What made Ivan "the terrible" so terrible? - Quora

Answer: As other answers have noted, "the terrible" is a bit of a mistranslati.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest What made Ivan "the terrible" so terrible? Greg Blandino 102.8k views As other answers have noted, "the terrible" is a bit of a mistranslation, although at the time "terrible" had a different meaning than it does today. But Ivan IV did some t...  Read More » At Normandy in WWII, how did they decide who stood in the front of the landing craft? Iain Russell 18.6k views After the first wave, there’s a good chance the MG nests would have other things to do. And if the guys at the front were getting it, chances are the guys behind him were g...  Read More » Is President Obama guilty of treason? Ashton Rooks, Licensed Health Insurance Agent; BA in Political Science 88.4k views Well... he hasn't taken up arms against the United States. He routinely bombs enemies of the United States and has arguably violated the sovereignty of another country to p... Read More » What is America like with all those guns around? Alan Shepherd 74.1k views Im Alan Shepherd, reporting from WARZONE AMERICA! I wake up in the morning to the sharp sound of gunshots! Crap, my window shattered! I had insurance anyway… I quickly don my...  Read More » In the Brexit voting, how did Leave defeat Remain? Paul Johnson 40.2k views There’s a huge number of reasons. Remain ran a pretty bad campaign, a lot of which centered on insulting it’s opponents. The truth is, even people who are unquestionably ra...  Read More » Is the potato paradox true or is the math wrong? Joshua Engel 291.2k views Yes, it's true. Go ahead and do the experiment, if you want. Get a penny and 99 beans. The penny corresponds to the potato solids; the beans correspond to the water; each ... Read More » If Pearl Harbor never happened would Germany have won the war? Khalid Elhassan, Eclectic Rabbit Hole 44.3k views No. If the US hadn’t joined WW2, the Soviets would have still defeated Germany. It would have taken perhaps up to a year longer, but the end result would have been German d...  Read More » How did Japan become wealthy? Avery Morrow, Research Student in Religious Studies 181.9k views Because of this guy. Fukuzawa Yukichi graces the 10,000 yen note in Japan even today. He and other great minds like him translated Western classics of politics and economics...  Read More » If an Abrams tank fought with 20,000 Spartans, who would win? Basil Lucas, Attorney at law, living in Athens, Greece. 64.6k views Spartans. Even if we set aside the logistics factor (fuel, ammo, supplies for the crew et.c.), 20.000 heavily trained warriors would be too difficult to defeat, even for a m...  Read More » What do Iraq and Afghanistan veterans think of the movie "The Hurt Locker"? Jon Davis, Writer and Blogger on Military, Veterans, and Middle Eastern Affairs. 57k views I wanted to make it clear that to veterans, The Hurt Locker is one of the worst movies about war ever made. It's simply a really terrible film. If you combine the over the ...  Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Choose which emails we send you through Email Settings or Unsubscribe.