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Was Notre Dame originally painted and do we have a mock up or idea of what it would have looked like?
[META] Do you guys ever made a statistic on which question got repeatedly asked the most?
How widespread is the ringing of bells at noon? Since I was little, I was taught that bells "across Europe" are rung at noon to commemorate the Siege of Belgrade in 1456. Wikipedia says this still occurs in "Catholic and old Protestant churches." I've always wondered in which countries that is, and searches in academic texts have yielded nothing concrete.
Did the Romans ever construct Limes on the borders of their southern provinces? (Mauretania, Tripolitania, Aegyptus, etc.)
What did the Hittites call Egypt?
In Ammianus Marcellinus's Res Gestae Book 29 there is a Germanic king named Gabinius. In Latin. In English.
But another translation consistently renders his name as Grabinius. Why does that translator add an R? Is he following some rule about translating Latin? Is he writing it how it is pronounced? (such as how the Greek Ἀγχίσης is translated to Anchises instead of Agkhísēs)
I tried asking Latin and translation subreddits, but no luck.
I have a hypothesis about this historical figure and it could be significant if that R is legitimate. Thanks in advance.
What was the largest standing army in the ancient world as a proportion of the population?
When did historians start referring to the (eastern) Roman Empire as Byzantine Empire?
I am well aware that they are one continuous entity, and I am not asking when one ends and the other begins (as I know the Byzantines always considered themselves Romans). I am simply asking at what point did it become trendy for people to refer to that empire as the "Byzantine" one. I can figure out why people started doing it, but I just don't know when it happened/ it became common practice.
So I was reading about conspiracies and it made me wonder, what is the first recorded actual conspiracy?
The earliest one I can think of would be the plot by the Senate to kill Ceasar back in the days of Rome. Is this accurate or do we have evidence of an even older plot?
I tried googling it but couldn't find anything concrete on what the first plot was.
If there were repressions against people who had supported the Republic of China, how severe were they, after the regime of People's Republic of China won the civil war?
I was watching a show, called Versailles, which as the name implies, is based on King Louis XIV of France during the time that he created the French court in Versailles.
During this show, the creators gave us a short glimpse of this palace: https://i.imgur.com/vy1v3g3.jpg
I'm trying to determine if this is/was an actual palace that was owned by Philippe I, Duke of Orléans. The only information I can seem to find is that his residence was actually the Chateau de Saint-Cloud, but that looks nothing like the image above. I'm mainly just a fan of architecture and would be interested in studying the chateau in the image above if it exists.
What titles were the leaders of Andalusian Taifas called by?
What is a sticker bomb? For context, it was referenced in one of Bonner Feller's (the American military attache to the embassy in Egypt during WW2) intercepted messages, as follows:
NIGHTS OF JUNE 12TH JUNE 13TH BRITISH SABOTAGE UNITS PLAN SIMULTANEOUS STICKER BOMB ATTACKS AGAINST AIRCRAFT ON 9 AXIS AIRDROMES. PLANS TO REACH OBJECTIVES BY PARACHUTES AND LONG RANGE DESERT PATROL.
What was the role of a "jobber" in early 20th century New England?
https://i.imgur.com/zRsWJWI.png - What is this building called? (Was built in 2002)
I recently finished reading 'Kaigun', and 'Sunburst,' detailing the history and organization of the Imperial Japanese Navy as well as the Naval air arm.
I was curious if there are any books of similar quality which discuss the Imperial Japanese Army and it's Air Force. If at all possible, I'm looking at something that takes a more technical approach in a similar manner to the aforementioned books.
Thanks!
What does the prefix ostro- mean for the Ostrogoths (Visigoths=western Goths)?
is it true that the soviet union only sent troops who were racially european and not asiatic into afghanistan??
Can anyone here give me some Hebrew book recommendations regarding revolutionary France, or maybe good translations of some of the books mentioned in the reading list? I'll be happy with books about early Modern Europe in general.
Is there any place where I can check what is the correct form for citing ancient works? For example works by Cassius Dio get cited like this (Dio.55.44.1-10.). There are other writers as well and some books cite the same author differently and it gets very confusing and hard to understand what should be the proper way for citing those authors correctly myself.
When did America change from "Colored" to "Black" for African-Americans?
What oath did a knight joining the Teutonic Order say?
Why do US recipes use volume measures and UK recipes use weight measures?
What was the first language of members of the Austrian Hapsburg house?
Which ancient generals and Kings actually led their men on to the field of battle and helped?
How would you generalize american foreign policy after the cold war?
Was the Nakajima Sakae engine, most famously used in the Japanese A6M “Zero” fighter plane, naturally aspirated or turbo/super charged?
In a melee battle where two lines of infantry met, how did they fight over the corpses? Were they just stepping between them, stepping over them, did they have to go around them? Were there even enough piled up during the line battle to warrant concern about it?
Is it okay to repost an unanswered question which has been archived?
How do historians in general feel about How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney? Is it a good book for understanding African history and colonialism? Do Rodney's statistics and analysis hold up?
What are some good books to start out reading to better understand the history of the Palestine/Israel conflict?
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