With all the controversy surrounding the use of the Confederate flag, why did the U.S. government allow Southern states to use it on their flags in the first place. If I were the leader of a nation and a group of rebels revolted, or if my nation was at war with another nation and I came out the victor, I would do everything I could to squash resistance, including removing the symbol of said movement or nation. As I see it, the Confederacy were traitors to the United States, revolted, and lost. I don't understand why their flag was allowed to fly over several state capitals in the south.

I recall a passage in Michael Crichton's The Great Train Robbery (perhaps not the best historical source) that mentions a married woman forger who, upon being caught by the police, simply told them where to find her husband, at which point they went out and arrested him for her crime.

Now, I'm passingly familiar with coverture, so this doesn't sound incredibly far-fetched, but I'm wondering if this could have indeed happened. If true, what categories of crimes might a husband be tried for? When did the practice end?

I am writing a paper on Winston Churchill's 'Iron Curtain Speech' and whether or not it was exaggerated. I was wondering what your views/opinions on this matter are, and whether anyone could recommend good books to read regarding this question. Thanks!

Did any of the norse/celtic/nordic cultures ever have dreadlocks as a major hairstyle? I remember finding information on the topic several years ago for a school project, but now when i search for it all i find is really irrelevant information.

Or even just show them footage of tests?

On the one hand they were illegitimate. On the other their mothers had a good deal of official status and power. Were they cared for by the royal family or by their mothers? did they get titles and acknowledgment from their royal sires and the accompanying land? Could they expect good marriages? How did the legitimate wives and children feel about having half brothers and sisters around? I get the feeling that things were pretty complicated for the children of mistresses, what was the deal?

I'm thinking it must be China but I've no idea if it was all together as one complete nation as it is today.

I always wondered: why did the legions erect fortified camps whenever they stopped at night? This is a fairly unusual practice than obviously limits the speed with which a legion marches. Is there any incident in early Roman history where one of their armies was destroyed by an attack at night or something similiar?

I've seen all kinds of different renditions of his appearance and some of them are very different. Sometimes he looks white, sometimes black, middle eastern. Even the bust of him found at the ancient city of Capua has some historians doubting its authenticity. What did he probably look like, or what kind of people did he most likely resemble?

I mean, even today water spouts are pretty fuckin' crazy to look at. What did people a thousand years ago think about them? Punishment of their god(s)? 'Just' nature?

I can't imagine any pre-basic-scientific-knowledge person being able to understand how something like a tornado or water spout could ever be 'natural'.

When I read about the wars of Louis XIV, locations like Ostend and Liege are heavily fortified and positional warfare of taking and maintaining forts and fortified cities is key while pitched battles tend to be indecisive.

By the time of Napoleon this seems to be a thing of the past, armies are not besieging forts and walled towns but fighting apocalyptic pitched battles like Austerlitz, Ulm and Borodino. Positional warfare around fortified locations seems to be out of fashion.

My question is why did walls seem to lose their importance in the 100 years that separate Louis and Napoleon? Or am I misrepresenting the importance of walls c. 1700 and their unimportance c. 1800...?

Is it similar to the Indus Valley Civilization?

Based on the current status of the Roman empire at the time, what direction would Julius Caesar take in the future if he was not murdered on the senate floor?