The numbers are the ones I've always seen, actual size might have been different. 30,000 refers to the size before Antietam (~42,000) minus the battle casualties taken (~11,000-12,000).

Empress Matilda and Eleanor of Brittany both were the right heirs to England, and both were passed over in favor of male claimants. Matilda at least had some support and fought a war for it, but Eleanor was pretty much acknowledged as the legal heir, but then tossed in prison and ignored for her entire life.

400 years later, with the disputed succession between Jane and Mary, there was again a bit of conflict, but this time fighting for the rival rights of two female claimants. Mary was then installed, and was followed by her extremely successful sister.

Obviously 400 years is a tremendous amount of time, but still it begs the question in my mind, were there any specific changes in politics or cultural norms that allowed the nobility of the 16th century to be firmly behind a female monarch, while those in the 12th century basically gave a sympathetic nod and preferred to back a usurper they didn't even like?

Although Prussia was easily the largest and strongest state when Germany formed,were other grand dukes, kings, counts, and so forth, given positions of power once Germany formed? Did they keep their titles? Continue ruling over their lands? Or were they forced to abdicate their lands and positions?

Sorry, wrong holiday, I know. But a friend and I got to wondering about some of the Jewish traditions and we were wondering what Egypt must have looked like after the exodus.

I figured this was a good place to ask, as I am looking for a consensus among historians/people who study history, but do you personally use/prefer using the AD system or the CE system?

Apologies if I am posting in the wrong sub; if so please point me in the right direction! Also, apologies if this has been asked before; it's 6 am and I haven't slept yet, so my searching skills are a bit stagnant right now.

All research I've done on line has come to a dead end, so I was hoping to pick your brains and see if anyone has some verifiable answers to this. This began as a simple question in my head, and turned into something more that is like to drive me crazy eventually. For once the internet has let me down and didn't have the info I needed!

I suppose the same goes for the word "Mom", so any info on that would be the icing on the cake!

Thank you in advance

Less importantly, I'd love religious demographic data from ~4000 BC to the present, if anyone can point me to a source for that.

Thank you for your time!

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