Historic questions

**Zemdu** · August 20, 2010, 09:05 AM

just a little something for you modders

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does nobody have any questions

**Pat89** · August 20, 2010, 10:59 AM

Not that I can directly think of in just one hour

I suppose you want us to ask you questions to see if you know the answer?

Ok, I'll get some questions for you here by HB

**Carados** · August 20, 2010, 11:34 AM

What kind of warfare did the Germanic tribes get involved in during the 3rd Century BC? What were their customs, weapons and armour like? How common was iron to the region? Were the spears sharpened wood, or did they have iron tips? Were swords and iron heads at all common? If so, did they smith them themselves or did they acquire the weapons from elsewhere? If they did it themselves, where did the iron come from? What of cavalry? How good was Germanic cavalry? Where they light missile cavalry, or did they act as heavy cavalry?

**florin80** · August 20, 2010, 01:37 PM

Where was Kang-diz supposedly located?

**Arkaeyn** · August 20, 2010, 07:59 PM

How did the Mayan city-states collapse?

**Maurits** · August 21, 2010, 02:56 AM

What were the ship types used at the start of the Punic Wars, and which important naval developments were done by who? How did these work out? Could you explain to me the terms ''trireme'' and ''quinquireme'', and on which facts these are based? What were the biggest ships in this time, and who used them? Could you tell me why the Batavi Uprising managed to exist for a few years, and why it failed in the end?

**Veliky Kaiser Theos** · August 21, 2010, 04:04 AM

Why did Italia give up on the social wars and settle for a citizenship when the Romans were clearly scared of them?

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Originally Posted by Maurits

What were the ship types used at the start of the Punic Wars, and which important naval developments were done by who? How did these work out? Could you explain to me the terms ''trireme'' and ''quinquereme'', and on which facts these are based? What were the biggest ships in this time.

I'm fairly certain that the Carthaginian quinquiremes were the biggest ships in the West, or maybe the Veneti (North Gallic) ships. In the middle of the first Punic war, the Romans reverse engineered the quinqueremes and used them. In the Eastern Mediterranean there were much bigger ships though.

I think the numeric prefixes are the amount of rows of rowers on each side.

And about the Mayan collapse, I think I've read about irrigation problems having something to do with it, but I have no idea.

**General Strabon** · August 21, 2010, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by JPHILP!

Why did Italia give up on the social wars and settle for a citizenship when the Romans were clearly scared of them?

The Italians have no intentions to die for Rome, and nothing to get for that. They have special taxes and must to give army for every warfare, and haven`t civil rights and right to vote. When Drusus was killed the war escalated.
On other side was Romans. Very hard economic and demographic situation (when, said demographic, I meant on a people with Roman civil rights) was on show from the fall of Carthage. The Romans hated Italians even they save them in many occasion, so they were for the war. At the end of the war, consuls proposed the law which give the civil rights to all Italians south of Padus river.
So, what I can say for that is

. But, this was the only way for Rome to survive. Without this Italians the country won`t have more than two breeds, and will disappear.

**Maurits** · August 21, 2010, 04:38 AM

Shht! Its a test for Zemdu!

**Caligula Caesar** · August 21, 2010, 05:52 PM

I think the Batavian Revolt lasted as long as it did mainly because it coincided with a civil war in the Roman Empire - the Year of Four Emperors. So Rome could not spend that much attention on them at first. They had also fought under Rome as auxilia and so probably knew Roman tactics.

However, once Vespasian came out on top in Rome, they couldn't withstand the full force of the legions.

**Boom S** · August 22, 2010, 12:40 AM

the most historic question at the moment, 'where are the answers ?'

**Zemdu** · August 22, 2010, 04:10 AM

they are here!
The mayan civilasation collapsed becuse of hunger

the climate system they lived in was very unbalanced. im not gonna explain the whole theory (cuase that would take hours) but basicley they built more city and cut down more trees witch made it rain allot more selldom. food became a raraity and finaly they fought against everone else for it

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italy was already united before the punic war

, but i think that you are mostly right Strabon

you are correct the Carthaginians had the biggest ships in the western mediterranian becuase they had used ships the longest and had the resorses to develope them

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that is quite a hard question to answer Carados as we dont have any records of these things and that there have been so few discoveries in germany from 300 bc.
but i guess it wasnt that diffrent

. i now that they didnt fight to conquer but for resorces and reputation
i think that only warlords and great warriors had iron amrour and swords
i also think that about 4/5 of the germanic warriors could afford iron spear points
and as for the culture i think it didnt change that much

tactics:there was only one... charge

i dont think the germans used allot of calvary

most warlords and rich warriors had a horse but they would just ride to the battlefield dismount and attack

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i dont remember what Kang-dis was

keep those questions coming

**Arkaeyn** · August 22, 2010, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by Zemdu

they are here!
The mayan civilasation collapsed becuse of hunger

the climate system they lived in was very unbalanced. im not gonna explain the whole theory (cuase that would take hours) but basicley they built more city and cut down more trees witch made it rain allot more selldom. food became a raraity and finaly they fought against everone else for it

That's the traditionally accepted theory, but it doesn't take into account that the cities which were in more forested areas and in wetter climates collapsed before the ones which should have collapsed if it was merely climate and environmental factors.

**Zemdu** · August 23, 2010, 08:52 AM

hmmm

wich citys do you mean,

cuase I can come up with multible reasons like invasion of other cities and nations and dieseses from the old world

**Delta146** · August 27, 2010, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by Zemdu

tactics:there was only one... charge

This kind of seems like you are saying that all 'barbarians' were bloodthirsty cavemen who would wildly run at the enemy without using any tactics at all.

**Zemdu** · August 27, 2010, 12:59 PM

well history is written by the victor

and in this case the "so called barbarians" couldnt write

(well most of them)

were are the questions?

**Caligula Caesar** · August 23, 2010, 01:21 PM

Why was Stonehenge built?

**kepper** · August 23, 2010, 01:47 PM

To please

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**Boom S** · August 23, 2010, 01:59 PM

I thought it was a takeway for bronto ribs ?

**Zemdu** · August 24, 2010, 08:28 AM

there are multiple theorys and historians still debate about it

I however support two of these

it might be either a religios tempel or a grave of a great king. there have been other sites in great brittania like stonehedge. but none however offer any clues about what they are

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what no more questions ?