Was reading about all the wars and revolutions that occurred in Asia after WW2 ended so figured that a place like Japan that was devastated and had little prospects which now hard millions of unemployed veteran soldiers would fine a opportunity in said wars. So we're Japanese soldiers involved in any meaningful way? And id appreciate any books suggestion related to the topic.

Did Grenadiers actually use a Grenades in Napoleonic Wars or its just a name.

The the various groups, their alliances - it all gets pretty confusing, pretty quickly. Can someone make an ELI5.

Edit: I should say that the issue seems so complicated that even an “ELI5” would probably need to be quite in depth.

Is any of these atrocities committed by the British in the film accurate? If not, did anything similar like this actually happen?

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I'm doing an assignment about noblewomen in the middle ages, but I can't find any good photos that depict challenges they faced (I've mainly focused on the sexism and the clothing with my part, it's a group project), nor do I know where to look for them. Can someone help me please! Thank you

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I'm rereading guns, Germs, and Steel for a history podcast I run. I distinctly remember being skeptical of his claims that disease was as foundational to western dominance as Jared Diamond seems to think. Was this thought of as bunk at the time? Where has scholarship gone in the nearly 2 decades since?

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Could any of you recommend more recent works?

From Mein Kampf it seems like he considers it a fairly minor accomplishment - he served because he was emotionally compelled to, and he wasn't superior to anyone because he risked his life for Germany or suffered a gas attack and lost eyesight for ~2 weeks. Not that he was especially brave or distinguished in his short career, but in the US today even the lowliest private is respected for their service. Did he mention this a lot as the leader of the Nazis? Was it common knowledge and a political advantage for him?

when did the people in italy stop speaking latin, and start speaking italian?

Is there an extant account written by him?

If it exists and is not easy to find In English translation - what was the gist of the account?

For example in books or stained glass windows, people have big, pointy faces and thin limbs, whereas most Greek/Roman statues or reliefs look very life-like.

She was the daughter of King Louis the Young and dowager Byzantine Empress. Apparently she and Theodore Branas carried on a relationship for years before marrying, at the insistence of the Latins in the Fourth Crusade. What reason could they have had for not marrying?

Edit: I have no idea how that camera got in there

-I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as Assistant Surgeon. The regiment was stationed in India at the time, and before I could join it, the second Afghan war had broken out. On landing at Bombay, I learned that my corps had advanced through the passes, and was already deep in the enemy’s country."

Could someone please explain the chain of events in this story, and suggest further reading so I can ? Which college would the narrator have gotten his degrees? How old would someone be if they'd just graduated med school and entered the army? What was Netley? What system would have assigned John Watson, the narrator, to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers?

For example, dionysius' roman antiquities is somewhere around 2000 years old - presumably there were copies made and we have copies, but where can someone learn about the history of our primary sources?

I’m watching downtown abbey as a distraction from quarantine. I’m only on episode one, but as an African American who majored in history but focused mainly on ancient history and African American history, I’m curious about the differences in England.

I recently saw a graph that showed that only 8,000 Africans were brought to England throughout the entire Atlantic slave trade. It’s a small number compared to the west, but a much smaller nation. I also think I remember reading that slavery was outlawed much earlier than in the States.

So, how much did slavery impact England? How did people treat slaves vs. servants and how did prospects differ for both groups once/if “freed?” Did slaves and servants get along, or did servants feel superior?

Any resources you can refer that go beyond simple explanations but really examine this in-depth?

If this is explored later in the series for those who have watched, how accurate is the portrayal?

Thank you!

This may be the wrong place for this post, please re-direct me if so.

I am writing an essay on Mizrahi Jews, early Zionism and the use of Arabic. It's the last essay I have to write for my MA and I'm finding the concept extremely nebulous as I prefer practical and process-driven research, whereas this assignment is theoretical...

The question (as set by the lecturer) is "to what extent (if at all) could widespread knowledge of Arabic among Zionists in Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine ease the Arab-Zionist discord until 1936?" however, the question can be changed. Basically the topic is Arabic language, early Zionism and Middle Eastern Jewish thinkers.

I'm not asking anyone to write this! I'm just really struggling to understand how I would go about researching and writing the essay: how can I say how something could have altered something in the past???

With my other essays, there has been a really clear route to writing and understanding the topic but I am totally lost in this instance.

How did the CCP justify this diplomatic move in their internal communications, when the Cultural Revolution was still purging moderates? Were there accusations of hypocrisy from some of the more extreme Maoists opposing this rapprochement?

Was it sold to the population in a certain way to avoid contradiction, or was this just another Orwellian example of an authoritarian government reversing course and expecting people to ignore the contradictions?

I know little about the Taiping Rebellion in China, but I know it involved sieges and eventually starvation. What essential foodstuffs ran out, and what would have constituted a famine food for those involved in the conflict?