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When was it decided that year 1 was year 1? At the time or several years later? What was used prior?

When/How did every civilization/society eventually agree on when year 1 started? This seems like it would be highly contested but obviously became globally accepted.

Hello all, I am wondering what the consensus is on the reason why Pearl Harbor happened and why. I believe I have the right idea but am curious what you all think about this significant historical event.

This must have had to be a major cover up as it’s kind of the biggest plot point of the Bible. Was it just blamed on them being pagan back then or how did it work?

(I actually work at a county historical society and have access to a ton of information, but I'm very new here and still getting a feel for our collection, which is pretty vast.)

I know how to trace a chain of title, but that only tells us who owned the parcel of land. I'm more curious about the people who actually occupied the buildings — not always necessarily the landowner. Could you suggest some ways I might be able to research this? Any ideas at all would be appreciated.

For example, one building that's presently a single-family home previously served as housing for employees who worked at the mill across the road in the 1880s. Their names aren't on the deed, but maybe there are other ways to trace them. Thanks tons for any suggestions.

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I’m traveling to Kyoto recently, and gone to the world heritage castle which I don’t know the name of but there is only one, I’m Chinese so I can mostly understand the kanji part of Japanese, and I noticed that the Japanese have some really wacky family names, such as 左藤 (left vine) or 田中 (middle field), even the symbols are so similar like some us state flags (no offense), how does this come to be

His theory being that the Empire was built on slavery and so constantly needed to be expanding in order to keep the slave class alive. Once the supply of slaves started to decrease, the resultant economic and societal strain impacted the running of the empire and contributed to its decline. Is there any truth in this theory?

So I always wondered why it was so important to waste human life by throwing them against the walls of a castle when invading an area? It seems, in almost every situation I have read about or seen (with the knowledge that most of it is fiction), that its a better strategy to have a token force surround a castle, to keep an army from using it as a staging point, and to keep the people in, and then use the rest of your forces to just settle the land (now that everyone who used to live there probably all escaped to the castle).

I'm writing an essay trying to examine the impact of the discovery of the Americas on Europe but am struggling to find books or come up with a theme for my essay. Any help would be much Appreciated. So far I have lots on potatoes.

There seem to have been a great variation with calendar systems across the world but not as much with the week system. Have weekdays always been synced across the cultures and civilizations that used the 7-day week? If not, how and when did it become the way it is now?

I was randomly thinking, in this day and age it's near impossible to meet or greet our leaders (in particular those leading the larger countries), but what about in ancient times? I guess it would vary depending on the period and civilization, but how hard do you think would it be for a common Mongolian to glimpse Ghengis Khan, or a common Greek to wave to Alexander the great, etc.

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My understanding of the Ikko Ikki (or Ikho Ikki - there seems to be some conjecture about the anglicised spelling) is that not only did they control a province in Japan, but they also had temples scattered around the country. I understand that they practiced a very specific type of Buddhism, and that they were monks first and foremost. However, I am struggling to find good sources that talk about their martial capabilities. They had some level of organization and real capabilities - how else would they hold off the Oda for so long - but I don't know exactly how they managed it. How did the Ikko Ikki function martially, and how were their troops trained? What kind of martial arts were practiced, if any?