of British casualties. These wars happened only fifteen years apart, and I would (perhaps igonrantly) assume that the Burmese and Chinese forces were on the same level.

I am curious about why there have been a lack of kings named Arthur, despite being very famous, otger famous Kings who ruled the British Isles - or some parts of them - like William The Conqueror, got plenty of namesakes, and while king names like Richard died out due to two Richards being controversial - the II due to being a very bad king and the IV due to the Princes in the Tower - and Henry- due Henry VIII - but arguably speaking, despite being the most well known English King, there have been no Arthur II, is there a reason behind this ?

I suppose what I'm asking is what kind of explanations for matter, and objects, existed among the common people during this period. For example, I've recently been informed that Stars, and the Moon, were considered to be celestial bodies made of Aether. But would a peasant have access to this concept, or knowledge, even though it was fallacious? Surely the average peasant could neither read, nor would have had access to books even if they could. Does anyone have any interesting Historical anecdotes detailing the...ontology, or epistemological reasoning of the poor relating to such things as the moon and stars, plants, trees, animals, or anything else? What would a peasant have believed the Monn for example, was made of, in the absence of any explanation--or would they have been exposed to the Aether theory through the clergy?I'm not looking for information on Humours/Miasmas etc. I'm trying to understand the 'magical' reality of the average Elizabethan peasant (not in a Romantic sense because I fully understand how horrifically God-awful the lives of these people must have been). I'm also looking for information on the experiences of Rural manual workers moving in to the emerging metropolis of Industrializing London and would appreciate any links or pointers to relevant literature that discuss this and the aforementioned. I'm researching for a Novel which is kind of a...magical realism, format-- the emphasis being on realism. That is to say, not fantasy nor Surrealism...things that happen must have been possible, however improbable. It's important that I get things as historically accurate as possible for this reason. Any and all feedback much appreciated!

Why ancient and medieval China stuck to fortified cities and villages?

[deleted]

To my knowledge both China and whatever the big Caliphate was in the Middle East at the time were more powerful and rich than most of Europe. I guess this question could also apply to India by the way.

As much as Pericles had a turbulent political career, he still regarded that's one of the best. Themistocles is famous for Salamis and a lot of other things, but ended up running away to Persia and also has a rocky career as a statesman. Why is Pericles considered more successful?

SoI`m doing a 120 pages research for my diploma and my theme is early medieval architecture, specifically villages and small towns.

I could not for the death of me find any English maps or any maps at this point and to be fair and square i can`t find a lot of info. The most interesting topic is houses inside and outside and of course mapping, but at this point any information is useful so you are very welcome to share if you know anything, i will very much appreciate it! Worth noticing that I don`t live in a country with Amazon service, i can not purchase books with required data so maybe you know some useful information and don`t mind sharing it?

​

Asking for a kind soul so badly!!

When Nixon resigned from the Presidency, did he have any supporters remaining, or was the general consensus that he he needed to go? Any special or documentary I’ve seen about the subject always paints Nixon as a criminal who abused his power, and I’ve never seen anything to show that any politician or the general public still viewed him in a favorable light at the end.

I am very interested in what kind of protective gear they would wear, and if it changed from, say, the Viking Age to the 15th century, if there were regional differences, and if a silversmith and an armoursmith (or any other kind of smith) had the same kind of protective gear. I am also interested in learning if they wore steel-toed boots and face protection like we do.

[deleted]

I know that their primary weapon was the bow and spear. I'm reading about the evolution of Japanese swords and read about how their swords used to be deeply curved and long, used one handed while on horseback (tachi). Eventually the sword became shorter, meant for two handed use with varying degrees of curvature throughout the centuries as combat shifted to more infantry-based. Why did it change? I thought it's preferable to have more cavalry-based armies because they're mobile? And wouldn't using a tachi with one hand be more unwieldy than a katana with two hands?

Bonus question: Ray skins are used to wrap the hilt although rays aren't native to Japanese waters. Who did they trade with to acquire the skins? As far as I know, Japan stayed isolated for most of its history. And how did they come up with the idea to use ray skins on the hilt? It seems spur of the moment like "This looks like a good material for wrapping hilts! Let's try it!"

It's common for cathedral cities in England to claim that their dearly beloved minster was used by Old Noll as stables for his ironside cavalry.

A man from Winchester told me this was done in their cathedral. Another man from Durham said the Chapel of the Venerable Bede in Durham Cathedral was used as a stable because of its popery (we do know it was used as a prison after Dunbar).

However, I've read a tweet I think by the Cromwell Museum that this was only ever actually attested at Peterborough cathedral.

Is this nonsense? Are people confusing iconoclastic destruction with this very visceral image of stabling horses?

I'm asking what German immigrants were treated like in the US, Britain, France, Spain, pretty much anywhere that had a relatively sizable German population. Were they treated normally during the war or were the discriminated against? Were their segregation laws in place, or did such things not exist?

I understand that testing was an important part of entering civil service. What were these tests actually like? Essay-writing, fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice? Who wrote them? Were they standardized throughout the empire?

And how would someone prepare for them? Beyond just reading the Chinese classics, were there classes I could take?

I recently heard of the Battle of Ramree during WWII for the first time where, according to a documentary I was watching, around 1,000 Japanese soldiers were killed and eaten by crocodiles. From what I understand (again, per the documentary), over 1,000 Japanese soldiers retreated into swamps on the island and only 20 or so emerged. It stated that the rest were eaten by crocodiles. Are these numbers accurate, or did some/most die from things like illness, starvation, allied weapons, etc? What time frame did all of this happen over? Even with the Japanese tendency to fight until death and not surrender, I can't imagine watching my friends all get eaten alive and still refusing to surrender, so I wanted to see what exactly happened at the battle, and see if those numbers were actually accurate.

Were there any other national troops on D-Day besides Canadians, Americans, and British troops? I am talking only about the first day,or until the beach was secure.