How many ancients historians documented this battle that is so well-known in pop culture?

Were lions once found in central/eastern Asia? Or is the lion a comparatively new Chinese tradition?

Is there a good estimation as to when/if this will happen? What exactly would this entail? What are some of the considerations that need to be made before the excavation begins?

The King's wives were all rather homely, why is this? One would think he would have his pick of a kingdom of women. It's not like several were lovely and just a couple weren't pretty. Were they considered pretty by Tudor standards and just not ours? Also, was it true that Anne of Cleaves smelled? Was there a reason? I can't imagine it was being unclean. Thank you for your insight.

I know there were maples in the old world (although they weren't sugar maples) and I've seen Birch syrup made of Birch sap (obviously). Did any other culture make a sweetener from tree sap? What tree?

I have found a lot of speculation googling it, but no definite answers.

I am interested into whether propaganda was that effective during the years of the Nazi state (1933-1945)? Is there any extensive historiography that would argue that it was and wasn't effective?

If you'd like a more specific time period, I'm particularly interested in very early city states like Uruk. My general impression was that cavalry was rare in ancient Mesopotamia (and by extension so was mounted travel), but I recently saw an Assyrian relief at the British Museum that depicted a mounted warrior.

I've read that ancient Greece contained a sizeable number of slaves (2/5th-4/5ths). So, in stark contrast to the Roman Servile Wars, why were there no revolts (or at least accounts of revolts) in Greece?

I'm Scottish and would particularly like to know what he thought about Scotland, but also other countries in Europe.

Did his opinions of countries change over time?

What did he think of the different 'ethnic groups' in the different parts of Europe?

Hey y'all,

I hope this is an appropriate question. I checked the rules before but, you know. Anyway, I was wondering what sort of archives I can turn to to find the names of WWI soldiers who died by suicide. I'm especially interested in American soldiers, but any lists/archives would be great. Thanks in advance!

I'm reading the Emperor of All Maladies and one interesting quote (out of very, very many good ones =P) stuck out to me;

"Wars generally stimulate two industries, ammunition and cigarettes, and indeed both the World Wars had potently stimulated the already bloated tobacco industry. Cigarette sales had climbed to stratospheric heights in the mid-1940's and continued to climb in the '50s."

The most obviously conclusion I could come to is that the relatively long periods of boredom involved in an infantry soldier's life predisposes them to a smoking habit and that the soldiers bring that habit back to civilian life after the war. Their glamorous status as warriors glorifies their habits and causes them to become more widespread.

Is there anything to this theory? Are there any numbers/studies to back it up? Thanks!

I was on a Wiki-link clicking frenzy today, and I ended up finding out about this little "country." The Wikipedia page is fairly small and it sounds fascinating--did it have an army? Was it really just a "smugglers' state" as the Wiki page argues?

General Electric, General Motors, General Dynamics, General Atomics, General Mills, etc?

I have read about chocolate being served as a drink, much like coffee is. How did that practice fall by the wayside in much of North America?