What was agriculture like in the 19th century? The farmers would grow a variety of crops and what crops were grown depended on where the farmer lived. Most of the farmers would grow tobacco, wheat, barley, oats, rice, corn, vegetables, and more. The farmers also had many different kinds of livestock, such as chicken, cows, …
Does anyone know anything about medieval instant pottage?
What was pottage made of in medieval times? Pottage is a type of vegetable stew or porridge made up of ingredients on hand. The main components were vegetables like carrots, cabbage, turnips and rutabagas, and a variety of grains in a milk or broth “stew”. Meat, bacon jelly or eggs could be added. Herbs were …
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What were the Jurchen tribes/confederations in the 11th-12th centuries?
What is Jurchens in world history? The Jurchen were a subject tribespeople in the north-eastern part of China with the most important clan being the Wanyan. The Jurchen were descendants of both the nomadic Tungus Malgal peoples and the remnants of the defunct Balhae (Parhae) kingdom of Manchuria and northern Korea. They spoke the Tungusic …
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Was operation “Wandering Soul” any bit successful?
How successful was Operation Wandering Soul? And so as an effective anti-morale tool, Operation Wandering Soul was a success. Top Image: Unearthly shrieks in the night proved an effective psychological weapon. What was Operation Wandering Soul summary? Operation Wandering Soul was a propaganda campaign and psychological warfare effort exercised by U.S. forces during the Vietnam …
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Who first combined the lateen and square sails that led to the carrack?
Who invented the first carrack? Portuguese The carrack first appeared, historians believe, in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. The Spanish and Portuguese developed a particular type of ship to trade in the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic. Who developed the carrack ship? The Portuguese had designed the caravel (caravela) in the mid-15th …
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How did the Apollo-Soyuz test project affect the relationship between the USSR and USA during the cold war?
Why was the Apollo-Soyuz project important to the Cold War? The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project marked a brief thaw in the Cold War and the first time that the two rivals cooperated in a manned space mission. What were the effects of Apollo-Soyuz? For some historians, the Apollo-Soyuz mission marked the formal end of the space …
How popular was Mozart in France before WWII and after it?
How did music change after WWII? At the end of WWII, themes in music shifted from soldiers’ experiences at war to coming home, marrying their sweethearts, and returning to civilian life. The music itself also shifted, with crooners such as Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra replacing the Big Bands of years past. How popular was …
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During the Great Depression in America, was there an increase in popularity of Communism?
When did communism become more popular? As one of the many types of socialism, communism became the dominant political tendency, along with social democracy, within the international socialist movement by the early 1920s. During most of the 20th century, around one-third of the world’s population lived under Communist governments. When was communism most popular in …
Context for peace between UK and Germany around the Fall of France
Why did France and Britain fight against Germany? Britain and France declared war on Germany in September 1939 in response to the invasion of Poland. What caused tension between Britain and Germany? Britain declared war on Germany on August 4th 1914, but rivalry between the two countries had been growing for years. Germany resented Britain’s …
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What is the meaning of this short passage in Thomas Carlyle’s ‘French Revolution’?
What did Thomas Carlyle think of the French Revolution? Carlyle believed that the excesses of the French Revolution were a divine judgment upon a selfish monarchy and nobility. His work contains many outstanding set pieces and character studies, including those of General Lafayette and Robespierre. What did Thomas Carlyle write about? Carlyle’s three-volume history of …