Did any "exotic" breeds get shipped in from remote corners of the empire as especially extensive pets? Were there pet stores in the major cities? Did anyone make a living breeding and selling dogs? How would someone in the city even get a dog in the first place?

We've all heard about how hardcore modern military training is(I.e. Full Metal Jacket), but what did the training of Napoleonic-era soldiers include? I've also heard that nobles with enough money could raise their own regiments - did they have to undergo some kind of officership training, or was it expected that all gentlemen could lead men into battles and understand tactics?

Did people lose hope because things weren't changing or was it a malicious effort by white America?

If so how?

Giambattista Della Porta wrote about natural magic as the practical aspect of natural philosophy in his Magia Naturalis, and yet his text contains numerous chemical recipes for medicines, cosmetics, &c. These concoctions have a significant overlap with contemporary chemistry or alchemy. Was there any broader connection between the two studies in the 16th/17th century?

Isn't that just the early modern era? Why make the distinction? I realize it's kind of arbitrary, but I don't understand why someone would choose one description over the other. Is it at all controversial?

I'm asking because "The Long Middle Ages" was the topic I was assigned for my Survey of Western History Class (kind of broad). If anyone could also suggest any sources that talk in great detail about this idea, I'd really appreciate it.

Also, same question for middle-easterners and hispanics. And for that matter, what about mixed race people?

As far as I read, I remember sex and nudity being described in ancient texts (thinking of the Bible or accounts from the fist Europeans to arrive in the new world) with special care of not being overly explicitly nor vulgar.

Now, how was sex recorded in other cultures in the ancient times? Would you have examples of accounts that would be significantly more "straight to the point"?

I'm interested in the impression of platinum in the popular consciousness, not it's actual value on the open market. Has platinum always been considered the "most premium" metal, or was this due to a particular historical event or marketing campaign?

I was reading a post on Quora about the battle of Budapest. The writer make says: "At the same time there were a large number of Jews imprisoned in Budapest and used as slave labor. Much is said about the brutality of the Germans, but the Hungarians were worse. At one point, the leader of the Jewish prisoners actually appealed to the Germans for relief from the Hungarians. "

Are you please able to provide more information about the jews appealing to Germans for help?

Thank you

Was there a reason that the trench fighting of ww1 was obselete right after it?