I would really like to know. Some say that the Black Death couldn't have been bubonic due to the fact that it spread quickly and that since its main way of spreading is through rats which don't usually venture far out of their nests then that kind of quick spreading would be impossible and that only parasites could infect hosts with the disease, but then you have to realize that it wasn't the rats themselves that caused it but the fleas/parasites on the rats which would explain the speed of infection. Did I answer my own question or is there another explanation?

I just watched the pilot episode of the last kingdom, and I thought it seemed quite accurate (though i'm not a historian). What do historians who have studied that period think about it?

100 years ago horse and carriage vehicles were a common sight across the vast majority of the world, later with the introduction of motor vehicles the horse and carriage fell out of favor.

How did the horse and carriage drivers of the day fight against the auto industry and eventually accept the change?

As I understand it, in Ancient Egypt the pet cat was less of a house pet and more of a respected member of the household, with full burial and funeral rights. With this in mind, do we know anything about what families would name their pet cats? Or were they given regular, run-of-the-mill person names?

"Hey, don't sit there, that's Mittens' seat. You can sit on the floor."

Stalin did give military supports to North Korea but its not extensive, mostly just advisers and weapons. Stalin also told Kim Il Sung that he wouldnt send troops to help if the US intervened, and Kim Il Sung would have to rely on China if that happened. Why is that?

Or is that just an urban legend? What role did he play in developing assault rifles for the military?

Phrased differently - How (and when) did people figure out that children inherited traits from both mother and father? Also, were there any cultures that did not have the concept of paternity?

• If you just started your education at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina (on track to becoming better prepared for Officer training prior to West Point), and you were suddenly drafted, could your drafting cancel that military career path of yours and push you into becoming an enlisted instead of chasing the Officer's dream? Wouldn't the Government be wasting someone with leadership material if they did that without letting him complete his goals?

• What if you also applied for West Point to be trained as an officer, and you were suddenly drafted before you even got accepted/declined from West Point?

• Could you be drafted and given an IA while you're training in West Point, and they pull you out to become an enlisted and not let you complete your training in becoming a 2nd Lieutenant?

I'm looking for something written by the English traveling to Constantinople, or preferably by Turks traveling to England if available. I've already looked at Richard Hakluyt's The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, and am wondering if there was something else, perhaps something translated from Turkish?

Are there any records/manuscripts noting when it was confirmed that it was indeed an island, perhaps by sailing around it? Or is it obvious to even primitive explorers for a reason that escapes me?

Came up in a discussion with a friend (on my podcast on Simon Bolivar, shameless plug), and I didn't know if the Quechua culture (Incas) had a stance on homosexuality. I know the Quechuas didn't leave much behind in the form of writing but is homosexuality mentioned in any cultures in North America? To any extent like the Greeks or Romans mentioned it? Or Leviticus?

At what point did we stop stealing/erasing/rewriting the findings of others and begin a collective planetary history? I was studying astronomical distances and saw scientists like Kepler and Newton used measurements from the Greeks. I would like to know when this change occurred and how socially evolved we were.

Some of the figures I've seen look absolutely incredible. What factors contributed to this?

Did Spain lose them all in a series of revolutions? Were areas fighting together and then splitting up?

I have heard claims that the british army was somewhat lacking and the navy near unstoppable but i assume there is a fair bit more nuance than that.

I've noticed a number of right-wing folks (Reddit's own KiA, for instance) seem to be trying to bring back the term "Cultural Marxism". Part of this, from what I've seen, involves claiming that Cultural Marxism is a real academic term applied to critique a contemporary ideology. I have heard in the past that the term was used to vilify the Frankfurt School by the Nazis - but I don't know the context of that, either. What's its specific origin?

I'm assuming it was too expensive for "Dark Age" kingdoms like that of the Carolingians. But even in the late medieval period there seemed to be a greater focus on cavalry and lighter infantry that fought in a more loose style. Was the military change cultural and/or economic? Or did the Roman format (Post Marian/early Imperial) not work anymore from a technological standpoint?