Did they ever use the aqueducts like water slides?

Did anybody (civilian, soldier, anyone) survive the first day of the Battle of Stalingrad to the last?

Is there any way to broadly estimate the size of militaries in the Bronze age?

I fully recognize that getting detailed information from more than 3,000 years ago can be virtually impossible. That's why I'm trying to phrase this question as broadly as possible. Surely with the information we have from Bronze age civilizations as a whole, in the Ancient Near East, over the course of 2,000 years that the Bronze age existed, we should have enough to come up with some rough answer.

I'm asking if we have some estimate for the size of the military used by the following nations at any point during the Bronze age (3100 - 1200 BC):

• Egypt
• Assyria
• Babylon
• Hittites
• Elam

Simple googling so far had been a bit disappointing, since historical battles involving nations like Egypt don't seem to give military sizes per side. In other cases, a nation like Assyria is well known to have an army of over 100,000 during the Neo-Assyrian Empire, but that is comparatively late (the Iron Age), so I highly doubt Bronze Age Assyria had anything quite that big. Of course, amateur that I am don't have the breadth of knowledge or resources that I would assume you guys have.

The build up of the Franco-Prussian War was about Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern being offered the Spanish Throne. Leo wasn't crazy about it but was willing.

But it's noted that King Wilhelm of Prussia (head of the House Hohenzollern) was against Leo from taking the Spanish throne and pressured Leo to decline it.

Why was Wilhelm against his cousin taking the Spanish throne?

Leo's younger brother had already become the Domintor of Romania and would become the full King of Romania in the 1880's.

Was Wilhelm against putting too many Hohenzollerns on thrones and putting a target on Prussia's back? Or was it just avoiding problems with the French?

Did they want Leo on the throne after the creation of Germany?

Hi, I started reading a Genghis Khan biography by Leo de Hertog. The book explains that the Mongols had terrible hygiene because their beliefs prevented them from 'fouling water', which included using it to wash themselves or their clothes.

A bit later in the book it mentions that Temujin (Genghis Khan) captures 70 of his rival Jamukha's soldiers and boils them alive. (or Jamukha boiled 70 of Temujin's soldiers, I don't think it is 100% known)

These two things seem contradictory. Bathing in water 'fouls' it, but boiling someone alive is fine?? Hoping to get some clarification on how that was rationalized.

thanks

Long time lurker, first time poster.

There was a construction project around the early 1900s in one of the major cities, (Chicago, Philadelphia, St Louis?). I believe it was to build a new city hall. Basically the construction was so poor and they cut so many corners, that the columns mean to support some of the structure began to fail. It was at that point that the people learned the columns were hollow.

I also believe this involved a notoriously bad Mayor.

What did people call "telegraphing a punch" before the telegraph was invented?

Recently I've seen a video on Map Men's Youtube channel focused an old world map. At some point they mention Ptolemy's map dated 200 AD (link to the image), but it's different from the one shown on Wikipedia. In fact, this one seems to show what could only be South America, while also referring to the continent south of Europe as Africa instead of Lybia.

My guess would be this is a much more recent map from at least 1500, but I was hoping someone could tell me more about it. Is it a hoax (a map specifically made to make people believe Ptolemy knew the Americas and the southern coasts of Africa)? Or simply a map whose author, time and place of creation are fairly know but only on that video is erroneously attributed to Ptolemy?

Any recommended biographies about the Taisho Emperor? His father and his son have plenty of books about them but can't find any on him (in English).

Many (western) occult books proclaim they draw from or are direct knowledge from ancient sources (e.g. King Solomon). I know they are actually far more recent than they claim to be, many of which actually arising in Europe.

But, given this fact and the similarities between works, was there a general "source" for these? Be it numerous works or a widespread belief that informed these works.

Thanks!

how badly are history books coming from the communist era and from behind the iron curtain censored??

What is the first instance of a show or movie showing a heart monitor beeping, slowing down, then flatlining? How did we get to the point where an average audience knows the term flatlining and that it means death?

How did Russia have so much espionage capability’s when only a few decades ago they were a feudal country?

I’m reading that, during the late Middle Ages, a lot of rich people bought their sons high-ranking positions in the Church, like archbishoprics.

What would’ve been the benefits of having a son in this position when it came with celibacy?

What was their theological education like?

Is there evidence that Revolutionary France enforced (or at least attempted to) a mandate that all bakers would only make "equality bread" ?

For reference, I found an uncited source that gave the recipe as such:

Bakers will only cook a single type of bread. The quality of this bread will be that resulting from a mix of three quarts of wheat and one quart of rye.

Bakers will cook loaves of 8 pounds, of 4 pounds and of one pound; they will not be allowe to use other divisions. The price of equality bread is fixed as follows: The 8 pound loaf, 1 livre. The 4 pound loaf, 10 sols, 6 deni

What is a "Verge" of a college? (1960s England)

From this video on Tolkien: https://youtu.be/XR-4vMEiQ_U?t=299
(Link starts at 4:59)

The gentleman speaking seems to say "I am the Verge of Merton College."

