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Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask this. My grandfather died recently and he left me a few of his things from his time in the forces, including the medals I have pictures of. Can anyone identify their meaning/origin? Thanks!

A currently much discussed article claims that 'Thucydides describes Athens as “tyrannical” '. Is this so; if so where does he do so?

How much did Japan and other smaller nations like Hungry contribute to the Axis Powers strength in WWII? What made Japan such a threat to other nations like the USA and the Soviet Union?

I know that some Association Football clubs do have nicknames, but you usually don't hear them. The wiki page tells me that Manchester United are nicknamed the "Red Devils" but that mascot wasn't adopted until the 1960s, and you rarely see a "Manchester United Red Devils" headline. Whereas, North American teams like the New York Giants and Boston Red Sox have been referred to by their mascot name since at least the early 1900s.

Has this always been the case? Why do clubs outside North America, particularly football/soccer clubs, not use team nicknames to the same degree as they are used in baseball, basketball, hockey, and American and Canadian football? Or put another way, why are team nicknames used so extensively in North America unlike elsewhere?

Before we had agriculture what was the regular diet for a human. Did they eat tons of mean or was it mostly fruits and veggies?

When watching TV shows and documentaries it feels like a re-occurring theme that after invading Germany they snatched up a bunch of German scientists. They're portrayed as way ahead of the game and gave the U.S. a huge advantage. Is this true?

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I understand the potential rational in something like the name Heinrich der Finkler to Henry the Fowler, since the 'ch' does not exist in English, but I don't believe this to be the case since something like Henrique (the portugese navigator) also gets translated to Henry, even though all the sounds exist in the english language.

There are a number of anecdotes, possibly over-embellished, about how Sparta's culture was meritorious and "free" Of course, these quotes are often spoken by Spartans themselves.

Are there any examples of members of city-states criticizing the Spartan way of life, or conversely, praising it?

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If an American soldier collected a German Mauser C96 pistol in WWI, and sold it years later around 1940, about how much would they make? Thanks.

How representative is the movie Dunkirk pertaining to ethnic groups and women? Anyone has statistical sources?

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I'm aware this may be fairly vague and that many cultures sacrificed humans for all sorts of reasons, but this question pertains to a specific story I read a few years back. It may be just that, a story, but it centered around a culture that kept a Prince who would be carried everywhere, given the most beautiful virgins and treated almost as a god on earth...right up until they had a poor harvest. At this point, the Prince would be slaughtered in appeasement to the gods so the next year's crop would be more plentiful. Obviously there would then be a new Prince.

Does anyone recognize this from any real world cultures or possibly myths?

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Would a 21st century Arab-speaker be able to have a conversation with Ibn Khaldun or the prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him)?

Thinking about the current fight against Da'esh in the Iraq and Syria in comparison to the last year of WWII is the swiftness with which the allied forces closed in on the German army throughout mainland Europe after the D-Day invasions. Whereas, today, it took the Iraqi Army approximately 8 months to fully liberate the city of Mosul with western-allied air support.

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For instance, going from Cuba to the USA or from East Germany to West Germany.

I have always wondered about this and never really found a good outlet for the question.

Anything WWI in history books/classes seems to discuss the build up, powder keg, assassination, and then skips right to "And everything bogged down into trench warfare because of machine guns and artillery". However, there had to of been a period of time where armies were engaging each other without trenches, I imagine. What did that look like?