Did the founders not know that the name was taken or did they not care?

I mean, its basically a giant slow movimg baloon that can go POP! Real quick in actual war

Im sure its not literally made from balion material but its probly nothing more than hard leather and i dont see how that will hold vs bullets

This is in regards to Western Europe. For example Ireland, who was once regarded as one of the most Catholic countries in the world just 40 years ago just passed same sex marriage by a referendum and Spain who was also extremely religious not too long ago is also less religious.

What made Europe become less religious while regions like Africa/Middle East continue to maintain a consistent following of faith?

Then, why wasn´t it formed?

Why did Iran develop so many cities despite its lack of rivers. Most cities are also not adjacent to the caspiAn sea or Persian gulf. Why were cities founded where they were?

Alongside Free French, quite a few other government-in-exiles with sizable militaries were based in London during WWII, such as Poland. Without their home states, how were they able to pay, feed, and equip their troops?

Only a few hundred years earlier Islam had a golden age, while Europe was in the dark ages. What led to the swap of power from one to the other?

I'm a 20 year old student currently attending Ole Miss about to head home for Christmas break. That's a month and a half that I'm going to be without a gaming PC (it's staying at my dorm because I have a private room) and with lots of time to kill.

Recently, I've found myself wondering a lot about the world and how it got to where it is today. I've been desiring perspective, and I think the best way to do that is to read and learn. I have only a high school student's education in history, and I feel that what I know is very limited; I feel like it is holding me back from making educated observations about the world.

Can you suggest books that might help me gain some perspective about the world? I'd like to have a long enough reading list that it could carry me until I have to return to school here at the end of January. My only request is that I'm reading something that can hold my interest- please don't suggest that I just go rent a history textbook.

Several sources tell me different things.

St. John's, Newfoundland

Quebec City, Quebec

Ticul, Mexico

Is there a universally accepted answer to this question?

I know the Vikings were the first to "discover" the Americas by the fact that they were the first Europeans to come to the Western Hemisphere. How were they not able to start a colonization like after Christopher Colombus? Were records lost of their arrival?

The quote is “The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.”

I've been curious as to who the men were that worked the Atlantic Slave trade to make it all happen. Who hired these white crew members and what brought them there? Who were these ships owned by? etc. I just want to know about the "behind the scenes" of the Atlantic Slave Trade, and how it was made possible.

I understand that the division between a non-combatant and a combatant and direct/indirect civilian deaths can be somewhat murky in these wars and that civilian deaths have not been accounted for very enthusiastically.

Nevertheless, I would love to know if someone has a rough estimate. If the recent ME conflicts have resulted in 300 000ish deaths is the total bodycount in the millions? How much longer might the list be if indirect casualties would be included?

Coincidence? Or is there some significance as to why?

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This may just be my own ignorance, but it seems, going from the Medieval to the Early Modern era (1300s to 1700s -ish), private houses and buildings go from being built with wood to being built with bricks. If this is accurate, why did this change happen?

United States Route 66, from Chicago to Santa Monica, California, was one of the most well-known and celebrated roads in the United States. But at some point the designation of that series of roads was removed. Why was this done? Weren't the roads still there? Why was this done to famous Route 66 when it wasn't done to other well-known US numbered routes like US 30 (Atlantic City, NJ to Astoria, OR) or US 1 (Maine to Key West)?