Does anyone know what this means? Am I mishearing? I've looked all over the internet for some clarification on this line and have come up short.

I've been reading about Labrador history recently, and keep coming across references to people who were from "Seal Bight" in the 1800s and early 1900s. I'm having difficulty figuring out where that is in Labrador today--it doesn't seem to be a contemporary Labrador community, based on a cursory Google search. Similarly, I've found a couple of references to a place called "Boat's Cove", which I think is close to what today is Makkovik.

If anyone could shed some light on what the contemporary names of those places might be, I'd appreciate it!

Can someone provide me a book list on the political organization of medieval Islamic states? I'm interested in learning how states like the Abbasids, Cordoba and the Seljuks were run.

I'm doing some independent research for a game I'm working on and I'm trying to get an idea of how much weapons cost in the Middle Ages of Europe, specifically the High Middle Ages. I'm looking for any estimation for how much these weapons cost at the time and any kind of ballpark estimate for any of these will be very helpful. I'm also interested if there is a drastic difference in commoner's werapons and more proper versions for war, as I'm aware is the case with swords in Medieval swords.

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Here's the list:

* Arming Sword

* Bollock dagger (or similar)

* Crossbow

* Falchion

* Hand Axe (designed for combat)

* Longbow

* Longsword

* Mace

* Main-gauche

* Quarterstaff

* Rapier

* Spear

* Warhammer, one-handed

* Other Polearms, such as glaives, halberds, and Ranseurs (if drastically different than spear)

Is there anyone who knows alot about how royalty and extinct noble familys and that kinda stuff that can anwser a very important question.?

German military dress uniforms of WWI and especially WWII are noted to be infamously attractive and well designed; they look good.

Post war and modern german uniforms don't have that reputation; I would say down right ugly.

My question is; Is this on purpose? as in, did the new German government and Allies design an ugly* dress uniform to """"stop German militarism"""" from propagating in young German boys? And by now a new tradition has been established.

When and how did a conservative Muslim country such as Turkey became a summer tourism location? Summer/Beach tourism is one of it's important sources of income and it even had many casinos until late 90's.

Who is the Reddit snoo for this sub modeled on? It looks like a Byzantine? Constantine?

I read somewhere that the Kingdom of Hawaii had a claim/governed a tiny island in the South West Pacific very far from Hawaii. There was some claim about Polynesian unity.

I've since lost that article and cannot find it by googling. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Edit: Sikaiana

The word "chainmail" doesn't show up until the nineteenth century. What was that kind of armor called beforehand I have read "metal shirt" a few times, was that the standard term?

Books on US radical labor movement in the late 1800s through 1920s

In honor of Labor Day, I’m looking for a book to read on the labor movement in the US. Specifically I’m interested in the violent anti-capitalist movements of the late 1800s through the 1920s, but outside of this timeframe is alright too.

What was the social status of children born from a slave woman and noble in Viking Age?

Any recommended books about pre-modern life in Tibet or the other Tibetan states like Guge or Zhangzhung? And as a follow up, books about the military history of the Tibetan empire/greater Himalayan region?

What role did anticommunism play in the establishment of the New Deal and Great Society in the US, relative to European social democracies?

Was Henning von Tresckow a monarchist?

Everything I have seen of Augustus is an idealized figure of a younger man. I know this was deliberate, as there was a certain image to project, but are there any known images of "Old" Augustus?

Why are the rebels who fought in the War of Regulation known as Regulators? What did the word mean to them?

Ok last German oriented question;

Kaiser Frederick of Germany was a noted moderate and pretty Pacifist, while being a skilled military commander.

Why is he always depicted in a breastplate?

I mean he looks great, but still.

example he's the only one in armor.

example

https://www.instagram.com/p/CDtV9HPB4Id/?igshid=7tlmf2bbau7r

Hello. Does anyone have estimates of the fertility rate of cities and towns prior to the Industrial Revolution? Thanks.

Are there any reference works on English pub names and iconography and their origins/meanings?

So I understand that western infants and early toddlers would usually be dressed in smocks before they could walk semi-confidently. How did they crawl and stand up without their skirts getting in the way?

So i'm looking for castles that are in high elevations, specifically in a mountainous type of terrain and or looking or at least are close to the sea or a big river.

These castles have to be from the Middle Ages but i guess early gothic is fine.

In school we learned about a predominantly white man who couldn’t vote or have the same rights as white people because he was like 1/8th black. I think he made a lawsuit trying to get rights and he lost. Who was he?

When did people start wearing shorts? Like instead of togas or long trousers. Is there a definite start or have shorts been with us since the dawn of civilization?