How tolerant were different schools of Buddhism to each other throught history? For example if a Chan monk from China in let's say 1300 would journey over Tibet, how he would be treated by his Tibetian brethren? What about vice versa?

I got into a discussion with some relatives recently about life in previous centuries before the advent of modern medicine and agricultural practices. My position was that typically we live longer and easier lives than previously in history. The opposing view was that people lives in relatively similar health to us today due to a diet filled with less sugar. I've tried to find sources to support my position, however there only seems to be commentary on the topic and not very much hard statistics.

Would anyone be able to help give me some context as to quality of life and potential for early death as well as some better sources? I was fairly sure about my knowledge of this in the past but with having trouble finding the data I feel a bit unsure.

My understanding is turkeys are a much more recent addition to european cuisine than other birds. What poultry would a Roman have typically eaten in the late empire? How would they have prepared it?

I'm currently researching for my dissertation that is exploring the difference in Kennedy's public and private approaches to foreign policy during the Cuban Missile crisis. I have explored the reasonings behind why he maintained a determined public stance, and I hope to make a comparison of the secret negotiations to remove Jupiter missiles and the secret negotiations to resolve the Berlin crisis of 1961 to demonstrate Kennedy's private approaches to foreign policy.

I'm just wondering if anyone has any interesting comments as to why he pursued secret negotiations, and how significant his private diplomacy was in resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis. I feel like I've reached a mental block, and I'd love some opinions to inspire my research!

Thanks so much!

Furthermore, would a common peasant have known that it was about to be the year 1000, and would they have cared?

Being relatively geographically close, I'm wondering if there was perhaps some sort of mutual influence between the two literary traditions. Is there any evidence of something like this? If not, could some of the legends have sprung from a common source?

Im interested in any sort of missile tests where a nuclear warhead has flown on a missile before detonation. abm, surface to air, air to air, slbm, icbm, cruise or any other I havent mentioned. Thanks

Basically what the title says. I learned in school that that in the first world war the Netherlands didn't got attacked, while they were attacked in the second one, even tough they stil remained neutral.

The current administration is frequently criticized as "Nixonian". And despite constant scandal, President Trump remains popular among GOP voters and many dismiss controversy as "fake news." Did Nixon have a core group of supporters who stood by him despite the impending crisis?

The remains of the "Titanic" weren't found until 1985. However, we do know there were many active submarines in the North Atlantic during WWII.

Did any of them happen to come across the "Titanic" but because of the war it wasn't a priority? If not, how was it possible that not one submarine was able to locate it, if even accidentally?

I've read the wiki on it and know that trial by combat did exist in many places in Europe. I don't understand, however, the theory behind it. In what way could a fight determine who was right or wrong in a legal battle? In societies that allowed it, could the best dueler of the town just do whatever he wanted because he would never lose a trial by combat?

What was their death toll? What did they do after France surrendered (Given that, from my understanding, they swear allegiance to the FFL and not to France)? How many Jews fled Germany to enlist?

Second Empire-style buildings and furniture can be found in cities and art galleries the world over, but I've never heard of, say, a "Third Republic" style chair or a Bourbon Restoration house. What are the origins of the Second Empire style, why did it have such a seemingly outsized impact, and what was its relationship with the government of Napoleon III?

I was just watching a documentary about the French Revolution and I was just wondering how Marie Antionette's family reacted to her execution, since they were a very powerful family and it must have shaken quite a bit for one of their own, who was the Queen of France, to be guillotined.

I'm particularly interested in the time in between the collapse of the mongolian empire and the expansion of the russian empire into the region