There's the late period followed by Macedonian Egypt and that space between the two (the last native Pharaoh) is considered to be the end but given how Ptolemy and his descendants adopted the native culture could it be said ancient Egypt actually endured for longer?

The last known hieroglyph is the graffito of Esmet-Akhom, could that be considered the very end when the original native culture was fully eradicated/absorbed first by Christianity and then by Islam?

Hi all! I am writing a novel set in New England from 1937-1942, and my main character's older brother enlists in the air force after Pearl Harbor is attacked. For the purposes of the story, I need him to be at home until at least New Year's Eve of 1941. Once he begins training, I have a decent understanding of the timeline he would follow. My problem is that I cannot seem to find any information on how he would have enlisted to begin with, or how long it would have been between enlistment and time to report for training. An answer would be greatly appreciated, along with any resources about the USAF during World War II you may know of! Thank you!

On my first book (have been writing this book part time for ~4 years) which is a non-fiction, dive into the presidents. Focusing on what patterns are found in the top 10 and worst 10 presidents. Malcolm Gladwell Outliers esque. Written to appeal to most history buffs and the everyday reader who might simply take a liking to the topic of presidents. My manuscript has a little over 120 pages so far and I’ve even had it run through basic proof reading service. I’m looking to partner with someone who has an interest in the history or psychological dynamics surrounding our presidents. Trump has his own chapter. 😉 I have gone pretty far, but feel there is a tinge of depth to go and the thought of collaboration with a trustworthy person sounds great. Especially for someone like myself trying wrap up their first book. I’d love to work with someone with greater experience in the publishing process as well. As you can tell I’m open minded and I take criticism as productivity. If you’re open, please respond. I’d be happy to send a sample of my manuscript to see if our stars align.

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Pretty much in the title. How did this start? When did this practice start? Etc.

I read that Chester A. Arthur retired from office with 2 months left in his term (due to illness). He had no Vice President having assumed office when Garfield was assassinated. Does that mean that the US had no President for those 2 months? If so, have their been other times (longer than a day or so between the death of one president and the swearing in of the next) when there was no POTUS?

Buchanan's inaction leading to the Civil War puts him at the bottom of rankings, but Johnson actively opposed the post-Civil War amendments, and allowed the old power structures to pop right back up. Why is Buchanan failing to do something ranked worse than Johnson's active hostility towards Congress and black Americans?

What did the e.g. British called Germans or vice versa?

Star Trek: The Original Series famously showed a united Humanity that had transcended its divisions by portraying Pavel Chekov, a Russian, in a positive light as the navigator of the USS Enterprise. But what did the real Russians think of Star Trek?

I am creating a board game set in Medieval Western Europe which is heavily influenced by the concept of social mobility the way it is portrayed in CKII. You start off as a Count, work your way up to a Duke, then a King, and finally become an Emperor and win the game (the specific titles themselves don't matter to me, keep reading).

Historical accuracy isn't the point of my game. But it certainly would be a bonus.

So my question is: was there ever a time and a place (within Western Europe) where one could work their way up the social ladder of nobility and slowly earn more important titles? And if there was, what were those titles specifically? (it doesn't have to be Count-> Duke-> King-> Emperor like CKII shows, I just need the titles to go upwards)

So essentially I'm looking for a setting for my game where an upwards moving social status would be historically authentic. And apart from the fact that I'd want to find an answer in order to improve my game, I'm genuinely interested in the subject myself. Thank you all in advance.

Lately, I have noticed that people have been correcting each other when it comes to Vikings and history. Someone will say something like "I have Viking ancestry" and someone else will say "No because Viking was a profession." If this is true... what is the correct term that should be used. Would you say you have old Scandinavian ancestry? I'm actually really curious about that because when I do research it's hard to tell the two apart. Can anyone explain more on this topic?

I'm also pretty curious about why calling everyone with Scandinavian roots a Viking is a thing.

The Portuguese were kicking in teeth from Morocco to India, did any fight in Japan?

This has probably been asked a lot of times, but I couldn't find a well-constructed answer.

The French language is obviously a romance language. However, how could the people be classified? The Franks, from whom the word France comes, were a Germanic people. What happened to the Gauls though? Were they assimilated into the conquerors, or were the Franks just the higher classes?

I'd guess that in the 9th century there would still have been a great deal of mutual intelligibility between Old English and the Saxon and Frisian languages across the sea. Was there any communication, incidental or sustained, between them?

And as a follow-up: do we have any English reactions to Charlemagne's conquest of the Saxons?

Did the Russians really never make it over to Alaska? It's just hard for me to imagine that no one had ever gotten across the Bering Strait before Columbus. Did someone make it across and not realize what they'd found? Were sailing technology/techniques undeveloped in Russia?

I have zero knowledge about this point in history and I would like some clarity. Thanks!

I know they viewed it as preferable to the Islam or traditional beliefs which dominated neighboring regions of Africa, as shown by Portuguese assistance against invasions by Muslim countries, but did Catholic and Protestant colonists view Ethiopians as practicing "the wrong kind of Christianity" or something? Did their send missionaries to Ethiopia to try to Europeanize their Christianity?