With the Department of Justice assigning Muller as the Special Counsel to head the Russia probe, I'm curious if there has ever been a case of a special prosecutor being assigned where they didn't find anything or at least some evidence of wrong doing.

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Were there organizations to guide people? What about accommodations in Mecca itself?

I was looking for something that might deal with the immediate aftermath and maybe a couple of years out. Did it create any mistrust in the federal government or cause problems for the Republican Party at either state or local levels? I've been told that the 70s were this downward spiral of national shame due to things like Vietnam, Nixon, Carter and the Soviets beating the USA in basketball at the Olympics. I'm looking more specifically what the aftermath of Nixon was in terms of the American people rather than institutions.

Why is Africa still 'behind the times' so to speak in this day and age?

I get that the after effects of colonialism are a factor, but many former colonies are now fully developed countries that have become huge players on the international scene while a large percentage of African nations are still rampant with hunger, disease, undeveloped tribes, dictators, and warlords.

My understanding is that with large amounts of international aid, it is now beginning to turn around, but why has it taken this long, and why do they require so much aid to accomplish it? Are there simply fewer natural resources that make it hard to create an effective economy? What are the factors here?

So my question is: why is this?

I know that they were advised that we could totally destroy them, but how much of an effort did we really make? Did Japan have any idea that we had a nuclear program? Did we make it clear and they tried to call our bluff?

A few months ago, my father told me the story I put in the title (or at least some version of it that I can't recall all the details of). The story sounds plausible, but I would have thought if it were true, there would be much more talk about it, especially considering a major reason that staunch Second Amendment supporters give for their support is that they think the government might become malicious.

I don't want to talk about gun control or anything, I just want to know if the story my dad told has any element of truth to it. And if it does, I'd love to get some more detail about it.

While they did execute at least one member of the church, Helmuth Hübener was arrested for giving pamphlets to the French, not his religion, so I do not think religion was a factor.

I have heard a lot of things about his figure but mostly biased for or agains what he represented, but what is the actual, objective truth?

For instance, I'm currently reading Ronald Syme's Roman Revolution and I've run across this a lot. The footnotes are especially littered with untranslated passages in Latin from Dio, Tacitus, Livy, etc.

I understand that Latin/Greek used to be a bigger part of education. And, obviously, there is much to be said for reading texts in the original language. But I take a work of history of this sort to be aimed at academics (or at least historians) pretty broadly, many of whom work in areas where no competency in Latin is needed. What was the justification for not providing translations of Latin/Greek and when did it cease to be a thing.

I have no idea if this is the right subreddit, but here goes.

So a little explanation..

What are reasons that constructions from ages ago are always buried underground and found during excavations etc? I can understand plant growth and such, but 5 meters below the surface we often find old buildings. I'm quite fascinated as how it ends up like that..

The book is Combustion on Wheels: An Informal History of the Automobile Age by David L. Cohn. I haven't read it but it is quoted in another book I am reading. The two sects are mentioned as ones which "can afford neither a regular pastor nor even a church building" and therefore rely on transient preachers in cars.

Hi, I hope I am not breaking any of the subreddit rules, as this is is not really a specific question but more a request for a book. However I do feel that this subreddit is probably the one that can help me with this.

So the thing is I am looking for a book containing ancient texts translated into english (although german would be alright as well). After translating and reading ancient roman letters, texts and primary sources at school, I thought it would be really interesting to read something similar from other cultures, like the ancient greek, egyptians or babylonians. I have been looking for such a book for a while, but I haven't found anything so I would really appreciate it if you could recommend any books to me.

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Spain knew about the Americas first (concerning Europe) and they colonised it before the British came and ruined their fun. But why wasn't Spain colonising Africa? It's right at their doorstep and there were plenty of resources and enough slaves for a lifetime. Why would they bother with the Americas?!

Virtually all previous European holdings and colonies in Asia and Africa are today governed & almost entirely populated by their pre-colonialist population. Why is this not the case in the Americas, Australia and New Zealand, where the aboriginal populations today are very small and yield very little political power?