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Who were the parents of Roman King Romulus?
I've been doing some intense research for a book that I'm writing and I've come to an impasse. I want to know the names of the parents of Romulus. I've made some headway. For one thing he was the ...
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What ways were used by colonials to find minerals in Africa, especially in Tanganyika? [closed]
After the scramble for and partition of Africa, how did they know there were minerals in Tanganyika?
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Why would people join a bloc party?
In the former Soviet Union satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe, apart from the ruling Communist Party, there were bloc parties, to give a façade of democracy. I can understand the interest ...
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What was the purpose of the breastplate rings on samurai armor?
In the Royal Ontario Museum, I found this armor, and was perplexed by the two gold rings that appear on the breastplate. While it seem that something ought to be attached to them, no example of ...
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What were the attitudes of Ancient Greeks toward homosexuality? Was it incentivized, as argued by some scholars? [closed]
Please source any information that you put out. Citations are important when discussing more controversial topics, such as this one.
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American culture changed before world war l [closed]
How did American culture changed society, culturally and economically in the first two decades of the twentieth century, before the United States World War l. Looking at the social, cultural, economic,...
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Did the famous French privateer Surcouf really drop that epic zinger on an anonymous British officer?
It is said that when a British captive officer taunted Surcouf with the words "You French fight for money while we fight for honour", Surcouf replied "Each of us fights for what he ...
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Did Comecon [even] fail to standardize container sizes?
This is from a 1983 NYT article:
Other obstacles to the bloc's growth include a wider railway gauge in the Soviet Union than that in most other countries of Eastern Europe, the absence of modern ...
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Did Liu Bang really kill Madam White Serpent? [closed]
I am reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms and here it is written the following:-
However, according to chatGpt, it is written that White Serpant was not killed by Liu Bang but was trapped by Fahai ...
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What nationality are the soldiers in these WW2 pictures?
These pictures were taken in the immediate post-war, 1945 or 1946 I guess, somewhere in central Europe (Austria, Czech Republic or Poland). I have blurred the faces because the pictures come from a ...
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Is there any evidence that the black community was anticipating election-related violence in the lead up to the Ocoee Race Massacre?
PART I: THE OCOEE MASSACRE
The "Ocoee Massacre", was an incident of race-related violence directed at the black community in Ocoee, Florida on 2 November 1920. I'll briefly summarize the ...
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What was this 1917 shell casing used for?
Bought this shell from an antique store. Would like to know the history behind it, as in what it was used for? (The casing is about 16 and 1/2 inches in length)
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During World War II, did the Luftwaffe try to bomb 10 Downing Street?
If Luftwaffe did, in fact, attempt to bomb 10 Downing Street, why was it unsuccessful?
I know that Britain in general, and London in particular, had an air raid defense system and strict blackout ...
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Medieval towns and noble lordship [closed]
"What is the current state of affairs regarding the relationship between landlords on one hand and the citizens on the other? Pirenne's story seems to be outdated, and Jacques Heers argues that ...
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What was the military age in Romania between the world wars?
In order to understand some facts in my family’s history I am trying to figure out what was the military age in Romania between the world wars.
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Why were male oracles replaced by female oracles?
Joeseph Fontenrose, a renown classicist, writes on Didyma:
It is now certain that after 334 BC, a prophetess spoke the responses
of Apollo Didymeus, as at Delphi a woman received Apollo's inspiration
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Was there an genocide in Kashmir or not? [closed]
There was this movie the Kashmir files and after encountering the rather messianic reaction to it I tried to read about it.
From the Hindus I hear that there was an genocide in Kashmir from the ...
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What exactly is said on the ancient stone tablet found in a city-state (probably Troya) [closed]
It is kept in the Archeological Museum in Istanbul. It includes the law that guarantees the safety and reward of the person, who would kill the tyrant at the citizens' request. Any source or ...
