History questions not worth their own thread II

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I didn't catch that. You're right, both were purpose-built capital cities, by the Fatimids and Abbasids, respectively.

Basra was another city that begun as a garrison town.

 

[Masada]

It was deliberate on my part. I figured that Cairo was more recognisable than Fustat. I was also to lazy to look up how to spell Kufa.

 

[LightSpectra]

Is it true that the Italians drafted every single male over the age of 18 after the Battle of Caporetto? I find that hard to believe. Wouldn't their economy collapse almost immediately?

 

[ZeletDude]

Why didn't any other nation ever recognize the CSA? And what would of happen if some nation like France or UK actually did?

 

[LightSpectra]

Why didn't any other nation ever recognize the CSA? And what would of happen if some nation like France or UK actually did?

Because that means a declaration of war against the Union, and by proxy, against the Russian Empire (see my other thread). The thought of permanently splitting the U.S. was attractive, and Napoleon and Palmerston considered intervening, but they didn't want to commit to a war to preserve slavery short of a high chance of victory; which was shattered after Vicksburg/Gettysburg.

 

[ZeletDude]

Thanks, I sort of knew that, But that answered the question .

 

[say1988]

Not to mention, Britain was depended a lot more on Union grain than Confederat cotton.

 

[Karalysia]

And cotton was grown in Egypt lessening the importance of the Confederates.

 

[ZeletDude]

Thanks For the Answers !

 

[Heraclius49]

Why didn't any other nation ever recognize the CSA? And what would of happen if some nation like France or UK actually did?

France really wished to intervene, but it they would only do it with the help of other European nations. They did not wish to start any wars with European powers with this issue.

At this time Great Britain was led by a coalition cabinet. The government was effectively paralyzed because any sort of action was opposed by one faction or another. GB came very close to intervening during the Trent Affair.

 

[Louis XXIV]

Not to mention, Britain was depended a lot more on Union grain than Confederat cotton.

Let's not also forget that factory workers went on strike to show their support of the Union (or against the Confederacy and slavery, technically). There were many factors in the UK against intervention.

As I understand it, France was far happier to intervene, they just weren't going to do it without UK support.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

And cotton was grown in Egypt lessening the importance of the Confederates.

That was actually started because of dependency on Confederate cotton, and the loss of that due to the Anaconda Plan. After the war was over, and Southern cotton flooded the market again, a lot of people in Egypt and Tunisia went bankrupt.

 

[Karalysia]

I was under the impression that the growing of cotton (along with attempted industrial development in Egypt) had kicked off much earlier during the reign of Muhammed Ali Pasha.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I was under the impression that the growing of cotton (along with attempted industrial development in Egypt) had kicked off much earlier during the reign of Muhammed Ali Pasha.

I think it was in its infancy before the ACW, then the British dramatically expanded it to cope with the blockade.

 

[Masada]

Is it true that the Italians drafted every single male over the age of 18 after the Battle of Caporetto? I find that hard to believe. Wouldn't their economy collapse almost immediately?

That's what Strachan says. And, he notes that the large number of deserters effectively served as a mobile labour force that helped keep the rural economy working.

 

[LightSpectra]

That's unintentionally hilarious on so many levels.

 

[Masada]

I think Italy's population profile was also significantly younger than the other Western European state. So, it might not have have been as crippling as you might think: 30 per cent under 16 and all that.

 

[privatehudson]

Let's not also forget that factory workers went on strike to show their support of the Union (or against the Confederacy and slavery, technically). There were many factors in the UK against intervention.

True, but on the other hand the Confederacy also enjoyed considerable support in Britain although this was often with people who had a vested financial interest in helping them - owners of blockade runner and ship builders for example. The former were often owned by merchants with little interest in the Confederacy being recognised since they would loose their hefty profits if the blockade had been lifted or loosened.

 

[Quackers]

Why did detente (Cold War) happen?

 

[ParkCungHee]

Also, that's leaving out the maximum.
What in effect this means is that they conscripted everyone coming of age, since they realized that no one was vital to the war effort by the age of 18.