I know that the sacrifice had a lot to do with keeping the world running, but I'm not sure exactly why they did it. How much did they sacrifice? Why?

Jackson has been quoted as saying his two biggest regrets from serving as president is not shooting Henry Clay and not having Calhoun hanged.

My question is, with such disdain for Calhoun, why did Jackson choose him as his running mate in the 1828 election? Did Jackson actually like/trust Calhoun at one point and then see the nullification crisis as a betrayal?

During the Cold War, there were a very large number of nuclear tests conducted by both the US and the USSR. Were there ever any failures to detonate any of these weapons? What protocol had to be followed in the case of an undetonated, but still presumed active nuclear weapon?

Just curious some of the scenes described sound pretty fantastic for a secular historian writing in the style of Thucydides (i.e. Justin's demonic face changing abilities, Theodora's stage exploits)

I could be wrong, but it seems relations between the two countries improved rather dramatically after the war ended.

The bomb was dropped in '45, and 20 odd years later Hondas were being introduced into the American economy.

What happened to improve relations so quickly?

As a casual geographer (I've seen a map or two in my day), I can't help but notice that Eastern Russia practically touches what is now known as Alaska, and pre-industrial Tudor superpowers like Japan and China are also pretty close to the the US.

Was Leifur Eiriksson the first man to place America on the map?

I'm also interested if anybody discovered it between Leifur Eiriksson's discovery and Colombus' "discovery".

Ok so I recently read a claim that the Europeans regarded ancient Bengal as the richest country to trade with. There are accounts of the wealth in this region from many sources ranging from Marco Polo to Ibn Battuta. Incidentally, the Dutch East India Company and the British counterpart were based out of this region. These were two of the richest companies of all time, the VOC especially. And at a topical level it makes sense. Before the age of banking and finance, wealth was almost always a function of agricultural output. Bengal has always been one of the most fertile spots on the planet. So it only follows that it would be a wealthy place as well. So my question I guess is: is there any merit to these claims, and if so, the hell happened? Why is the region so poor now? And is there hope for the future? Thanks in advance.

I'm interested in learning about vikings and their way of fighting. I have of course heard about the hit and run looting tactics, what would they do if they faced an organized force?

Is it true that only the wealthiest had swords?

How many used spears?

What made them favor round shields over other kinds of shields?

I imagine chainmail was quite expensive and difficult to make, did many vikings have chain mail?

How many were in a raiding party?

What was medicine like in the old west (1840's - 1890's)? How educated was the average doctor? What equipment and medicine did they have at their disposal? Did most small towns have local doctors? If so, did the doctors do house calls, or did they actually have a kind of clinic in the town? How much did they charge for their services, or did that vary too much to answer?

There are several frequently asked questions about bronze and iron, but about the transition itself. This is about Bronze Age bronze, post-Iron Age (so skipping the entire Iron Age) bronze, and post-Iron Age iron.

Also, what weapons (any era) were the worst for bronze?

There might not be sources for his mindset on this. If so, just say what the most important cities for economic or military purposes were at the time.

This question came up in my history class. Some simple answers were brought up, but I think there is more to it.

I have heard people who grew up in the 1930's, or earlier, refer to their inability to afford Coke as a way of describing their poverty or their sudden decline in wealth.

Was Coke ever an expensive, sought after treat associated with wealth? Was there some reason that people would choose to use Coke as the reference point when describing their class?