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The British press tends to use Westminster(part of London) & Holyrood(part of Edinburgh), to refer to the center of U.K political power and the center of Scottish political power respectively.
Sure that's were the country and constituent country parliaments are but I don't here people in Canada referring to parliament hill instead of Ottwa.Nor do I see americans ever refer to Captial hill instead of Washigton D.C.
Is there any historical reason for this?
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Surrounding the events of Jesus' crucifixion, there's obviously a lot of blame assigned to the Romans. How did the Romans themselves view it when they became Christian?
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I know they probably didn't have much real power, but were they allowed even as a token gesture?
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It seems that from hieroglyphics all the way to medieval art everything is depicted quite unrealistically. When did that change, how did they learn to draw/sculpt better, and why did they start doing it that way?
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Did a search and couldn't find answers to my specific questions, but please link me if any of these have already been asked!
In the show's version of Wessex, at the end of the 8th century, the majority of people have no idea England was ruled by the Romans previously, and commonly believe that the art and architecture they see but are are no longer capable of making was made by an extinct race of giants. It's implied even the aristocracy are not aware of Rome and of England's past, and that only a handful of highly educated, well-traveled clergy, and the king of Wessex know about Rome. Would this have been the case? I mean, where did people think the Latin of their church sermons came from?
In Season 1 especially, Viking men often offer to share their wives with their male friends willingly. Is this documented as a part of Norse culture, or fabricated for the show? Also, there's a religious festival thing where everybody has lots of casual sex with everybody else. How open was sex among the Norse of this era in general? What do we know about this?
Battles are depicted almost like the battle between the offensive and defensive lines in American football - after rushing at each other, both sides primarily push at each other with their shield walls. A small group sometimes break through and fight in the enemy's "backfield," so to speak, and then retreat behind this "line of scrimmage." I really don't know how else to describe this without using football analogies. I've never seen battles depicted this way before - is this in fact more accurate than the Braveheart-style all-out melee? How were battles actually fought?
Thanks!
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Our society is pervaded by persistent urban legends such as "Walt Disney was cryonically frozen in waiting of medical advances susceptible of reviving him" or "Baby alligators sold as pets in Florida were flushed in New York toilets and are thriving and breeding there".
Did the Roman Empire have its own Urban Legends, and if so what were they?
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The Internet is a mess as it relates to this topic. Dogmatic biblical lessons abound about the justice and kindness of ancient figures who may never have existed; conspiracy theories lace the results, involving reptile people and the Illuminati planting ancient Israeli archeological finds and giving instruction to Israelite kings; it's all a giant shitshow and I can't tell where I should be looking.
Just about the only clear, concise, seemingly-accurate summary of the events of this period as they pertain to Judaism itself is Evid3nc3's "A History of God (A)", which covers the Canaanite pantheon, the origins of its myths in neighboring cultures, the reign of King Josiah and the Deuteronomic reforms as a response to Assyrian weakness, and the development of the monolatristic cult of Yahweh into monotheistic Judaism as a natural continuation of that polytheistic Canaanite religion. He covers the authors J, E, and P, and the multitude of edits to the Bible in-depth in his other videos.
However, he seems to make assumptions. Apparently, the only evidence of the existence of King Josiah is the Bible itself; while the Deuteronomic reforms seem to line up as a foundation for the overthrow of Assyrian rule, names and figures are a little vague.
I want the realest information I can get. No dogma, no conspiracies. Just what we absolutely know. Who were the Canaanites? Who wrote the Bible, and why? What did these peoples' religion look like at every stage of development? What was the political atmosphere of the Middle East at the time? What holes still need to be filled?
Is this information centralized somewhere? Are there any good books I can purchase from Amazon? I want to know!
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Specifically, I'd like to know about British, Spanish, French, and Dutch warships and what their colours looked liked.
Would colours look different depending on the part of the ship? (broadsides, stern, bulwarks, bow, deck, etc.)
What classes of ships were there? I am aware of the following classes that existed in history ; cutter, schooner, brig/brigatine/frigate/heavy frigate/man o' war/ ship of the line. What would these ships look like, in terms of shape and sails? Were there other classes of ships, too?
I would also like to know how many cannons from each ship class would be carried on each ship (not only just the broadsides, but the bow and stern, too)
I would also like to know if the different nations I mentioned had different names for ship classes (e.g. one nation refers to them as Cutters, but the other empire refers to them as Gunboats)
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The offending quote is at 4:45
Does it have any semblance of truth?
Edit: The region is the Iberian peninsula during the time of Muslim rule there.
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I'm curious what it might look like for someone to be moved. Was there a man who'd come to your village and tell you to pack up? Was there a boat or train waiting for you? Who would you meet with in Greece (or turkey)?
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Reading that politicians had to serve in the military, is there any case of someone advocating war in order to further themselves politically or financially.? I understand it's a large timeline so maybe under the time of Roman expansion between the 2nd and 3rd Punic War.
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Are they still just as rich, powerful, and influential? What happens to the family generations down the line? Do people just loose touch with each other and move away to build their own lives?
From my limited knowledge of current events, I don't know of any wealthy or influential Van Rensselaers or Roosevelts or Schuylers today.
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The Easter Island is famous for the Moai and for being the focal point of a diverse arrays of theories on man-made ecological disasters. But a lot of this uncertainty that surrounds many of the theories seems to stem from lacking things we have in other cases such as oral histories and myth and folklore. What happened to the Easter Islands culturally after contact with the Europeans? Are there histories and myths and folklore among its inhabitants and they are ignored by scientists or did the Europeans and subsequently the Chileans destroy all that?
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Is there an historical basis for this? If so, when did this take root? (Not intended as a Zionism question, purely historical curiosity.)
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Was it a direct taxation? Or did they exploit the labor? Or some other way perhaps?
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I was wondering how Hitler managed to massively develop his industrial complex soon after reaching power. He built a lot of civil and military industries whereas Germany was already in a tight economical situation, which is one of the main reason that lead him to power. Thanks for your answer
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How would that compare to modern times? For instance pre 1860 US, pre apartheid South Africa and other colonies.
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