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Do we have any surviving unmodified medieval crowns?
At the zoo I was told that Asian elephants are easier to use for transportation and African elephants can be unwieldy. What kind of elephants did Hannibal use?
How did the Teutonic and Hospitaller Monastic States make alliances without the ability to make marriages?
And did this play into the instability of Teutonic Polish relations?
People have asked about how far back modern English could go (1600ish) but how comprehendible would modern German or French be in Germany and France?
Can anyone direct me to some good (English-language) sources on the history of the Székelys in Romania? I’m interested in their general history as a group and the history of the Bukovina Székelys in particular.
Ibn Fadlan's travel narrative asserts that the Rus' (Vikings) had a particular fascination for green glass beads. Is there any other evidence, particularly archaeological remains, which might back this up?
How long after the development of agriculture did it take for hunting-gathering to become rare? How late were there still large areas of mainly hunter-gatherer cultures?
What happened after King Phillip IV of France executed the Knight Templar to escape his debt and steal their money?
Because I don't understand how that will work for him. I meant, yes, he can solved the current problem, true. But that would make a bad example, and no one will lend him (or the crown) any money ever again for fear of getting cut down.
Why did he decided to do it? And what happened to him/France (economically) after that?
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How can I help future historians know more information from today? What steps are being taken to record today’s events for future historians?
Did the Americans know of the allied POWs in Nagasaki or Hiroshima?
How did we find out about them and did the general population ever hear about those POWs?
Hi, is there good books about the bronze age? English or Portuguese.
After Plessy vs Ferguson, were black passengers allowed to sit with white passengers in integrated train cars in the North?
What happened if a black person was traveling from New York to Florida? Would the conductor make them switch to a segregated car the minute they crossed into Maryland?
Why was Jimmy Carter so unpopular? I just watched a documentation and in this there was an exempt from his Crisis of Confidence Speech. He seemed to understand what was happening already in the world, not only the US. I also read a little bit about his biography but I would be interested in public opinions from that time about him.
Does it make sense for medieval walled city to have farms inside of it? Is there any historical precedents for it?
How much would Guns and Ammo have costed in 1892?
I'm making a tabletop game based in that year and I want to be as historically accurate as possible.
Shotguns
Shotgun shells
Rifles
Rifle cartridges
Repeater
Repeater cartridges
Revolvers
Revolver cartridges
I've scoured the internet and couldnt find a straight answer. I also tried the old timey sears catalogue but I havent found one that goes that far. Can anyone help? I'd be extremely thankful and I'm sure some other wild west enthusiasts would be too.
I’m looking for resources re: finding out more about the lives of Briton women during the Roman Brittania era.
Were Romans eating figs with fig wasps in them?
According to Froissart's Chronicles, at the Siege of Breteuil in 1356, the city's (pro-Navarrese) defenders fired Greek Fire out of cannons at the French siege tower, while Edward the Black Prince had Greek Fire fired into the courtyard of the castle of Romorantin later that year. Do we have any idea how Greek Fire would have been used in conjunction with cannon, or how it got to France, or if Froissart even simply got it wrong?
Any book recommendations for "modern" scholarship on the early Roman emperors? EG Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and/or Nero? Any book recommendations on Augustus, specifically?
Academic or Pop-History is fine. I'm looking specifically for modern interpretations as the stuff I've read already is fairly... dated, and from what I've heard there are some new takes on Caligula, at least.
So, if I remember well, the british expulsed argentinian militar personnel and their families from Falklands in the 19th century, but did they remove civilians too?
People on the frontiers, like squatters and miners, often carried pistols and revolvers, yet in photos I often see the pistol, but no holster. How did they carry them in the (late 19th cent.) British Empire? Did it differ from the US?
Since the early generations of Americans were from or descendents from England (mostly), when did we shift away from having a British-esque accent to our own unique regional ones and the general "standard" accent?
How or do historians archive paper dictionaries?
I ask this because I want to look up word definitions from a previous decade. For example, the definition of gay nowadays is different than it was 80 years ago.
Are archives of dictionaries from previous decades anywhere on the internet? Or do I need to visit my local libraries?
Thanks.
what are some of the most notable figures of the past (All history) which surprisingly we still have their remains? (skeleton etc)
How come Nobushige Sanada is called Yukimura, even as Historians admit 'yeah he's called Nobushige'?