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1:29 AM

What a shame when you have a History question but then go do the research and it answers the question so you can't ask it

T.E.D.

@SPavel That's the problem I have with asking questions, yes.

If I can't answer my own question, generally its because its a bad question.

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The Historian

4:29 AM

Q: etymology of rook and the city Uruk

It is well known that the name "rook" in chess is derived from the Persian rukh. Could this possibly have come from the name of the ancient city Uruk?

etymology

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The Historian

4:41 PM

Q: Why were there so many 'carrier killer' Kh-22 anti-ship missiles in Ukraine in the 1990s?

Ukraine is said to have scrapped 423 Kh-22 large anti-ship ('carrier killer') cruise missiles in the 1990s, together with some 60 strategic bombers that could carry & launch these. (This was due to an agreement with the US.) I'm curious what the original Soviet plan for using these missiles was....

military soviet-union naval cold-war ukraine

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The Historian

8:29 PM

Q: Why was England able to field so many soldiers at the Battle of Towton?

The Battle of Towton is one of the less famous engagements in English history - which is surprising, given that it was probably the largest, bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil. Certainly - as an Englishman, using myself as an anecdotal example - the name Towton has far less emotional pu...