My grandfather served in that war in Japan, and I'm curious as to what it was like and how it may have been different from today.

For a cultural studies class that I am taking, I would be interested in writing a research paper (10 pages) that has something to with cultural exchanges between ancient civilizations, particularly Rome and India, and it would be very helpful to have some recommended readings for this idea. Or a similar one like Rome and China, or other ancient civilizations. I prefer Rome, but not exclusively! Thank you for your help.

*Edit: is there enough academic work for a research paper to be done on this? Or should I look at a different topic?

That particular line struck me as very odd, especially considering no other characters question it. I suppose he could be lumping Nazis and Soviets together as enemies of democracy or liberty. The only other times I have seen the two be considered one-of-the-same are when I've read proponents of 'horseshoe theory' and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories of the Jews being responsible for both the Nazis and the Soviet Union.

Apologies if the question is a bit vague, I'm not sure how else to frame it. My question is somewhat specific to North America. I'm interested in how basic recipes were reshaped to deal with times when certain food was scarce such as during war rationing or the dustbowl.

As a follow up, were there any new styles of food that were eaten out of necessity that then became ingrained in the culture enough so that its consumption was continued even after times of economic trouble were passed?

Thanks :)

You don't really hear about "The Troubles" being a big issue in Germany like it was in the UK, and Ireland. I'm sure there were issues, but it does not seem like there was that much animosity between the faiths. Is this just perception, or did they get along rather well?

So I recently finished all my Sons by Arthur Miller and the plot is mostly about a mechanic that sold crack cylinder headeds to the US Air Force, the cylinder heads were installed into P-40's and crashed ((Not a spoiler as it's the introduction))

My question is if any P-40's were ever used in any operation during the Pacific war

Like commodus, Nero and Caligula.

In my intro to theology book there is a section calling the Christian worldview the foundation for modern science. A quote it gives: "Christianity depicted God as a rational, responsive, dependable and omnipotent being and the universe as his personal creation, thus having a rational, lawful, stable structure, awaiting human comprehension." Then it gives the quote from the title, and continues to assert, as I understand it, that the Juedeo-Christian God was historically essential for the development of modern science.

Now this is all well and good for me, a Catholic, so if someone will come and confirm this I'd be well pleased.

However, knowing my bias, and suspecting at least a small bias in the textbook (Catholic professor, Catholic college, Catholic Theology section of the textbook) I think I'd prefer a balanced historical perspective, if anyone here could help.

Thanks!

The entirety of the Americas and Oceania, as well as over 90% of Africa and much of Asia, has at one point belonged to the Europeans. How inevitable was this?

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I want to do it well, but don't have much experience researching a particular figure, especially one that's controversial for the reasons that MTL is.

I want to go on to a PhD program, so I'm not looking to breeze by. I really want to do her and the work on her justice, and I want to get good practice in before grad school begins. Any and all help is deeply appreciated. Thank you!

Trying to learn the history of the middle-east and Arabia and is at the moment diving into the religions. I've stated light on this subject and is now reading "Abrahams Children - Jew Christian Muslim commonality and conflict". In this book it is told that after the death of his wife Khadija and his uncle Abu Talib, the prophet Muhammed sought refuge by the tombs of Ishmael and Hagar.

It seems very unlikely to me that a tomb for Ishmael should exit before Islam was created, but before I write it off as just a story I thought I might ask you guys if you could explain it. Could the tombs be newly built by Muhammad's followers? Was there actually an Arabian non Jewish non Christian version of the myth that would make the existence of these tombs probable prior to the Islamic era?

Hope you can help. Cheers.

Particularly in Near East and Mediterranean sources, it seems to be standard practice to kill an animal as a sacrifice, but then eat it. Herodotus describes this on several occasions. My question is, how did they justify this as sacrifice when they still consumed the flesh? What exactly were they giving up as sacrifice?

Why not throw everything into; tanks, artillery, ammo. men, advisors... Post WW2 they were everywhere, SE Asia, Cuba, Latin America, Africa, yet, the prize would have been Europe. Spain, a crown jewel and they let it slip away without a murmur.

When one thinks what if, one cannot help but wonder how much dif. Europe would have looked if the Communists of the USSR had fought the Nazis-Franco w/every means available. If world Communism was ever a goal it appears it was a great mistake on Stalin's part to so easily look the other way.Also, France near-by could have been a follow-up attempt with much sympathizers.

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The mainstream narrative is that Khruschev's well-meaning reforms relied on short-term improvements that derailed the Soviet Union from the Marxist path. So why would it be believed that Khruschev attempted to create stateless communism?

This goes for most mid fight weapon switches but this seems like the most common one and the one that interests me most. Would the Spear just be dropped on the spot and picked up later? Did it have some sort of sling for offhand carrying? Was this just not something that happened in a real fight? Curious to know.