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What were the differences between the Chinese People Volunteer Army (CPVA) and Korean People's Army (KPA), during the Korean War? [closed]
When I looked through so many photos on google of the Chinese Soldiers and North Korean Soldiers during the Korean War, I cannot tell the difference between the Communist allies in combat uniform.
Can ...
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If there was truly 3 hours of darkness in Roman empire following the crucifixion, would we expect some sort of record to survive of this happening?
In the synoptic Gospels it is claimed that 3 hours after the crucifixion there was darkness over all the land from noon-3pm along with intense earthquakes in Judea strong enough to split rocks and ...
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What do we know of the conditions the "prominents" were kept in in Nazi concentration camps?
Blum, former prime minister of France was allowed to marry in the camp in which he was imprisoned and this is an example of not merely better food and shelter to improve chances of survival by ...
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Did the liberation of slaves increase crime in the US? [closed]
Are there any proof or instances where crime increased in America after the liberation of slaves?
Usually when people are released from a restrictive circumstance they tend to go for crime either out ...
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In the siege of Osaka, how long did Osaka Castle burn?
I've heard that Osaka castle was burned, and I was curious: How long would it take for a structure like this to burn down? I haven't been able to find any records that say how long Osaka Castle ...
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Wondering about this socket bayonet that is 25 and a half inches in overall length
I have a socket bayonet that is 25 and a half inches in overall length. The blade itself is 21 and a half long. The scabbard has an arrow with WD under it,and under 'that' is a crown which under that ...
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Why were Ali al-Rida coins continued to be minted after his death?
In this Iranian website there's the following information:
براساس اسناد تاریخی موجود، سکههای ولایتعهدی امام رضا (ع) در ضرابخانههای مرو، سمرقند، اصفهان، محمدیه (ری)، فارس و نیشابور در فاصله سالهای ...
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What is the exact reign years for Japanese Emperor Keiko, Emperor Seimu, Emperor Chuai, Empress Jingu and Emperor Nintoku?
According to Wikipedia, although starting with Emperor Sujin, they are with a direct possibility of existence, they still presumed legendary until Empress Jingu. However, Kofun Culture (http://www.t-...
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Why were the workers opposed to Hitler becoming the chancellor of Germany near the end of the Weimar republic?
I just started reading " The rise and fall of the third Reich " by Shirer and came across paragraph stating a hundred thousand workers opposed Hitler becoming the chancellor. If Hitler was ...
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What is the earliest documented characterization of Hitler as "dictator" in Canada's public record?
When did Canadians first label Adolf Hitler as a "dictator" ?
The CBC Article Rise of Hitler documents that former Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King visited Germany's Chancellor Adolf ...
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Animation video where invaders keep putting a peasant in different clothes [closed]
I've been trying to find a video from some time ago where the history of someplace (I think it was Estonia) was tongue-in-cheek summarized by a peasant standing in front of his cottage, and several ...
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War deaths in France, 1919/1920
In the Sant Sernin basilica in Toulouse there is a monument to local people who died fighting for France, just like a lot of similar monuments in other parts of France (image here, description here). ...
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Why does the Spanish Military Medical Corps use the Amalfitan Cross?
The Cuerpo Militar de Sanidad of the Spanish Armed Forces uses the Amalfitan Cross (often known as the Maltese Cross) in its emblem. Why?
According to Paloma Garrido González, the Cross was first ...
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Did Rasputin ever make false predictions to the royal family?
Rasputin is famous for the many predictions he has made or is alleged to have made to the royal family as well as to other members of the nobility, predictions that turned out to be true.
This ...
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What was the ethnic composition of the Castilian army and Muslim Spain (al-Andalus) army in Middle Ages? [closed]
I have been searching for the ethnic composition of the armies of the Iberian Christian kingdoms (mainly Castile) during the middle ages but I couldn’t find any source mentioning anything about it. I ...
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What's the point of the transept?
(If there is a different, more suitable stack exchange site, let me know.)
