I've read a few books about daily life of the peasant at the turn of the century and was wondering if there were any films that could help me visualise the period?

"Fiddler on the Roof" (1971 film adaptation by Norman Jewison) was excellent, do you know of any more?

Was there any way the British could have kept everything together?

Were some other languages translations of Buddha so different that they considered them different religions when visiting even if they were not that different? How did they view the distinctions and similarities between different buddhism types, and relations to Taosim, confucianism, Hinduism, Shinto, and Jainism? To what degree did they believe being multiple of those religions at the same time was actually correct? Was it something they considered accurate, or merely an idle mistake that laypeople made that a monk would know not to. (Any time period before modern day.)

And when? From what I understand it became popular sometime before WWII and never really stopped, although it seems to have been first sold as "Pizza Pie", and dropped the "pie" at some indeterminate point?

What would the interior consist of? Single small room or maybe a large open space?

What would the inside be lit by? Open windows? Candles?

Would there be livestock inside or nearby?

Washroom facilities if any? How clean would the occupants typically be?

A lot of questions I know, but the commoners life seems so fascinating to me. Cheers!

Although many of the motivations of Native American First Nations would be similar to our more familiar concepts of war, like the need for expansion and the want of more land, I am not quite sure why any of the Native American [against other Native Americans] wars actually happened.

What are some examples of why one tribe in the US, at any time in the Native American growth before colonisation by Europeans, would go to war against another tribe? Why'd they do it?

I get over complicated answers that i just get lost in. Did the maya die out and then the aztec take their land/ customs? Did aztecs come FROM maya? Did they believe in the dame gods? Just give me all the info you know! Thanks so much!

I was curious, if a king sires a bastard but then his wife dies and he marries the mother, is the bastard still considered a bastard?

If he doesn't have the child legitimized or even acknowledged, does that change without him saying anything?

I'm assuming France, England or the Holy Roman Empire but I'm open to other areas as well.

Repost because this was ignored last time.

Was the American declaration known about before the official declaration was formally delivered to the British government? Was there any particular reaction to the fact that the declaration had been signed by Benjamin Franklin, what with him already being internationally famous?

I'm not necessarily talking about huge battles like D-Day or something like that. I was thinking small scale engagements between special operations teams and the like.

I'm a costumer and I'm curious what pirates actually wore back in that time period instead of what pop culture has turned pirates into today.

I was wondering this after thinking about the huge success some Soviet, American and British tanks had during and after the war, the T-34 or example, I was thinking why did for example the Panther which was by most accounts better than the T34 have its life ended with the end of the war where as the T34 thrives even today?

I visited Chateau de Vincennes near Paris when I was on vacation, and one of the rooms was used as the treasury for when Charles V of France resided there. The information on the room said Charles kept something like 1/3 of all moveable royal wealth in that room.

Now with that said, I was struck by how utterly small this room was, probably the size of a small walk-in closet. Plus I figure that this room likely wasn't filled chest high a la Scrooge McDuck's money bin. So with that in mind, it puzzled me as to what the physical contents of the treasury were.

Can anyone shed some light on this subject? What was the physicality of the royal treasury? What items were in it?

All the heroes mentioned in the Iliad.

I became randomly interested in this question and have been unsatisfied with the answers basic Internet research has produced. I guess I'm looking for evidence more than anything. I have heard some interesting arguments about why the capital was moved, for example, Washington, who played arguably the biggest role in relocation was adamant about the shift. But I want to know why the capital was moved from an iconic, economically stable, powerhouse of a city to a swampy marsh area that was yet undeveloped. It seems unintuitive to me and I want to know what some of the reasoning must have been.

Well I ask a few questions here, for one, since when and how did the birth of Christ become a historical point of reference (200,000 BC, etc)? And has there ever been another civilization that's used another system or point of reference?

EDIT: Slight grammar error in title, "been used.

I'm having a really hard time wrapping my head around this. What was the point if he had the army and resources to defy the king?

Since the fledgling US found allies in the French, Spanish, and Dutch, all of whom are neighbors to Great Britain, was there any conflict in Europe between them? I am aware of some naval battles in the area (John Paul Jones), but only with Americans against the Crown.