I’m thinking of Mansa Musa destabilizing economies due to the mass influx of gold and the Spanish crashing their own economy due to silver. If the economies crashed like this, clearly some type of economic system and economic understanding must have existed. If this is the case, how did people like Mansa Musa or the Spanish not have the foresight to not destabilize economies?

Im not sure if this has been asked before, but the immense value of salt historicaly seemed to influence much policy of the time (specifically Rome). Why was this so valuable? Why would Roman soldiers even want a salary, if they could just head to the sea and get salt? What is the important thing that I am missing here?

And as an addition, when did salt become available enough to be considered a normal good?

Not necessarily the place names, but the descriptions on the monsters, in the corners etc. I have tried googling it for a while now, but can find no other answers than ones supposedly hidden in library books miles and miles away from me.

If there's anyone who has actually read these books, or is just better at finding these answers than me, please help.

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Stereotypically, we hear of distilled liquors being the drink of choice, and of course those are more space efficient for bootleggers. But was it common to ferment wine, beer, or cider at home? Would people be at all likely to serve those at parties, or did cocktails rule? Was pruno common, or were people who wanted to home brew too easily able to obtain appropriate supplies to have that make sense?

When watching movies that take place during the Revolutionary War (e.g. "The Patriot" movie, 2000) the soldiers on each side would line up shoulder to shoulder, load their muskets and then fire at the opposing side.

This seems like a horrible tactic that would maximize casualties. First, are movies that portray open field conflict during this time period accurate in this portrayal? Second, where did this practice originate and why was it used?

If I was the commander of a unit and wanted to engage the enemy, wouldn't using more guerrilla styled tactics be advantageous for my unit? Wouldn't flanking the enemy lines be preferable than just lining up all of my men in one large wall formation as the other side shot at them?

are there any origin stories about werewolf being immortal like vampires or is that only made up in movies such as Underworld and Van Helsing???

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is there any story in myths or folklores which depicts werewolves as immortals???

It seems like in the past 2 decades, barring the battlefield 1 craze, people rarely seem to talk about the Korean war or ww1; instead choosing to focus on ww2 and vietnam. Is there a reason for this?

Why did the Argentinian economy go from major prosperity and growth in the 19th century to early 20th century, only to collapse into spiralling debt and inflation; to the point of never truly recovering even today?

What factors caused this?

Were there Germans that were critical of this? Are there newspaper articles or politicians that spoke out about this?

Didn't Italy colonize Ethiopia in the 1930s or does that not really count for whatever reason? Was there something non colonial about how Italy acquired Ethiopia? Why is this such a common thought despite the invasion and occupation in 1936 until the early 40s?

The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads:

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Being drafted by compulsion into the military or alternative civilian service by the government seems like it would at least create a legal argument for "involuntary servitude." Were there attempts to make this argument say, during, the Vietnam War era, or otherwise?

I just watched a video about why the Pacific is called the Pacific, and also just learned that the Chinese word for the name 太平洋 is just a translation of the word Pacific.

But there must be an older word that ancient Chinese people used for the sea right?

Maybe this is a stupid question and I don’t know how to really explain what I mean, but my dad and I have been discussing this a lot recently. IF the first people who came to America had British/English accents and they were pretty much only talking to other people who have the same accent, how did it change so much to the way way we sound today? What caused it? My dad said it just changed over time and I know that, but HOW?

This has always sounded like one of those urban legends retold over and over, just to show how humble he was. I’m just wondering if there is any actual truth to it?

I was reading a history book on the Russian revolution that claimed that many Imperial Russian soldiers didn't have rifles, and were forced to pick up the rifles of their fallen comrades. I've heard similar debunked claims regarding the Red Army in WW2. Did the Imperial Russian Army really face such significant equipment shortages in the Great War, or is it largely a myth?