I recently visited Bourges cathedral, which does not have a transept, and the interior seemed much cleaner than the usual ...
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Were regular citizens of the Republic of Venice permitted to own and carry arms/weapons?
I've been researching about Venetian warfare and came across this website which inspired me to ask the question. According to this website (of perhaps questionable repute), the following is stated:
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What's the first mention of امّان and سومالی in Persian texts?
I am Iranian. As you know the country has been influenced very much by Islam and Arabic language since the conquer of Sassanid Empire by Muslim Arabs. Even the Persian alphabet wasn't prone to the ...
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What relationship did the former colonies of the German Empire come to have with East Germany after it was created?
West Germany apparently paid the pensions of the African troops Vorbeck had meant to give them, which made me wonder what East Germany ended up doing with the former colonies of the German Empire? ...
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What was the meaning behind these lip make-ups in Ancient China?
I was reading luxurymakupbrushes.com and saw multiple methods Ancient Chinese women did for wearing lipsticks.
But what was the meaning behind each? Were them used to differentiate each woman based on ...
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Did the Romans ever get the idea to pardon Jesus or expunge the conviction when they adopted it as the state religion in 380, Edict of Thessalonica?
Given the premise of Jesus as being an innocent man being wrongfully convicted, wouldn't the very legally minded Romans or other jurists have the idea that the government should delete the conviction ...
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At the beginning of the 20th century, how did Austria-Hungary and Russia's foreign policies conflict in the Balkans?
I'm reading The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark. Either I missed something or it was omitted, but I don't understand how Russia and Austria-Hungary's foreign policies ...
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Was reincarnation part of the early Christian church?
I am interested in learning more about whether reincarnation was a part of early Christian church dogma, and how that belief may have evolved or survived as the church splintered into multiple sects. ...
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Did enslaved persons take their owner's surnames?
My last name is Stokes. And I've noticed that there is a large amount of African Americans that have the same last name. Years ago I watched a documentary that mentioned that usually slaves would take ...
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Did Stalin describe Beria as his Himmler?
The Wikipedia article on Lavrentiy Beria states:
At the Yalta Conference, Stalin introduced Beria to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt as “my Himmler”.
However, the only reference given there is an ...
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How were Soviet-Afghanistan War casualties distributed between the Soviet Republics? Were they disproportionately non-Russian?
It's frequently asserted that the impact of the Soviet-Afghanistan War disproportionately fell on Soviet Republics outside Russia, as non-Russians were overrepresented in the Red Army. The resultant ...
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What was the Ancient Egyptian's word for eleventh or twelfth?
I am researching the 12 hours of the ancient Egyptian night, and the spiritual journey through the duat. I have been able to find the ordinal numbers for the first hour through tenth hour online, tpj (...
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Was Wahshi Wahshi ibn Harb's real name?
I was reading the Wikipedia article for Wahshi ibn Harb.
Wahshi ibn Harb ("The Savage, Son of War"), also known as Abu Dusmah was a former slave of Jubayr ibn Mut'im before becoming a ...
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Are these Polish WWI or WW2 uniforms? And any idea on the shorter gentleman's military decoration (cross?) on left shoulder?
Can anyone identify these uniforms and the military decoration that looks like an x or a cross on the shorter gentleman?
The shorter gentleman is my great-grandfather. The only information I have is ...
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What is the origin of these assertions about The Palaces of Qin shih Huang?
Qin Shih Huang built replicas of the palaces of the six kingdoms he conquered. He also built or started building a giant palace near his capital city and as many as 270 palaces in a ring around his ...
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Can anyone help me identify this uniform? Please help!
I do believe he was part of the Italian military, maybe someone can help me out please.
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Did Seattle prostitutes call themselves "Seamstresses"?
In Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, "ladies of negotiable affection" are referred to as "Seamstresses", and are part of the "Seamstresses' Guild", despite not ...
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