I’m particularly interested in art and poetry, and how this was influenced by the Florentine moral conscious in the aftermath of the Black Death. Can anyone recommend authors, journals, and books that pertain to this topic? Thank you.

Looking back at old pictures and seeing German airships and such is always interesting. I like how they look sort of retro futuristic and I feel like it’d be a cool experience to ride one. Is there a reason they never became too popular as passenger/transportation vehicles? I guess maybe stuff like the Hindenburg accident is a good reason but by now you’d think we’d have better technology for it.

In addition, at what reading level is Mein Kampf?

It is now March again, and so I was wondering what the origins of the NCAA basketball tournament were, and why it was so popular? I know the NIT used to be more prestigious/popular, is there a reason the NCAA tournament overtook it?

I was watching the movie Lincoln last night and I noticed something interesting.

In that first scene by the steam boat, one of the U.S soldiers standing behind General Grant appeared to be Native American.

Did the United States army in the 1860s allow Native Americans to be officers? Or were the similar to the restrictions African American soldiers faced?

Basically what it asks in the title. What are the differences between worship in the Roman and Byzantine empires, as well as between the Roman empire and late medieval Catholicism. What were the changes in doctrine, worship practices, worship buildings, and the clergy?

I'm writing summaries of my lecture-notes, and I stumbled across this. I think it's from a lecture, but I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it's from a text book.

My question is how Napoleon would gain favour with the Brits by selling Louisiana to the Americans, when this was after the American Independence.

I can imagine what combat looked like for Roman, hoplite, or medieval armies; but I only have a vague idea of combat during the Three Kingdoms period.

• What type of equipment would be the most common for soldiers?
• What is the army composition (levies, semi-professional, professional)?
• In general, are tactics going to resemble anything similar to Roman/Medieval, or are they significantly different?
• Are there any good and affordable English language books for this?

I mean since what year was spanish language as we know it, and what place

People have been telling me that they'd only be willing to share information if I paid them. But what can you people do that a Google search can't? I'd really like to know!

Did some people believe that the emancipation proclamation was unconstitutional? I know at the time it was divided as to whether or not slaves counted as property or as people. If one claimed they were property could they not also claim that the US government stripping them of their property denied them life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?

My grandpa was on one in the late stages of the war. I just wanted to see if I could learn a bit about what he might have been up to.

i personally doubt this claim, as it seems that slaves were having sex with everyone (from other slaves to slave owners to native americans) but were slaves bred with specific features in mind?

my question is more about the idea of "breeding" slaves, not the modern day reasons blacks dominate certain sports, which i believe is more cultural.