I've got a question concerning North Korea and it's use of the word "Joseon". For anyone who doesn't know North Korea uses the title "Joseon" when referring either to itself, Koreans, or the Korean Alphabet, the name of the old dynasty that ruled Korea until the Japanese finally annexed it, as well as an ancient kingdom known as "Gojoseon". This is different to South Korea, where Korea, Koreans, and the alphabet are referred to as "Han". Does the North Korean state try to claim to be the successor state to that dynasty? Doesn't that clash a bit with the Marxist ideology that was so prominent in Korea before Juche replaced it?

I would mainly like to know the countries where the most deaths occurred. This data is hard to find where the deaths by countries of origin is easy. Thanks.

Well, Dracula's father was in it, it has a badass name, so why shouldn't we learn more about its history. Was it made to fight off the Ottoman threat? What "big names" of history were members of the order? Any kind of information is welcome.

On TV there are documentaries on various famous wars and combat throughout history. WWII documentaries are aired quite frequently, but there are even shows on the US Civil and Revolutionary Wars, or conquests of the Roman Empire. Considering the impact, scale, and devastation of WWI, why is it never talked about? Is it so completely overshadowed by WWII that few consider airing programs about it?

My knowledge of other wars is fairly thorough thanks to a diverse set of documentaries frequently airing on the Military or History channels, but I know very little about WWI because I've never seen programs on it. Without consulting Wikipedia I don't even know what countries were involved or where troops were moved at various points throughout the war.

Being from Iceland i think someone back in time has messed up so that we don't have a whole bunch of people over here.

A friend and I were having a debate about whether this is a legitimate combat tactic that has been used. Is there any historical examples?

I suddenly had this pop into my mind, and now I can't get the question out of my head.

In a series of movies called Ip Man 1 and 2, based in WW2, a Wing Chun martial arts master called Ip Man fought with a Japanese general and a western boxer named Twister. Did these events actually happen?

Specifically, how much was known about the mass genocide and concentration camps prior to actually entering German territory?

How was this information, if any, gained?

How prevalent were crimes like murder, arson, and robbery in Alaska/Canada during the Rush?

As an American, whenever we learn about the American and French revolutions (other contemporary revolutions like those in Haiti and South America are rarely mentioned, but I have personally looked into them) we occasionally have lip service paid to the influence of the English Civil War and many Enlightenment writers and philosophes like Rosseau or Hobbes as the source of republican fervor. Often, Europe is painted as being entirely controlled by monarchs, and while by the time of the American revolution much of Italy was ruled by some form of king, historically it had a variety of republics like that of Florence, Venice and Genoa.

Had the governments, philosophies and writers of these nations contributed to the republican thought that lead to the establishment of the American and French republics, directly or indirectly?

Did they have anything that could be used even as a crude sunscreen? If not what did they do besides try to stay indoors or cover up (which would be really uncomfortable in the heat)? Did many white people get lots of sunburn? How did they treat those sunburns if they did? How did they bear the heat when Europe is so cold in comparison?

Also how did the Africans protect themselves? I'm guessing it takes a lot longer for a black person to burn or be sun-damaged than a white person but it must happen eventually right? And they can't escape the heat. What did they do at this time?

I've recently gotten interested in the Three Kingdoms Time period, and the Sengoku period in Asia. While reading it, I've come across many stories of people that were renowned in their combat ability. However, my knowledge of ancient warfare mainly comes from the Romans, and fighting there was described as "Two masses of people shoving each other." When one got tired, they would run, and most casualties would happen when the routing happened, rather than the actually fighting.

I was wondering how Asian combat was different, in that it allowed people to actually be feared on the battle field.

Those vessels sailing out into the unknown, they weren't carrying noblemen or aristocrats, artists or merchants. They were crewed by people living on the edge of life: the madmen, orphans, ex-convicts, outcasts like myself. As a felon, I'm an unlikely candidate for most things. But perhaps not for this. Perhaps I am the most likely.

How much truth is there to this quote? Were the majority of people living in colonies and attached to explorations from society's underbelly, or were they well-adjusted, ambitious, go-getters?

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Vienna produced so many talented virtuosos like Shubert, the Strauss family, Mozart, Mahler, Beethoven, and so on. It also had a strong artistic movement with Klimt and the Vienna secession movement. Was there a particular reason for it?

Also, if you can provide and documentaries and/or books I would appreciate it!

That three-word phrase is incredibly common in fantasy fiction. From where does it come? What English work or English translation used that phrase first?

Fairly straightforward. China won a pretty decisive military victory in the Sino-Indian War of 1962 taking complete control of Aksai Chin and the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA, currently Arunachal Pradesh). After the war, China apparently withdrew north into Tibet leaving India with control over the region.

I don't understand why (and can't seem to find an answer), especially since Beijing still claims 90% of Arunachal Pradesh as their own. What was the point of complete military victory only to retreat yet still keep claiming the area as your own?

I know there of a few that the colonists called the British during the American revolution (redcoats, etc.), but I can't find anything from the British point of view.

Does anyone know of any? Thanks!

I've heard for example that there are more slaves worldwide now than ever before. Just how much difference have our global humanitarian efforts been having?

I've seen examples in fiction, tonight's game of thrones episode for instance, although this is a matter of the court. Where there wars in History fought with two champions, instead of armies?

This question actually arises from board games like Risk and Axis & Allies. In those games, it is very easy to forget about troops you have in one area (planning to move them during your turn but just forgetting about it) and that forgetfulness leads to them getting taken out. Has something like this ever actually occurred in war?