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As a veteran myself I can't fathom how devastating that would be to morale not to mention the anger and hatred for the general ordering it, did any units ever refuse to commit a decimation?

If the Rosetta Stone taught us how to translate the language of Ancient Egypt (hieroglyphics, I'm pretty sure), it wouldn't teach us how to pronounce names like Tutenkhamen or Nefertiti.

Surely the nature of authentic hadith is weird in a historiographical sense, right? One person who is having most mildly significant sayings and actions recorded, to varying degrees of believability, all in the seventh century. Not only that, but their religious nature must influence interpretation. How are hadiths treated as a resource, and how unique are they in the patterns of historical record?

Was the original plan to continue on to fighting Soviet Russia if Britain and France did not honor their alliance with Poland?

What factors determined the evolution?

How much of an effect did technology or the lack of it have?

Were some manufactoring processes standardized?

How was mass-production handled?

What sort of materials were used?

What caused the transition from one type of weapons and armour to another?

How long were weapons and armour of a certain type used for?

What effect did the socio-economic structure have?

Thank you!

Both superpowers basically used guided missiles with a manned capsule on top rather than a war head. How did they tell the difference between an ICBM vs. a manned space launch? I'd assume they would have some communication with the other side, but I'm sure they'd take it with a grain of salt... I mean "Yup, it's a space launch. hee hee" and have it be a nuclear missile headed for Moscow doesn't sound too far fetched after hearing some of the other things they considered.

Just curious after seeing a Gemini rocket taking off in /r/space.

Alexander the Great spoke to an Oracle at Siwa, who proclaimed him a son of Zeus and thus giving him right to be a Pharaoh.

Did the Oracle speak Greek, or did Alexander speak Egyptian?

I don't see a way for them to "spend" it domestically.

I don't suppose that they walk into Normandy and go on a shopping spree?

According to his Wikipedia page, he was selected by delegates at a constitutional convention, but how were those men appointed? Was there any form of popular vote involved?

And as an aside, were Davis' powers and responsibilities relatively comparable to those of Lincoln, or was he limited by the looser structure of the Confederacy?

Could, for example, an Indian man marry a white British woman in colonial India? And if their were laws against miscegenation, did they differ from colony to colony?