Who here visits Renaissance Faire's, and which is your favorite to attend?

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Can someone recommend a book that gives an overview of ancient civilizations and prehistory?

I'm really interested in what we know about prehistory, ancient cultures and the timeline of evolution of man over the past 200-300 million years.

Thanks!

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During World War I Did Allied Troops of Different Nations Commonly Share the Same Trench?

i.e. would you find French and British, or Germans and Austrians in the same trench?

I'm asking specifically regarding the Western front.

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Why are the vast majority of Holocaust narratives written by men?

The only one that I know of that's by a woman is the Diary of Anne Frank, and while I don't doubt it's not the only one, there does seem to be a lack of female voices in talking about the Holocaust experience. Why is this? And can you recommend some female Holocaust narratives?

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Israel and the Samson Option

I recall reading at some point that during the Yom Kippur war, and at other times thereafter, Israel threatened to launch nuclear weapons against targets in Europe and elsewhere if it appeared that they were going to lose a war against their Arab neighbors.

Is there any truth to these claims? If not, what was Israel's nuclear weapon policy like during the 70s and 80s?

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Was there a point in north Korean history where lefe there was better? Did it get worse from Kim Il Sung to now?

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Are there any cultures, or what was the last culture to practise canibilism?

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What are some recommended books to learn about the rise of the Mongol Empire?

I'm mostly focusing on the earlier years of Genghis Khan and Ogedei.

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Why was Rasputin hated and then killed?

I've been reading a bit about him recently and he seemed like a pretty interesting person. His advise to the tsar seems quite reasonable and yet people say he is the cause of the downfall of Russian monarchy. Is this true or just propaganda and why?

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I've just been accepted into the Byzantine Cataphracts, say 554 CE, what rations, work load, pay would I expect, and what sorts of walks of life would my peers have come from? Especially in contrast to the infantrymen on the ground.

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How did they communicate before

For example Charles XII of Sweden fled to the ottoman empire and stayed there for 4 years. I mean English was not as common as today?

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What happened to injured British servicemen from the North African Campaign? Were they returned to London, and if so, would they have been involved in the Blitz?

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When and where were vision-correcting glasses first used?

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How common was it historically for armies to be completely wiped out by their opponents?

Was there a point where we moved from killing wounded on the battlefield to taking prisoners to be humane (as opposed to taking prisoners as bargaining chips)? Have we always accepted surrenders / peace agreements under the terms of the victor before the oppositions army was completely destroyed?

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Suppose you're a US servicemen/official in 1974 with Vietnamese spouse and child. so far as you'd know at that point, how confident can you be that they'd go home with you if the country was to be quickly evacuated of US citizens?

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Dissolution of the Monasteries: Why were so many grand Abbeys and Cathedrals left abandoned? What led to the current state of the structures?

Casually browsing and reading about the dissolution of the abbeys following England's split with the Catholic Church. Can anyone shed light on the sentiment of the time, specifically on how these grand structures were reduced to the ruins they remain today.

Thank you.

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How can so many African people speak English so well?

I watch lots of African documentaries and I've realised that so many uneducated people in countries such as Nigeria or Liberia etc can speak English quite well. Sorry if it's a dumb question, I haven't connected the dots quite well yet. (I don't mean countries such as South Africa which I know has English as an official language)

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Why didn't the Indian kingdoms attempt to expand into Indochina?

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What effect did the U.S. Civil War have on Canada?

Canadian Confederation occurred shortly after the U.S. Civil War. I was wondering in what ways that war affected confederation.

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When was the Navy made into a separate branch of an organized military in terms of logistics and command structure? --Across the World

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How did Bill Clinton support the financial industry during his presidency?

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Marquis de Lafayette's uniform

I'm trying to find if anyone knows what Lafayette's epaulets looked like. I'm doing a sculpt of him based off a Houdon and I cant seem to make out what it was. It kind of looks like a french revolution cockade.

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In the beginning, America wasn't like the democracy it was no (Hell, South Carolina was an aristocracy till the 19th century). When did the current state of American democracy evolve? When did it stop becoming a given for politicians to take kickbacks?

What I'm saying is, when did American democracy officially start becoming "for the people"?

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What was the main impetus for post-WW2 decolonization in Asia?

Coming across articles such as this made me wonder if decolonization in Asia was significantly different than other places in the world and if there was actually a driving force behind it.

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Was there any worry that the atomic bombs detonated in Japan during WWII would malfunction?

Were there any fail-safes built in? Any other interesting information regarding the bombs that you would like to share?

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