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I was wondering if there are any history graduates here employed in the gaming industry, like Creative Assembly or Ubisoft. I finished my bachelor's degree in history with honors last year but still have had no luck finding work throughout this pandemic. I was hoping for some guidance/advice as to how to approach getting a historian position at one of these gaming/entertainment companies.

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I just came up with this thought and found it very interesting. How civilizations of early mesopotamia(sumerians/babylonians/assyrians) did this? Were they aware of such a concept of counting years? Is there any common pattern of doing so between particular civilizations? To start counting, one has to have a starting point. Did they have such a point? Maybe some important occurence ?

Thank you in advance.

I spent some time looking, but it seems like an uncommon question. I could be wrong.

I know the U.S.A. was initially the "United Colonies" before Congress changed it to the "United States" before formal independence. The Constitution first refers to the nation as these "United States of America" and then only once again when it establishes the executive powers of the President. Every other instance is "United States" or otherwise.

It seems like the U.S.A is the 'official' name but when was this decided and why was "of America" added? I am assuming The Constitution is the formal start of the designation, but I am unsure of that. Also, why not "of North America" or "of the Americas"? Does The Constitution actually establish an informal domain over both North and South America? I've seen America used to reference both continents at the same time before in older texts.

I know that fashion back then for women mainly consisted of extremely large and over-the-top gowns, but did rich women back then really wear them as casual wear? We’re you considered poor if you were caught not wearing those kind of dresses?

Quite a few war hammer designs have both a pick side and a hammer side. I was just wondering why these two? They're both geared towards defeating armour but in what situations would you use one over the other? Would it not make more sense to have an axe side and a pick/hammer side since the axe would be more effective at tackling light/no armour while the pick/hammer side would be better suited for armour?

I have personally many times quoted lord Kelvin:

"There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement."

It is a funny line considering that both quantum physics and the theory of relativity were discovered not very long after.

However, it was recently brought to my attention that this is a misquote and he never actually said this. This made me wonder whether the sentiment of the quote was actually commonly shared or not. Of course not everyone would have thought this but I wonder if this was a prominent idea among scientists at the time.

While researching Native American slavery I came across this aside, and realized I knew next to nothing about slavery in Northern Europe outside of captives taken by Viking raiders.

Who were these slaves in England? Where did they come from? What was their social status and roles? Was their slave status inherited by their children? How did the practice gradually die out?

Thanks in advance!

I recently read that Charles Cornwallis, who surrendered to the Americans at Yorktown, later went on to lead a successful campaign against the Irish and also commanded in India.

I would have guessed Cornwallis would be on the outs and barred from high command after this defeat. How did he manage to get high postings after this?

What about the other generals and admirals who were defeated in the American theater? Did the British generally forgive their losses and let them try again in other campaigns? Was getting a second chance after a major blunder unusual?

I was reading about the Spanish Civil War and noticed that many volunteers came from abroad to fight for the Republican cause. What made this such a prevalent trend? I have seen lists of Albanian, French, Italian, Russian, and all sorts of nationalities arriving to Spain to fight. It was so fascinating to read about how the whole world seemed to be looking at Spain during this time.

Context: I grew up around Boston and was always fascinated with this bizarre incident. Someone challenged me to write a poem about it (with lots of rhymes for "molasses").

I wanted to describe a scene of what led up to the disaster, of the tank being filled with heated molasses the day before. But Wikipedia and google images have failed to tell/show me what the kind of ship that carried molasses in 1919 looked like (like an oil tanker?) And how the liquid got from the ship to the storage tank (hoses? Drums, rails?)

If anyone can answer this question about shipping/dock work in the 1910s, it'd be much appreciated, and I can share my poem with you when it's finished!

Seeing videos on YouTube titled “if it wasn’t recorded you wouldn’t believe it” made me wonder if we have ever dismissed a story and later found out something like it actually happened. Maybe someone actually wrestled a lion, or took on 50 men.

Hi, I'm looking for book recommendations for understanding the history of Italy (in particular Venice)in the 12th century. I'm interested in learning about what the culture was like in the country, what customs they may have had, what religious practices, beliefs, jobs, what life was like for merchants, nobles, and the role of women in Italian society at the time.

Despite all their improvements to urban planning, I've heard that this was conspicuously absent.

I have the understanding that it's inconclusive but highly probable that English folklore like dragons and boggarts were widely believed, But is it possible to find the earliest period in England where folklore was widely dismissed as fiction?