It is taken as a fact in many books and specialized publications that the Maya calendrical system -the Haab and the Tzolkin- was more accurate and closer to the real solar year than the gregorian calendar (365.21 days compared to 365.25 days). But how is this really so? In all the studies I've re...

The time period I'm working with is the 1890s, and try as I might I'm really struggling to find the details I need, specifically how long it would take to travel from London to Leipzig at that time. Also, I'd love to know what kind of accommodation would a middle-class person have expected on th...

I'm studying to be an Anthropologist and I've always had this question but I cannot get a definitive answer. Almost every ancient civilization I have studied, whether it be in the Old or New World had some sort of religion. Why did all of them think that there was a higher power or powers? Why is...

This is an extremely specific question, but I can find no resource that suggests that he went by Eric Blair except in his family life. I am curious if he introduced himself as Orwell at gatherings, or in private life on the street. Perhaps there is a letter or biography that I'm unaware of tha...

When did President Franklin Roosevelt announce he was running again for a 3rd term? And was there any shock or outrage at this? I noticed the Vice President, John Garner, actually ran against FDR in the primary. That's what led to Henry Wallace on the ticket. I also noticed that the Republican c...

I am hoping to narrow my search for this family crest from two caskets A pair of Edo Period Hokai Kaiawase Lacquer Chests. Edo period Family Mon]1

People said that China lose war because of opium and that's why drugs should be criminalized. The problem with that argument is that China does not legalize opium. To the opposite. It's opponent, the british, legalize opium and won. If anything, that results suggest that legalization make count...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouting Was this not known in Europe?

I am in charge of making a presentation in powerpoint about a female that did something important, i was choosen to talk about Cleopatra, I did make some introduction about when she was born, when her father died and about her brother that exiled her after marrying her ( to take complete control ...