There have been many big empires and many of those seem way too big for governing considering what kind of knowledge and technology humans had back then.

So did people who lived in those empires even know who was ruling their land? I mean had those empires just once went there with their army and said that this is our land and never even went back there? or did they really govern those areas?

I'm sorry about my awful English but I hope that my question makes some sense.

I know that this was part of the baby-boom/suburban expansion but I've never been given the economic details.

I've always been interested in the use of religion in the Civil Rights movement as a way to unite people, but how did it come to pass that so many black slaves became Christian in the first place? Was it forced upon them by their owners? Was there a targetted effort of churches to convert? What happened with the traditional faith of the African people?

for context, i'm writing a paper on the reconstruction era. are both terms okay to use, or is "African-American" more correct? thankz!

I was just reading about these mystery religions on wikipedia, and apparently they were popular among Greeks and Romans in the early centuries CE. Wiki cites reasons for their popularity such as systematic doctrine, mystical experience, and a sense of community.

From a naive perspective (mine) Christianity seems to satisfy these same criteria. It's also foreign, like the cults of Osiris and Mithra. The existence of early Christian Gnostic sects seems to corroborate the connection to me.

I'm just wondering about the history of the internet. Were there any women involved in any significant way in the internet's development? How about groups of women developers or programmers? Or, people/groups of colour that played a significant role?

From my understanding, much of the internet's history seems to concern white male programmers working in America or the UK at the time - were there any other significant parties in the internet's development?

I have noticed that certain people are "upset" about movies where ancient egyptians are portrayed in a white-brown shade.

What was the most common or dominant race or complexion in ancient egypt. Light Meditereanean, dark Meditereanean or black african as some claim?

I always read that castles were used to control (or dominate/subjugate etc) areas but I don't know what that means really. I guess because a castle meant there were fighting men nearby who could come and hurt you? I'm sure it must be more complicated though, would love any help.

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Why didn't they enter earlier or why did they even bother?

Hi, sorry if this has been asked before. I did a search and didn't really find this exact question.

In school, we learned to associate Machiavelli with two phrases: "The end justifies the means," and "It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both." We learned to regurgitate these two phrases on our tests, but we never learned anything about what the actual implications of the text were.

Why is it considered such an important document? What were the actual effects it had on European politics?

e.g. If a King died childless but left his wife pregnant would the child (assuming it lived) succeed to the throne, or would the crown pass to his brother for example? Would the child not be left with a better claim?

I’m having a bit of trouble comprehending the fact that, in the Puritans’ belief, as soon as they entered the world, it was already decided whether they would go to Heaven or Hell – but they still spent their lives being "good" and trying to please God. Why would they do this? I was trying to establish a connection between the Puritans settling in America and what is today known as the American Dream – but this question is kind of in my way.

For how long did fascism endure after his death? Which system carried on Italy after fascism?