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When did people start feeding ducks bread?
How do historians research economics during periods where societies don't necessarily have strong cash economies? E.g. post-Carolingian Europe. Interested in anything about the study of economics in Europe after the fall of Rome.
Were taffic jams a thing in pre-car time?
In Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary at war, 1914-1918, Alexander Watson states that...
In addition to rationing, the central powers also introduced 'People's kitchens' to maximise their limited food stores. For example, in Salzburg one could purchase 0.75L of soup and 0.5L of potatoes (plus some meat on Sundays/when available) for 60 hellers (paraphrased, page 355, Deprivation, Ring of Steel, 2004)
...how much roughly would 60 hellers be worth today?
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Were any of the name-derived major scientific units of measure (Joule, Pascal, Kelvin, etc.), alive to see their name enter common practice as a unit? Are there records of their thoughts on it?
I only recently learned that many paintings in the Renaissance and Baroque periods had multiple versions, like many of Leonardo's works. What's the general explanation behind this? My impression tends to be that pieces were commissioned by specific wealthy people as emblems of status, specifically for them. Why would multiple versions be created and how much liberty would the copiers have in intentional alteration?
How many men did Union armies lose when many three-year enlistments expired in June/July 1864? How are those who went back home regarded by those who re-enlisted?
In the ballad of John Henry, he races against a stream drill in response to a sales pitch. Can we make any informed guesses about what kind of steam drill he would have been racing in the story, or what company would have made it?
Did James McHenry own slaves? I am one of his descendents and this topic came up in conversation recently. I tried to find the answer online and couldn't, which may mean that he didn't, but I figure he's well known enough that somebody should know for sure.
Does anybody know of a single book that discusses the entire world around 300 BCE? I'm looking for a general overview, not an in-depth look at any particular culture.
Thank you.
What is the oldest known sect of Christianity (other than judaism, of course).
What's a good book that covers the Russian revolution. I'm interested in seeing how Russia went from a monarchy to the cold war if possible.
Was Andrew Johnson's impeachment vote split on party lines in the House?
Does anyone know a good way for me to look up available conferences of historians in Europe that anyone can join as a spectator? I have seen videos of for instances conferences in 2014 to mark 100 years since ww1 started, how does one get into this kinda thing as a spectator?
Can anyone recommend me a good overview of USA history, preferably in book form?
I will be briefly visiting the USA next year, passing through both Boston and Washington DC. For Washington, I intend to make my way to the National Mall area which I see involves a lot of monuments and memorials. I'd like to have some idea what they all mean.
In school we did units on Black Civil Rights and the Vietnam War - beyond that my knowledge of USA history is limited to what I've absorbed from movies and TV.
Secondary question - what's the proper colloquial term for the USA? In school people who called it 'America' were teased for being inaccurate, but 'the USA' seems unwieldy.
Was there a special ceremony for when Grand Masters of the military orders were inaugurated? Did the Grand Masters of the Teutonic State and the Grand Masters of the Hospitallers States have coronations? Crowns? Oaths? Scepters? Etc?
Do we have any of those items in museums?
What is the difference between a duchy and a grand duchy? Is it related to how big the territory is, or is there any other distintion?
Would there have been any reason for non-fighting (specifically women) family of a lord to travel with an early Medieval (Western European) army (approx. 10-12th century)?
How much did a military style musket cost in Europe during the Seven Years War?
How much did a bronze basilisk or culverin or demi/cannon cost during the 16th century in say Spain or Venice?
What year in the past 200 years has had the least countries in the world?
I remember hearing a debate a few years ago about the spectators on the Roman Colloseum. It was about the hand gestures of the spectators when expressing whether or not they liked the gladiator, and I remember that one person said that they did the thumbs up, thumbs down, while the other said that instead of thumbs down, they would point their thumbs towards their throats, as in to for that the gladiator's throat be slit or something like that. Did they actually do the whole thumbs up/down thing, or is that just from Hollywood?
Was the phrase "pie in the sky" coined by Joe Hill in his song "The Preacher and the Slave" or did he get it from somewhere else?
What's a good resource on the history of modern Christian monasticism (all genders) generally? I know of Anglican specific ones but not general ones. I would love some resources on the history of Christian monasticism in the USA in particular (as in, monasteries established by Americans in the US, rather than colonists from overseas).
Is there a comprehensive study out there that looks into the opinions of people (and their descendants/estate) after which units of measure were named? For example, what do the descendants of Kelvin or Pascal think about their ancestral name being used as a unit?
I need help finding if this a true to mulan
Ok so mulan was(maybe not the point of this comment) a person/poem in real life, I was in college last week and my teacher brought up mulan and said she was real person but version of her story was very different from any i had heard before and here it is “mulan dresses up as man goes to war and covers for her father she gets immediately find out is sent back home, her father goes to war and mulan spends the rest of her life as low class peasant.” Is this true cause I can’t find anything online like this version he told me.
Why do historians say "at" Rome, instead of "in" Rome, like you'd say in relation to any other place?
The new series Unnatural Selection begins with a quote:
If you had an idea that was going to outrage society, would you keep it to yourself?
Charles Darwin
Is Darwin the source for this quote? I was unable to find any reliable source for the quote.
When the Nazis first became the largest party in the Reichstag, who was the Speaker of the Reichstag at the time?
Are there any audio recordings of Teddy Roosevelt giving his "The Man with the Muckrake" speech?
When was the first recorded successful attempt at compiling all of the sovereign nations in the world?
And is the answer different if you require there to also be information such as a capital city and population estimates in this compendium?
What percentage of primary sources of free slaves from the American south mention their master favorably?
Are there any other books like "a bull of a man" or "the wrestlers body" which discuss manliness in ancient or modern India?