Fun fact: Cicero compared that if Plato's Dialogues were silver, Aristotle's was a flowing river of gold.

I get how the navigation would work but do we have an understanding of their supply situation? How did they travel with enough fresh water due long voyages? How many people/boats would go out at a time?

Any reading recommendations on the topic would be greatly appreciated.

Specifically in the early 20th century. Specifically, I'm interested in European empires that relied on trade. I've thought of Britain, but I'd like to find a culture which is a little bit less known and powerful (at the time). If you're wondering why, I'm writing a novel, and a novel in the genre is already using the Dutch Empire. Thanks for answering

I'm European so I don't know that much about American politics or history but this is a question that has bothered me for quite some time now. I know about the conscription that ended during the 1960s (?) or something like that so I'm wondering whether American men who were obligated to serve in the military temporarily were also forced to go to war when there was one.

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In the modern day, people dismiss many aspects of religion by accusing them of being hallucinogenic visions or just normal dreams.

My question is whether or not similar things happened among ancient religions, towards one another, or did the lay person of the time accuse religions of just being dreams or visions rather than fact? My question is focused on Ancient Israel, but if you have other answers from other ancient religions, I'm curious to hear these aswell.

I always hear conflicting reports, some will see it was an economy based on debt and would quickly fall apart if there was no war. Then I hear that the economy was strong, revived the German economy, and was amazing. Which one was it? I always try to talk to people about this but I can never get a strong enough source, thanks!

Any answers from different periods and places, specifically of European influence, are welcome, such as Napoleonic Europe, 7 years war, pre-revolutionary war America, etc.

If this question has been answered a long time ago, I would appreciate if one can link any, if there are, information about the topic.

I am not referring to Operation Downfall, or other strategies that did not rely on the success of the Trinity test, rather, I'd like to know more about the options presented to Truman that may have 'warned' Japan about the new weapon, either by direct communication or by detonating it over uninhabited area. I know that at the time the number of deployable weapons was a limiting factor, but I was curious to know what else went into the decision to have the first attack on Japan be over a civilian population center.

I just got done watching the movie "When Trumpets Fade" and it portrayed the battle, which is a battle I have never heard of, as one where none of the soldiers really knew why they were there. In googling I have found a concensus that the allies lost, but I want to know what happened exactly and how it affected the upcoming battle of the bulge.

This question just occurred to me in the wake of a previous one about doctrinal deviance and the Black Death.

I'm not sure as to the geographical specificity of laywomen in services, so it's a necessarily broad question - please feel free to isolate it to one country, but preferably in the middle/late medieval (Uh, I think that's 1100 - 1500 , maybe D:?)

So, two questions now :)

Cheers!

Other than loss of life that is associated with waging war, how did Alexander The Great effect the places he campaigned? Was their anything positive to come from him conquering or was there nothing of long term worth?

We see them all the time in depictions of ancient warfare (Hannibal, the Selucids, etc.) but never see them in depictions of medieval combat. Why is this?

While we know that, for example, Michelangelo worked in Florence in 1502, I've never heard about the actual location of his studio... or for that matter any other artist's studio except the more recent ones.
Do we know the actual locations of where various artists worked and lived? Have those locations been excavated? Do we have pictures?? I'd love to know more!

What did immigrants from Europe like Ireland, Germany, etc think of the practice of slavery in the United States when they first arrived? Were they shocked? Disgusted? Was it not that big of a deal to them since various countries in Europe were practicing slavery is their own colonies?