I suppose a sub-question would be as regards the British factions, which are of 'Celtic' culture, but can only confederate with each other and not continental 'Celtic' factions. Does including both British and continental 'Celtic' peoples under a broad 'Celtic' banner accurately reflect the cultural landscape of Europe at this time?

Would a modern day violinist be able to recognize it and play it just as he would his own? Would it be an ancestor of he violin, or would it be something different altogether? That said, other than drums, flutes and harps, are there any other ancient instruments that would still be recognizable and playable by modern musicians?

This isn't for a school assignment or anything, so I have free range. I've done interviews with her before, but that was focused on the personal lives of her family. Neat stuff, but for round 2 I'd like to think of questions in a broader historical context.

She grew up in San Fransisco, the daughter of French and Danish immigrants who started a laundry. The family moved when she was 10 to Bel Air, and she stayed within a 10 mile radius the rest of her life. She went to college at UCLA, and I'm not sure what degree she graduated with but she mostly worked as a receptionist before marriage.

Blew my mind when I realized she remembered the Golden Gate Bridge being completed. Anything specific I should ask her?

Right now all I have on my list is "Do you remember freeways being built/how did that impact your life?" and "Do you remember voting for the first time? Did your mother ever talk about voting?" (Her mother voted when the 19th amendment was ratified)

I need to write an essay about this but no matter where i look there is no info. Anyone has anything on the topic? ANYthing. Books, articles, podcasts, etc.

We have an excellent answer from u/XenophontheAthenian about what wasnt lost when the Library at Alexandria was destroyed. But do we know who had access to its scrolls and information? Could a normal citizen walk in with their Alexandria Library card and take out a scroll?

Im being facetious here but do we know who wouldve had access to it? Not only the Library at Alexandria but other large libraries throughout the ancient world. Xenophone mentions Pergamon and Rome as two other large libraries. Do we know how ancient works were added to these collections?

A large portion of my family were members of the British society in India, and I have always wondered why those people didn't develop their own dialects or accents in India, like how Rhodesians, Australians, Canadians, etc did.

My family's accent was RP (received pronunciation) and in recordings, the Britons there often seem to have RP accents as well.

Considering that British people were there for over 200 years, and many (including my family) settled there long before the construction of the Suez Canal, it seems very strange.

The Barbary Corsairs have always been one of my favorite subjects ever since I first encountered them in my own studies. I own a copy of Pirates of Barbary by Adrian Tinniswood, so this is not a question about the Corsairs themselves, but rather their place in history. In all of my learning (through the American Public High School Education system then later AP US History as well as another United States History course in college), the Corsairs and the United States' interactions with them have never come up. It strikes me as odd given that I've always seen the US conflict with the Barbary Corsairs as an important step to the United States' position as a global superpower, though evidently, I am alone in this opinion. Why do these groups get overlooked so much?

So it’s commonly said that the Republicans and Democrats switched positions and regions of dominance in the 20th century, primarily with Richard Nixon’s Southern Strategy and the fallout of the civil rights movement. However, many of the positions of earlier democrats and republicans seem to line up directly with the parties of today, such as FDR’s New Deal. So my question is this, to what extent did the parties really realign?

Ok, everyone knows that in WWII, at least in the USAAF and to a lesser degree the RAF, many aircraft had nose art. But how did that get there? The examples I have seen photos of (and selection bias, that was probably the best of the art) looked really good, not like random dude freehanded it.

So I doubt that you would have people whose job it was to do nose art, and the aircraft would have been painted in standard paint schemes at the factory and ferried to the squadrons who would eventually use them. Sure, the units would have had paint to paint over new panels when damage was repaired or when the paint job degraded over time, but probably mostly in the colors of the official paint scheme.

So how did this work? Did the aircrew let people know they wanted an artist? Did artists who enjoyed doing nose art contact the crew? Where did they get the paint in bright colors and flesh tones?

Was there an approval process, or did the crew just paint what they wanted and if it was over the line, their squadron commander would make them paint over it? Was official guidance ever issued? What were the cultural differences between US and Commonwealth air forces on this topic?

Do I need to follow any etiquete rule if I'm the highest authority in the room? Do I follow those anyway because otherwise 'people will comment'?