What is the history of the Roman ogee shape?
The word ogee has its origin in the French ogive, the pointed arch, or each half of it, consisting of two opposing curves. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities defines it nicely. The curve is visible …
ancient history - Was/is there any culture that didn't understand the ...
5 days ago · This Q is clearly different from the other Q. This Q is about this: "sex was irrelevant to pregnancy. Is this true, is this recorded anywhere in history", i.e. are/were there any cultures that …
How does one find historic prices for goods? - History Stack Exchange
Aug 7, 2024 · I need to find out the typical price of two things - namely bottled water (ie: a plastic individual-size bottle of still drinking water), and, gas-station type road maps - around 1995, in the …
rwanda - What do we know about the pre-colonial nature of Tutsi vs …
Dec 4, 2024 · There was a massive genocide in Rwanda in 1994 when close to a 500k-1M ethnic Tutsis were massacred by ethnic Hutus in the space of three months. (The population of Rwanda is 13M, …
Did Stalin prevent the partitioning of Bulgaria by the western Allies ...
Aug 23, 2023 · AFAIR, the territory controlled by the Western allies reverted to status quo ante bellum -the borders were not modified- with the exception of Yugoslavia seizing Trieste from Italy. OTOH, …
Are there written historical records of ships possibly affected by ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Underwater volcanic activity, although less impressive than its land counterparts, can still trigger interesting phenomena on the surface, like (temporary) islands popping out of nowhere, …
Who coined the term blue hour to refer to the sky after sunset?
Aug 18, 2025 · During twilight, the light emitted by the sky is of a particular hue of blue for several minutes after the sunset (same happens several minutes before sunrise). This period of time has …
Who continued to fight after the Confederacy surrendered?
Dec 16, 2025 · During the American Civil War, when the Confederate army surrendered, there was still fighting going on. Was that still parts of the Confederate army or was that some other Southern thing?
africa - How did the Tutsis win the civil war in Rwanda after 70% of ...
I read an assertion that as high as over 70% of Rwanda's Tutsis were killed in the Rwanda genocide. Yet immediately after the genocide the anti-government Tutsi rebel group NPF successfully defeate...
Why did Frank James (Jesse's brother) get acquitted and how was he ...
Mar 23, 2023 · I don't understand what was in Frank's favor, when Younger spent 25 years in prison. There is this quote from the book The Day Jesse James Was Killed by Carl W. Breihan. Why would …