I'm sitting right now eating my plate of pasta and meatballs and I was wondering what constituted the starch portion of the prehistoric man's diet, if there were any sources at all. Any ideas?
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Was there some sort of agreement between the two sides, or would it have become yet another Cold War pissing match?
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I googled but got nowhere. Is there any truth in the quote? Did Barnette fabricate a story based on text written by a classical writer (Plutarch?).
Martha Barnette - Learn a New Word - F
fanatic
(as a noun.) Someone marked by extreme, zealous, or unreasoning enthusiasm.
(as an adjective) Fanatical.
Long ago in ancient Rome, a general named Sulla received some helpful military advice from the goddess Bellona. In gratitude, Sulla directed that a temple be built for her, and imported some priests and priestesses from Asia Minor to establish rituals in her honor.
And what wild rites they were! Dressed in black, these holy ones regularly worked themselves into a religious frenzy -- the highlight of which involved ripping off their robes and gashing themselves with two-headed axes, spattering their own blood upon bystanders.
According to Roman belief, the goddess of that temple herself inspired those fits of religious ecstasy. The Latin word for "temple" is fanum,and for that reason, the Romans referred to such religious zeal as fanaticus -- the source of our own fanatic.
(In fact, you don't see it often, but the English word fane is a poetic synonym for "temple.") All of these "temple" words are the linguistic kin of yet another familiar English term [profane].)
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." — Winston Churchill
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I've been interested in this for quite some time, but in my experience it's rather hard to find information about this subject without stumbling into weird conspiracy theories and trying to separate apocryphal nonsense from actual fact.
My question is, basically, what was the deal with Nazism and the Occult? To my knowledge a lot of it was restricted to Himmler and the SS, but did Hitler or any of the other high-ranking Nazis get involved in this? Did they intend for this to be the state religion of Nazi Germany in future? How did this work with Christianity, which I believe the Third Reich did incorporate somewhat.
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I've just finished reading John Keegan's "the first world war" and a short passage near the end ("the war in the east continues", in the last chapter, "america and Armageddon") deals with the troubles in Russia after the fall of the Tzar and the rise of the Bolsheviks. Among the many points of conflict, it mentions a group of
[...]Czechoslovak prisoners of war released by the november armistice from captivity in the Ukraine.
who then go out and fight some Hungarians, then some Bolsheviks, then take the Trans-Siberian Railways and begin to get aid from the allies to join the efforts in the western front.
It reads like a modern version of Xenophon's Anabasis, and I'm looking to find a bit more about them; what happened, what was their stance regarding allied, german and russian states, what became of them, were did they come from, etc.
Any context would be welcome.
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I'm fascinated by the Quakers. I wish to know more about their religion and how they function within a society they were found in.
I'm also only in high school, So I honestly don't know that much. Within my class of American History, it seems like the Quakers were the hippies of colonial America, that's how i perceive them as.
I did do a little research on them and found out that their official title is " Religious Society of Friends" Which i happen to find real badass!
I just want to understand the Quakers (who apparently got that name from 'quaking' while they prayed) and to see if they really are as badass as i deem them to be.
Links, previous knowledge, fun facts, anything !
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I've always wondered, where does tucking in a shirt come from? I looked around this subreddit and did a bit of googling but I can't seem to find anything. It's required for many office jobs, some blue collar, and a lot of celebrations require it... for something so popular there is very little background as to why we do it. So, where did the shirt tuck come from? Why?
Is it from the cowboy days to show you're not packing heat?
Is it from the medieval times in order to take your sword out quickly? Or so nobody could grab on to your loose clothing during close quarters combat?
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The Civil War was primarily a war that was fought in the interior of America. I know that the Navy had a pretty big role blockading the South, but what was the role of the Marine Corps? I haven't really read anything concerning the Marines in any battle. So, what was the role of the Marines during the Civil War?
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My interested was piqued by seeing this question asked in an ELI5 thread about the differences between major branches of communist ideology. I provided a brief answer here but my knowledge of the area is cobbled together from a visit to Tito's personal holiday island and a first year uni module on post-war Balkan history.
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It is well-known that the Western imagination went wild with the discovery of Nefertiti's bust and King Tutankhamen in the early 1920s, with an Egyptian craze that permeated pop culture from Hollywood to fashion to art deco and never fully went away (much in the same vein as Tiki pop culture in the baby boomer era). My question, then, is how did Egyptians and Arabs of the 1920s and beyond view ancient Egypt, especially as it gathered Western interest? Was there a similar excitement and fervor? Did Islam have a factor in how it was perceived? Was it just seen as a "Western curiosity?" I know by the 1950s Nasser advocated a strong Egyptian/Arab identity that equated ancient Egypt as pro-Western and ignorant of modern Egyptian culture or something like that. Can anybody answer these vague questions for me?
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I'm considering doing a longer project on this and so any information you could give me at this stage would help me decide if I'm going to do it on this or another subject.
Looking at both Confederate and Union generals, not just the big names either. Also interested in the bigger picture (Lincoln/Davis contributions) and I've heard rumours about submarines...surely that's not true?
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I watched the rather wonderful Mortimer Wheeler series Hellenic Cruise, and it got me wondering what most tourism was like then. Today there are wide networks of hostels and hotels, often concentrated in particular areas of the city, and it is very easy to travel independently with a flexible schedule. Was such flexibility just as possible in the 1950s? Or would people be more reliant on travel agents and tour groups?
Also, what would the actual experience at the site be like? Today when somebody travels to Mycenae, for example, it is structured as an educational venture, with plenty of signs explaining particular features in multiple languages. Would this have been the same in the 1950s?
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Many Argentines seem to regard Eva Perón as almost a mythical being who championed for the common people's rights (women's suffrage in particular) and welfare.
However, reading her biographies and comparing pre- and post-Perón makes me wonder if she made any real tangible effects on the Argentine social hierarchy and descamisados' general welfare. It seems she has given them a hope and many promises, but only few of them seem to have come true.
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UTI's are fairly common in women who are sexually active, but how were they treated in the past before modern antibiotics?
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It seems to me that if Hitler had waited 3 or 4 years while stockpiling supplies and allowing more time for his scientists to create new weapons and/or training a larger army he would have been unstoppable. Why didn't he do this?
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I've heard it said that entire villages were wiped out but I never knew if it was true. What happened to the towns? Were they just left alone until it was all over? Were they sacked?
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In the film "The Patriot," Mel Gibson conveniently has some toy soldiers he can melt down.
From what I've read, it was common practice for soldiers to melt down metal around the campfire at night to make bullets for the next day's battle. But where did this lead come from? Its a heavy metal, and I'm wondering if everyone carried some with them?
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Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this, but it seemed more historical than scientific! For as long as I can remember, my dad (in the way of dads everywhere) has claimed that before we'd broken the sound barrier, we thought that the controls would invert when a plane went supersonic. I've always been skeptical of this! If any one could confirm this it would be great and a laymans explanation of why would also be amazing!
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The one with the three legs and the woman's head (maybe a Gorgon?) in the middle. What is the significance to this? Was it created by the de' Hautevilles and if so, why? It looks about as un-Norman as anything I've seen.
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We learned in school that during the early years of the industrial revolution, factories were mostly filled with children and women. Our teacher claims that this was because women and children were cheaper to hire, but it would make more sense to me if it was because all men were at war.
So my question is, to be able to disprove my teacher, were there any wars being fought at the time that back up my theory? Or is my teacher correct?
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