Hello!

I'm working on a short (around 1500 words) university level essay on the relationship between Nietzsche and Nazism and while I've found a good deal of secondary literature on the topic I'm curious as to what Nietzsche primary texts I should focus on in the context of my essay. I imagine works such as "The Birth of Tragedy" would not be too helpful and that most of my work should go towards "Beyond Good and Evil" as well as "On the Genealogy of Morality" but if any other texts would be helpful please do let me know. Thank you very much for the assistance!

In the Sino-Roman Relationship page on Wikipedia it mentions that the Tang China called Byzantium "Fulin" instead of the old name for Rome "Daqin." Was any reason discovered for this change or does it stem from cultural confusion/language barriers?

I've read and watched that Japan received praise from other powers for their professional and mostly humane conduct with civilians and POWs during the Russo-Japanese war. Yet, I also know of the horrific atrocities committed by the Japanese in WWII, such as the rape of Nanking or the Bataan Death March. What change in the military and its leadership led to such cruelty and inhumanity dominating the military's conduct compared to the Russo-Japanese war?

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For a bit of context I’m 20 years old so I’ve grown up with typically smoking outdoors in public places unless travelling. I’ve heard you could smoke on aeroplanes, inside hospitals, school staff rooms and government buildings back in the day. Was there anywhere before the first smoking bans introduced in the 80’s/90’s that people didn’t smoke indoors? I know it might seem a bit stupid to ask, but there must be somewhere people generally refrained from doing so.

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By the end of the war, the US was building ships and aircraft at an astonishing clip. They had dozens (or at least more than 1 dozen) aircraft carriers despite at one point being down to only 1 operational carrier early in the war. Even if the war has gone perfectly for them and Japan had won every battle for say the first 3-4 years, could they have ever actually won the war, or would the US have simply overpowered Japan with sheer manufacturing capability no matter how poorly it started for them?

Surely many of the entities and companies had changed, went insolvent etc during this period. Who is the government actually paying these funds to and how?

I'm aware that as a TV show they take certain liberties with events and facts but is this depiction a case of PCing the show, or is it based on real life possibilities?

I know that traditionally European monarchies had strict rules governing the honors presented to visiting nobility based on their rank and lineage. However, during the 19th and early 20th centuries nations like the United States and the French Republic, who have no monarch, were economic and military great powers. Were the President of one of these nations (or other high official such as a foreign minister/secretary of state) to visit a European Monarchy would they be received in the same manner as a King? Or was their station viewed as inferior?

Hi guys, I'm working on an undergraduate thesis based around the Medieval concept of the Roman Empire, specifically early medieval (800-1024), and I can see no tangible reason for a suitably powerful monarch to submit to the Pope and receive the Imperial Title. Yet monarchs waged substantial wars to the benefit of the Papacy for the promise of this title. Why?

I would really appreciate a signpost towards an author (or authors) who deals with this idea, or better yet, a /thickly/ sourced explanation.

Cheers!

Hi, I'm having trouble sourcing any information on the typical working life of an ancient trireme, or similar wooden ship.

How long would the wreck of such a vessel typically last ?

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cjh

I regularly get into debates with a 30’s basement dwelling philosophy degree history buff - I don’t want to give any specific identifying things he studies, but most people who have been subjected to his long history monologues use the term genius. But he has recently taken a “race realist” approach. He can whip out statistics and generally sound incredibly intelligent. In order to combat this I need to know the whole picture. I need to be able to point to race history in an all encompassing way that will not allow him to philosophically talk circles around me. Can you help?

We talk about the difference between "historically accurate" and "historically authentic," with the second one being our idea of what a certain era should look and be like. That, obviously, has a lot to do with pop culture built up over time.

So I'm wondering if later-century movie (theatre, TV, &c) costume designers tried to replicate earlier decades' versions of the costumes? Other costumes being designed at the time? And then, what is the influence of contemporary fashion? (Do 80s high-waisted pants versus 90s low-riders show up in Sherwood Forest?)