There seems to be a gapin hole in the Dynasty during that period and when i look at the historical times of "no medici ruling florence", that period does not seem to be covered. So it seems Florence was indeed ruled by a Medici during that period. However, Lorenzo II Di Medici died in 1519 and his (illegitimate) son started ruling in 1532.

Who ruled Florence in between? Thanks!

Hi,

now that the Israeli/Palestinian-conflict is escalating anew, I did some research about the founding of Israel but am very confused about who populated the area which for example, anti-zionists, claim the Israelis "stole" from the Palestinians.

As far as I know there was no Palestinian nation as the region had been ruled by the Ottomans for hundreds of years at that point.

Which nationality did the people of Jerusalem, Yafo, Bersheba consider themselves to be at the time of WW1 and after? Ottomans? Palestinians? Are there historic arguments to back up the claim that the Israeli immigrants "stole" the country from someone, or was the area mostly uninhibited and both Palestinians and Israelis aimed to found a nation there?

Didn't the British or the League of nations promise both that they would support them in creating an independent nation in the area?

Thank you in advance.

I'm reading The Black Death by Phillip Ziegler and he mentions several times that wages went up due to a shortage of laborers after the plague. This got me thinking, what type of person would have been a wage laborer in medieval England? Were they serfs\villeins using their spare time to earn some money? Freemen who traveled looking for work? Or something entirely different?

I understand that European immigration was extremely disruptive to the lives of aboriginal peoples in the US and Canada. Did any group in particular survive European expansion better than other tribes? If so, why?

As title says...I just got into World War 2 flight/wargames and am interested in learning more about it.

Thanks!

The novel "Shogun" is set in the 1640's and follows and English ship pilot that is wrecked on the Japanese isles. It's a fantastic book, and is very long, complex, and interesting.

Yes, I realize that the novel is historical fiction, but I've also read that many of the characters are loosely based on actual historical figures. I've also read that the customs, social structure, and social interactions are very accurate to Japan in the 1600's. Is this true.

I was also wondering if the novel explains the Japanese attitude towards outsiders (i.e. Europeans) at the time in a good manner.

I hear that many historians call the Treaty of Versaille one of the main "trigger" for world war II can someone please explain ?

President Grant was pulled over for speeding when he was the sitting president, and Paul Revere was stopped by authorities during his famous ride. That makes me wonder, what were speed limit laws and traffic stops like in the horse-and-buggy era? I have not been able to find general histories of the topic and I find it interesting, since people tend to think of speeding and getting pulled over as modern inventions.

I understand that by some point in the 19th century it was a racist term referring to black children, but was this always the meaning? I was recently reminded of a lovely little ditty from the Golden Age of Piracy (I believe I first read it in Stephen Talty's Empire of Blue Water), which uses the term in a way which could be consistent with the more modern usage, but is open enough that it could easily mean something else. The song:

Him cheat him friend of his last guinea
Him kill both friar and priest- oh dear!
Him cut de t'roat of picaninny
Bloody, bloody, buccaneer!

So, was this just about buccaneers killing children, or is it something else? As well, if the basic meaning was unchanged, was it always a specifically derogatory term?

Or really in any time period.

I remember reading some old letter that went something like "if your son wishes to dabble with addition, he can go to a uni in country x, but if he wants the learn the art of multiplication, he will have to attend a more prestigious uni in lolocation y." Is there any reality to this?

My hypothesis is that a curriculum from 1000ad might be equivalent to a 3rd grade education nawadays or something rediculuous like that.

If this is the case I'm wondering, why is it possible that what you used to need to be an adult and rich to learn is now taught to kids, and does that mean its reasonable to extrapolate that say a century or two from now kid will be masters of trigonometry before they turn 10? And why can't we teach them that now?

Last part is not really for this sub, but I'd be interested in having a discussion.

I want to learn as much as possible about the holocaust not just about the basics but all the details we know about. I'd also like to know more about the Sonderkommandos (super commandos) who were the Jews that were forced to take part in the killings.

or would they have still worn traditional Japanese dress away from the cameras?

The story goes that when Communism collapsed in the 90s, all of the former national industries were quickly snapped up by a few wealthy and corrupt oligarchs, thus consolidating economic power in the hands of a few and severely limiting the economic potential of the new nation struggling with a sudden dive into the market economy.

However, where did these men come from in the first place? If capitalist profiteering was outlawed in the USSR, how did they have enough money to quickly snatch up all the resources?

Any additional interesting information you have on him is also welcomed.