To add on to that, did every area have there own “home brew” which is why they just say beer? Were there certain brands back then that were distributed or just whatever they made that day? Same with hard alcohol?

As far as I understand known history in ancient world the Greeks were conquered by the Romans. Before this happened there was the Trojan wars in which the unified greek states conquered and destroyed the Trojan leadership. I've read that its theorized that the Trojans who survived went on to found Rome? If that's true then is the Roman conquests of greece were just payback for the trojan wars?

It seems to me that if the Armenian genocide is going to be recognized as a genocide (as it generally is, and ought to be), so too should the Nazi genocide of Slavic peoples in WWII. There were specific German plans to eliminate the Polish people (through mass murder, slavery, liquidation of Polish culture, and the integration of a small minority of 'racially valuable' Poles into German identity) and these were partially implemented, hence something like 3 million non-Jewish Poles died in WWII. And then there is the deliberate starvation and extermination through labor of millions of Russian POWs.

Hello all,

I have land in north/central Texas that is known to have had a history with the comanche people. I am not very knowledgeable of other tribes that may have been present, but the Comanche tribe is the most well known.

There are around 15 "teepee rings" on an elevated area of my land. I was told by my neighbors that these were made to keep water out of the inside of the tent, by way of keeping a barrier from rain water washing inside.

Are any of these things I've been told realistic? Did these people use these types of simple mounds in this way? The rings are very prominent from the surrounding area, and by all I can tell are man made.

This brings me to a few more questions, how does asking a local university to excavate these mounds work? Could they/the state eminent domain a part of my land for research or something? Do the artifacts belong to the state, tribe, or other entity? Also would there be any artifacts near these mounds at all? Are there laws against disturbing this type of mound?

I know much of this is relevant to Texas law, but I thought I should ask here first and then go from there.

Thank you all for your time

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I'm specifically thinking of the flight of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus from Palestine to Egypt to escape Herod, but this question would apply to any situation. Could free people legally get up and move from one area of the empire to another? Were there legal hurdles?

During the American Revolutionary War, what would be considered the turning point of the war, when the American colonies gained the upper hand on the British?

Being deified doesn't seem like a very scathing mockery to me. I'm talking about Pliny the Younger's Panegyricus to Trajan, 11.3 and 11.4.

I can understand salt as it's such a simple and effective flavor enhancer, but how pepper get paired with it to be the go to basic seasoning?

I'm looking for something that tells me about the deeper details. Stuff like what kind of jobs were worked, what the class structure was like, how they were governed, what a day, or month, or year looked like for these folk.

I'm talking with my girlfriend and she stated that America was a direct cause of WW2 and Hitler's Rise. The Wall Street crash and subsequent calling in of loans was the most direct reason and not (What I was led to believe) the Treaty of Versailles?

It seems that the only thing I can find on this is "controversial" topics about it, but my girlfriend presents a very strong case for it but as I said, I was under the assumption anger of the Treaty of Versailles was more responsible.

Why didn't King George just give the colonists representation in parliament? Given the fact that other colonies had representation (like India), it wouldn't have been unreasonable. America might still be a part of the British Empire had he made that decision.

For example, ancient Egyptian. I know we were able to learn to read the language after the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, but how do we know the pronunciation? When watching history shows, or even movies, Egyptian has a distinct sound. How do we know words like "Tutankhamun" are pronounced the way they are?

I've had someone reference a scenario where a Jewish mother was told by a Gestapo officer, to choose between her 8 year old daughter or her 12 year old son.

I can't find any reference to this happening. It also seems hugely unlikely. Surely they all go. Apparently it's a "famous story" but I'd like to know more if it's true or to know it's rubbish if so.

The people of Moldova speak Romanian. Up until Stalin stole Moldova while everyone was panicking about the whole "Hitler" thing, Moldova was a part of Romania. So why didn't Romania and Moldova reunite like East and West Germany did after the Soviet Union collapsed?

It's not like Russia could stop or would them, as Russia seemed to mostly just be interested in Transnistria. So why to Romania and Moldova remain separate to this very day? Was it an economic thing? I know there's a lot of resistance in South Korea to reunification with the North because North Korea is broke and would fuck up the South Korean economy if they were to ever reunify, and Moldova is the poorest country in Europe from what I understand. (If only because Transnistria doesn't count as a country.)

Reposting this question because it has not been previously answered: looking at a map of the UK's referendum for EU membership in 1975, it seems like voters in nearly all regions were generally in favor of joining the EU, with the notable exception of the inhabitants of the Hebrides and Shetland Islands. Why was EU membership especially controversial in those regions, and how did opinions there change in subsequent decades?

What caused the fall of the Roman Empire? Was life better before it fell or after it fell?