What was Milan's population in the 12th century?

Also, what the heck was their damn problem?! I'm reading "Frederick Barbarossa: The Prince and the Myth" and Milan is stomping on imperial seals and attacking Lodi and other neighbors, and all around being a terror.

Why was Milan being such a rebel even before Frederick decided to concentrate power in his Kingdom of Italy?

Dumb quick question:

Was 'dick' already synonymous with 'penis' in American English by the time They Can't Lick our Dick happened in 1972?

How did cops check for warrants during traffic stops before the internet

Do we know how many of the livestock in the soviet famine of 1932 died because of lack of fodder compared to the ones that were slaughtered?

This may seem as a simple fact question, but oddly enough i haven't seen any concrete percentage about this, even in books you may expect it, like in the years of hunger.

Why Is this? Do historians just not care about this point un specific? What makes them not to care?

Also, the theory of livestock dying of lack of fodder un the kolhoz doesn't contradict the finding that the strata that most listo livestock was the individual peasant?

Are Vercingetorix and Cingetorix the same person?

I've been a lifelong gardener professionally and as a hobby, and I've been wondering about gardening in a few different periods of history. Specifically I wonder about gardens in Europe in the Renaissance and in the Wild West era of America.

Were ornamental gardens popular or limited? Were gardeners a profession at this period of time? And in the American west, did people even have access to something as frivolous as an ornamental garden?

Please can anyone tell me what kind of paper Nobles and Kings used to write letters in Europe in the 15th century? Thank you.

What do you think is the biggest war after World War 2 (1945 to present)? Is it Gulf War or is there a bigger war than that?

Why would a treasury department staffer propose putting Grover Cleveland on the $20 bill? This article about the process to put Harriet Tubman on the $20, brushes over the fact that they thought Cleveland was important enough in 1927 to put him in between Grant and Hamilton. Given that Cleveland is rather obscure today compared to almost all the other people on the list (Chase is also a bit obscure, but his work with the treasury explains it a bit more), why wild people back then think he was a good choice for the $20? https://s2.washingtonpost.com/33276d1/60b966b81ddec2122300959c/60656f959bbc0f69145d61e4/29/41/60b966b81ddec2122300959c

For WW2, If I were an overboard sailor that was picked up by a friendly ship what would I do aboard the new ship until I was transferred back to my original? Would this change if I were picked up by an ally's ship and not by my own country's navy?

During the American civil war, did most soldiers fight with guns (muskets, rifles) or swords and bayoneted?

Alexander Hamilton was able to make it to New York and go to college because of the charity of his hometown. It seems odd to send away such a bright person. So did they expect him to come back?

What languages was Jesus literate in?

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So I was watching Full Metal Jacket, a film about the Vietnamese War and I saw this picture of a man on one of the buildings and was wondering if anyone knew who it was? I’m guess a historical communist leader of some kind. If anyone could help identify this person that would be awesome. Imgur link:

https://imgur.com/gallery/w4gthRO

Can somebody recommend books for a person who knows almost NOTHING about history? I would like to start reading more about major past events because my general knowledge sucks.. so if you can recommend something that is fairly easy to read, (like for idiots) it would be awesome!

I recall having read somewhere that the Irish monk Dicuil, in the Early Middle Ages, hypothesized that once the British Isles were attached to each other and to the continent, but through the millennia natural erosion made them distinct islands. But now I've been googling and I haven't found anything like that, aside from the fact that Dicuil did write a geographical work. So, I'm confusing him with another guy, or what I read wasn't true?

Can we gauge today with a reasonable degree of certainty the total number of ethnic Serbs (not merely Serbians) killed in the two world wars? It seems to me the number in question could be absurdly high relative to the size of the ethnic group. Why does it seem to me it is the case?

Well, they were slaughtered not only by Austrians, Germans, Italians etc. but also by their Yugoslav collaborators (most notably, the Ustashe regime) and last but not least many thousands died in the civil war among royalist nationalists Chetniks and communist Partisans. In case we can separate those specifically slaughtered (and not starved to death, dying from [contagious] diseases due to lack of proper medical treatment etc.) from the total number of deaths, can we at least gauge the latter today? Could it really be that over a million of Serbs lost their lives in the two world wars?

Roosevelt hiking with Muir lead to an increase in national parks. Do we have other clear examples of a president’s recreation of choice leading to changes in policy?

Why were Eastern Front casualties in WWII notoriously higher than other fronts?

Were there any plans to establish the state of Israel on territory ceded by Germany after WW2?

