What is the earliest form of social stratification? Division of Labor and Job Specialization Division of labor in agricultural societies led to job specialization and stratification. People began to value certain jobs more highly than others. The further someone was from actual agriculture work, the more highly he or she was respected. What is evidence …
Did anyone in Spain support the return of Alfonso XIII?
Who supported Spain in the Spanish Civil War? Children raise their fists to give the Republican salute during the Spanish Civil War. Republicans, supported by the Soviet Union, supported the democratically elected government of Spain, while the Nationalists, supported by Nazi Germany, supported the military junta that overthrew it. The Nationalists won. Why was Alfonso …
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During Iranian Hostage Crisis, were shredded documents reassembled by children?
Can shredded documents be put back together? If a document has been shredded, it is possible to reconstruct it, but it isn’t necessarily an easy undertaking. It also depends on the amount of technology that you have available. Putting a shredded document together is a long, arduous process, but advances in technology have made it …
Works of “Longue Durée” history in English
What is longue durée of history? Longue Durée, or long term, is an approach to history writing pioneered by historians of the Annales school such as Fernand Braudel. It focusses on events that occur nearly imperceptibly over a long period of time, on slowly changing relationships between people and the world. What does longue durée …
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What systems of opression did colonial South America utilized to acculturate indigenous peoples, compared to the ones used in North America?
What effects did European colonization have on Native Americans in North America? The European colonization of North America had a range of effects on the Native Americans such as starvation, loss of land and culture, disease, and slavery. When the first colonist began to colonize America, they brought with them many diseases. What ways were …
Can anyone tell me anything about this sword?
What type of sword does Geralt use? “Geralt (in the show) is armed with a fairly short longsword, a fantasy equivalent to a form of the sword that might have existed around 1400 A.D.,” Mele said, “two-handed hilt on a blade no longer, or not much longer, than a one-handed sword, creating a weapon that …
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What was the most popular food staple among civilians during World War II?
What was the most popular food in ww2? Meat (March 1940) was first, followed by fat and eggs, cheese, tinned tomatoes, rice, peas, canned fruit and breakfast cereals.Dec 12, 2022 What were popular foods during World War 2? At first, the meals were stews, and more varieties were added as the war went on, including …
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Is there any Historical Evidence for a Co-Regency of Tiberius and Augustus?
Why is Tiberius historically significant? Tiberius had a brilliant military career and with his younger brother Drusus helped carry out the expansion of the Roman empire along the Danube and into modern day Germany (16 BC – 7 BC, 4 AD – 9 AD). Are Tiberius and Augustus the same person? Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus …
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Why did the Tripartite Pact take so long to sign?
Tripartite Pact, agreement concluded by Germany, Italy, and Japan on September 27, 1940, one year after the start of World War II. It created a defense alliance between the countries and was largely intended to deter the United States from entering the conflict. Why did the Tripartite Pact fail? First, there existed a wide gap …
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Need song or quote from Christmas Truce of 1914
What song is about the 1914 Christmas truce? Christmas in the Trenches “Christmas in the Trenches” is a ballad from John McCutcheon’s 1984 album Winter Solstice. It tells the story of the 1914 Christmas Truce between the British and German lines on the Western Front during the Great War from the perspective of a fictional …
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