Is there a mention of the Zoroastrianism in the Bible? I read a little about them and it seems like that Zoroastrianism and Christianity are similar? Is this actually true? I tried to look in the Bible but I couldn’t find anything.
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It seems to me that, in popular consciousness, when people think of Nazi war crimes or genocide what's thought of is the Holocaust and the Holocaust alone. Why is it that Generalplan Ost is less recognized, despite being its own genocide resulting in the deaths of millions? Is it because of general lack of understanding of the Eastern Front? Does this lack of understanding help contribute to "clean Wehrmacht" myths?
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were local gentry just expected to kill all the Danes in their in their area? if so I have to imagine that'd be ....impractical in parts of the country that used to be viking territory
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I just made a post about the United Belgian States in /r/belgium. A good question came up (all credit to /u/Drag_king): how was the Habsburg monarchy able to move its army/troops across the different parts of its empire? Were soldiers recruited localy? Did they get a right to pass from the empires in between?
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Reviewing Petries “Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh” as outlined here http://www.ronaldbirdsall.com/gizeh/petrie/c6.html Petrie states:
“On the whole, we probably cannot do better than take 51º 52' ± 2' as the nearest approximation to the mean angle of the Pyramid, allowing some weight to the South side. The mean base being 9068.8 ± .5 inches, this yields a height of 5776.0 ± 7.0 inches.”
This is based on a simple application of the tan function to the angle measured. My question is related to the margin of error that Petrie claims of less than 7 inches. This does seem reasonable on first glance due to the exhaustive set of measurements he documents. However he also states:
“it is not at all certain that the courses of the casing were truly level to 5' or 10', and occasional specimens showed angles up to 54º.”
Is it possible then given the removal of most of the casing stones that the pyramid was higher than Petries measurement could account for?. Here I am suggesting perhaps there could have been more or even an entire level of 54 degree casing stones and therefore he should have factored in a broader margin for error? I note that an increase of 30’ (minutes or 0.5 degree would increase the height by around 2%.)
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More specifically how did the US learn to call for example, German tanks by their correct names such as Panther and Tiger, or to recognise Mitsubishi A6Ms as Zeros?
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Genetic studies argue that the English population is a mix of Celtic-British and Anglo-Saxon, with the Germanic contribution less than 50%. In most other settings of peoples being conquered by invaders, there's far more retention of the original languages. Gaul, for example, was also conquered by Germanic peoples but kept its Romance language; there are hundreds of Greek-derived words in Turkish; local dialects of Arabic like Palestinian and Lebanese have a large contribution from Aramaic. What was so different about migration-era Britain? Place names excepted, only a couple dozen British-Celtic words made it into English.
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I was reading about the longest U.S. government shutdowns and they seem to all be from around the 1990s onwards. I don’t quite follow why this is the case: there was plenty of instances of extreme division in American governance throughout its history, far more extreme than the last few decades even. Why then is a government shutdown seemingly such a recent phenomenon?
Has the structure of government or party politics changed so drastically in the past few decades to allow for this new phenomenon? Or is it something else entirely? If anybody is able to chime in on why this is I’d love to find out.
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Is there any interesting books that explore Native America before the arrival of Europeans in the 1400s? If so then that would be great considering I am greatly fascinated with natives american cultures whether it be the Iroquois Confederacy of the eastern woodlands, the Mississippian Kingdoms or the Mound-Builders civilizations, and the ancient Mayan culture of the Yucatan Peninsula.
The subjects of any Pre-Columbian related books could range anywhere with history, warfare, philosophy, art, language, and etc.
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Specifically sailing in the more open oceans of the North Sea, the Indian ocean, or the Chinese sea. What were the odds that any given ship voyage ended in a wreck? Did professional sailors usually reach old age or would they die before then most likely? Would pirates have been a bigger concern than death by natural forces during most of this time?
I would imagine that sailing near the coast was fairly safe, and that this is what most people did. If you encountered bad weather, you could sail to shore and wait it out there. You would still have to contend with everything standing between yourself and a safe harbor like rocks or whatever but that seems less bad than the open ocean. Guess pirates can still get ya tho.
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From what I understand, Guards units in modern militaries are supposed to be elite formations. However, I read that Soviet Guards divisions were given the designation based on past performance in battle. Were they given any extra training or equipment that would allow them to succeed further? Or was it more a publicity / espirit du corps thing? Thanks!
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The abdicated emperors usually got the titles as Joko/Thượng Hoàng (上皇), or Hoo (法皇) for those becoming Buddhist monks. In many cases they are still the actual rulers and decision makers.
While in the same Eastern Asian cultural sphere, in China and Korea this type of abdications are far less frequent. If it happened, it was often due to their loss in political conflicts (Tang Gaozu 唐高祖), foreign invasions (Joseon Gojong 조선고종) , or they only abdicated when their health situation became unmanageable.
What are the reasons causing such disparities? I guess for some cases, such abdications might be beneficial to the smooth transition of powers to their desired successors.
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Is there a historical reason why so many towns and cities have identical street names. Some make sense (i.e. Lakeshores Dr, Centre St) but others no so much (i.e. Yonge st, Lorne St). Same applies with some establishments (i.e. The Queens almost always is some sort of bar)
Edit: from Canada. Not sure how this applies to other parts of the world
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I've been told that these events somehow led to WWI and I'd like to learn more about it. I want to make sure I read actual facts though, so I'd love it if you guys could point out some great sources. I already read the wiki articles about it, but I want more details :)
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Specifically during his early years as king, what would you say Darius the Great's most important achievements were?
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I recently saw an episode of QI saying that Hitler supposedly changed his signature to "S Hitler" following the Nazi Party's adoption of the swastika. Apparently because the S looked more like a swastika. Is this true? If not, why the S? I've tried looking online but can't find anything.
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I hope this sub is the right place for this but im a beginer to this kind of thing and so am looking for some treatises to help me get started, im particularly interested in polearms or shield combinations (never at the same time).
If this isnt the right sub, being pointed in the right direction would be fantastic
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