Today you can buy mansions, high end automobiles, islands, private jets, etc. But in eras of the past, what was the motivation to accumulate wealth?
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I did a quick Google search but found nothing substantial. I assume such action was extremely taboo, but was it within the confines of the law?
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In history class we would always lightly go over Mycenae. I never really understood how the Mycenaen culture differs from the Ancient Greece we spent the most time studying.
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Its pretty well known, or dramatized about specific techniques and training of say; Ancient Greeks, Romans, samurai, medieval men at arms and knights, Vikings and so fourth. What about native Americans? What was their training like, What were their techniques like compared to other warriors of similar training and technology levels? For example, the average medieval man at arms of the 1200s compared to a pre- Columbian Cherokee warrior?
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If so where did they go and were there any provisions for them?
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Obviously, chocolate and yerba mate are out, being New World products; but coffee beans, tea leaves, kola nuts, and perhaps other caffeine sources I'm not accounting for could conceivably have arrived in Rome through trade. Did such trade in fact occur?
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I thought Captain Cook was an excellent person who had contributed greatly to mapping the world, but then I came across this image.
http://i.imgur.com/4UL5cIf.jpg
Did he exploit the Hawaiian people or anything else immoral?
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I've heard 40 Million soldiers died, 11 Million in death camps and I've also heard Stalin contributed to 40 Million, Hitler to 30 Million and the Japanese Emperor to 60 Million. What is the true number?
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I was reading my Religion Text book today and it talked about how Napoleon was an Antichrist who worshiped Satan. This is most definitely not true, but why is he always accused about being one of the worst people ever?
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The Japanese had unit 731, the Nazis had their experiments. What were the allies doing during this period of time?
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From what I understand, when voting in the presidential election of the United States, in theory you don't vote for the president. You vote for an elector of the electoral college who then votes for your president. Now, in practice it's the same. I'm wondering however if the electors have ever voted for someone else than they were implicitly supposed to vote for? Has a democrat elector ever voted for a republican? Has an elector ever voted for another candidate than the one campaigning? Could the electors in theory all vote for someone else than the presidents campaigning?
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I would also be interested in transport ships hit by submarines but I'm mainly interested in Naval vessels. To follow up, what was the largest crew lost without a single survivor?
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This was inspired by the recent controversy of Wendy Doniger's book *The Hindus: An Alternative History" in India. One of the few articles I read about the book that actually went into details about the alleged problems with the book linked to a full compendium of alleged problems (some clearly problematic, some clearly not). One of the major problems the book had was with one of the chapter was the chapter's argument for an Aryan Invasion. I see similar arguments about the lack of consistently destroyed cities in Iron Age Israel, which many scholars consistently see as calling into question the whole of the traditional Exodus narrative (or, more formally, the Book of Joshua). But do we have any archeological evidence of conquest and resettlement of cities? What does this look like? I assume we do. I don't mean the destruction of individual cities, or cities one at a time, but the sort of rapid elite/total displacement through military force assumed by Aryan Invasion/the Book of Joshua.
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Growing up, I learned Chinese history from my grandma--who was hardly an unbiased source, she thought China was the greatest country ever. Anyway, I learned China was the oldest center of civilization, with towns, pottery, writing, etc. since at least 5,000 BC. Later on in world history courses, I learned China only began developing around 1,500 BC (this was written in the world history textbook).
So how old is China, really? And do Chinese people exaggerate how advanced China was (civilization at 5,000 BC) or does my American textbook understate?
Edit: it may have been "5,000 years of history" instead of "5,000 BC". Still, there's a discrepancy. I'm currently reading up on prehistoric cultures of China on Wikipedia.
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All I constantly hear from alot of people is that Reagan was the best president ever and I'd like to hear the truth on whether or not he actually helped this nation out and if not, why have so many people bought into the belief he has. Thanks! Sorry if this has already been asked!
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How was Champlain different in terms of his relations with the native population of New France than other explores? What were his motives for such a relationship?
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What was the influence of Tage Erlander in the country at that time? and did joining the UN affected it's relationship or benefit them?
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