The word 'manuscript'. Somewhere I read 'Manu' is a Latin word which means 'hand'. How this word could be Latin as it originated in India or say Ancient India?

Through history, many places got renamed, often by totalitarian, ultra-nationalistic or communist regimes. Most of this renaming happened past 1918 under the influence of Wilsonian self-determination, where people would eliminate traces of "foreign" imperialism. As far as I know Zabrze is unique...

Most if not all of the present Muslim countries & regions close to Europe (or in Europe, e.g. parts of Spain, parts of the Balkans) in North Africa and the Middle East became Muslim as a result or in relation with their territories being first conquered by a Muslim military force, namely the Arab...

Please forgive my ignorance of the cultures extant in the Eurasian steppe at this time, but I was wondering how the military tactics of steppe-cultures changed in response to the massed musket tactics employed by Europeans during the 18th and 19th Centuries? I'm aware that the cultures of the Eu...

When does money appear as a replacement for the first time and in what area of the world? Is the appearance of money related to the institution of property?