I guess it's pretty much absurd considering the vast amount of time between civilization and the extinction of these species.

What exactly differed it from say the American or Chinese slave trade?

After all, it presents the trope of greedy, merciless Jews, but this is only religious and not racial antisemitism, and also there's Shylock's humanizing speech. Was any part added or removed from the original play in order to make Shylock more clearly the villain?

If you look at a map why are there such large countries like Brazil how didn't Spain colonize some of the coast of Brazil or Canada (I know that the British took over French Canada) or India how did Great Britain colonize all of that with out at least France or Spain interfering

Question is pretty self-explanatory but it just struck me as odd that so many countries in english have this suffix especially when many of them formed their names at different times. The only thing I noticed was that they seem to be absent from Western Europe. Is there anything behind this?

This might seem like a stupid question but let me explain. From what I understand pirates would aim for the ships masts and sails with their cannon but only if the enemy didn't surrender. Chain-Shots were superior at taking down masts and sails and grapeshots were used against the enemy crew. Was there any reason using roundshots instead of Chain-Shots apart from the price which I suppose is higher for the Chain-Shots?

To clarify by cannon fodder I mean were they given especially dangerous missions because they were considered more expendable?

American rank chevrons are worn point-up, but many other countries (for instance, most or all of the British commonwealth) wear them point-down. Is there a historical reason for this?

Question should be fairly obvious. :)

And what is the difference between them?

Wherever two major rivers come together there is usually a pretty big city. And the Mississippi and Ohio are two of the most important rivers in America. So why did the city at their confluence never have more than 15,000 people in it?

Did every city have walls ? Was garrison made from militia or mercenaries or any different force ? How experienced were those forces ? How long could city hold under siege ?

Aside from a general troop or company standard, how would individuals on a battlefield identify an enemy combatant from a friendly combatant? Especially for land battles during mid-engagement where formal battle lines would become less distinct. From what I can tell general field attire and armour were fairly similar between European armies during the Medieval time period. The addition of heavy armour and it's limitations on vision would seem to further compound the problem of identifying "who's who" during an engagement. Was there any system in place to assist with this or was their some aspect of uniform that helped with identification?

And what does it mean? Thank you :)

I'm an 18 year old, currently preparing to jump into the 2nd year of a Masters in History. I live in Scotland so it's probably important to add that I don't have to pay for tuition or anything unless I'm in higher education for more than 5 years.

Right now I'm really excited to start my course, I've always loved history but I'd say I'm more adept at literature/English. I'm not thinking about changing course, because as I said, I have a real passion for history - but seeing how difficult it is to get a decent job in the field of history that isn't draining financially is disheartening. My mother and many of her friends are really eager for me to continue on to do a PHD in History, despite the downfalls in the process. After consideration, I figured I should go get a law degree after my masters but I wanted to know how many of you have dealt with your degrees after education.

Does law seem like a good route? Is it even possible? What other professions do you suggest?

It occurred to me that Scandinavia and England can't be the only countries to have someone that was sworn to the household's owner and was basically a daily logistics/operations commander. However, a few google searches isn't turning up anything so far, and I figure I may as well ask some experts: What are some other equivalents of the norse/english Housecarl position?

For example, the Yuan dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Uighurs, and the Jurchens.

Outside of China, we see Chinese cultural practices in places like Korea, Japan and even Vietnam.

So why did all these people and states adopt Chinese culture, out of their own choice?

Having seen some of the photos of the Embassy and the helicopters being dumped off aircraft carriers, I wondered - were there and G.I.'s that didn't make it and had been left behind and is there any account of what happened to them afterwards?