Were there cultural, military, government administration that were put in place or highlighted during the Yuan dynasty that continued into the Ming?

North Korea has a lot of propaganda overstating the power of the North Korean military during the Korean War. Does the North Korean government acknowledge the fact that without Chinese support they would have lost the war? The war was essentially lost until the Chinese had joined the war.

Not sure if this is more current event or historical question.

As stated in the title, what makes some cultures more resilient to waves of foreign conquerors than others. For example: Persian assimilation of Turks and Arabs, Greek assimilation of Romans and Italians, Chinese assimilation of Central Asian nomads, and Roman assimilation of Germanic tribes. While the above examples occurred due to different specific reasons, are there some common underlying themes that correlate with resilience? For example, why did Persians eventually influence the Islamic Civilization and Golden Age to such a high degree, and not other cultures in the Islamic Sphere such as Indians, Egyptians and even Assyrians (arguably also from equally ancient cultures)?

I've seen in many sources from literature to this subreddit talk of a Toltec arrival to the northern Yucatan, through invasion or some other means, and subsequent Mexicanization of parts of Maya culture.

Yet there also seems to be a controversy regarding the age of Chichen Itza and Tula, casting doubt on a Toltec arrival. I was just wondering what the current consensus on this was, or if there had been any recent developments. How likely is it now that the Toltecs influenced Chichen Itza? Was there any Mexicanization of the Yucatan at all? If not, how do scholars interpret cultural similarities between the Yucatan and central Mesoamerica during the Postclassic?

Hi! I'm having a hard time finding any primary sources about Lake Tahoe. I am looking for both a visual primary source, as well as an article or document of some kind. Must be dated before 1980. I am writing a paper and field guide about Lake Tahoe, and specifically would like to make it on conservation, or animals, or something around that kind of thing. The main point of it is seeing how it affects the landscape of lake tahoe. At this point though, I would be fine with changing my direction and doing it on something else, because I can't really find any primary sources on any subjects about Lake Tahoe. I have an appointment on Tuesday with a college librarian to see if we can find something, but was hoping I might find something before. Any leads would be awesome. Thank you.

Was private ownership of the means of production maintained? Were businesses free to hire whom they wanted and pay them what they wanted? Were prices set by the state, by some corporate body (e.g. some collective of consumers, workers, and businesses), or by the individual business owner? How much state oversight was there over business practice and how much of that was just residue from the Weimar and Imperial eras? How was Jewish wealth and labor appropriated? How did any of these change as the war carried on? How was the wealth of the conquered nations extracted and distributed?

Finally, how did this compare to other countries, e.g. Fascist Italy, the Soviet Union, France (prior to the war), and the United States.

I'm doing some personal research regarding fast food availability and obesity rates throughout history. If you could steer me towards any sources I can use, it would be much appreciated!!

The film focuses a great deal on the air bombings on Kure during WW2, in the scene the main character and her niece seek refuge in a air raid shelter. A woman screams at them "Open your mouths so that your eyes don't pop out." shortly before bombs drop close by.

Could shock waves really do that if you kept your mouth closed?

More in the 1700-1800 duels like Alexander Hamilton v Aaron Burr 1804 and Philip Hamilton and George Eacker 1801

I remember him specifically mentioning that it was a baseball game (like a video game), that the game had stopped working/was accidentally damaged, and that it was to waste the enemy's time as any trash thrown overboard was being picked up and gone through for any potential intelligence benefit, meaning that they would have likely had to have piece the entire thing back together.

My friend, who was my roommate at the time, says he recalls him possibly being on a carrier. It would have been around 1975-1980.

I’m reading The Making of The Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes, and about half way into the book, there’s a brief mention of both of the early designs, the Thin Man and the Fat Man, comfortably fitting into a Lancaster.

So, other than for the matters of national pride, why did they go through all the trouble of modifying a B-29 to carry the Fat Man, instead of buying or borrowing the Lancasters?

Edit - I misspoke and remembered what I've read incorrectly. The book doesn't say that the bombs would have fit into a Lancaster comfortably, just that the B-29s and the Lancasters were the only bombers that could carry them internally. Still, the Lancasters were ready, and I suppose B-29s were too new back in 1943, so I guess my question still stands.

I'm specifically interested in who the individual sailors were who crewed these missions. Were they private individuals? Employees of specific governments or companies? Who paid their wages?

The famous English diarist tells us so in an entry dated February 3rd 1661. The excerpt in question:

(...) So to Mr. Fox's, unbid; where I had a good dinner and special company. Among other discourse, I observed one story, how my Lord of Northwich, at a public audience before the King of France, made the Duke of Anjou cry, by making ugly faces as he was stepping to the King, but undiscovered. (...)

Perhaps I'm misreading it, and the French Duke was crying of laughter? Or is this just a joke at the expense of the French royals and it likely did not happen?

If not, how did they react to being forced to learn lies?

The book is from the Saxon Stories series by Cornwell, by the way.

Edit: Just to clarify, he said that after being betrayed by Guthrum and while hiding in the marshes around Athelney.

In the film Darkest Hour, there's one scene where Churchill is informed that Britain's "entire professional soldiery" is trapped at Dunkirk. Was the British Expeditionary Force really "the entire British Army"?

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Over the weekend I found some only house foundations, the remnants of a dam and a large collection of glass bottles with various inscriptions on the banks of blowering reservoir in bago state forest NSW. Unfortunately I am unable to find much information regarding what was there before the dam. Does anyone have any reliable sources where I could possibly find who lived in the house and why they left?