The Lighthouse in A Corunna, Spain is one of the oldest surviving Lighthouses in the world dating to the time of The Roman Emperor Trajan-(early 100's AD/CE). If one looks at a map of A Coruna, Spain, one can see how such a location was prime for commerce among the Roman Atlantic colonies; from t...

It's commonly accepted that East Asian people invented the crossbow. However, it seems they had crossbows that shoot bullets as well. As an example, Jing Fang uses this description when explaining his model of solar sustem and eclipses: The moon and the planets are Yin; they have shape but no...

In 1962, India and China fought a war in a region east of Bhutan where the two countires shared a border. Am I right? And, in that war, the Indian army was totally outclassed by the Chinese, something even the Indian sources admit. However, there was no attempts from Pakistan --- during the Ind...

There're many questions about why armies of anitquity were bigger than those of medieval times, but most of the answers revolve around empires like Roman or Parthian where the explanation is pretty obvious: different govenrment structure and logistical capabilities. But what about "Barbarian" cu...

Please, I would really like to know. My history teacher will not tell me

As a part of the Treaty of Versailles, and following the results of the two Schleswig plebiscites held in 1920, the northern part of Schleswig (Zone 1) was returned to Denmark while the central part (Zone 2) remained a part of Germany. The map below shows the percentage of people who voted eithe...

Hi sometime ago whilst researching 16th century arrow making ,i read an article on the length of time to produce a complete arrow.My computer crashed before i secured the article,so if anyone can help it would be appreciated.

I am reading Gettysburg The Last Invasion by Guelzo and it is recounted that a captain advised a sergeant to make sure that men who were chronic "playouts" be taken into the fight or killed by the sergeant himself. I assume the term means, men who avoided fighting but can find no such definition....

My limited understanding is that without an extensive police force and good communications, much of what modern people would leave to police was handled directly. If so, were any questions asked of a land owner who killed a poacher or robber or thief? Or was it not only in practice but by law all...

Since cotton was a major crop on farm land, if the price of cotton increased, the price of farm land would also increase. This would increase the demand for farm land and shift it to the right. Would the supply curve of farm land also increase because more individuals would want to sell their lan...

In the 1700s in one-room houses, how public was sex? Would parents try to find a place away from the kids or was it acceptable to simply do it in front of everyone? In what era did the idea of sex being a private affair begin?

The reason why excavations of the Villa of the papyrii in Herculaneum had to end is usually cited to be "gas invading the tunnels". That is a common problem in coal mining. However, vulcanic deposits, unlike coal, do not release toxic gas. What kind of gas to they refer to?

The Monroe Doctrine was a Landmark foreign policy and national security doctrine jointly authored by U.S. President James Monroe and his Secretary of State John Quincy Adams-(who would also become President of the United States years later) during the early 1820's. On the one hand, The Monroe D...

To what extent do you consider these accounts to be reliable? Any example?