They didn't use the Arabic numeral system therefore it seems unlikely to me that they named them one, two, three, four, five ...587 etc.

Using the Arabic numeral system 587 becomes five hundred eighty seven. The same number using the Greek number system becomes DLXXXVII.

How did they pronounce that? Delta Lambda Deca Deca Deca Penta Iota Iota?

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First let me note that I realize I am somewhat ignorant when it comes to history. I was talking to my mother about her father (Ukrainian), who I knew was in the military as a medic of some sort. However, I was surprised to hear that he was in the German army. My mother explained that he and his friends had to choose who they would fight for, and his friends told him that the German army takes better care of their members than Russia. If this is true, can someone explain how this fits into history, and who would have made them choose?

I vaguely remember that a few months ago there were some news on /r/science about taking some great step towards deciphering it, but now I can't find anything solid about it.

Currently rushing at university and one of the frat brothers makes this claim. I'm skeptical. He has actually been attempting to do this himself and, well... it isn't going so well for him. I'm curious as to whether anyone can speak to the sleep schedule of Roman soldiers and in addition, the sleep schedule of Roman society at any point in their history.

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After the ratification of the US Constitution in 1788, the US now was under a federalist form of government. I am told that the founding fathers "forged a new form of government." How much of this is true? Did any government have a federalist style of government prior?

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And i mean as a business. I'm asking because I've been working in the industry for over a decade as a pastry/baker/cook. None of the chefs I've worked with gave a straight answer. One said Italy, but he's an asshole and one said France but he's a raging alcoholic. Tried to google to no avail. Please and thank you.

Edit for question clarification: It is known that Darwin came into contact with la vinchuca (Triatoma infestans, the vector for Trypanosoma cruzi) during his voyage on the beagle. There exists an account of his group observing la vinchuca biting the skin of humans. Besides contact with the vector, what other evidence suggests he developed the disease?

Battle axes were still in wide use until gunpowder tactics started to dominate warfare. What advantages did they have over other conventional weapons such as swords, spears and hammers which appear to be more versatile and perhaps better tools for the specific uses an axe had. Would it not be more prevalent to employ the use of axes in more specialised circumstances?

Zeus is the god of lightening, thunder, and weather but his brother Poseidon was also a god of storms- so what gives? I am doing a mythology unit with a group of students and they asked me to 'go ask some real historians' for the answer. Can reddit help me out?

I recently read a bit on Erich Hartmann, and he continued his Armed Forces service after the war in the West German airforce. How common was it that veterans of the war continued to serve in the german armies post-war?

Do we have any record of what the Temple's most sacred space looked like in that time period?

Hey, I've been wondering this for a long time actually but just now wanted to know the answer due to all the sanctions etc. with Russia, and how even though we've not been in any armed conflicts with them, we're very hostile to one another.

So I'm a final-year music student, and my dissertation is going to be on 1959 in Jazz. I've been warned that to start off with the (view)point that 1959 was a seminal year in the genre would be flawed, as I "detach myself from the contingencies of history". I'm not too sure what that means. If someone could ELI5 my question as well as give a detailed answer, that would be awesome. There are a couple of other things I'd like to ask, too, but I appreciate if you can't point me in the right direction as some of them are fairly specific:

• How can I identify when I'm writing teleologically? What can I do to avoid teleology?

• What would be a better alternative starting point than the one I've proposed (i.e. that year X was seminal [because...])?

• In what ways can I address why 1959 was an important year for jazz, rather than what (events/album releases/deaths/so on) made it important? - Apologies if this is going to be a too topic-specific question.

Really sorry if some of the questions smack of "help me do my homework", because that really isn't my intention. I just want to make sure I'm thinking straight before I start writing.

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I have always considered this as being the most stupid form of warfare. The concept of having two huge bodies of troops standing face to face shooting away until the other army routs seems so pointless in my eyes. One question that i always ask myself seeing these kinds of things in museums or in documentaries is why they were never countered with archers/crossbowmen. You have these huge packs of troops in tight formation conveniently clad in cloth armor and yet i have never heard stories of opposing armies using a skirmish style tactic with speed and range to their advantage.

Also did they increase their defense alert level in fear of being falsely accused?

Someone in /r/totalwar had the idea of a TW game going up until 1900, and while I was pretty sure warfare in the late 19th century wouldn't support a TW game, I couldn't put the reasoning into words because I honestly didn't know. During WWI, battles were mainly fights between large numbers of infantry attempting to outflank each other or simply outgun each other with the support of massive amounts of artillery. During the Napoleonic Wars set-piece battles were still fought where generals threw their armies at each other and attempted to win tactical advantages over their enemies utilizing the strengths of their army composition. First off, am I correct in that identification of differences between the styles of tactical warfare or am I completely wrong in my thinking and are there other things that set the wars apart in that aspect, and as to the original question: when were battles more like the former than the latter?

The phrase "touch wood", "knock on wood" or equivalent has been purportedly used in Italian, Old English, Romanian, Bulgarian, Polish and Turkish folklore, among others. Generally, explanations of its origins are sketchy or unsubstantiated.

Do we have any early records of where and how it originated, and the context in which it was originally used?