Might be a bit out of scope as a medical type of question, but I was curious what pre-historic or even pre-modern medicine practice was with the umbilical cord at birth. Thanks!

A repeated motif in Greek mythology depicts a woman being "abducted" by some god or hero. Persephone by Hades; Europa and Ganymede by Zeus; Helen by Paris; Helen by Theseus; etc...

I see this named alternatively as a "rape" and an "abduction", and the two uses seem almost interchangeable. But is there any consensus among scholars as to whether one or the other was meant to be implied, or both?

If the US founding fathers used these two systems of government as inspiration for their own, have discoveries since the US Constitution was drafted shed new light onto the intricacies and actual practice of the ancient governments? Do we know more detail today regarding their fall than was known in 1787?

Besides small raids and mercenaries is there any record of any war between an Irish kingdom and a Anglo-Saxon kingdom? What would have been both armies strengths and weakness'?

Or at least more accurate.

Having read and reread most of the set over the years, I’m find myself sometimes wondering if the allegations and criticisms about racism affect his reputation and professional credibility.

From what I read the Nazis held a strongly anti-Catholic ideology. But given the large amounts of Catholics within the German and Austrian population, were there any openly or at least self identifying Roman Catholics within the partys heiarchy?

Ive done some basic research and after the Anglo Egyptian Treaty it appears that Egypt was responsible for their own defence and not Britain though the United Kingdom would train and supply Egypt's troops.

Because of this it seems obvious that Egypt would have had British made rifles, vehicles, and planes but does anyone have any actual numbers details on this? What were the Egyptian Army, Air Force, and Navy like at this time? How large was it and what exact equipment? Also, did the Egyptian military participate in World War 2 desert campaigns or was it just a British/French defence?

I know that the predominately Christian kingdoms of the medieval Iberian peninsula were mostly concerned with the Reconquista, but is there evidence that Castile, Aragon, etc. participated in any of the major (numbered) Crusades in the Holy Land? Or perhaps evidence of a contingent of individuals from Spain serving in a religious order or under another king in the Holy Land if not officially in the service of their own kingdom?

Various military actions of Portugal, Castile, and Aragon were nominally sanctioned under the Second Crusade, but as far as I know they were all undertaken inside the Iberian Peninsula.

I'm a developmental psychologist doing work in organizational psychology, so I've been reading a lot of organization development and strategy papers. It's extremely common (to the point of cliché) for business papers to start with something like: "Today's world is more complex than ever. Things are changing at an astounding rate..."

Today's authors generally reference reasons that are legitimately current (such as globalization and technological change) but it strikes me that people in the past would also have reasons to think something similar.

I was wondering if this is really a modern sentiment, or if perhaps people have always felt that way: that the world is increasingly complex, changing faster than ever before, etc. Is there any evidence that people from the past felt that way?

It would be awesome to find a quote from an historical figure saying something similar! Thank you.

I really like the look and want to buy an outfit of my own. Thanks.

In 1539, the city of Ghent (in present-day Belgium) rebelled against the rule of the Habsburg emperor Charles V because of excessively high taxes. Charles crushed the rebellion effortlessly. I want to work out some details.

1. The Ghent rebels, after taking over the city, appealed to the French king Francis I for protection from Charles. When did they do this? Did they do this immediately, or only when they learned Charles was coming for them?

2. Why did Francis refuse to protect Ghent? Ghent was very wealthy and would have made a juicy acquisition.

3. Are there any contemporary images of the revolt? Paintings, engravings, etc?