Specifically stories of precolumbian origin. It would be nice to get some information from all the different civilizations, but if anyone has information on stories that resemble hurricanes in the Southern United States I would be much obliged, thank you.

edit: What I meant to say in the posted question was "are there any theories on disaster origin/precautions/predictions/warnings to youth/etc... present within the stories themselves?"

My understanding is that the Germans merely circumvented it as they invaded Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. However, as the war went on, did the line remain "intact?" If so, did the line provide any advantages or difficulties for the French or Germans, respectively?

Apologies if this question has been asked before (I would love a link to that place, if so).

I know that Otto married a Byzantine princess during his rule but was there constant communication between the two empires? What did they think of the other? I'm assuming the Byzantine Empire didn't really like the Holy Roman Empire, who claim to be the successor to the Western Roman Empire.

The wikipedia basically says he has no previous military experience, and yet somehow he seemingly rallies the Red Army and drives back Denikin from Moscow. I'd also like to ask how significant Nestor Makhno's Black Army was, and what role that played in the war?

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The story revolving around innocence lost is not particularly unusual. Was the technical ground breaking in cinematography enough on its own to merit the praise for the film?

What was different? What allowed US forces to resist the siege, whereas French forces eventually were overwhelmed? Was it just the technological difference between time periods? Were the Vietnamese trying to achieve the same type of victory at Khe Sahn as they achieved at Dien Bien Phu? Why weren't they as successful?

I am interested in reading about Homer and his works (which is why I chose him for my project), but the books/papers/websites I've seen so far seem to be opinionated and lacking of historical evidence. I guess what I am looking for would talk about how the epics influenced Ancient Greece or other civilizations, and have evidence of references to Homer and/or his work throughout history.

This is a really interesting topic for me, but I am having a hard time finding strong sources. Anything that you can think of would be really helpful, and if there is enough to read I may be back again to ask some informed questions!

The time period is war/immediate post-war. I assume, though don't know, that the bomb would be one.

For example, abortion, gay marriage and taxes are good contemporary examples. What about then?

When would the last Legionnaire we have come to known from movies, art, etc be seen?

Would any "legacy" units keep some of the traditions of armour and such and keep fighting for others?

I was just thinking how much I know about the knight vs samurai debate, but how little I know about other countries ancient militaries. China seems like a good place to start. What did an ancient chinese army look like? how did the technology change over the years, how did tactics change with them? how did the concept of nobility factor into organization, were there chinese "knights"?

Edit: resubmited with a more specific question.

Hi all,

Sorry if this is in the wrong place, I debated putting it into one of the other subreddits, but I thought this was probably the best one. I am writing a paper and one of the things I am touching on is the historical arguments made for restricting the right to vote to only specific groups in the United States. Mainly I would like to get some historical sources or essays that make the case as to why only educated, upperclass, landholders should be allowed to vote. I am mainly looking for American sources, particularly around the founding of the Constitution, but any foreign sources that influenced American thinking would be great as well.

So far I have unfortunately only been able to find arguments against this viewpoint and not for it and most of these come from more modern times.

By all accounts, starting in late antiquity and running through the early modern era, cavalry was a must have for any fighting force.

It seems to me, being mounted would make maintaining formations harder and provide much larger targets for enemy artillery/ arrows/ musket fire. Then when the enemy was engaged, all it took was a long spear or a well times sword slash to take out the horse, which would either crush the rider under it, or he would be injured from the fall.

Plus, maintaining cavalry required training and increased resources. The only conceivable advantage i can see for cavalry was increased mobility.

Obviously, a cavalry charge into a wall of spears or musket fire was suicidal, but i fail to see how cavalry was an aid even against unformed infantry, once you rode into the enemy soldiers, you had to slash down at everyone, and all an enemy had to do was hit your horse to make you useless.

Obviously, cavalry WAS useful, as irt was so widely used, i just do not know why.

Last year, I had the opportunity to visit the Whitman Mission outside of Walla Walla. I had no previous knowledge except perhaps seeing it in one of the Oregon Trail games. The information at the site painted the Whitmans in a fantastic light and placed the blame for the massacre and resulting war on the local natives. Some friends suggested that the site leaves out a lot of the story, but didn't fill me in.

The wikipedia article has about a half-dozen different theories as to what may have happened, but is pretty light on sources.

So, what do we know about what happened?

Possible side question: what was life like at the mission, particularly for the natives? The site again painted a rosy picture, but being from California, I'm quite used to a rosy picture of missions obscuring a pretty dark reality.

My google searches have not come up with an answer to this question.

So I was reading the Bacchae and listened to a few lectures when it struck me, it seems like Dionysus and the Ancient Bull of Crete may be the same thing. I have read before that Keos was a colony of Crete. It could also explain why in myth that Dionysus is presented as a foreign god. The devouring of Dionysus historically [in ritual] made me think back to something I also once read of women sacrificing humans in the Cretan Palace complexes to bull orifices. I was just curious if there was any other evidence possibly linking the two.