From Hathway and Shapiro (2017): The Allies supervised the drafting of new constitutions for each of the Axis powers and enshrined the prohibition on war into each state’s own governing documents. Article 26 of Germany’s Basic Law provided that “Acts tending to and undertaken with intent to dist...

I am working on a novel that takes place in England during the Regency Era (1811-1836, the era right before the Victorian Era). I was wondering if you know if the name 'Valerie' or 'Valeria' existed in the Regency Era or maybe the Georgian Era? I am thinking about naming one of my characters as V...

In Josephus' famous work on the subject, the First Jewish-Roman War is depicted as lasting a full number of years,1 inasmuch as it is presented as starting in the month of Artemisius (II Wars 14:4), and ending in Xanthicus (VII Wars 9:1), with the siege of Masada. Furthermore, a plain reading o...

In 1971, the USSR (and satellites) voted in favor of UN Resolution 2758, which recognized the People's Republic of China (PRC) as "the only legitimate representative of China to the United Nations" (voting). Why did the USSR do so, given the hostilities between them and the PRC?

In the book Sapiens, Yuval N. Harari mentions that after Agricultural Revolution the child mortality has plummeted because of malnutrition. While I can see how eating only carbohydrate-based products leads to malnutrition, I'd be curious about how are these data gathered. I've tried searching for...

I know countries can still buy USD on open forex market. But has US ever officially de-coupled USD with another country? Hong Kong’s dollar peg faces new scrutiny as security law looms | Financial Times Washington’s decision to strip the territory of its special trading privileges, in retaliatio...

The last few years, I've watched a number of live video streams from Asia. From Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, South Korea, Japan, etc. In the case of South Korea and Japan, I'm not at all surprised by large and fancy malls and stuff like that. However, I didn't think they had such thi...

Since the definition of cat falls under the name Felidae I will specify my question to the domesticated cat (Felis catus). These days almost all domesticated cats have a name given to them by their owner/fellow being. Since my last question was about the oldest dog name and got a very well refere...

Austria (unlike Prussia) "rebelled" against Napoleon during the War of the Fifth Coalition. After putting down this country (but not Spain, Portugal, and the U.K.), Napoleon allowed the Empire to keep most of its possessions, instead of breaking it up. Austria lost its coastal regions in the late...

In the 20th century, many monarchies were either abolished or made "strictly ornamental" and their countries were democratized. Has there ever been a case of the public opting to re-instate or re-empower the monarchy? Or has a monarchy ever retaken power in a democracy? I'm mostly curious about T...