What made people dislike or even hate jews? Did jews commit unmoral or questionable deeds in these societies?

It puzzles me that Alexander managed to move so fast from one recently conquered territory to the next target.

How did he have the courage of leaving his back exposed as he advanced, his escape route?

Yes he left garrisons here and there, he appointed viceroys sometimes from among the local population but that doesn't explain it.

Romans had trouble securing their back anytime they had an incursion in new territory, take Gaul and Britannia as examples or even Trajan's conquest in Mesopotamia. Heck, they tried to pacify some regions for decades and barely managed.

So how did he do it?

We all know about how the Europeans reacted to the discovery of the Americas quite a bit. But say, how did the Muslims in the Ottoman Empire or the Ancient Chinese view the Native Americans. I'm pretty sure that if Europeans could ship Africans to the New World, it could also happen vice-versa.

There's a sea separating them and the rest of Scandinavia, but they're connected to Germany by land. Why are they Scandinavian and relatively not very German?

Why is that we feel the need to erase each comment and stifle conversation completely? Often times there could be good discussion happening between normal people in the comments about historical topics, whether they're a historian or just a casual history fan. Isn't that a good thing? We can still have comprehensive responses that answer the question and upvote them to the top. But censoring and deleting every normal history fan's comments just turns people off from this sub. Half the time an answer never arises to a good question because the simple answers are deleted and a historian never gets around to responding to the question. I am sure there are others here that would agree with me. We should encourage discussion not censorship.

Given the extreme intensity of certain battles, such as the Normandy Landings, were soldiers given time to rest/take stock before going back into action?

I guess my question is based around the welfare of the troops who had just survived an unbelievable battle and if they were straight back into action or not. Thanks.

I know that because Native Americans were unexposed to small pox many of them died of the epidemic which came about from Columbus’ arrival in America. However, since Columbus wasn’t the first European to discover America, and the Vikings arrived hundreds of years before him (albeit in different locations), why wasn’t there some level of inoculation for Native populations against diseases like Small Pox? Were there massive deaths from disease amongst the Native populations who met the Vikings as well?

One of the most common misconceptions we learn in elementary school is that medieval plate armour was very cumbersome and inflexible. A great many modern experiments, such as those which can be commonly seen on YouTube, show that this is absolutely not the case. This got me wondering — what about hygiene? Was medieval hygiene really as abysmal as we’ve been commonly led to believe? Or was it actually better in some cases, or even fairly so overall?

Is it true that the US pilots aimed for the rising sun on the deck of the japanese carriers or is this just a popular myth ?

Thank you in advance for any answers you can provide and thank you for this community as a whole!

Looking for something pretty in depth as I have read quite a few books that cover her story just not from her point of view. I am hoping to find something somewhat neutral. So preferably not something that either demonizes or hero worships her. I am aware that no biography could be totally neutral but as close as possible would be good. Thanks in advance for all suggestions.

Dear Historians.

Picture Europe in the Middle Ages. An international market takes place with local merchants and international buyers from all over the world. A disagreement arises between seller and buyer.

What is the dispute resolution system? Who solves/judges the issue?

I would think it would be something speedy - the buyer has to return home and going through the national jurisdiction would take time...

I've been trying to research early arbitration systems but not finding much. Would appreciate any leads for further reading!

Many thanks!

I read this a while back and my memory on it is incredibly fuzzy so I apologize that there's not much to go off of. I remember reading that, during the middle ages, some nation in Eastern Europe went to war with a different nation and as a form of punishing that nation and to hurt them economically, they poked out people's eyes with a hot iron. Does anyone know what war this was? How common were such practices? Were they effective?