I know that there were some Scandinavian settlements in Newfoundland and other places, but I am referring to what we would consider indigenous New World civlizations and cultures.

Is it a relatively new phenomenon? Given the importance of Scottish ministers historically in British politics, I was lead to believe that there was a time where Scotland was seen as truly British rather than a separate entity. If this was the case what caused the shift in opinion?

For example, what we call Germany, Germans call Deutschland(spelling?). I believe Japanese people refer to Japan as Nippon, though I could be wrong there.

Biff the Understudy is fighting on the second floor of a keep when he is, regrettably, defenestrated. Will the fact that poor Biff is wearing his snazzy full plate armour matter, and if so, will it make his day better or even worse?

I know that the rule for my/mine used to the same as a/an: if the noun that follows starts with a vowel sound, the pronoun ends in a 'n' sound, hence "mine eyes have seen the glory" in the Battle Hymn of the Republic. We don't use that construct anymore though, instead using "my" in front of all nouns, regardless of pronunciation. When did English make this shift?

Would a reject have to pay for a return ticket, or would there be ships to deport them?

I asked this question a week ago, but there were no responses. Basically I wonder are there any books about that part of history of India.

What sort of job would I need to live there? Could I count on being mugged? What sort of people would I see walking around? What was in fashion? Was the city as proud of itself then as it is now?

I ask cause, these days, it seems like the only people allowed on the island make at least 200K. And from movies like, say, Crocodile Dundee, it seemed like something of a "regular guy" place back then.

I'm going to Italy in May for the first time. I've gone through several, survey-level books or lecture series on the entire history of the empire, but these are necessarily high level.

I'd to read something narrower in scope that will give me some context for the sights I'll see before I go. What's the single best book to read?

Are there any documents about what he was like to be around?

When did tea become popular in Iran?

Do other countries in the ME prefer tea or coffee?

Obviously meat could be eaten, bones used as tools, brains used in tanning, etc... Were there alternate uses for these parts as well? What about other less obvious parts like hooves and offal?

My English class is reading Macbeth. And Shakespeare called Scottish nobles thanes(or thegns). But I thought that thane was a word brought over from Germany and Scandinavia and was purely an Anglo Saxon word, similar to earl from Scandinavian jarl. And the scots are generally labelled as a Celtic culture, not Anglo Saxon or Scandinavian.

So would a Scottish lord call himself a thane during the time period the play Macbeth take solace in (9-11 century)?

Or did tensions continue to persist?

sorry. should have made the question better. LucarioBoricua is right - i mean how long did it take for the relationship between the US and Britain to change from hated enemies to close allies (as it the case today).

History major here. I have a 10 page term paper due at the end of April. I was wondering if anyone has some interesting topics I should be looking into? I was thinking combat effectiveness of the Italian soldier in WWII or maybe something to do with the Mafia.

My interest in History is WWI and WWII, this is the first class I have taken on Italy. If I could somehow find a topic that relates the two that would be awesome.

Thanks

Was there such a thing as national identity prior to the advent of 19th century nationalism?

I'm asking specifically in regards to the ancient Greeks. They clearly had a notion of what it meant to be 'Greek', but I'm wondering how this differed from the modern notion of national identity.

To elaborate, have any nation, allie or axis used e.g a regular (multi-lingual) soldier to infiltrate the enemy's army?