Were they used to kill people or something?

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Things like The Great Gatsby paint a colorful picture of what it was like in New York during this era. Most of the popular culture and texts seem to focus on what was going on in the east, things like the Scopes trial and KKK shook up southern headlines. But what was going on out west? I've always loved old western movies, but I know the "old west" kind of died in the teens. So was the west going through the same kind of cultural transformation that happened in the east?

If you look at early aircraft carriers, many of them lacked an "island". Why is that? For example, you have the HMS Furious, USS Langley, HMS Argus, Hosho, Akagi, and so on. I read the term "flush deck" somewhere, but can't seem to find any info on why they were designed that way.

Edit: I meant a large amount in the title

EDIT: This is about the Jewish community in the United States. Please give answers about American Jewry as I understand that the dynamic is very different in Israel.

For example, in 18th-century novels, I've seen "surprise" and "surprize" used interchangeably (sometimes in the same book), with no impression that either was considered more correct than the other.

Hi friends,

I am reading War and Peace, and was hoping some of you could help me to understand the war that is going on during the book so that I may appreciate the events happening as I read. Thanks for any help.

I feel like this is a no brainer, since Napoleon won so many wars, but was there any difference between a French officer and say, an Austrian one?

All scientific journals I've read claim that Aurora have been seen as far south as the 21 North line, which places most of the Middle East well above the effected areas. However, my research couldn't yield a single source, Arabic or otherwise, that documented Aurora sighting in the Middle East at the time. Any help finding such sources or explaining why they wouldn't exist would be appreciated.

Both fractured a united empire into numerous warring petty kingdoms, and resulted in a significant mixing of cultures. Why are they seen/portrayed so differently?

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How far back in time could you go in Britain while still being able to be understood?

Having been to a few museums with examples of traditional chinese art (porcelain, statues, etc.)... none of the lions look like, well... lions. As if the artists involved were trying for something else entirely. Why is that?

Full quote:

(On the possibility of countering the Allied invasion by using tanks)

As it was, the whole burden rested on the Army (Heer), and it was no longer "first class." The infantry divisions were weak and practically immobile, particularly their artillery and supply services. What panzer and panzer grenadier divisions there were, were used only piecemeal. This was a terrible error of the High Command; the fault lay partly with Hitler, partly with OKW, and of course, with von Kluge as well.

edit: His original words are "a terrible error" as indicated in the full quote, not a "horrible mistake" as in the title, I mistranslated that from my own translation, my bad.

Also, because of I've been watching a lot of Sabrina, how related is this new prominence of the devil in the theology of the period with the rise of belief in witchcraft during the same time?

Unfortunately, the title contains all the info I have. It was a lecture on how the Renaissance built much more on the work done during the Middle Ages than is generally acknowledged. It was furthermore shown that Renaissance authors were often misrepresenting their sources, citing ancient authors instead of the actual, medieval, sources.

I hope to find back the video I saw originally, but other sources on this topic are very welcome too.

Why didn't Canadian English colonies join the colonies that would become the United States in the American Revolution?

I dont understand what the reasoning could possibly be. Such a small number of people could have been given UK citizenship plus a massive sum of cash, and the UK still would be in profit.

I notice these names when studying American history, and many of them seem to be related to each other, and the tree stems down very close to the present day. Are the Clintons aware of any relationship to these people?