Both Vietnam war and the Korean war was pretty similar, both of them had two sides and while the Korean war ended up as a stalemate between two sides, the Vietnam war were not but south Korea somehow got richer and more advanced compared to Vietnam? Considering Vietnam should have got the upper hand as they unify their country first as well as doing some reform.

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I'm writing a novel with British, French and other European aristocrats. I noticed that in French everyone always used, "de" which would translate, "of that." Because to be Lord you have to own a land. I wonder why Lord Byron and other Lords chose to the drop the "of the" from their name.

Hello! So, I’ve always loved being in history class in High School, did great in it. But I don’t really know anything about making it a career. What jobs are out there? What does their day-to-day consist of?

The Thirteen Colonies had just successfully seceded from the United Kingdom and were debating how much power to give a potential federal government. It seems unlikely to me that the possibility of a state wanting to leave this new Union simply never came up in discussions while writing the US Constitution.

Was the decision to ignore the possibility entirely simply a political calculation? Did any states raise objections to the omission while discussing ratification?

A scale in this sense is a series of evenly spaced graduations like the marks on a ruler.

Today, we use an End Mill or a Dividing Engine to manufacture the scales.

Scales were used frequently on astrolabes (curved scales) and rulers (straight scales). I have not been able to find out how they did it.

I am looking for first hand accounts or instructions for manufacturing these scales in medieval times. Does anyone know of any such documents?

Note: I asked about medieval technology, because I am most familiar with the history of European manufacturing processes. However, I will happily accept documentation from any preindustrial cultures that did not have the benefit of calibrated lead screws.

Electric motor was invented in 1834. DC electricity discovered in 1882. AC in 1886.

Things like Tesla coils, stun tanks, lasers, and other offensive and defensive structures and weaponry involving electricity? Why were none of these used during ww1 and 2?

I’m wondering how modern historians would view and respond to the Marxian theory of history.

I've heard that this weapon never existed and it was just in the novel and other myths, but then again apparently it is showcased in a museum so I'm not sure whether it's real or not

In capitalist countries a big incentive for a particular job is the wages. If we need more taxi drivers, the wages for taxi drivers will typically be raised to get more people to seek it. We use hazard pay to make up for jobs that pose a risk to the person performing it, and there is a correlation between how tough the education for a job is and how much that job typically earns. There are of course many other motivations for a job, and optimally people will find something they enjoy, but for many a high income is often a big factor in choosing line of work.

How did the Soviets solve this? What were the big incentives they used to control the job market and increase how many took a job that suddenly became in higher demand, especially when it was not a particularly attractive one to have? And how successful were these effort?

I'm writing a story that takes place in the 1730's where 2 characters are rescued after being severely beaten. What did people use to treat pain back then?

i've read that it was a significant investment of materiel that would have otherwise been instrumental in fighting the US - i've also read that it was "inconsequential" since china was "getting its teeth kicked in" - just how important was it to stalling japan's effort against the US?

What I want to know is the actual Romanian involvement, not counting the military access to Russian troops.

I don't really know if this subreddit caters to the professional questions aside from public history, but I need to ask somewhere anyway, so I think it's no harm if I do it here.

Anyway, my question is: could somebody suggest a good overview on the history of Achaemenid studies? I'm working on my bachelor's thesis this year, but, despite having read a ton of works on the matter, both new and old, fail to grasp the understanding of what the current of the Achaemenid studies is, where it originates, how it is relevant to my work, etc.

Both short journal articles and thick monographs would be appreciated.

I was always taught about Europeans bringing terrible diseases to indigenous populations, having terrible impacts because of the lack of immunity. Why is the reverse not true? wouldn't the indigenous populations not have had diseases that the Europeans were not immune to?

Article 1, Section 1 of the constitution names the Congress the legislative body of the U.S.

All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

And yet the writers of the constitution were obviously familiar with the term 'Parliament' for the legislative institution of the U.K. So where did the name 'Congress' come from and why was it chosen? Was there an underlying assumption that a parliament is a body only under a monarch?

It’s seems like it was around first because of the Roman Catholics but then Christianity took over. But I thought Catholicism was a different interpretation of Christianity. Idk I’m just a dumb guy wanting to know haha