Growing up, I always heard about the "Miracle On Ice", where the United States upset the USSR in hockey. It became an instant cultural moment, with many made for TV movies and books came out about it. Was there any similar moment for the USSR, where they were the dramatic underdogs and were able to overcome the United States juggernaut.

The song Too Darn Hot claims "According to the Kinsey Report, every average man you know/Much prefers his lovey-dovey to court when the temperature is low". Did the Kinsey Report actually mention temperature preferences?

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How did the soviet union manage to pioneer tanks and weapons if they were anti-capitalist innovation and had sent all the rich entrepreneurs into concentration camps?

If I would like to know more about Ancient Rome should I read secondary sources first or should I read the primary sources (Plutarch, Tacitus, etc.)?

This probably deserves it's own thread but I have a question about Robespierre's justification for the Terror. In particular I always wondered whether or not the "Terror and Virtue" stuff was what he actually believed or if it was just an ad hoc justification for a more pragmatic policy?

Because afaik he didn't start the terror and he was against the death penalty for a very long time. But once he got into a position of power it almost seems like he 180'd and started justifying the execution of thousands of people, many of them perfectly innocent. So was this because he truly believed that only through Terror France can become the Republic of Virtue or because Terror allowed more pragmatic goals and to justify them he created this Terror and Virtue theory? This is probably super hard to answer because we don't see into his head but I am wondering what the thoughs of more knowledgable people are.

Is there a museum about the history of hacking ?

I searched online and found many museums about the history of computers and technology and other similar topics, but i couldn't find one about hacking and security

by history of hacking i mean topics like: major historic hacks, hacker groups and culture, phreaking and other non-computer related hacking, the first times a type of hacks was performed or discovered, and have working historic hardware and software for demonstrations

What's the oldest political map that we know of? One that details things like borders, names, and maybe subdivisions of one or more countries.

What period of history is the “clearest” to us, old enough to be seen without bias but recent enough to not be obscured by time (lost documents, forgotten influences, misunderstanding of culture etc.?

I recall reading a biography of Erwin Rommel, many years ago, and it detailed all his exploits during the Great War. One battle took place in Greece, and Rommel's forces took a mountain defended by Greek soldiers. Did that battle really happen, or am I conflating two different battles?

Has there been much research or comparison as regards Germany and America’s decade of speed (pervitin and cocaine, respectively)? I’m curious about the cultural effects that might overlap.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_manufactured_fuel_gases i went looking here, but when did gas start being commercially sold in like acetylene tanks or propane tanks to the every day consumer

Any good books on anglo-American/white American culture? From early settlements to Early America

What did the rank and file of the Heer and Waffen-SS think of each other? Was there any sense of animosity or serious rivalry?

I seem to remember an early Christian writing (think 4-6th century) that depicted Jesus as a Roman emperor and the angels as his centurions or something to that effect. Does it ring any bells as to what I'm talking about?

Any books you would recommend which go in depth into Frederick the Great's military exploits? I'm especially interested in any which criticize his strategic prowess and role as leader.

In the 2000 US presidential election, how many black Americans voted during “Souls to the Polls” events, specifically in Texas, Georgia, and Florida?

Looking for book reccomendations about the consolidation/completion of Spain's conquests in the Americas. I've read "Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest" and a number of books surrounding the actual conquest events but I'm curious about the actual process by which Spain established authority in their colonies and what Spanish colonial society was like. Thank you!

In WW2, What ship did the American filmographer Bill Genaust (the man who filmed the Iwo Jima flag raising) ride on to get to Iwo Jima?

Because of who he is/what he filmed, I'm finding it near-impossible to figure out which ship brought him to Iwo Jima. All I can find was that he rode in with the 4th Marines.

Did Henry "Box" Brown ever find Nancy and their four children?

I'm looking for a book providing a good narrative history of the Holy Roman Empire. I'm hoping for something that provides an overview of the Empire's history for beginning to end. I'm fine with multiple volume works or multiple works from the same author that cover the history, which may be necessary since it's so long. Any recommendations?

Hi! Writing a story here.
I'm wondering, what was life as a teenage farm boy in Canada in the late 1880s with many siblings? What was the food like, how were the clothes, were they poor, were punishments physical, how were the family dynamics, etc. Thank you in advance!

Do we have any texts of the late byzantine (roman) empire roughly 1350 to 1453 where the inhabitants explicitly call themselves romans and or lay homage to thier ancestors like romulus, caesar, agustus, etc. And actually mention them by name?

Where does the american custom of saying "go [insert alma mater's sports team's mascot]" when mentioning said school in contexts that have nothing to do with sports come from?