Dragons appear in folklore from all over the world. Japanese, Germanic, you name it. It would appear that dragons developed organically in these cultures, independent from one another.

How did this happen?

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What is the most common theory regarding where he is from? Norway or Sweden? Or is there a theory of another possible locations? Are there any books regarding this?

Most of what I read/found is documented AFTER they came.

The UN is supposedly against the annexation of land by any party in any type of conflict, but had there been any exceptions to that? And what must be theoretically be done for the UN to make such an exception? A peace deal both countries agree on, perhaps? Thanks

After reading the rules, I think that this is an appropriate question for this sub, please accept my apologies if it is not.

I am trying to research my Grandad's service in WWII. I would have thought that this would be a simple enough thing to find out, but I'm not having any luck.

My Grandad was from Birmingham England, and served in Jamaica in WWII.

I'm trying to find out what regiment he was in etc, but no matter what search terms I use, I only seem to be able to find information about Jamaican soldiers in WWII, not British soldiers who served in Jamaica.

Searching for his name is not productive, because his surname is also a common verb.

This is everything I know:

He had no prior military experience and did not have a military career - he was conscripted because of the war and was discharged at the end of it.

He was stationed in Jamaica for the majority of his time in the war.

At some point, he was guarding Italian prisoners of war (I believe this was in Jamaica, but I am not 100% sure).

His regiment was disbanded, though I don't know when it was disbanded or whether it was incorporated into another regiment or just completely disbanded.

I'm usually pretty good at researching stuff, but I just keep hitting dead ends on this one.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Hi everyone,

I’m currently conducting some research about the state of British Politics after the second world war and was wondering if I could be recommended any important historiography or debate around the 1945 general election and the subsequent victory of the Labour Party. In a similar light, could I also ask for particularly important reasons why Labour then lost the 1951 election?

Thanks, I look forward to reading your responses!

It seems to me that there were societies that had been quite nationalistic -- and been highly conscious of their nationhood -- even in Antiquity. So why can't we recognize this and cease our seeming relegation of references to nationalism and nationhood solely to the last 200-300 years?

Hey all,

So last night I was listening to a talk by Greece's ex-finance minister Yannis Varoufakis and he said that bankers in ancient Athens were slaves. Is this true? I find it hard to believe but, hey, you never know.

There is of course a very decent chance that this premise is flawed, and alcohol was never a substitute for water in the first place...

Hi,

I put up two questions here about 2 weeks ago, I hope it's not a problem if I bump them a little bit. I understand that answers may be complex or and time-consuming to type, especially since they have multiple parts. If anyone can do that, I'm also happy with an answer that just gives 2-3 very good sources from which I could inform myself.

So, my quesitons are:

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I have read (at wikipedia, mind you, which might not be correct, but I use it to try and get a general feel for things I'm not educated in) that norwegian law from 1160 had regulations concerning domestic slaves, and laws from the 1270's still mention former slaves.

Is that true? If so, does that mean that some form of thraldom was still practiced around the 1200's, or is it simply that certain articles of the law survived on paper long after they fell out of actual use? If it's the former, what did it mean to be a thrall, and how common was it?

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I'm curious about civil war-era Norway - specifically, I wonder what an "average" person living in a rural existence, but in one of the affected areas, experienced from it. Since it lasted for more than a century, I would assume the conflict did not always burn with the same intensity. In that case, I'd be interested about the highs and lows too.

Were people often subject to raiding? Were they personally affected by the war in some singificant way? Was it common to know someone who went to fight in the war? Was it unusually dangerous to travel?

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+1: I read that around 1220, it was still common for people in Norway to own their own land. How did that affect feudal relationships? Did those people still owe fealty to someone?

Thanks for any answer!

In preparation for my dissertation

I was just wondering because the thick lances with large hand guards that are always depicted in romantic imigas of jousts look a bit unwieldy for a proper battlefield.

In preparation for my dissertation next year

Just curious as to whether was any significant opposition to this act at the time.

Hello, I want to do a research project on letters from soldiers of ww1, and I need a lot of them. I need letters from soldiers who are British, French, German, Italian, Russian and it would be great to find some Turkish, Hungarian, Serbian and Greek letters.

So, do you know of any good books which have a lot of letters (preferably translated) from a specific nation? or any good reliable source I can draw from?

Thanks in advance.

Asking because of the different theories around Lennon's song "And Your Bird Can Sing".

In the USA there are sounds which come from Ireland...the R sound etc.

Here in Australia, people sound more like Londoners.

I'm curious about the economics as well--why has supply been low?