Reading old works, they speak of Jupiter and Ulysses. In school, we learned about Zeus and Odysseus. When did academia switch from Roman names to Greek ones? And any idea why?
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What is this type of medieval hat called and where can I get one?

When did we start saying the 1900s, 2000s, etc?

Did people from isolated Asian regions like Japan ever had a yellow skin tone?

I remember someone telling me that in the past this was the case because of an over reliance on sea-food produce and lack of access to vitamin-rich fruits in places like Japan, however, I often heard similar and obviously wrong lines of reasoning when speaking about other non-European populations like native Americans claiming that they had a lack of protein in their diets, which I know to be patently untrue.

So I've been wondering, was there a period in history in which the inhabitants of relatively isolated regions in East Asia (like Japan) displayed a yellowish skin pigmentation?, if not, were did this stereotype came to be in the West?

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Any idea who the CEO of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) was in 1964, immediately following the three-way merger that restored MHI after its initial split in 1950?

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I would like to ask any historians who specialize in the MENA. There are so many major languages of the region (Arabic, Farsi, Turkish) and Minor ones. That's before you start looking at the old and new versions. How do you deal with it all in your research.

Did the Roman Empire split into the Western and Eastern empires in 284 or 395AD?Some sources say 284 and some say 395.

How could people who lives within equatorial zone make calendars without experiencing seasons? Why did the Igbo have a calendar of 13 months, for instance?

In some of my research into 17th century Brazil, I keep coming across letters from former soldiers petitioning the crown for honorary titles and membership in various military orders, in exchange for military services. I'm having trouble understanding the motives for these soldiers, did membership in military orders carry purely honorific benefits, or were there any financial benefits (something akin to a pension) for members of military orders in Portugal at this time?

Not really a question but a request for an image. I searched but my Googlefu must not be as strong as I thought.

It's (I think) an Early or High Middle Ages European drawing or painting of men in armor performing handstands, cartwheels, & maybe some other acrobatics. I say Early to High because as I recall the men were wearing maille & maybe breastplates but not full harness. The men were definitely doing handstands with their feet in the air, not removing their hauberks by bending over at the waist.

Any help is much appreciated!

Can anyone recommend good books to read on Zhou Enlai? I find him to be an interesting figure but don't really know much about him. I am looking for a more casual and interesting read if possible.

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During the Cold War, how did either superpower get to learn about the latest aviation technology being developed at different times?

I know there have been documented cases of pilots defecting in what were considered state of the art crafts at the time (such as the defection of North Korean pilot No Kum-sok / Kenneth Rowe with a MiG-15), but there seems to be a lack of cases of other kinds.

What’s the historical consensus on collectivisation causing famine in the Soviet Union ?

I an currently doing research on the lives of my great grandparents, who lived in Greece for most of their lives.

My grandfather was born in 1892 and attended a greek school for 4 years, while my grandmother was born in 1908 and attended a greek school for 8 years.

Given school is much different now than it used to be and kids go to school for fewer years, I'd assume they start going to school at a different age than kids would nowadays.

What ages would they have been when they started/stopped schooling?

I have just learned about Henry Berry Lowry and the Lumbee's guerilla war against the Confederacy during the US Civil War. Are there better or more recent books about this than "To Die Game" by William Evans (1971)?

What name would the Romans have used to talk about India?

Was it common for opposing generals to meet there rivals in a friendly fashion after the war?

in like the Greco Roman period ?

I am asking due to Hannibal allegedly having that famous conversation with Scipio on how he ranks himself in history

When did islamic Egypt reach it's greatest extent in terms of size?

are there any good introductions to the italian civil war in WW2? been interested in this for a while but hard to find much about it.

Looking for a time period that contains high number of religious wars in Western hemisphere for comparison paper. Question for essay is to what extent are wars motivated soley by religion and to what extent are there other factors involved. Trying to find a period with high density of wars to give several examples . Staying with Christian v Christian, Muslim v Muslim or Christian v Muslim to limit scope of paper. Appreciate any ideas.

How could the builders from antiquity build such structures without "zero" as a number. In the same vein, how did Roman architects manage to do it with their numeral system?

How historically accurate is the movie Laurence Of Arabia?

What other genocidal disasters did we commit apart from the Holodomor, Holocaust, and the Spanish in the Americas?

Which nation has the largest ratio between their current state size and their historic largest state size?

Why were fade out songs (where the music grows more quiet over time) so common in the early 20th century compared to more recently?

I'm currently doing a little digging in family history and retracing my great-grandfather's emigration to the States, so I'm looking for the price of steerage tickets from France (ideally Le Havre) to New York around 1914 and 1920.

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I would also be interested if there are any records or sources on mining operations and residents of Superior, Wyoming (Union Pacific Coal Company) and Telluride, Colorado (Standard Chemical Company) 1914-1925. Any help is very welcome, since this is a little outside my usual interests.

Were fake grenades ever used in war? Fake as in they looked like real grenades but only served as distractions or to lull the enemy into a fake sense of security.

Why did the Khmer Rouge force people out of the cities?

I'd sincerely appreciate recommendations for some good primary sources: first hand accounts written by warriors, from any warrior culture or warrior group. I'm specifically interested in the Classical World, but I'm struggling to find many first hand accounts, so I'll take anything that folks think will aid my objective. My objective is to form a better understanding of how the "average" warrior thought, and how they lived.

As an example, there's little doubt that fraternity would be a common theme across most all warrior cultures, but I want to understand the forms it came in and how it felt to live it, understanding common attitudes and beliefs so I could grasp at their thinking. To the latter end specifically, I feel a primary source is indispensable. And the more annotated the translation, the better.

The difficulty I'm encountering in research thus far is that primary sources are mostly war philosophy, or accounts of battles - which can be insightful, but I'm looking more for examples of self reflection or reminiscing. Marcus Aurelius' Meditations might be a good example of what I'm seeking, but I'm not sure he's particularly representative of a Roman warrior.

Were flamethrowers issued to US Glider regiments during WWII? Specifically engineer units attached to them.

Which countries fell into war as a consequence of the fall of socialism?

Does anyone have any idea when the word "wood" started being used a slang for erection in the US? I need to know if it's possibly innuendo in a book by Gertrude Stein published in 1941 (which I am translating).