Monster Truck

1,154 reputation

214

bio	website	mounthelicon.wordpress.com
	location	Rally grounds
	age	93
visits	member for	1 year, 2 months
	seen	Jun 15 at 13:28
stats	profile views	21

Hello world,

My name is not Monster Truck II and I was not born in 1920. But here is something about me that I feel comfortable sharing. I studied physics and computer science at college and enjoy reading (history, politics, and economics) and listening to music.

Here is my bookshelf:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/20250758-monster?order=a&shelf=non-fiction&sort=position

	1,154 reputation	bio	website	mounthelicon.wordpress.com	visits	member for	1 year, 2 months
214 badges		location	Rally grounds		seen	Jun 15 at 13:28

summary answers questions tags badges favorites bounties reputation activity

165 Actions

suggestions reviews revisions comments badges posts accepts all

Jun 15	comment	In the British empire, what was the difference between a Governor General and a Viceroy? @TomAu Sources should go into the main post IMHO.
Jun 1	comment	What is this paper? coins.delcampe.com/page/item/… works.
Jun 1	comment	What are legitimate methods and sources? @Carlo_R. I disagree. I think meta should be for discussions about the site itself.
May 28	comment	Did the pope try to suppress the number zero? This should be posted on skeptics.
May 27	comment	Did the Eastern Roman Empire materially contribute to the fall of the Western Roman Empire? @Sally I did try to find it but sadly no. In fact, most reliable history sources that I have found in my experience are almost always in papers (if not stone!). Edward Gibbon (negative bias), Judith Herrin (romantic bias), and Will Durrant (Caesar and Christ; quite outdated), all three allude to this phenomenon.
May 27	comment	Did the Eastern Roman Empire materially contribute to the fall of the Western Roman Empire? Actually, Judith Herrin writes about Eastern Emperors using skilled diplomacy to route invaders to the west.
May 26	comment	Government started within another government en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt_(Roman_province) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Raj en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea_(Roman_province)
May 26	comment	What was the legal framework in Ancient and Medieval India? I have up voted your answer but I am still looking for more info so I will not mark this as "Accepted". Specifically, what happened around the Medieval period when Northern India entered its Islamic phase?
May 26	comment	Government started within another government Egypt (under Romans), Judea (under Romans), the numerous princely states of India (under British Raj) and many more such examples…
May 26	answered	Alexander, Olympias, and Zeus in Giulio Romano's painting
May 26	accepted	British colony in Berlin
May 25	comment	Ancient statue I found near my place Judging my the quality and the location of the find I feel that museums will definitely want to lay their hands over this artwork. A large sum of money awaits you!
May 24	comment	British colony in Berlin @FelixGoldberg Quite likely (give the title dean). But always best to confirm.
May 24	asked	British colony in Berlin
May 20	comment	Why didn't the Arab states industrialize? @T.E.D. On target. Yes, that's what I was looking for.
May 18	comment	Why didn't the Arab states industrialize? Someone somewhere on this site once remarked that one not ask why did country X not industrialise but rather why did Europe industrialise. Cannot find a link to that comment though.
Apr 7	awarded	Yearling
Feb 21	comment	What was the legal framework in Ancient and Medieval India? How was justice delivered/ensured? Say I had a dispute over land ownership did I go to a city official?
Dec 19	awarded	Nice Question
Dec 10	comment	Qin's use of the number six Mr. Keay and I conversed this weekend and together concluded that cun is the right answer. Will explain more in a separate answer as the way we concluded is important but I think you deserve the credit for the correct answer.