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I'm really just asking how the US government began using the government. Like once the Internet began emerging as a widespread technology in the '80s, what actions did the US government take?
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For example I am a lord or the king back in the medieval age. I have a daughter and a son so my lineage is relatively safe in having a male heir. Why would I want to marry my daughter to another noble family? What benefits does it give to me to marry my daughter to someone else?
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So I came across a picture of my great great grandpa with his military unit and I'd really like to know what country he fought for and what branch he was involved with if possible. I know he grew up in Hungary and Romania for most of his childhood, but not much else.
[link to picture] (http://imgur.com/gallery/LbWSaAv/new)
there was some writing at the bottom, but I had a really tough time making it out
[link to writing] (http://imgur.com/gallery/D70qYAS)
Any info would be appreciated!
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Create as in Empires, Royal Families, etc...
Thank you very much!
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I've noticed it's really common in popular culture to hate or be afraid of the Romani and their "curses." I'm aware that they travel around, often have many children, and occasionally trick people, but why are they so hated?
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Hey there,
I was wondering what you all think on the the topic of Emerson's aspirations. Does anyone know what his goals in life were? What were his hopes or values?
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What primary causes can be found for the causation of WW1?
Was it ideology, political, economical etc. Was a world war unavoidable?
Thank you in advance for answering my questions!
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Forgive me if this is the improper subreddit. My in-laws won this large wrought iron Romanov family crest at an auction near Toronto, Canada. We're trying to figure out where this could have been from, and what its purpose was.
The banners at the bottom read (in Latin characters) "ALMA INKERMENN MALAKOFF BALAKL(AVA)" - part of the last banner has broken off.
There are also what appear to be four flags. From the left, a vertical triband with an eagle finial. The next one to the right is another vertical triband, with a spear finial. The next appears to have the Union Jack in the canton, with a spear finial. We believe the last flag on the far right is an Ottoman flag - it has a star and crescent moon - with a crescent moon finial.
^^^Edit: ^^^clarification
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I'm looking specifically between the years 1800-1850. If I wanted to find out exactly what time during the day or night it was (Ex : 1:48 PM) would there be any way to do that? Did they have clocks? Or would there just need to be a guess on the time depending on where the sun was in the sky?
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"Europeans" isn't the answer i'm looking for. I was always told it was at the Berlin Conference, but following the text of the contract, it only states that as soon as one of the co-contractors control a certain coastal area it mustn't be infringed upon, so it was divided on a first-come-first-served basis. I didn't find anything in that contract about the infamous straight edge that made the border between Chad and Libya, for example.
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http://imgur.com/a/SlHzA All it says is "Lager 7864".
If anyone is interested in the content: http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/369o77/during_my_grandfathers_imprisonment_in_a_soviet/
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A friend recently claimed that modern police practices are descended from slave catching institutions. Is there any truth to this?
Either way, what were early american police forces like in terms of practices and organization? How did we get to how they are now? Are there any books you would recommend on the history of law enforcement?
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So, I just happened to see this video. It talks about how something HBO's Rome failed to include was that Roman Patricians would be speaking Greek amongst themselves, which most of their servants couldn't understand. So there was a linguistic divide so slaves wouldn't be eavesdropping on their masters, but rather standing around not understanding a word until their masters addressed them in Latin.
I've got some experience of sitting around with most of the people around me speaking languages I don't understand, so I feel I can somewhat relate to the slave's experience on this part. I was wondering if there are any actual accounts or descriptions of how slaves or servants experienced this?
Would the same thing have been true in post-Roman Europe when the elite spoke Latin or French? Are there any records of servants saying what they thought about that?
I suspect there wouldn't be much, as most records of servants come after 19th century governments starting teaching everyone to read and write, and afaik at that point most nobility would be speaking their native tongue at home and not the lingua franca. But hopefully I'm wrong?
EDIT: Just noticed the typo in the title, excusez-moi, I had to rewrite it a couple of times to fit the word limit.
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Do historians know what time period the Comanche emerged as a separate ethnic group? Or where and why this schism occurred?
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I was out in the garden doing some weeding today, and I was wondering why dandelions have become undesirable. They don't look bad, and you can eat the greens, so their status as a weed seems odd. I was wondering if there was some cultural context to how we feel about them
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