Did life change there? Did anything change from the ordinary?

I've always wondered about this (particularly with ancient Roman/Latin names, as I'm into that stuff).

When a name means something like "green hill" is that exactly what it sounds like to a speaker of that language?

Like this is my daughter, Green Hill Jackson - sounds weird to me.

I know back in the Roman times, it's like everyone and their brother was Gaius (at least in the earlier years), whereas there could be quite a few family names. Did those come about in the same way? Do they have that literal sound to them, or do they just seem like identifiers the way we do now? (like how when someone hears my name "Christopher" they don't think of "Christ-bearer"?)

What can you tell me about the man, especially regarding what made him such an effective leader? What are some good resources to learn more about him?

Hi, I wanted to ask if this question has been answered by historians yet?

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Looking for a overall history of the American Civil War. Any good books to recommend? SIAP

Yesterday someone posted a link to 79 rare historical photos (I apologize, I cannot find the link at the moment). One of the pictures was of the Cologne Cathedral, after Allied bombing in WWII. The cathedral had sustained some damage, but was still standing--unlike all the building in the immediate surrounding area. A very striking picture.

My question is: did bombers try to avoid hitting buildings like these? You see whole towns/cities destroyed by both Allied and Axis bombing, but many cathedrals, churches, and other well-known historical monuments survived with some damage but fairly unscathed when compared with the surrounding neighbourhood.

I'm always interested in learning about social norms in the past, who violated them, and how. What were the Lady Gaga meat dresses of Aristotle's Athens?

I've just always wondered what factors have allowed for the explosive population in India, and why it occurred there as opposed to any other number of locations.

Or was spartan success some sort of misconception? If not, what were the factors that led their army to be so successful?

First, I apologize if I am using the term "ancient" wrong. Basically, what I am wondering is this: was there anything that resembled "science" outside of the "western world" (ie. europe), prior to the scientific revolution of the west?

This question is inspired by a few instances, in the past few months, were I have read the claim that science was "invented" in the west. And, while I can agree that the modern scientific enterprise is a direct descendent of the west, it seems to me that the underlying methods of science (ie. observation and hypothesis testing) could have existed elsewhere.

Is there any evidence of a codified means of questioning nature, prior to the western scientific revolution?

Thanks!

I just finished a part of the book "The Americas" by Sylvia R. Frey and Betty Wood which describes how slaves found it hard to communicate due to cultural and language barriers between them. These barriers persisted which helped the white slave owners since the slaves couldnt organize and revolt.

So the question is when and how did the slaves learn English, and if they did before the Civil War why didnt they revolt?

EDIT: There were barriers since the slaves were drawn from many different regions in Africa which were all culturally diverse.

EDIT: I spelled Constantinople wrong in the title.

Is the answer to this entirely different for the various countries of Asia? What did they use before the introduction of Arabic numerals?

I am aware that there has never been any pan-Asian civilization, and so Arabic numerals probably reached ______ hundreds of years before reaching ______ and so forth. Just any kind of general information about the spread and increased use of Arabic numerals is what interests me.

Thank you!

As a Turkish guy it always baffled me that the history books I got in high school never talked about the Ottoman Empire, they always just skip over the subject and talk about France, Roman Empire and about what the USA did in Vietnam, I live in Holland btw.

The Ottoman Empire was in it's prime a huuuuuge Empire but we never get to know anything about it unless you Google it, I can understand that France had it's Renaissance time and Holland was really great with it's trade routes and such but why won't they talk about the Ottoman Empire?

It could be because I'm Turkish and want to learn about it that I ask about it but in High School I always wondered about this.