I remember lots of descriptions of this kind of stuff in fantasy books. Like the knight having red and gold plate armor.

Contemporary Western perception of Buddhism seems to center around 'New Age' distillation of it and the Dalai Lama, but obviously historical Buddhist states had to maintain militaries. Further, I also recall monastic orders with monks that trained for combat (at least in Japan). How did this fit into Buddhist thought, for both the monks personally training for combat and society at large fielding military forces?

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Hi guys, Is there somekind of an interactive map that shows how the frontline shifts day by day?

Dido known as the first queen of Carthage and/or founder of but yet very little is known. They were one of the major empires of the time and fought several wars with Rome...kind of hard to believe there weren't any historical accounts from Carthage about their founder.

I'm not college educated. My friend here who is educated in law claims there is no way in hell the native Americans didn't discover distillation.

My reason for believing the natives never discovered distillation:

No one had enough time to sit on their ass and wonder what would happen to corn gone to rot.

His reason for believing native Americans had distillation technology: how could you not cuz alcohol.

Is there any evidence of pre-colonialized American booze?

Hello fellow historians!

I'm currently reading a book entitled The Fathers of New England A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths by Charles McLean Andrews. In the book Andrews cites several examples of Puritans persecuting and even killing followers of other religious faiths. This book is old but my readings abut the author indicate he was fairly innovative in terms of historical thought and method. I was wondering how the portrayal of the Pilgrims as being seekers of religious freedom and accepting of others compared to how they really were.

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Cannibalism? Human sacrifice? Uncleanliness?

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Hi there and Merry Christmas!

I'm looking to gain a greater understanding on the history of China, from the beginning to the now. Any books you lovely guys could recommend for me on Chinese history would be greatly appreciated.

A three-piece suit with a waistcoat seems to be standard everyday wear, even for many working men. In the modern age, even upper-echelon professionals only get THAT dressy for special occasions or days. Aside from seeming like an effort in an age where we're told the average person was poorer in real terms and technology made washing clothes a more laborious process, it begs the question of whether they dressed like that in hot summers too.

I was listening to In Our Time, the episode titled "The Phoenicians", and one of the guests who specializes in the subject said that the some Phoenician cities would roll the hull of newly built ships over slaves as a form of human sacrifice. I've looked this up and am having difficulty finding any sources about it.

Anyone know if this is true and/or any sources on it?