I can understand why the Navy and Air Force don't provide protection detail but why doesn't the US Army at least share the role?

How far from the times of Mohammad was it?

I haven't been able to find any info on this. It'd be pretty interesting to learn the origins of the interstate.

By the way the 2015 adaptation with Fassbender is pretty rad.

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I recently read an ethnography (“From the Enemy’s Point of View: Violence, Empathy, and the Ethnography of Fakes” by Nils Bubant) which supposes that the practice of empathy, or perspective-taking, regarded as a universal virtue, may be put to unsavory ends. In this particular case the author argues that empathy for one's enemy was necessary to convincingly draft forged documents intended to incite violence - the documents were written from the perspective of the opponent.

This immediately brought to mind that famous quote, 'Know your enemy'. Of course, knowing your enemy and empathizing with him are two separate issues. That said, I'm sure there is translation baggage associated with the use of 'know' in this quote and I'm hoping someone could clear this up for me. In other words, what is the actual word used here in the author's native language, and what are the cultural contexts that inform it? What was Suz Tzu really saying here, and what did he mean when he said it?

I mean if the same drive were to continue we would be on mars now.

I am extremely interested in the Napoleonic Wars despite me knowing next to nothing about them. Can any recommend some works to help me start with the wars? I want to learn about the wars as a whole but I am also especially interested in the naval history of the war.

So the recent thread on reddit made me curious about this kind of stuff(and after reading Greek mythology, i have an impression that this was acceptable before but there's no way that is acceptable now). When did it start? And did religion/ scientific advancements take a role in making the rules?

The 80s is famous for... a questionable color palette. What happened in the 80s that allowed for these colors to come up over the 70s (which I mentally picture with a lot of browns, greens, and yellows)?

Why was the 80s so... colorful? (And why was the fashion so bad?)

I have recently heard two diametrically opposed versions of the Islamic conquests of Arabia and beyond. One claims that it was humane and entirely defensive (& without slavery)...the other that it was incredibly brutal. I have also heard that there is a great deal of revisionism on this issue. Can some one please give me a run down on what actually happened?

Does it have anything to do with writing with your "right" hand. (Righting?)

Aztecs have recently become a fascination of mine after me and Ancient Rome decided to take a break (long story). I have been absolutely fascinated by these people who seem (with utmost respect) to be the most advanced stone based civilisation I know off, however they have beautiful and intricate brooches and jewellery . How would a people be able to melt and manipulate gold but not find & exploit other metals? Is it geographical availability, or is something more at play here.

On that same note, did the Aztec have gold 'blacksmiths'? How did they craft their Gold valuables?

My initial assumption is that when someone (e.g. Thatcher) is referred to as a "Low" Tory, it is often a description of a particular type of Tory politics that is fundamentally rooted in an unashamed defense of capitalism and industry and a sort of quasi-anti-elitism (I say quasi, because the notion that the Tories would be genuinely anti-elitist seems unlikely to me - but then again, I'm an outsider to the politics of the UK). My impression is also that "Low" Tories care more about appealing to the morality and culture of the bourgeois and petit-bourgeois middle classes and have fewer ties to the "High" Tory culture of the traditional landed aristocracy and their nostalgic agrarianism.

Finally, I suspect there's a connection between "High Church" Anglicanism (and/or Anglo-Catholicism" and High Toryism on the one hand, and "Low Church" Anglicans (and Protestants in general - Thatcher was a Methodist, IIRC) and Low Toryism, on the other.

From what I understand, this so-called "Low" Toryism was popular among the local levels of the Conservative Party's members and leaders (though I could be mistaken about that...), and it was very popular among affluent middle class Tories. Though this is all, of course, a generalization.

So yeah...am I off base here? Any comments or corrections or further insights would be most welcome!

Say I'm a relatively wealthy and cultured person in America or Western Europe in 1920. What are the hip food trends of the time? Ethnic foods, health foods, novel preparations?

As I understand it, following the Nazi takeover relatively large numbers of Social Democrat and Communist politicians, organizers, and other party members were imprisoned in concentration camps, but many were later released. Did the taint of their prior affiliation prevent or in any way limit their service in the German military?

From a historical perspective, why were the Jews in Egypt? On what basis were they considered slaves instead of sovereign citizens of a foreign nation? I have basically no prior knowledge of this geographical region or era, historically or biblically.

I was watching Ken Burns' documentary about the western US the other day and was wondering what American reactions were upon finding Spanish/Russian settlements out west.