Considering that the Byzantine Empire pretty much WAS the Roman Empire why were they so different? They had different Culture, art, fashion, military, food, architecture etc. They LITTERALLY had NOTHING in common with the romans that I can think of. Why is this?
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I know there are quite a few recipes from antiquity, but what are the oldest recipes where:
I imagine there's some recipes for bread we could still make? Is there anything older, or more interesting?
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I've heard how the US was sorting out international legal issues with satellites and air space violations during the time of Sputnik but likely had the technology to put a satellite up before the USSR. Is that true? How close was the USSR to putting a man on the moon when Armstrong landed? Why did they not send a man to the moon later?
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Hello everyone,
From the period that the United Kingdom controlled Hannover what role did the king and parliment have on running the country (aside from its foreign policy)? Was there any kind of vice-royalty or parliment set up there and how did laws in the UK affect Hannover?
EDIT - Forgot to ask: since they were electors, what role did the British king have in the Holy Roman Emperor/Emperess election?
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I wouldn't call myself fluent, as I don't really get to practice, but I can understand quite a bit of Japanese, and when I went and listened to a K-Pop song, I kept thinking that it was Japanese, but I couldn't understand one bit. Do Korean and Japanese share common roots? Is there any other background that would help me understand why they sound so similar?
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Indirectly I'm asking a few other things:
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My info mainly comes from William H. McNeill's PLAGUES & PEOPLES.
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I am slightly confused by how the media and our government has been portraying the territory that ISIL controls, I'm wondering if there are any other maps, or if there is any historical precedence for how the control of territory is shown in areas where there is conflict, or if drawing in this way is completely new. It seems as if it is being drawn in a way that would down play their territory.
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I'm not referring to the real animals that spawned the legend, such as the narwhal and rhinoceros; I'm trying to track the introduction of the fantastical elements. Do we know when, and by whom, these facts were invented?
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how did it work?
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When I search for any later Medieval helmets (e.g. different bascinets, frogfaces, armets, etc.) there's many that were actually made 600-500 years ago, in comparison to great helmets. The only one I've seen is a german winged one made in the 1400s as a ceremonial helmet. I've seen more examples of viking helmets that came before as well as roman helmets, but unfortunately I haven't come across many great helmet images aside from reproductions. Is there a reason for this, and if there is more than what I know of, where would they be found? (what museums, websites, picture books, etc)
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Was a type of it ever used in the Midle Ages, or even before? The only Guerrilla Warfare-esque thing I could think of would be Viking Raids.
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Sorry if this is a weird question. One of my teachers claimed that people disproved this theory, but I'm not sure what evidence "disproved" it, or when, or if that disproved everything.
Does anyone know anything about this apparently recent discovery or research?
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For that matter, when did Christmas even become a celebrated holiday? I know that present-giving is from the three wise-men, but when did the Christian community take over the practice? Sorry for asking multiple questions in one post.
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I apologize if this isn't the right subreddit, doesn't make sense, or is just a stupid question, but I've always been confused when someone references mankind "discovering" fire. I guess I've just figured fire was always a naturally-occuring thing, so I don't understand how it could've be discovered.
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If it's true, are there any books on Ainu daily life, during the Meiji period, that you could recommend?
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Or were they doomed from the start? What were the biggest mistakes made? What year do you think most Germans realized the war was lost?
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For example, did anyone disagree with Pope Urban II's declarations of war?
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Hello! I really want to know from a true historian how in reality did Allied soldiers treat German/Austrian civilians? Were Soviets so violent as described in most sources (Wikipedia for example)? Did Western allies terrorise civilians too? Thanks in advance!
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But neither human help, nor imperial munificence, nor all the modes of placating Heaven, could stifle scandal or dispel the belief that the fire had taken place by order. Therefore, to scotch the rumour, Nero substituted as culprits, and punished with the utmost refinements of cruelty, a class of men, loathed for their vices, whom the crowd styled Christians.
Christus, the founder of the name, had undergone the death penalty in the reign of Tiberius, by sentence of the procurator Pontius Pilatus, and the pernicious superstition was checked for a moment, only to break out once more, not merely in Judaea, the home of the disease, but in the capital itself, where all things horrible or shameful in the world collect and find a vogue.
First, then, the confessed members of the sect were arrested; next, on their disclosures, vast numbers were convicted, not so much on the count of arson as for hatred of the human race. And derision accompanied their end: they were covered with wild beasts' skins and torn to death by dogs; or they were fastened on crosses, and, when daylight failed were burned to serve as lamps by night. Nero had offered his Gardens for the spectacle, and gave an exhibition in his Circus, mixing with the crowd in the habit of a charioteer, or mounted on his car. Hence, in spite of a guilt which had earned the most exemplary punishment, there arose a sentiment of pity, due to the impression that they were being sacrificed not for the welfare of the state but to the ferocity of a single man.
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