(Neo)/Realists like Mearsheimer and Waltz laid down pretty conniving arguments that the end of the Cold War and the concomitant fall of the bipolar international order, would result in balance of power problems that would lead to war/conflict.

They say states are much more secure in these bipolar systems compared to multipolar ones, so my questions is why haven't we seen WW3 or other conflict? Is nuclear deterrent still the primary reason?

To my (skin-deep) understanding of the protests and revolutions of both years, there appear to be quite a number of similarities. Both were revolts by masses of people against the established order of the time. Both transcended borders, though the former was confined to Europe while the latter was global. Neither forced any sort of political change in the moment (as far as I am aware), though I have heard arguments that the impact of both reverberated for the next several decades. Is that picture correct? Regardless, can you draw connections between the two movements or are they wholly different?

I know how castles were used. What I don't understand is given the amount of time it takes to construct one (the stone version during the medieval period) how was it possible to plant one on your opponent's land without giving him the time to raise an army and interrupt the construction?

It is used all the way from early in the Pentateuch but also all the way to the New Testament in Acts.

What were its characteristics?

What made it useful for ceremonial and practical purposes?

I graduated last December with an Anthropology degree with a concentration in archaeology. I'm very interested in Mesoamerica and thought this was the best course of study for me.

However, as I progressed further in my studies... I found I'm most interested in studying the early colonial period and historical documents -- especially the codices and maps of the early colonial period. I also did an independent study on Classical Nahuatl with a professor in the foreign languages department.

I think history departments would offer me better routes to study what I'm interested in... But, I'm worried that I will not be able to get into good history grad schools because of my lack of undergraduate experience in history. How big of a problem will this be? Would I be better off trying to study ethnohistory in an anthropology department?

Thanks!

My understanding is that prior to European contact, both Western Africa and what is now the Southeastern United States (as far west as the Atakapa in Texas) both had Trickster Rabbit traditions. The Trickster Rabbit stories told in the Caribbean could be influenced by both these groups, since they were both sent to the Caribbean to work as slaves. Now that I know there are folklorists on this subreddit, could any of your share insights in the this Transatlantic Trickster Rabbit phenomenon.

Say a track seized up or your horizontal turret traverse was jammed by a shell, would it be too far fetched to see a tank crew roll behind a hill in battle and remove the offending piece of material from their vehicle?

In a closed beta test of War Thunder Ground Forces it was revealed that there is no way at the moment to do such a thing and that seems just a little bit off to me from a historical standpoint. I know that there were repair depots and everything for actually repairing vehicles out of battle but was it possible to do small things during a battle if you had time?

Seeing as the game itself is aiming to be more realistic than its competitor World of Tanks, I just wonder if it was actually possible.

T[h]ank you for your time in reading and responding to this.

Somewhat related to /u/lngwstksgk's question on folklore not surviving in America, at what point in time (to the closest identifiable period) did belief in such folk tales as fairies and elves turn from a commonly-believed fact into a belief that was depicted as being on the fringe of popular society?

Are there online repositories from other countries of extreme acts of bravery that earned their countries highest military honor? Stories that are validated (not propoganda).

This post, which I unfortunately cannot now find, said that the Greeks and Romans did not excel past India and China in antiquity, and are only studied because of their whiteness. How accurate is this?

I've (thus far) stumped two subs (/r/gameofthrones and r/woodworking) with this, and google isn't helping much.

GOT because in one of the episodes, one of the "chores" was spreading a sandy substance on a table and then using a brush to spread it out.

Was this how primitive societies "sanded" wooden furniture? I always assumed only hand-planes were used, but I guess for touching up day-to-day wear, this makes sense?

And I'm also totally interested in any other "primitive" woodworking history. (For instance one of my other theroies was they were using crushed walnuts and the brushing released the oils, re-varnishing the surface...?)

I mean no offense to any Christians. But is there any secular interpretation of what Jesus was trying to accomplish? Could he have been a political revolutionary? A charismatic man suffering from hallucinations?

Have any reputable historians weighed in on this?

When did firearms begin to defeat traditional knights and cavalry?

Early guns/hand cannons were awful and nearly as likely to blow up on you as to fire, and even so were very inaccurate.

I know it was a process of gradual improvement in firearms, with firearms used alongside traditional knights and cavalry (often with firearm troops protected by Pike-men from cavalry charges), but when did forces equipped with guns begin to truly become superior?

Hello, I asked this question 2 days ago, and the only reply I received was deleted. Like the last one, I'm not asking the info to be presented for me. I'm simply asking to be directed towards resources about armored warfare that would be helpful for understanding the role armor has played throughout the 20th century. I have done my own research and found quite a few sources, but I would still like to hear from r/AskHistorians.

Thank you.

How did this myth begin? The Tooth Fairy is often associated with Santa Clause, but is presumably a more recent bit of folklore. Was the Tooth Fairy an American invention, or a hold-out from European legends?

I don't know if this is more of an askscience or askhistorians question so I am posting this in both subreddits. What I'm trying to ask is why extreme cold weather has not been more of a detriment to human survival. Northern Europe, USA, China all have nasty winters that are costly and often fatal. But not only have the northern halves of these areas flourished but they have maintained and continue to maintain a higher population density than their southern halves. I realize this isn't a hard set rule but why do people chose to live in places with these difficulties at all? There seems to be a lot of negatives and no positives.

Most history textbooks list the Treaty of Versailles as one of the factors in the rise of fascism in Germany. It essentially besmirched Germany by forcing them to pay crippling war reparations to the British and French, causing a wave of nationalism.

However, the Austro-hungarian was split up into several countries, which I think is just as bad as what happened to Germany. Why were there no affluent fascist dictators there?

It seems that during the dark ages, the church had a ton of power, and could cause people's entire lives to fall apart with excommunication. Since the church had such control, was it common for people to come out as atheists? If so, what happened to them?