I would think Darwin's "Origin of the Species" help contribute to the acceptance of large beast roaming the earth but then again I'm not even sure when Dinosaurs were first theorized. It must have been pretty jarring to discover bones of creatures so different from what was in the wild.

In popular books set in antebellum South slaves often fear "being sold down the river"- I've thought it was just a figure of speech, but some time ago I've read article claiming that conditions in the sugar cane plantations were much worse than in cotton ones. The arguments claim that sugar cane was more profitable than cotton so slave could make profit in shorter term of time, so there were treated as "disposable goods". Is it actually true?

I'm reading Acharnians by Aristophanes and am at the part where a Megarian dresses his daughters up as piglets. Now obviously piglets were ancient greek slang for female genitles, and at one point in the translation i am reading, which the main character is bartering for the pigs, the line is said "the flesh of my sows will be excellent on the spit" is the joke here that his daughters may be eaten, or is it a reference to the sexual position, due to the joke about piglets.

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As the title says, who had the strongest claim to be called Alexander's successor? I know how his empire was split following his death, into the Ptolemies, Seleucids etc, but which of these could call themselves Alexander's 'heirs' or 'successors'?

Do we have any knowledge on children outcomes in early foster care vs children being allowed to work at an early age, and take care of themselves?

Specifically, when did the existing civilizations in Central America (Aztecs, Mayas...) learned about the arribal of Castile?

I have recently been made aware of this event and the quote about the battle seems overly dramatic. Was Suleiman the Magnificent planing to destroy Europe?

• What did they think when they saw the ancient monuments?

• What would the commoners know and think about the great empire?

(I'm obviously missing relevant questions so, please, don't hesitate on talking about those.)

Let's say the youngest son of the youngest son of the youngest son... since the earliest line of British Royalty. What happens to them? Do they still have titles today or do they eventually just get forgotten?

Just looking for anecdotes for a biography.

Anything will help.

Okay, while the Vietnam war was going, I here that many people over there didn't want us there. And a lot of people over here were having anti-war protests and trying to pull our military out, because they thought we had no business being there. So my question for all of you out there, did anyone in Vietnam realize many U.S. citizens didn't even want our government interfering over there?

It's referred to as a war, and it certainly spanned the globe. There were even "hot flashes" like Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan.

What's stopping the decades long conflict from being referred to as World War III?

Deserving, as in with regards to the standards of sainthood within the Catholic Church.