More specifically in talking about Denmark-Norway starting at 1661 and the Swedish Empire since 1611. How and why did these states, which to my understanding, were absolute monarchies, transform into the modern 3 kingdoms of Sweden, Denmark and Norway?
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Between comparable houses in walled and non-walled towns in the same polity, how much difference was there in property values?
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I am currently trying to find out where black GIs were stationed during WW 2 but have not come across good source since most of the individual service records have unfortunately been lost to fire. Does anybody know another source that records, preferably for each GI, where he was deployed? Any help would be appreciated.
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Was it a gradual thing, or was there a decisive moment in history when it happened?
Also, when exactly did the US and UK become friends rather than rivals?
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A fellow redditor made a curious comment on this topic:
Hammer Heads are scary, ugh.
They were actually considered by the Greeks as a method of controlling trade routes. An example is how the Greeks would try to round up all of the Hammer Heads into the Strait of Gibraltar during wartime.
This alone wouldn't detour their enemies from trying to pass trading ships through, but one of their top Ship Captains at one time named Acacius had outfitted his ship with a bronze 'ramming plate' for lack of a better term, and he would run his ship into enemy ships to cause them to begin to sink. (This is before Cannons were common place or efficient on ships)
The panic among the sailors - sinking in water filled with hammer heads - was unbelievable. Eventually most sailors would outright refuse to approach the Strait, and the Greeks controlled the entire Mediterranean for hundreds of years until one of the major big-box department stores of the 1990s finally made a deal with them to allow traffic back through.
Anyhow, that's probably why the Hammerhead is attacking this Kayak.
Link here
So is it true? Did the Greeks really do this?
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I think it's valuable to understand the ideas that motivated the Nazis so that I can recognize them in contemporary discussion.
Therefore, I am looking for one of two things:
An anthology that collects the philosophical writings of a variety of Nazi intellectuals.
A secondary source that goes over the philosophical views of the Nazis in depth.
Ideally, the book will not be terribly expensive.
Thanks in advance.
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I have seen in many Russian and Soviet films and monuments a clear preference to use "fascist", which seems very odd from a Western point of view.
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Were they seen as enemies, potential trading partners, allies (considering the Safavids were enemies of the Ottomans) or just ignored? Are there any documents/accounts from European explorers/traders about them?
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As a non arab the baathist (arab socialist) parties can be hard to understand. From the little I know they seem more fascist than sociaist. Iraq was headed by Saddam and his Baath party. Syria is headed by Assad and their Baath party. If not fascist these parties at least seem quite nationalist. At one point Egypt and Syria united to create the Arab Republic which iirc was done by baathists?
Can someone help me underatand? Also are these parties secular? I have trouble believing that.
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From reading about Germany during the industrial revolution and world wars, it appears that the Krupp family and company was given various privelieges and influence by the government, even leading to them being the main producer of German tanks on world war 2. What led to this?
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This weekly feature is a place to discuss new developments in fields of history and archaeology. This can be newly discovered documents and archaeological sites, recent publications, documents that have just become publicly available through digitization or the opening of archives, and new theories and interpretations.
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A few days ago, S7E2 of Game of Thrones premiered and the episode ended with a naval battle. How realistic as a real Medieval naval battle is the GoT one? I'll especially like to learn the accuracy of the fire throughout the entire battle (Euron's ships throw fire at Theon's and Yara's ships) and Euron's entrance at 0:50 (He is on a stern-thing screaming as his ship collides with another.)
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I understand Henry VII named him after the mythological hero to emphasise the Tudor's Romano-British ancestry, so it piqued my curiosity.
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For the pre-colonial era(before 1511)Since it is often underlooked, are there any good accessible resources you recommend? Anything from books to documentaries to museums will do. TLDR: title
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A good deal of the new testament seems to be anti-circumcision (for instance, Paul says "if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all" in Galatians 5:2). Yet today, in America at least, most Christians circumcise their children. When and why did this shift in attitude towards circumcision occur?
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Books or reliable online resources are both good. Particularly interested in trade, taxation, economics, internal politics and social structure. I know definite information on this period is scarce -- informed speculation is perfectly acceptable. Thanks!
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I was always taught in my schooling that it was the Mongol Empire that first unified China; but I've always had a problem with that. Now, they were the first group to conquer all of what is now apart of China, and the only other dynasty to do that was the Qing who came after (interesting how the two times China was at its largest was under the control on non Chinese).
But would you consider everyone in China as ethnically Chinese? To pit it VERY plainly and simply, you have groups such as the Manchurians, Mongolians, Koreans, Tibetans, the people of the Xinjiang area, and S.E. Asians like the Vietnamese and Myanmarese.
Wouldn't it make more sense to say China as in the Chinese were first unified by the Qin, the third main dynasty and first Chinese Empire? (That is if you go with Xia and Zhao being main Dynasties and Shang wasn't)
Here is a picture of the [Qin Dynasty] (http://i.imgur.com/QeRVWyt.png). That area is ethnically Chinese, wouldn't that make more sense for when China was unified and everything else was extra territory gained? Sure the [Mongol Empire] (http://i.imgur.com/KGbtaqg.jpg) controlled so much, and the [Yuan Dynasty] (http://i.imgur.com/uo2M56k.png) right after it and [Qing Dynasty] (http://i.imgur.com/sKrIOIK.png) a few hundred years later owned practically all of modern China. But honestly that's something that's always bothered me about China's unification.
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I've heard this term a few times before but I'm just not sure as to why Russia is called Third Rome.
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