Really why?

Hello all,

My family hails from Nagyrozvagy and Kisrozvagy, small neighboring villages in northeast Hungary. While we have clear and detailed accounts and photos of farm life up to around the 1940s, we do not have any for the 19th century or early 20th century. Our family tree for this side of our family stretches only to the early 1860s.

I was wondering what daily life was like in villages and farms from the 1860s-1920 in Hungary, northeastern Hungary if that makes that much of a difference. What crops were most commonly grown? How were homes designed? How close knit were villages? What was the family dynamic in areas like these?

We have many photos from the 1920s up until the modern day of our areas of Hungary, along with plenty of family stories and an understanding of how life is in the modern day and recent times there. But what was this area like from 1860-1920 for the average person? What could a day in the life of my ancestor in Nagyrozvagy or Kisrozvagy look like?

Thank you in advance!

There's definitely a trend with Zeus turning into things, animals or other people. There are reasons given, like seducing a wife or avoiding his own, but it's such a common gimmick and the reasons vary, so I'm wondering if there's some deeper reason why the ruler of all the gods constantly changed form.

Hi, I'm a teenager who has been getting into fitness and I would like to know about how people, commoners, warriors even the aristocrats & the elite trained physically in different empires and cultures, particularly during the time periods of China's 3 kingdoms, Ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire, but I'm open to anything. What kind of training did warriors do? What kind of diets did different cultures eat for fitness? How did people treat fitness?

Everyone knows of Malcolm X and Black contemporaries of the Civil Rights Movement who did not believe that it went far enough in uplifting and liberating Black Americans. I've found little on if any prominent or even remotely notable Black voices stood in contrast to this, and were instead ENTIRELY resistant to the Civil Rights Movement's antiracist goals for one reason or another. I figure surely some noteworthy Black Americans were outspoken in their opposition to the movement's aims at the time, either due to their own conservatism, internalized racism, or because they were simply serving mouthpieces for White racists of the time. Are there any such examples?

The Romans attributed their Roman identity with Romulus, but did ancient Italians ever question where their Italic label came from?

There is an ancient Greek legend that tells of a King named Italos who ruled a Greek tribe in Italy, and according to many ancient Greek authors this was the source of the name "Italia".

Was this myth ever widespread amongst the Roman citizens of Italy? Or did they have another origin story for the name Italy?

Australia was also mentioned, which surprises me less but I would still have considered it more or less culturally very similar to the UK.

Edit: I already deleted one version for a typo so I'm not doing it again. Sorry for the weird slashes!

In other words, prior to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, were there any other societies, cultures, or religions anywhere in the world which could be described as having a disapproving view of homosexuality? If so, who were they and why did they even care about this to begin with? I honestly don’t get it.

A show me and mom love to watch lately is Murdoch Mysteries. It spans the 1890s-1900s. Boarding houses are shown at several points. I’ve also seen/read things from the first half of the 20th century where boarding houses are referenced. It’s almost always young women who aren’t married, and it’s almost always run by some crotchety old lady who’s super strict about the rules. It seems to be distinct from renting an apartment or even a room in someone’s house...They are usually working women who, I would think, should be able to afford an apartment?

I was looking through a bunch of old WW2 photos and videos online and I was sort of shocked at how skinny and frail many of the soldiers look, on all sides of the war.

Especially Germany though, the amount of them that looked rail thin and practically swam in their uniforms was very high.

Were people back in the day just smaller and not as muscular? Was it food related, did they not have enough food for their soldiers? What’s the deal here…

mining and removing mountains

Could, and did, any Ancient Civilizations(I guess Greeks and Romans would be contenders) flatten and basically remove a Mountain? I dont mean digging holes in the thing like Swiss cheese, although if they do that then collapse it then thats an okay explanation, I mean taking the top and going to the bottom to make the Mountain not exist!

Also, if they can, how long would it take them? A few days/weeks/months/years/decades?

For folks wondering why I ask, I wish to write a story about a Mage and the fact that his city is protected on all sides except the valley at their front and the sea/port at their back. They have a Mountain that they want rid of thats in the way of the city expansion within the Mountain range that makes up the natural barriers.

I'd rather it was possible by normal human hands than the hands of a Mage(who could probably throw his own Mother up a cliff haha) although I don't mind if he helps etc... sorry, went into a bit too much detail lol. Have a good weekend 🙂

The offensives fought by the Italian Army in WWI are somewhat infamous for how badly they turned out. It is my understanding that terrain itself was worse than average and gave the Austrian Army significant advantage on defense.

If Italian decision-makers felt that Italy must deploy troops in offensive operations, were there any better options from a purely military standpoint, or the ideal course of action would be offensives in roughly the same area, but better planned and executed? And was any alternative solution politically viable if we discount the perceived need to control the promised territorial concessions?

We know that the Bishop of Rome is the head honcho of the Roman Catholic Church and given special consideration and the reason given by the RCC is that they are successors to Saint Peter to whom the Christ has given authority over his church. But I want to hear a more historical perspective on how it became a powerful center of Christianity.

In other countries that I know better, the right to abortion was granted after a political discussion that led to either a law from the parliament, a popular vote/referendum, the ratification and interpretation of contemporary international agreements like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, or based on post-WWII constitutions that included these elements already.

When Roe-v-Wade happened, was there any concern about basing such a right on the careful interpretation of a 200 year old constitution that was definitely seminal as a democratic constitution but in many senses is not a modern one? Was there anyone proposing a modern discussion on the matter, based on modern conception of women, of human rights, but also modern medicine for prenatal diagnosis, prevention, contraception? And ideally resulting in an amendment or a federal law?

To me (sorry for trivializing the matter) it looks like if we go searching for indications in the constitution on whether there should be a speed limit on the highways. Why this approach as if the constitution was a sort of sacred text that the longer you stare at it the more answers it gives you? (That’s my feeling, not trying to be disrespectful).

Perhaps just anecdotal evidence, but after the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe, I saw quite a few posts on social media about how the decision infringes on the religious liberties of Jews, since that faith tradition views a fetus as part of the mother and thus does not have the same ideological opposition to abortion as, say, evangelical Christians.

Leaving aside of validity of the political/legal argument, I’m curious as the theological divide in perception. Where did this come from? Or am I way off base?