I know the bronze breastplate, but did they have access to chainmail? Or padded armor?
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I can't seem to find it online - this is taken from Beevor's excellent The Second World War book
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So the High Middle Ages is known for being a period in which feudalism flourished in Europe. But was this the same, or at least similar, in all of Europe? Say, for example, were Venice or Novgorod as "feudal" as France or the Holy Roman Empire? What about the Papal States? Was there any country that didn't apply any degree of feudalism at all? And what kingdom or empire would you say was the biggest exponent of this economic system?
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It is commonly known that a number of prominent early Americans were able to speak and write in a language apart from English, such as French. I'm curious to know what the available methods of foreign language learning were, particularly in cases like Benjamin Franklin's who was self taught. How did these methods change through the 18th and 19th centuries? How did we arrive at the sorts of standardized foreign language courses that are taught in modern high schools?
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What would their duties at the time entail?
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I often hear people and see on reddit ect, say that the US and its Allies were defeated by farmers and lost the war. Though in reality surely it was due to media coverage and the anti war movement despite the communists being defeated and suffering horrific loses in most battles that took place. If thats the case why is so much of the current stigma about the US being defeated in combat.
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When the Ikwan and Saudis were conquering Arabia, why didn't they either force the Shia to convert, kill them, or drive them out of the kingdom? They were known to slaughter in great numbers, and seemed to have no problem forcing the other Sunnis to convert, so why didn't they force the Shia to do the same thing? I know that in Saudi Arabia they do not allow other religions or sects practiced openly, to include Sufism or other branches of Sunni Islam, so why allow the Shia, even while being heavily persecuted?
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I’ve read that despite the fame of the Battle of Waterloo as the official death knell of Bonapartist France, that by comparison it was not nearly as devastating as the Battle of Leipzig both in terms of casualties and long term effects. Is there any merit to these claims, and if there was, how exactly did Napoleon even find himself in such a catastrophic situation in the first place?
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I've asked this before but never had an answer.
I understand why it was sought after but I can't seem to find much information around what the UK had to do to get it.
From what I have read it seems clear that Germany made a concession for the UK, but in return for what? I did find something that suggested the UK was required to recognise newly formed Croatian and Slovenian states, but I can't seem to find anything substantial that backs this up.
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I am running through an alt history idea in my head, and I can't figure out where to find the exact thing. Hope you experts can help!
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I would like any literature, but specifically I’d like recommendations about its economy and society and how they functioned.
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