I was wondering why if other ex-soviet cities like Leningrad or Stalingrad were renamed to St Petersburg and Volgograd why did Kaliningrad keep the name of its Soviet figure (Mikhail Kalinin) after the collapse of the USSR. Thank you.
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Any of Western and Southern Europe, Asia Minor, Egypt, and the Fertile Crescent. -How much of the population did work the land? -How many days from sowing to harvest did farmers work? -What did farmers do on the field after the sow and before they harvest? -What were the most common foodstuff after wheat and peas? -How much farm land was needed to support a nuclear family with 7 kids (2 or 3 of which will survive into childhood) or just for one person? -How much land could a farmer work? -What can a farmer do to increase the agricultural output of his land/land of his superior? -How did farmers know when to sow? -How would a free farmer-based state in which farmers would own land and have free movement fare compared with a feudal one? -How much the income of the average farmer?
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When listing the Kings and Queens of England, such as in this rhyme that many British kids once learnt, we generally seem to start at 1066 with William the Conqueror, despite there having been kings of a united England for some time before this. This is true of the numbering of monarchs too, in that Edward I is "the first" despite there having been King Edwards before.
I know 1066 was a seismic shift in English history, but William himself thought of his conquest as claiming his right to inherit the crown from Edward the Confessor rather than making himself the first king of a new kingdom. How/when did the convention start of understanding English kings to "begin" with William I?
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The Marian reforms had hit by then, so didn't the state have a monopoly on weapon production and troop recruitment? How was this legal and how were these legions armed? Did they just buy stock from an arms depot, did they have their own corps of blacksmiths and artisans to make the armor and weapons, or was it just 'allowed'?
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Being that the Spanish and other Europeans would have arrived on the Caribbean side much earlier and would have had a much easier time operating on that side, why is most of the development on the Pacific side? The Caribbean side of those countries seem to be dominated by large nature preserves. Is it simple geography (rough terrain / poor ports / etc?) Did the Panama Canal have any effect on this?
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Historically, civilizations and empires that sought to expand their power globally nearly always seemed to crumble from such a high point of power and dominance down to almost nothing. Examples being the Roman empire, Ottoman Empire, Germany (WWII), Louis XIV's absolutist government, and Great Britain. Why is it that these nations seemed to always be reduced in strength by either economic or political problems within their own territory and not necessarily an outside invading force?
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AFAIK there were no one-time plastic baggies at that time.
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This excellent answer contains the term "stateless society". I have read it over a few times and realised that I do not really understand it. I am guessing that it means that there was no machinery of state other then the direct rule of the king in the area. But that seems to conflict with the existence of a large class of lawyers and the survival of law texts. How do these two things mesh together?
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The legal victory for same-sex couples was unimaginable at the time of the writing of the Constitution when homosexuality was seen as a moral failing and same-sex relations were punishable by death in many colonies.
Given the above quote, I have a few questions:
This is a repost of a unanswered question I asked here
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In old paintings of the Habsburg family, especially around Charles V and his descendants, the Habsburg Jaw seems to be extremely pronounced. However, in photos taken of later Habsburgs(Franz Joseph, Franz Ferdinand, etc.) their jaws don't seem to be anything out of the ordinary. Did artists tend to exaggerate the Jaw or did it go away over time?
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Were there drinks aside from water and wine in the New Testament era/regions? It seems like those are the two mostly mentioned.
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Did mass shooting/bombings/acid attacks, etc exist prior to the 1900s?
Did anyone go atop a steeple and shoot arrows at random people, for example?
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This week, ending in October 05 2017:
Today's thread is for open discussion of:
History in the academy
Historiographical disputes, debates and rivalries
Implications of historical theory both abstractly and in application
Philosophy of history
And so on
Regular participants in the Thursday threads should just keep doing what they've been doing; newcomers should take notice that this thread is meant for open discussion only of matters like those above, not just anything you like -- we'll have a thread on Friday for that, as usual.
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I'm writing a paper on a poem/collage. I'm trying to find the source of the picture, or failing trying to figure out what event the picture captures. I think the men behind the truck are US soldiers in WW2. Note: the head of the woman is superimposed and is not part of the original.
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