I'm not asking why it's not taught. I simply stated that it's not.

I've noticed that many paintings and illuminated manuscripts I've seen especially from about 1200-1600 will depict historical scenarios, biblical tales, ancient battles or stories of Roman saints. But many will depict them wearing clothing or armor contemporary to the year they were painted. Why was this? Was it an intentional stylistic choice at the time to "reboot" the stories into a contemporary setting? Or did they simply not have any concept of how styles and weapons/armor had changed over the centuries?

I realize it doesn’t go over large points in history, such as the Protestant Reformation or how Nationalism affected conquest, but it can’t predict those. The theory only works over continent size divides, and I think geography and “domesticable” crops and animals play a large part in that. So why do people hate it so much? If you guys think it is bad, what are better alternatives?

Edit: I forgot to add I understand why people hate it because of the liberal apologist stance that Diamond seems to take, so please don’t get into comment fights about this, it doesn’t change the crux of his theory. Which is that Eurasians had better plants and animals to domesticate, which led to them having superior populations(In the numerical sense), germs and technology

Edit 2: I also understand his weird obsession with New Guinea, I think he uses it more as an example than a literal anecdote. I also note I should have put “Anthropologists/Historians” in parentheses. Don’t bag on me for that

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I know it might be the obvious melt downs, but those were due to poor practice. Especially with today's technology, nuclear plants are a viable source of green energy, yet plants are neglected and shut down due to how society views them.

What I am trying to say (I guess) is that I feel like melt downs would make society want to improve upon the nuclear tech, not demonize it.

Even if there were other empires in the rest of India, the empire which controlled Delhi was still considered to be the most important empire politically. Why?

Every person i ask about this said it was just a miracle because it didnt happen before and never happened ever again

Edit: sorry i meant ww1 my bad

The Asuras, became the evil spirits, while the Devas, the good. What led to this change? Originally, even gods like Agni, and Varuna were part of the Asuras. Other pantheons descended from the Proto-Indo-Europeans don't seem to have the same dichotomy. What events contributed to this change?

Soccer in America has a century long history in the US Open Cup, contested since 1914, with many of its prolific winners being immigrant clubs with names like Brooklyn Celtic, New York HaKoah, Brooklyn Hispano, and other names denominating Greek, Ukrainian, etc. In other words, all nations where soccer is king. Given the time period of European immigrant influx, you would expect that a lot of those immigrants would bring their game over here and that it would catch on, yet the state of soccer in America today is in many ways a niche interest still in its infancy vis-a-vis sports like baseball, basketball, American football, etc. So why did the Beautiful Game not catch on here? What factors limited its growth until the past few decades?

Did the group Gerald Gardener describe actually exist in the 1930s & 1940s? How far can they trace back their beliefs and rituals in history?

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I'm watching Mad Men which takes place in the 60's and a character is drinking and smoking and is clearly pregnant and no one seems to mind. This show got awards for its historical accuracy.

Hi! I'm writing a fic based in 17th century Japan. There are two main characters, and they are alone, traveling together by horse and mule, with basic provisions like food, water, clothing, and bandages. One of the characters has just been shot by an arrow in the space between his left shoulder and chest, but not puncturing any major organs. The arrow is most of the way through, but not completely.

The two of them have been riding for a short while to escape their attackers, but now they've both stopped near a lake; Character Y, the one shot by the arrow, is in bad condition and has bled a lot, but is not completely unconscious. Character Z, the one treating him, is a native to Japan, lived in the wild by himself for a long time, and uses a bow and arrow as a primary weapon, so would be very knowledgeable in how to treat these wounds even in the somewhat lacking conditions the two of them are in. He is weak after overexerting himself, but not injured the way Character Y is, and is able to treat him.

Can someone please help me with a realistic and efficient way to treat the wound in this time period, using things found in nature and the things found in small traveling pair's basic provisions? I would think that making sure the arrowhead was removed, removing the shaft, and then cleaning (with alcohol or maybe honey?) and bandaging the wound would be sufficient, but I just want to be sure!

Thank you so much!

The Klan had been around for decades by the time of Hitler and saw a big resurgence in the 1920's, around the same time Hitler was formulating his own racial ideologies.

Does anyone know if Hitler had ever commented on them or sought inspirations in any way?

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Netflix has a PBS Nova episode on the excavation of trenches around the town of Messines in Belgium. Did people just fill up some of them to forget them? I know of Zone Rouge in France, but it seems that life has somehow found a way to exist on those former battlefields in Western and Eastern Europe.