
About Shalivahana .... | History Forum
Apr 6, 2025 · It is generally agreed that the mythical emperor Vikramaditya from Indian legends was almost certainly Chandragupta II. I want to understand another mythical ruler, Shalivahana; was he …
Fencing in the past | History Forum
Jan 29, 2025 · Japanese "fencing"? Not really fencing but the title of the bulletin calls it so German Mensur. Otto Skorzeny got his scars from fencing
Most Conservative US Presidents | History Forum
Jul 22, 2016 · List and explain the most conservative of the pre-1990 US Presidents (not necessarily in order, but that'd be nice). We're only considering things they did in office, not before or after. Try and …
Puck, Punch and political cartoons | Page 2 | History Forum
Apr 4, 2020 · I've always smiled at this gem: View of the world from 9th Avenue When I was in college in the early 80s in Pittsburgh, many of the metro New Yorkers had this poster. As a now mature adult, I …
How many signs do Demotic scripts have? - History Forum
May 24, 2020 · Egyptian hieroglyphs had a total of some 1,000 distinct characters Demotic is derived from Hieratic which in turn is the cursive version of Egyptian hieroglyphs. So how many characters …
Anglo-Saxons descendants of Israel. - History Forum
Jan 3, 2018 · Anglo-Saxons – lineal descendants of one of the people which followed Moses. Genetics discovered the Chechens and the Germans common Northern German mitochondrial DNA, that is …
Sima Qian and Sima Yi - History Forum
from chinese surname tree angel, same surname may have same far-ancestor before long long ago, so may you can view sima qian and sima yi are from same surname root, but china have above 10 …
The Compendium of Chronicles - History Forum
Oct 15, 2022 · I want to share the most reliable source on the history of the tribes of Genghis Khan. This book is called "The Compendium of Chronicles." This work was written on the orders of Ghazan …
Roman / Byzantine light border cavalry - History Forum
May 28, 2020 · I had remembered that Byzantines had light cavalry on borders similar to later Hungarian/Croatian/Polish hussars. These were called trapezitoi or tasinarioi. But Wikipedia states …
Question about the Iraqi Army under Saddam Hussein
Apr 17, 2024 · I have been told ''The Iraqi Army, under saddam hussein was structured to put down rebellions, not to conquer territory from it's neighbors.'' How can an army be structured to put down …