1 Answers 2017-12-31
I'm interested to learn about the history of the region from the Canaan to the Ottoman Empire, and I really think it's a cool, messy and complicated part of history with a lot powers changing hands through the years. I tried searching for sources but it's hard with the current conflict, everything I stumbled upon was opinionated.
So if you can recommend me Book/s covering that area and time that are not politically or religiously motivated, I'd be very thankful.
1 Answers 2017-12-31
1 Answers 2017-12-31
1 Answers 2017-12-31
1 Answers 2017-12-31
How it's happened that Pacific theater of WWII saw giant clashes of carriers groups, but carriers were totally missing as class in Atlantic theater.
2 Answers 2017-12-31
Hi. I'm looking for books on the subject of how did ancient Greece and other civilizations of that age conduct their trade and how was their cities and societies structured on an economic level.
What was the mainly used metal, where did they get it, what did they produce, exported to where, how.
How was the city designed? How did cities and villages interacts economically?
Was production centralized in bigger cities with villages supporting the city with resources?
I'm not looking for an exact area or time period, just generally the antiquity, maybe Greece, maybe bronze age?
So yeah, if any of you knows books on such subjects, I'd be grateful.
Thx!
2 Answers 2017-12-31
Did any of the prominent nuclear programmes of the Cold War include any country or territory not in NATO or the Warsaw Pact (besides China, Japan and Cuba, countries which either produced or stored nuclear weapons) as a target in their nuclear strategy? If so, did they provide any reasoning for the inclusion?
1 Answers 2017-12-31
I've seen several Communists, Socialists and other far leftists dismiss the Black Book of Communism out of hand.
Is this fair to do? Why?
1 Answers 2017-12-31
How were the Germans able to mobilize enough men in both world wars to rival the armies of France, Britain, Russia and others? How was one country able to fight against three superpowers at the same time, and win?
Edit: By win, what I meant were Germany's early victories on the western and Eastern fronts.
1 Answers 2017-12-31
In fact, the term "India" itself was derived from the Indus River!
1 Answers 2017-12-31
While I enjoy reading all the well researched and thoughtful responses and the strict (yet unpaid) moderation that ensures the quality of those responses, there are always questions (with a decent amount of upvotes indicating that there is a high demand for an answer) that are left unanswered without a quality response.
I understand that people actually have jobs (we all can't be on Reddit forever), and as a result, some questions are overlooked by individuals who have the knowledge and sources on the subject, but lack the time to type up an answer.
Is there a system that can be implemented to fix this?
Perhaps, there could be a system where the mods collect all popular and unanswered questions in a single post on an "Unanswered Questions Day" every month for everyone to see? ^^My ^^idea ^^is ^^bad.
Edit: Spelling errors
Edit 2: More grammar issues
Edit 3: Also, what to do with the old answers that do not meet the new standards?
1 Answers 2017-12-31
1 Answers 2017-12-31
1 Answers 2017-12-30
2 Answers 2017-12-30
There's two extremes I notice when it comes to armour. There is the one extreme where armour is portrayed as being bulky and hard to move in such as the knights armour. And there is the other extreme where since armour was made to fit person for persona and to be distributed evenly so that even a 100lb armour would not feel heavy and be so light that you can do cartwheels, hand stands, jumps, run, and even fancy acrobatics. That armour is so light that someone who's not conditioned would feel its like wearing a T-Shirt.
So when I found my sister's weighted vest that totals to about 20 lbs, I decided to test it out. At first it did not feel heavy at all and it felt so light I can jump around it and even walk 2 miles without feeling exhausted. So I thought real armour must be as light as the other extreme is, so l thought plate armour was lighter than a shirt.
However once I started crouching and doing other prone movements to test swordsmanship and aerobics I began to feel pressure. In fact I was surprised as hell how tired I got just doing squats and practising low level attacks. In addition when I tested running, it suddenly felt so heavy. Not as heavy as Hollywood portrays mind you but I began to wonder if some of the tests such as the link below had validity.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-14204717
As I was finishing my first mile and I reread the above article while I was resting, everything was so spot on.
Also trying to do high level acrobatics such as jumping over hurdles in a track field and some of those fancy gymnastics was almost impossible.
So it makes me wonder how wearing an armour would be like. I know its a running vest I used that had pockets filled with metal bars that totaled 20lbs, far less than a typical breastplate so its a different tool. In addition I'm not exactly a nerdy waste as I lift weights enough that I can curl 2 sets of 50 lbs dumbells casually and benchpressing a barbell with 50 extra weights on both side for 100 reps ain't hard. So does that explain why wearing the vest was initially not difficult?
I am so curious how armour felt like but don't have money right now to buy it so I ask people with experience here!
2 Answers 2017-12-30
Are there any historical instances of race based slavery other than the slave trade in the America’s?
1 Answers 2017-12-30
Supposedly, someone in my family has a violin case that was punctured by the shell of the bullet used to kill (Abraham) Lincoln. I have my doubts because a shell (from a modern weapon anyway) probably wouldn't have the velocity to puncture a wood/leather/whatever material case.
Did "My American Cousin" even have an orchestra?
Thanks!
2 Answers 2017-12-30
Hello! I’d like to get a better understanding of the history of the city of Paris for an upcoming trip and am looking for a good general overview. Does anyone have a good recommendation? I’ve consulted the book list and couldn’t find anything so specific. Thank you in advance!
1 Answers 2017-12-30
[deleted]
1 Answers 2017-12-30
I'm curious if unrestricted sub warfare was very effective in WW1 in terms of damage to the trade/economy of the allied countries, given that it was halted and restarted multiple times, and there were obvious political concerns with the move as well.
1 Answers 2017-12-30
I see a lot of people nowadays saying that the Old Testament is invalid, so I'm wondering if that is more of a modernist thinking or something that was said in the past before? If that was said in the past by people, how common was it for folk to say that?
3 Answers 2017-12-30