Easy/Brief/Foolish Historical past Questions Saturday!
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Are there more examples of the funny graffiti found at Pompeii, not just in the Roman empire but worldwide
After he defeated Prussia, Austria, and Russia. Why did Napoleon not restore the Poland-Lithuanian commonwealth?
Can anyone recommend a good book on the overthrow of the Shah in Iran? I know pretty much nothing about the time period, except for watching the HBO documentary.
I started reading “In the Name of Rome” by Adrian Goldsworthy. What are some other good books or lectures about the ancient Roman military?
Were flaming arrows and those big, spiky wooden balls they always set on fire, really used in battle?
It seems like every medieval battle in movies has flaming arrows being sent at the enemy and those big fiery, spiky things rolling thru the battlefield.
Where did the rumours that Margaret thatcher was 1/4 Ugandan originate?
Even when asked in the commons she didn’t deny it.
Perhaps it was a mere rumour around the area I grew up. Any help would be great!
Noticed a similar pattern after finishing ‘The Last Kingdom’ while being Reconquista buff
Wessex/Asturias
Alfred the Great/Pelagius
Vikings/Moors
Danelaw/Calphate of Cordoba
—>England/Spain
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Was the Chinese currency named after the Yuan dynasty?
Would there be any way for a black person in France to have any form of status in the mid to late 1700s? (Auvergne, France, in case the area of France matters.)
What happened to the Omani holdings in Persia ?
What was the most successful propaganda campaign in history?
4.000 year old stones of flint [found](https://www.tv2east.dk/stevns/arkaeologer-goer-helt-specielt-fund-stadig-knivskarpt-efter-4000-aar-i-jorden) in Denmark.
Where does the image of pirate with parrot originates? When did it become a trope?
How can I learn more about what my relatives did in the U.S. military during WWII? Growing up I was very close with two of my great-grandfathers, both of whom served in WWII. Both passed when I was a teenager. I know a little about what one of them did in the war, and almost nothing about the other one (he didn’t talk about it.) I’d like to learn more about what my great-grandfathers did during the war, but I’m not sure where to start.
What is the word for when medieval peasants were forced to work for periods of time? Governments would enlist them and force them to help construct infrastructure.