Russell

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May 19	comment	Was Classic Mayan civilization really so gruesome? It was that horrible :(
May 17	comment	Did the Chinese Develop Steam Engines Prior to the 17th Century? @BrotherJack, Sorry I wasn't able to add the updates, but my internet was down. I'm looking at the coal-mines because, from my research in European coal-mines, they used steam power to pump air into the mines. I'm looking in the Tiangong Kaiwu to see if the Chinese used steam in the mines. Now that my internet is back, I'll be able to do more research. (And unfortunately translate mining part of the text)
May 17	comment	Explosive Ordinance Yield Over History I can't really agree with this. You don't need many men on the ground to launch a ballistic missile or machine gun down protesters. As for the social aspects, we can look at Bahrain. It's police force, are not from Bahrain, but Jordan and other outlying states. (You could also argue this is irrelevant as its Saudi Arabia and the US that are supporting them. :D )
May 17	comment	Explosive Ordinance Yield Over History Wow, I never though of this before. But I'm not entirely sure that this is true; Guerrilla warfare originates from the napoleonic period, and was ultimately successful. Of corse, this could just be an outlier.
May 17	comment	How dangerous duels were? Tycho Brahe lost his nose in a duel so I'd guess it came with some dangers...
May 12	comment	Did the Chinese Develop Steam Engines Prior to the 17th Century? homepages.paradise.net.nz/rochelle.f/… This looks credible and doesn't say anything on China creating the steam engine. The history channel used to be good. Now all they have is a show on pawn shops :(
May 3	comment	Is there a majority viewpoint for the fall of the ancient Egyptian civilization? "But what history isn't" :)
Apr 30	comment	If modern human existed for hundreds of thousands years why was writing invented only some 7000-9000 years ago? There are two theories on how evolution works; one is that changes happen over a long period of time, a mutation occurs, the mutation doesn't kill the creature, but instead helps it, so the mutation gets passed on, and after 100000 years, the entire species has the mutation. The other theory is that something in the environment forces a many random mutations in the species, and the ones that worked get passed on. I'm not an expert in the period you are talking about, but, I'd guess that something changed in the environment and caused a mutation in the human brain to allow writing.
Apr 18	comment	Why do minor political parties in the US receive so few votes? Because no one in the USA knows the unknown candidates. I've never heard of Gloria La Riva.
Apr 8	comment	In current times is it impossible to win a war if the people of invaded country are determined not to lose? Cloutswits said that, the side most willing to give up everything will win.
Apr 5	comment	If the Iraq War was because of their oil, has the US achieved their war aims China and Russia both vetoed action in Syria because they didn't want America to think that they could over-through any government they felt like. +1.
Apr 5	comment	Were there any attempts to assassinate Joseph Stalin? I cant edit it, so could someone change the "are" to "were" in the title and first line?
Apr 4	comment	What happens after a widespread social chaos? You speak of political freedom as if its holy and of utmost importance, and yet, many states might be benefited by a benevolent dictator. There is a difference between Democracy and Constitutional Liberalism, the first, used to select a leader, and the next, the idea of protecting rights. In Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of China, people don't vote for their Chief Executive, (there are a group of 1000 people from various industries who vote) but yet, it is very good at protecting peoples rights.
Apr 2	comment	Why did the Soviet Union get 3 seats in the UN? 25%...Never Again
Apr 2	comment	Third Reich? What were the other two? I love the title :)
Apr 2	comment	Why is Christopher Columbus credited for “discovering” America? "Christopher Columbus and his crew were the first people of the Old World during the historical to make a discovery of the Americas that had macro-historical importance." Well put +1
Apr 2	comment	What was the most important cause of the Second World War? So what you are saying is WW2 was caused by expansionism and nationalism (just like WW1) right? Good answer. +1
Apr 2	comment	What was the most important cause of the Second World War? Really? I never knew that, I'd better brush up on my pre WW2 history again.
Apr 1	comment	What kind of heavy horses did the Manchu use? Oh ya, and at times, infantry weapons were longer, and at times they were shorter, till finally, everyone used guns. Hypothesis, Antithesis, Synthesis.
Apr 1	comment	What kind of heavy horses did the Manchu use? In the west, knights "couched" their lances meaning that they just aimed their lace at the infantry and braced it. Cavalry's power didn't come from the lance, but their ability to smash through the enemy ranks, create a hole, let the infantry exploit it, and run down the routers. In Agincourt, the English won because the French cavalry couldn't get enough momentum from their cavalry to smash enemy lines. Cavalry isn't there to be in a prolonged fight, but instead used as shock troops, meaning that all that mattered was the horse hitting and braking a hole in the enemy ranks.