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Why does Japan love sliding doors? Chinese architecture doesn't seem to use sliding doors as many as Japanese.
We often see discussion of who was the first English king to understand English, but who was the first English king who did not understand French?
In 19th century France, were Catholic churches open 24 hours per day?
What were the linguae franca in the Indian Ocean trade (if there were any) at various times before the Portuguese took it over?
Why does it matter if a country runs up a trade deficit?
Been reading up some history and it always gets mentioned as a factor in the failure of many Portuguese governments in the 17th and 18th centuries as related to their sovereign debt. But somewhere in the 19th century Portugal abandons the gold standard trade much like we do in today’s economy and in the end of the century it still has issues with trade deficit so I’m failing to understand how trade imbalance translates into sovereign debt increases.
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Is there any record of James II's reaction to the death of his daughter Mary?
When did the United States and Britain stop having the same floor numbering system? If I were to transport back to, say, 1850- would this difference already exist, where Britain has a ground floor and America has a first floor?
Which is older, and how did the other come to be?
What is China samurai counterpart called.
When did western civilization begin to understand inflation? Both eras had runaway inflation from the overprinting/minting of money. When did people begin to understand that printing more money was just making their economic problems worse?
how do you pronounce the "Ce" in the ancient Scottish Kingdom of Ce?
How did Wilhelm II, George V and Nicholas II feel about having to fight one another during WWI, given how they were cousins?
Did Wilhelm II and George V ever comment on the death of Nicholas II in 1918?
In 17th century America, did English colonists bring over the tradition of families of executioners in towns?
Hopefully basic enough.
Background: Rewatching Band of Brothers*, and when the 101st Airborne reach Bastogne (in WW2), they show Cpt. Winters doing a cold water shave.*
Question: Did the U.S. military require soldiers to stay clean-shaven in severely cold weather, or was there some level of choice in the matter?
Is anyone able to tell me what word is on the front of the French shop on the left in St Marie du Mont in 1944? I know the one on the right is a butcher but I can't find the word on the left in any translation. Link to image
When was Tehran under German control? In this book after the Big Three got into Tehran it says:
Stalin told Averell Harriman of his worry that the city was too dangerous for the kind of commuting that would be required between the American legation, where President Roosevelt presumably would stay, and the Russian embassy, where he, Stalin, would be. Tehran had been under German control until only a few months previous, and the city almost certainly continued to hide Nazzi agents and sympathizers.
When did the Germans even get close to Iran? I can't find anything that suggests this. The closest was that Reza Shah didn't mind trading with the Germans before the Soviet/Anglo invasion.
Who is the oldest person we know of (i.e. their name or identity) that we have the remains of? Does anybody beat Djer?
