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In both medieval Europe and Song-dynasty China, people would brew alcohol in their homes, beer and rice wine respectively, and then sell the surplus to passersby. The interesting thing is that in both cultures a broom was displayed outside your house to show that you had alcohol for sale.

What might be the source of this shared symbol? Why did this occur both places around the same time?

My source for the chinese side of the story is Water Margin aka The Bandits of the Marsh. My sources for the European side is a couple youtube documentaries, but I could dig up a primary source if needed.

I was reading about ww2 armor and i saw that the M10 and M36, Which are built on the Sherman chassis had much thinner armor on the chassis. How exactly does that work out, Especially when a lot of the TDs were built out of converted Shermans.

Hello fellow Redditors! I am looking for an interesting primary source that I can analyze for a Colonial Latin America class. The more interesting and outlandish the better. Thank you! P.S. The time period ranges from 20,000 B.C. to 1880's as long as it's related to Latin America

Besides the main cannon and any machine guns that might be fixed to the tank, are there any records of what Soviet tankers would have used in the event of their tank becoming compromised in the field? I'm really looking for anything they would have used from the Winter War to Japan's surrender.

Was it the act of acknowledging children that would make them "official"? Or was it just that if the relationship was not hidden socially? Or did they get some official title? If so, is there euphemism involved? (Like "friend of the king" or "adviser to the king" or something?)

How does this interact with the expectation of lifelong monogamy? Famously, Henry VIII couldn't divorce and remarry and centuries later Edward VIII couldn't marry a divorcee. Why is having an official mistress OK but divorce and remarriage means you lose your throne, even in the 20th century?

Greetings,

I am wondering, how did Caesars return into the city in 49BC look like?

Did he march his army into the city in some form of a procession, did the army stay outside and he entered the city with just his retinue?

I failed to locate a source describing this.

I thank you in advance,

Fellow

I was watching the extended cut of Gladiator and one of the scenes has an execution of two Praetorian Guards. Was that a method used by the Romans?

If not, what was a standard method the Romans used?

Piss, noticed the title mistake.

*ever

Also, in the same scene the command is given to fire. That seems odd, I thought fire came from firearms?

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I've been reading about WW1 a lot recently, and I know that George and Nicholas were very close to one another. I read that King George's reason for rejecting Nicholas's asylum request was due to fears of a similar revolution in England being agitated by Nicholas's presence in Britain. However, I could not find anything online about George in his post-war life commenting on his fateful decision. Does anybody know more on this subject, considering King George lived another 17 years after Nicholas's death?

Thanks!

I am currently a grade 12 student in Canada and history has always been something that has interested me. However, up until only recently I've never considered it as a career due to a push towards the sciences and mathematics. If anyone has any insight at all into the feasibility of a career in history, and what type of university programs would be beneficial for me.

Any help at all would be appreciated greatly!

It's kinda confusing because the way everyone (or just Jews) were taught was about the 10 plagues and the parting of the red sea. But if this all never happened, how would all of this happen?

How often did this happen and how was this behvior seen by society?

How legal was it, I always thought that a woman's family or father had to consent to the marriage or the woman herself, did anyone ever get a marriage like this annulled?

While today humans almost exclusively use the time measurements of seconds, minutes, hours, days, and so forth, how did this system originate and what were its historical predessecors?