What did people think of Dinosaur bones/fossils before Dinosaurs were discovered (for lack of a better word)?

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How reliable are Hans-Ulrich Rudel's tank kills?

He got credited with 519 destroyed tanks which is a ridiculously large number. I have read about trials conducted by Soviets, Germans and the Allies that show how difficult it was to even damage tanks with bombs, and yet Rudel had destroyed more tanks than even highest scoring tank aces. Here and here are two links to two the things I read.

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PTSD in ancient armies

Hi I was just wondering if something like PTSD was a recognised issue in armies such as the Roman or Greek armies. Theres generally things mentioned about honour, but was PTSD an issue?

Thanks

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What happened to the Spartan armor/belongings after the battle of Thermopylae?

Did the Persians just take everything in the spoils of war? Did Leonidas' armor become specifically sought after? Or was it all just discarded as Greek rubbish?

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In what ways can it be said that American imperialism benefitted those who were under American subjugation?

This is not limited to just Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Philippines as well as American intervention in Latin America, but it is an important part of it. The question is posed from the time period of 1890-1930 about.

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Are there any WWII examples where aviation was on the defensive from an opposing Navy?

How well and long could aircraft defend a landmass against an equivalent Naval onslaught? Like, think the Battle of Britain but with just an endless stream of Battleships.

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Why was Moscow not renamed by the Soviets, while other prominent Russian cities such as St. Petersburg were?

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Why didn't the Canadian colonies join the American Revolution?

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Books/Articles about a very specific topic: Archaic Rome: the political organization of the royalty; the social conflicts and the political crisis of the regimen (VIII - V b.C)

I need to write a extremely basic essay (1-2 pages) on this very specific topic and I would really appreciate some help on books/articles that I could find online:

Archaic Rome: the political organization of the royalty; the social conflicts and the political crisis of the regimen (VIII - V b.C)

Thanks a lot!

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How did early civilizations cool wort to make beer?

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What happened if a slave was born albino?

If a slave owner was forcing it's slaves to reproduce what would happen if the slave baby was born albino but came from 2 black parents? Would they free it? Make it a slave? Raise it?

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How much did your average anchient greek know of Greek Mythology?

Right now I can go on to Wikipedia and read for hours about countless Greek gods and heroes and legends. You can go to Barnes and Noble's and pick up anthologies of Greek legends. But what percentage of this huge body of knowledge would be known to a Greek farmer? Is what we see on Wikipedia right now the aggregate of hundreds of years Greek myths making that wouldn't have been present in the Greek world all at once?

Edit: I can't actually fix this but I might as well note that I misspelled ancient in the title

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How common was the use of large greatswords like the zweihander?

Like the title says, I'm curious to know how widespread the use of these sorts of massive swords actually was. In addition, did they offer any advantages over more traditional setups such as a sword and shield?

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Did German voters in 1932 know that voting for the Nazis could lead to war?

As a side question, did the Social Democrats and German Communist Party also seek to expand German influence?

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How was rape treated under 19th-century American law?

This article says that "raping a Black woman was not a crime for the majority of this nation's history". I've also often heard that it was legal to rape a slave, though I'm not sure whether this was some kind of exception in the legal code, or whether the police just did not generally care if a slave was raped.

I went on Casetext and could find barely any rape cases that took place before the 1960s, let alone rape cases in the antebellum South. How is it known how the police felt about different types of rape cases in those times? Did they investigate rapes at all?

My history teacher told me that there were not really criminal trials for rape in much of America during the nineteenth century, and that generally rape was addressed extra-judicially, with mob violence and lynching if the victim was a woman of some prominent social position, and otherwise not generally addressed.

How true was this, and if it was true, how do we know? In any case, if rapists were the sorts of criminals that were never really expected to be put on trial, and often were not even really expected to be punished, why make rape a crime in the first place?

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When has the native Finnish nobility emerged in Finland, when did they start considering themselves as one nation and when did they start rebelling?

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What led to the collapse of the Mongolian empire?

I am interested as they were a very powerful people.

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How accurate are these claims (Hannibal, Phoenicians, and race) xpost from /r/anthropology

https://www.facebook.com/ATLBlackStar/videos/846845198783588/

I saw this video being shared this morning on the facebook, and I wanted to ask if anyone had any reliable information for either side of this argument. I don't have a side or angle on the subject, I'm just interested in separating 'spin' from truth. Perhaps it's not meaningful to think of cultural history in the objective terms of 'race', since it is a somewhat modern concept. However this video is seriously dividing my friends - who, by the way, are not particularly knowledgeable or interested in the history of peoples of the earth or anthropology.

(crossposting from /r/anthropology on their recommendation)

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Why are Scandinavian countries like Norway so rich?

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Where does the traditional bell tower melody come from?

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Works of Isaac ben Judah Abravanel

I have been trying to research this man as well as a few others from the 15th century, but would like to get a grasp for their personal beliefs, not simply by what others have said of them, but what they've said themselves. He has apparently written several books, so I'm sure there must be a place of the internet for such an archive or at least a place I could get a hard copy of his works. Is there a particular site that could be of assistance? I have had no luck.

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In Embracing Defeat John Dower uses examples of a victim mentality in Japanese society after the WW2. Was it as pervasive as he suggests?

I'm new to posting on this subreddit but I am familiar with the rules. Please let me know if I can refine my post.

Edit: Grammer

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When did it become internationally known of what happened at the concentration camps in Europe? (x-post from /r/AskReddit)

Basically, when did the newspapers have titles with "Concentration camps" in them?

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What did John Hawkins, Francis Drake and privateers do to the Spanish during the 1560-70s?

I'm aware of piracy but not the individual events other than the attack at San Juan De Ulua in 68' and that Elizabeth financed drakes circumnavigation in 77' what individually did they do that inflamed the Philip so much? I already know about Cadiz in 87' by the way.

Thanks!

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What were weddings like in 13th Century Italy?

Ive been trying to find some information about the subject but so far haven't found any. Do you have any answer to give me? I'd like to get familiar with the wedding ceremony as a writer for my current novel.

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