Edit: I mean the process of its development.

This was said during some religious video shown in my highschool (by a company called "noomba" in a video promoting mothers if anyone wants to search for it) and I didn't believe it at first. This guy claimed that Paul in one of his letters promoted gender equality and that he was the first person in history to promote gender equality. Is this true?

Serial killers are a very specific type of murderer. According to Wikipedia, the word originated from an FBI special agent in the 1970s, but there have obviously been people who have fit the description before that. Is there any clear consensus on the first recorded serial killer?

The same page also references Louis B. Schlesinger, a professor of forensic psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York who suggests that medieval legends such as werewolves and vampires might actually have been serial killers, although I do not have access to the book in which he makes this claim.

Was chainmail invented before or after plate armour? Was it only really used to protect the exposed parts of plate armour? Was it able to protect against sword swings and thrusts or was it just a deterrent against stray cuts?

It would seem the number sent would have been relatively insignificant considering the ships stayed just outside the harbor during the firing on Fort Sumter. Just curious about the actual numbers, since this ended up being the excuse Jefferson Davis used to fire on the fort

I read in history class that Cuba only became communist in the face of american agression and soviet support. Is this true, or did they originally plan to be communist.

I was recently at a funeral for a loved one. The preacher read Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (KJV) during the service:

1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

What is the meaning of gathering and casting away stones in the context of verse 5? Construction? Agriculture? Punishment by stoning? Is it redundant with "breaking down & building up" in verse 3?

My Japanese Language teacher mentioned Onna-bugeisha recently so I know they must have existed, but at what points in history were they prominent? What about the wives of samurais?

The title pretty much covers my question. Apologies if this has been asked or discussed before.

A few days ago, I saw a post of a female cult leader. I cant for the life of me remember her name, but i know the picture was from the early 1900's, she was standing on a box, long layers of clpacks and togas, dark hair, and her left hand was raise with a drawing of a symbol on the palm. Im tryig to find that picture and learn a little bit more about her. Can anyone help please?

I mean if you think about it, if the world was flat, wouldn't water just runof the edge and opens be empty? What? Did they think it just stopped? Or was it just such a commonly held belief, so popular of an idea to the masses, everybody just took it on face value? Was it because of the zeitgeist? How would sailors know how far out they could travel before they would get swept over a endless waterfall into space? Didn't they notice that any one that went looking for the edge, usually cane home?

I don't know if this is allowed, but I'm also interested in other beliefs that were completely foolish but had to overcome a ridiculous set of scientific misnomers to be applied for it to even be considered. Im not as interested as things like seeing the sun as rotating around earth, we can all understand how that could have misconstrued. T gins that were mind boggling in the masses beliefs.

I understand that nations began declaring war until the United States was officially a part of the Allies and against the Axis powers, but what types of statements, actions, or planning began to take place? How long did this take? As a side question, how did the governments of neutral, Latin American, and/or Asian nations respond?

In other words, do game-changing inventions happen randomly throughout history when some creative person happens to think them up, or do inventions have to build on one another and slowly evolve? What about less game-changing inventions like musical instruments? Is there any reason why the violin could not have been invented in ancient Rome rather than in the 16th century? Hopefully that makes sense, feel free to use any invention you want as an example.

I never gave this much thought until recently, but would appreciate any information or personal perspective.

I have always heard that Iceland was originally settled by Vikings, who I imagine where pagans, and that Greenland was eventually colonized by similar Vikings. Did the relative isolation of both these places have any effect on how Christianity spread to them? Was there any great missionaries that helped in the converting endeavor? Could there have been any Christians that helped with the colonization of Newfoundland?

I just need a little help breaking down the question. What is meant by 'global movements' specifically?

I'm hoping my tutor covers this on Monday, but would like to get started on forming my argument over the weekend.

Since I cant seem to find a definite answer anywhere, I thought it was appropriate to ask here.

In Pliny the Youngers letters (Book 3. Letter 5, Radice) he talks about all the written work his uncle (the elder) has completed, mentioning his famous "Natural History" as well. Among the Natural History he mentions things like:

• "Throwing the Javelin from Horseback"
• "The Scholar"
• "The Life of Pomponius Secundus"

Among other titles like "The German Wars". I am interested in knowing how many (if any at all) of these/other titles by Pliny the Elder are still around. I know the German Wars are lost but I cannot find a proper answer that deals with all his work since most focus on the "Natural History. Thanks