I was always told my Great-Uncle died during the Great War. When I looked him up on the Commonwealth war graves site his death occurred on 30/11/18 after the end of the war. He is buried in what is now Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan. Were the British Army fighting in that region in this period?

I know we did a year or two later. He served in the 1st Armoured Brigade of the Machine Gun Corp of that helps.

Had the Corn Laws not been repealed in 1846, is it possible that the revolutions of 1848 would have occurred in England as well?

Hi, I’m kinda new. Was looking forward to buy a book. I don’t have a specific idea of what I’m looking for. Anything general is also fine. I have read sapiens, so anything else is welcome.

Only thing I know is "Homage to Catalonia " George Orwells book on fighting in the Spainish Civil War in the middle to late 1930s.

Sixty years before Lewis and Clark explored the Missouri River - the French laid claim to the country when they "buried the lede".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verendrye_Site

https://www.southdakotamagazine.com/verendrye-plate

The Civil Rights Movement always makes compelling reading Taylor Branch’s trilogy on the topic is great especially the 1st book Parting the Waters: America During the King Years 1954-63. Another great book is Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner’s Fierce Rebellion. In this book Stephen B. Oates recounts the most successful American slave rebellion which took place in 1831. A more contemporary account you might enjoy is Ghosts of Mississippi:The True Story by Maryanne Vollers. In this account, Vollers outlines the decades long campaign for justice in the Medger Evers assassination. The 1996 Whoopi Goldberg movie was based on this book.

Probably my favorite all time biography is actually a trilogy by Edmund Morris its his life of Theodore Roosevelt. Volume I The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. This book covers T.R.’s birth until he ascends to the Presidency. Volume 2 Theodore Rex. A work that recounts his years in the White House. Volume 3 Colonel Roosevelt. The concluding volume covers topics like the 1912 Presidential campaign when Teddy campaigned as a progressive candidate, and his later risky River of Doubt exploration. The final book ends with Roosevelt’s death in 1919. I love the entire trilogy but my favorite book is the first one.

Hello, I’m looking for books relating too Mexican history between the First French intervention to the Execution of Maximillian I, can anyone guide me on books relating to that period, I can read in English or Spanish so if there is a good book in Spanish too I’d take those suggestions as well.

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Yeah, we both learned something from this. I didn't realize Alaska extended so far westward either.

We don't even have to go back in time far to explain that. In 1969 a nun at a Catholic all girl's high school in Baltimore was murdered for helping the victims of sexual abuse at her school. Turns out multiple priests were sexually abusing the underage students and prostituting them out to others, and the nun was the only one who listened and wanted to help. No one was ever charged with a crime.

Now imagine it's medieval Europe, there's nowhere to run, and Monsieur Pedo has the power to imprison you and have you tortured.

"You cannot besiege Tyre! We are fortified on an island!"

Alexander: "WE WILL BUILD A BRIDGE TO YOUR ISLAND"

O.O

Yeah, some other redditor sent a link. Still - if they had a permanent hold there, they could have attempted to attack the mainland.

Thank you so much!

I thought it was the mainland, but still I’ve never heard they came this close to the US.

Not the mainland, but several of the islands. Just before the Battle of Midway IIRC.

https://www.nps.gov/places/japanese-occupation-site.htm#:~:text=Japanese%20Forces%20in%20Alaska&text=The%20initial%20Japanese%20landing%20took,5%2C640%20military%20and%201%2C170%20civilians.

I think that was debunked. Syphilis is actually present in all regions, and previously spread throughout eurasia.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3956094/#:~:text=Throughout%20the%20centuries%2C%20syphilis%20has,prevention%20programs%20control%20the%20disease.

I learned a bit reading here. It was more mild according to that write-up, but evolved to become more brutal. Interesting point, it mentions that in Europe it was mistaken for leprosy, so she may have decided to be sealed in due to the similarities in her condition. Hard to say.

Wait…what??

History being, I cannot think of a time ever when it was really that great for a woman. Like how did humans even keep existing? We suck

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Thank you much! I looked it up and it seems exactly what I was looking for, I'll start from that, thanks again.

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And with disease like that, maybe the lifestyle allowed her to at least be taken care of.

Ah you’re right!! I was not sure at all what era he was from originally tbh I just guessing lol so it is totally likely that I misremembered. The class I took that he was mentioned in covered late antiquity all the way to Age of Enlightenment so yeah I was definitely just taking a shot in the dark at the time frame. The fact that you were able to figure out who I was talking about from that is impressive considering I got most of it wrong 🤪

It's been quite a while since I've seen it, but I would guess it was 3-4 inches in diameter, maybe half an inch thick.