How did the Bible Belt become the Bible Belt?

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Is it much more difficult to study middle eastern history, with so many people being called mohammed?

If so how do historians tell the difference?

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Why didn't Hindus or Buddhists attempt to spread their religions like Islam or Christianity?

Or really Judaism compared to the other two Abrahamic relegions?

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Germany deported several hundreds of belgian citizens to germany in the first world war. What happend to them?

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The T 34.

I have heard lots about how this tank was the best tank of the war and that the Sherman was a death trap, German tanks over engineered etc. If the T-34 was really that good why did the German tanks take so long to make and what made the T34 so great?

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What is the history of the shopping mall? When did malls replace "main street" and why?

I presume it's tied to the rise of the automobile, but I'd like to know more. In particular, why did malls and mini-malls burst on the scene in America so rapidly in the 1980's?

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How would the outcome of ww2 differed if the United States had never entered the war?

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Why is Iran the way it is?

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What is this nation in present-day Southern France, from 1789?

I found a map of Europe from 1789. Out of curiosity, what is the small nation this map shows located in Southern France? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Great_Britain_1789.png

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Why do the Germans no longer practice the Goose Step?

It was a form of marching originating from the Napoleonic era, why is it no longer used? Did some kind of laws forbid its use?

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Why was the Austrian Empire (and Austria-Hungary) not involved in the colonization of the New World or the Scramble for Africa?

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The Jomsvikings, how much is truth and how much is legend?

I've recently been reading about these guys and one thing I can't seem to get my head around is separating truth from fiction, I guess my question can be broken down into 2 parts really:

Jomsborg- was this a real place, or was it the town 'Wollin'?

Some of the leaders or chieftans, for example Palnatoke or Thorkell the Tall seem to be written about as real people in some sources and mythical figures in others.. Is it known if the leaders / key people of the Jomsviking s actually existed?

Thanks for any answers, greatly appreciated.

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Why isn't modern Greek as widely spoken as the descendants of Latin?

Considering the importance of Greek in antiquity as the language of both the Alexandrian and the eastern Roman empires, it's odd to me that the modern descendant of ancient Greek is only spoken in such a small area relative to the romance languages. Was Greek never adopted as a mother tongue by conquered people the way Latin was, and if so why? Or was Greek once more widely spoken in the Eastern Mediterranean before being supplanted by other languages?

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What was daily life like for Ukrainians under The Free Territory and Nestor Makhno?

I was trying to do some online research about the Free Territory last night and I couldn't find any information at all about what life was like for the citizens of Ukraine. What was the economy like? Did it get better or was it worse? Poverty go up or down? Were the workers truly in charge of the companies? Were there any atrocities committed towards the people? There seems to be information pointing towards atrocities and some against. Any information would be appreciated.

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Is there any references to distinct physical features passing down through famous family lineages? (e.g big nose, black hair, blue eyes etc.)

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If you took an English person from 1314 and an English person from 1114 and got them to talk to each other would they think each other's speech patterns were odd? If "yes" would they still be able to easily understand each other?

When I read books that are a couple hundred years old the language seems strange and in parts hard to understand.

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What led to the rise of anti-intellectualism in the US/internationally?

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Did Native Americans ever have/try to have a written word languange?

Like the post says, did they try to make a language that used latin latters from a mix of European influence and what they had or did they just keep to their system they had?

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What kind of electrical appliances did they have in 1912?

In a book i was reading about the history of Atlantic ocean liners (The Fabulous interiors of the great ocean liners, by William Miller Jr) theres an off hand mention that the electrical outlets on the Titanic were placed high in case of flooding. Maybe i'm being too modern, but I didn't realize technology had progressed far enough to be portable.

What kind of appliances would these outlets be used for? Would it be more industrial stuff, like vacumn cleaners or other things they'd use aboard ship, or would people have had actual personal equipment that used electricity back then?

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I am a cadet at West Point in the 1830s/1840s. What is the curriculum? What books do I read?

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Where did the Germanic people come from?

They migrated from Scandinavia and then they started to invade the Roman Empire, but where did they come from, actually? Sorry for bad English.

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When did anti-intellectualism become the norm and accepted in America?

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What Equipment Would a World War Two/ Korean War Tank Crew Have Inside Their Vehicle?

I've been working on a writing project and the subject of tank crews comes up several times. I was just curious what kind of equipment crews would have inside their vehicles apart from the basic fundamental to operate and repair their vehicles. Apart from personal arms in-case they had to bail out would crews carry gas masks or other tools?

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Around the time of the Neo-Babylonian empire, were slaves destined to work in the fields distributed or sold ?

I know it's an oddly specific question, but the reason I'm asking is that I would hardly see a farmer's family being able to buy a slave. Knowing that the Neo-Babylonians used to move populations a lot and enslave people for field labor, did they distribute them around for free or were there farming "corporations" who were able to buy these slaves for their own agricultural needs ? I'm writing a story about this time period and research is a bit difficult.

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What's the historical basis for Ukraine as a country?

This isn't some attempt to justify Russia's current actions towards Ukraine, I'm just curious. I know there were Tartars and Cossacks living there, I know it was a separate subunit of the USSR and I imagine events like the Holodomor created some feeling of national solidarity, but as far as I know there's never been a Ukrainian nation before the one we have today. So where did the idea of Ukraine come from, given that the idea of Russia has its origins there (in the Kievan Rus)?

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