In one scene in Master and Commander, an officer points out to a younger shipmate the captain's initials, carved about 20 years ago. Was staying with one ship for 20 years unusual for this period of time? What about for enlisted or impressed sailors?

Thor, Zeus, Tarhunt, Indra are all examples and there may be more. Why not a rain god if it's for crops? What is significant about the thunder itself that so many religions adopt thinder god as the highest.

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Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of history!

Next week: Underdogs

The age of canals in England slightly precedes the age of portable steam-powered tools. I assume that these lengthy canals were thus dug by men with pickaxes and spades and wheelbarrows. What was life like for these men? Were injuries common? Did they have a union or a guild? Did the work environment have anything in common with later industrial workplaces?

My professor just brought up this image of part of an advertising campaign by Pepsi in the late 70s/early 80s, but I couldn't find any more on it. What was the public reaction to this and were there any broader consequences?

Hello! Recently, having watched a relevant series and performances on YouTube I have gotten into rakugo and I decided to pick it as the subject of one of my uni semester assignments. There aren't too many things to be found though in English that would help me, besides the first few results on Jstor and Google results that I can't use. Has anyone here ever encountered any books on the subject? I'd be really thankful, especially if they contain transcribed performances :) I've already read 'Rakugo Japanese professional storytelling' by amin sweeney and journals like 'the blue eyed story teller' and 'tabibanashi'. Thanks in advance :)

(I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, so if it's not, I'm sorry in advance.)

As I understand it, they were supposed to be there to conquer Pagan Lithuania. Then Lithuania converted to Catholicism. So the Knights... stayed around and tried to mess with the Lithuanians, until eventually they fought a massive battle against the combined Lithuanians and Polish. But how did they justify this? As an order of militant monks, didn't it rather go against the whole point of them? And how/why were they still getting recruits after the pagan "threat" was over?

So when we describe the eastern roman part of the empire (The Byzantine empire) as "eastern" does that mean that it was located in eastern Europe (Europe being West as a whole) or that its not European (Western) but rather an Eastern Empire.

and if she did so:

Does the Iliad mention this alleged daughter?

Was Menelaus the father or was it Paris?

Basically what the title says. I'm fairly familiar with the major players in the Spanish Revolution (the CNT-FAI, the various libertarian Marxist militias that allied with them, etc), but I was wondering if anyone knew just how successful they actually were. Taking into account the circumstances (quite literally pioneering a completely new societal system while in the midst of a brutal civil war), how successful was it at ensuring good living standards, education, workers' rights, etc?

Did he write about it later in his life, using other people's stories as a source, or did he write about it using his own knowledge? Or did he do something else? (I can't imagine him writing about it at the age of 9)

As far as I am aware, he only started his writing career in 98 AD.

Thanks!

During the 19th century, the southern states were called "King Cotton", for the sheer amount of cotton we produced. What happened that caused that region to lose the title? Do they still produce cotton now in those regions?

Hi, high school student here who is very interested in history. Specifically, I really enjoy reading about ancient civilisations, the history of language, and modern European history. Could somebody recommend some books to read to expand my scope in historical knowledge? Or maybe suggest a starting point and/or study path (important periods or events) to really get my teeth into. I'm going to be taking a gap year, so I will have a lot of time to pursue my interest in history, which has largely gone neglected in the past few years. Thanks in advance!

William of Orange's usurping the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland brought two great naval powers under one monarch.

1. Did this connection provoke any changes in the structure of the Royal and/or Dutch navies?

2. What degree of control did William have over the Royal Navy, was the structure of power that much different to the Dutch Navy at the time?

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I've heard that some slaves were seen as able to perform complex tasks instead of menial labour and even had a chance to participate in government.

Would it help if I converted to Islam?

Do I have any chance of being freed without having my ransom paid?

Do you have an tips on what I should do to better my situation?

Let's say the year is 1750

I'd be excited if even 1 of these types of places existed but it's hard to imagine the logistics.

This could be characterization of the particular father, but he's sort of a throwaway character to begin with. I could be wrong, but it seems more like a "Member when government was good?" thing that fits better with stereotypes of the 1950s. Am I wrong in assuming that type of optimism wasn't exactly status quo in the decade immediately after Vietnam?

There's a demographic factor that makes the line ring a little more true to me. The family is a nuclear, white, middle-class family. How does my assumption of that being a more believable source of a "trust the government" sentiment hold up for this time frame?