Tim Verhoeven wrote a provocative article for Church History recently (June, 2013). In the article, "In Defense of Civil and Religious Liberty: Anti-Sabbatarianism in the United States before the Civil War," Verhoeven noted that the preponderance of scholarly attention focused on the pro-Sabbatarians, leaving out the anti-Sabbatarians. Verhoeven thesis included, in part, how religious minorities--who adhered to a sabbath that occurred on a day other than Sunday, such as the Jewish Community and Seventh-Day Baptists--responded to Sabbatarian efforts. Verhoeven even quoted anti-Sabbatarians who argued against the movement because the Constitution "protects the Christian, Jew, and Mohomedan" (300). Despite some other passing references, Verhoeven did not address responses Muslims in full. How did US Muslims, who would ostensibly be anti-Sabbatarian, respond to the movement?

I understand how they translate nouns, adjectives etc but how on Earth do they know that Ramesses was pronounced Ramesses when ancient Egyptian died out thousands of years ago.

I recall a novel from my childhood in which a sailor warns the captain about people in the area (SW Ireland, IIRC) occasionally luring ships into underwater hazards, thus causing a wreck. The locals would then comb the beaches for anything that washed up, making a tidy sum from the salvage.

Is there anything to such stories? Found a few references to similar legends in the Carolinas, but nothing concrete yet.

Does anyone know where I can begin to compare and contrast between modern armies and the Army of the late roman republic?

• I realize this is vague, but its for a comparative essay on the Roman Republic. From my limited understanding there is a noticeable similarity between the shift to professionalized armies in both these areas, can anyone elaborate on that for me?

How far back can we trace the intentional training of strength and body building? We often see images of huge gladiators and warriors with huge muscles, but would this be from training or purposefully doing exercises to increase specific muscles? How precise were these exercises?

So, countries in Africa and Asia, when the European Countries gave Independence to the colonies what was the process to do this? Was it different for different colonies, other european nation?

When debating with Catholics, I so often hear the phrase "The one and only Church established by Christ." But somehow, I find it difficult to accept this as fact.

Can anyone out there add some clarity to the beginning of the Catholic Church? Did Christ have any involvement in establishing it? Or are Catholics just stroking their own goats?

Thanks guys :)

I'm talking about day to day records of this unit being here or there, what sort of opposition they faced, etc. I want to know things about their daily lives. What challenges did a U-Boat crewman face every day? How about a GI in Italy? Or a Hungarian soldier outside Stalingrad? Or a Soviet Marine defending Sevastopol.

So I know the Mongols became a powerful force under Genghis/Chingis, I know that a splinter group founded the Yuan Dynasty of China, and I know there were a bunch of other khanates/hordes/groups of Mongols who existed at the same time and were mostly led by Genghis' descendants (well, I'm not 100% sure of that last detail). But what were the extents of these groups? Which one(s) were supposedly on the brink of rampaging through Europe? After that 'invasion' failed were they mostly a spent force, or did they do something else interesting? I believe one of them was instrumental in setting up the unification/creation of the Russian state at one point?

I realise this is a pretty broad topic, but I'm mostly looking for an overview. If I can get a handle on the basics hopefully I can do more research myself.

The politics, the popes, the conclaves, etc. Since i'm not a believer, mostly from a secular POV. Thanks in advance.

I've got a few articles I want to keep in good condition, my prime example being the full page ad taken out by the rebels in Turkey in the NYT, and I want to preserve it to show my children or anyone else.

What's the best way to go about doing that?

I was thinking about how Spartans trained their warriors from an early age. If one was injured severely (broken bones, torn muscles, etc.) before they had finished their training, what would become of them?

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From reading I gather that it's a complex issue, but what would you briefly say were the main factors that caused the fall of the Roman Empire? Looking for the "50,000 foot," summary view.

I know their is skepticism/debate among historians over whether those dynasties existed/were anything like they were portrayed in legends, but my perusal of Wikipedia seems to suggest that for a very long time (and even sometimes today) the reality of these ancient dynasties was taken as fact. Is that impression correct, and if so, why is QSH 'first"?

My professor was telling us how it was quicker for a Roman person to travel from Italy to the Danube frontier to go via Gaul than it would have been to cross the Alps. I was wondering if anyone knew of any surviving maps from Roman, or indeed a contemporary civilization.

I've been rereading the book and King paints a picture of Lee Harvey Oswald as a wimp with dreams of grandeur. Was Oswald really as pathetic as presented by King?

Follow up: Is there any significant historical evidence of a conspiracy? Why are the theories so prevalent?