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Seeing as how Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire, why didn’t the Greeks retake the city upon regaining their independence from the Ottoman Empire?

Why did they stop where they did considering there were many more cities and Greek people throughout Anatolia? Source

My ancestor John E Godard was fined 60 shillings for supporting the Perkin Warbreck Rebellion at Staple FitzPain in 1499. Can anyone give some context to what that means?

I have done a little research but still don't think I have a grasp on everything. The rebellion was Perkin Warbreck pretending to be an English prince (one of the ones locked in the tower of london). He made multiple attempts and his last one started in Cornwall and ended at Beaulieu Abbey when he…

Did all civilizations tend to use a base-10 number system? Which was the most popular if not? Did any use any weird ones like base-7 or base-3?

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What landing craft were used at D-Day? Just amphibious tractors and DUKWs, or did LVTs participate and support?

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Asked a similar question a few months ago and got no response to that one. Anyways, on Peleliu, the American troops (namely the 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division) landed using copious amounts of naval gunfire support, and close order support from LVT(T)s and LVT(A)s (Landing Vehicle Tracked (Tank/Armored)). Observers to direct the naval gunfire…

Were there Judean laws around the time of Jesus that would have required his siblings to care for their mother after he died?

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So I asked my mom last night if she thought Jesus would have been bullied by his siblings last night as a bit of a joke, and she responded with a huge speech about how Jesus had no siblings. One of the things she kept coming back to was the fact that when Jesus is…

Why did monarchs and nobles marry their cousins?

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Just a little confused as to why the practice was common enough. Would their vassals be related to them, would they commonly marry into the same family to keep an alliance going? Like, imagine if I'm the king. Why marry my cousin when I can marry the daughter of another ruler, of another realm? Sorry…

Seeing as how Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire, why didn’t the Greeks retake the city upon regaining their independence from the Ottoman Empire?

My ancestor John E Godard was fined 60 shillings for supporting the Perkin Warbreck Rebellion at Staple FitzPain in 1499. Can anyone give some context to what that means?

Did all civilizations tend to use a base-10 number system? Which was the most popular if not? Did any use any weird ones like base-7 or base-3?

What landing craft were used at D-Day? Just amphibious tractors and DUKWs, or did LVTs participate and support?

Were there Judean laws around the time of Jesus that would have required his siblings to care for their mother after he died?

Why did monarchs and nobles marry their cousins?

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