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Heracles, Themistocles, Patroclus, Achilleus

With these volatile times we are living in, where we are seeing racist views popping up more and more, it all got me thinking if the German people noticed a racist movement in the under-current of their population before the Nazi party was legitimized. And did they try to do anything to stop the spread of it?

What are the US equivalents to the “Victorian” and “Edwardian” eras in the UK? i.e. how do you label those time periods culturally in the US? And were there similarities in manners, dress, etc., between the two?

In the Richmond District in San Francisco, there exists a number of Russian/European delis that happen to sell multiple varieties of Turkish Delight. Until I moved here, I had never had the real thing. But I have had many similar candies in the U.S., usually in bar form, with a nougatey/marhmallowy consistency.

How much does American-made chewy candy owe to old/original recipies of Turkish Delight?

I've recently learned that Spartans needed to pay a contribution to their mess to remain citizens, but what about children whose parents owned land? Were they considered citizens by proxy or something like that?

so, I have seen alot of history documentaries, books, movies, games, web bloggs, ect. But still i don't understand why china almost always splits up. the most recent one was probobly the one after or during WW1 where china became a republic but there where also alot of warlords fighting for china to restore the empire. why does this hapen so much and when it does it last a long time.

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Looking at a map it seems like they would have at least tried, but I've never heard of any such occurrence. The only reason I can think of is maybe a shared Catholic religion would have stopped this.

I suck at history and geography so this might not be correct but I just rembered I saw they had long range weapons like that when i was ~8 yo and just now rembered it but this time I do have someone to ask, you guys!

I found it surprising the few times in which the U.S has actually declared war. I don't understand the difference between declaring war and authorization by congress.

I know about the confederate festivals in Brazil due to the exodus of ~20,000 southerners after the Civil War settling there by invitation of Emperor Don Pedro II. This was after the war, however.

I'm interested in similar communities (and celebrations) formed due to the fleeing of war, especially draft dodgers in recent history, both northerners and southerners during the Civil War and even those fleeing the Revolutionary War if distinct communities still exist somewhere.

I’ve been learning a lot about the Syrian civil war lately, specifically how it’s difficult to unilaterally categorize the resistance against Assad as simply “folks who are against Assad” i.e. there are a lot of different factions interested in removing Assad from power for a lot of different reasons. Similarly, were there groups in the American civil war who were interested in fighting the war aside from succeeding from the Union/preserving slavery? Or maybe they had the same goals as the Union/Confederacy, but fought as a distinct entity from either army (I read previously that some Native American tribes fought on either side of the war, but my impression was that they were largely absorbed by either army, and didn’t really act as a separate faction). It seems to me that the North/South dichotomy that is often taught is far too simple for such a conflict. Thank you for being knowledgeable!

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For more information on the title topic, check out the book "Empire in Waves: A Political History of Surfing" by Scott Laderman (U of California Press, 2014)!

For this week's Tuesday Trivia, let's get cynical! Schemes, scams, colonial crimes...how did people "get rich quick at others' expense?

Next time: Numbers! Stories about numbers or involving numbers or...

While I was researching on the net about children labour and looking at pictures, I noticed that a lot of children not only looked much older than their age, with haunted faces. On a lot of pictures I noticed the 1000 yard stare like soldiers with PTSD have. Is this a result of the photographic technics and possibilities of that time or had these kids really PTSD?

I'm fascinated by the opening years of the Edo period and the transition of power from the Toyotomi to the Tokugawa. I understand that one method used was strategically placing loyal vassals across the country to discourage rebellion, but what other methods were employed?