Since there is evidence of trade in the ancient times there must have been some interaction between these cultures, and all(most) with different religions that seems to have played a huge part in their culture. Were people in general respectful of these different religions? Did they believe other gods controlled different regions? Are there evidence of, lets say, Egyptian temples in Greece, or vice versa? What do we know of how different cultures perceive different religions?

I would like to learn more about their daily routines, challenges, interactions with other scientists, and evolution of their thinking about science. In addition to typical autobiographies, I am also looking for science books that discuss the above, e.g., Kahneman's "Thinking, fast and slow."

Thank you!

I am reading Matthew closely as literature, and was curious whether Jesus' ethical teachings (do unto others, etc.) were a synthesis of earlier systems of thoughts, or partly/wholly original -- at least as far as we know.

Specifically where do they come from, are they "Viking" settlers of Kiev?, turkik groups? germanic peoples? overviews of them make it seem like they just pop-up out of nowhere near Bizantium's border in the 7th century.

And when did the differentiation between Western (ex. polish) and Eastern (ex. russian) slav began and what does it constitute? is it simply a linguistic divide or a deeper cultural one?

As the question says, why was the Tudor dynasty called the Tudors and not the Plantagenets? They all descend from the Plantagenets so why the name change?

Constantinople fell in 1453, Columbus sailed in 1492, so it seems possible. I have no idea re how much is known about the crew of the early expeditions.

I don't think they used to have them as pets before there could be fish tanks, because you can't see them, so what's the point? (but I could be wrong, people are weird).

Also, glass was very expensive for a long time, and was used for drinking water or wine, or seeing better, I guess eventually some rich dude thought "I could put a fish in here", it probably was a very weird idea at the time, but I have no clue when nor where did that happen

There is a lot of talk about the reason Confederate soldiers fought for. What was the story for the other side?

Obviously a lot of it is speculative, but was there any definite plans, had they had a child, about what would happen? Would be inherit the thrones of Spain, England and other thrones each held?

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Since Europe and Asia are in the northern hemisphere, they had no way of knowing the other side of the world ran on different seasons until they sailed to south africa(this must have been the first time under the ecuator), australia and south america (circa 1400s as the spice trade by portugal begun). Where they confused? they they write down about "freak winters" or "unexpected summers" during the early days of the age of discovery?

In Postwar, Tony Judt says:

In 1951 Italian factories made just 18,500 fridges; two decades later Italy was producing 5,247,000 a year - almost as many as the USA, and more than the rest of Europe put together.

I think he also mentions that Italy produced a very large number of TVs, but I can't find that statement right now.

So what made Italy such a major manufacturer of fridges, and possibly other domestic appliances, in the 70s?

Did the idea of a unified Egypt precede the actual fact? I mean did they see those lands as naturally belonging together under one pharaoh? Something like 19th century Italy where unification was widely supported by people from all classes. Or was this a conquest that just stuck for a long time?

Images of pharaohs wearing a double crown suggests that they believed those crowns could be combined, rather than inventing a third one to represent rulership over the new Egypt.

I understand sources from this period are rare if non existent. Is there anything known except basics?

Why did relations between the Catholic and Orthodox churches decline so much?

Do we know you Shakespeare really is? I've read that much of our knowledge of who the famous playwright was, is conjecture. Is that actually the case? And if so, who then is Shakespeare and why is his identity still a mystery?

Austria Hungary performed very poorly in world war 1, they were pushed back by Russia and almost all their invasions against Russia failed, if it wasn't for Germany,Russia would have advanced further. They also failed in their invasion against Serbia.

In the Italian Frontier, they failed to push any advances and Italy pushed them back. Are their answers why did Austria Hungary performed poorly in their invasions in World War 1?

Or did some fight out of obligation to state / family? Were people drafted into the army that early in American history? Are there any documentations of these things?

I know that slavery was the cause for the Civil War, but am curious if there were any other motivations for people from Confederate states to join the army, particularly those who may have been too poor to own slaves themselves.

Thanks in advance!