Hey guys! I recently read about the Korean War and found out that it played some role in the Cold War in Asia, I would like to know how did this help America in containing communism? If you guys have any sources on finding out more information about the Korean War, I’d love to see them. Much appreciated and thank you for your help!

Hey guys! I recently read about the Korean War and found out that it played some role in the Cold War in Asia, however, I would like to find out the extent to which it actually affected Asia. Any help would be much appreciated!

I was just reading up on Alice Roosevelt. Can anyone tell me what happened after Joanna, her granddaughter and her daughter, Alice Sturm? I’m just curious where this lineage has gone!

Hi all,

Were there any major historical debates revolving around modernisation during the Meiji Restoration? As in what have historians have disagreed and agreed on, or still debate about. Thanks.

I know that this sounds like a stupid question but here me out. Surely something like a phalanx shield would've been very useful during battle. The ammunition at the time probably wouldn't have been powerful enough to pierce hardwood and they also could've been used as makeshift cover in an open field. When you look at historical paintings of 'The Napoleonic Wars' or 'The American Revolution' the soldiers just look like sitting ducks waiting for their turn to get shot and since soldiers didn't have to wear plate armour anymore then surely they could carry a shield of some sort.

Is there some battle that proved that shields were a hinderance and cost an army a battle? Or is it just a weight/resources thing?

French thinking was to force the Germans around to go through Belgium, and then stop them there (the speed of armored warfare wasn't anticipated). Of course it didnt work because the Germans found the Ardennes loophole.

Anyway, why didnt Belgium build their own fortifications? The political climate in the 30s was clearly tense and any rational defense military person could see war looming. Would it have provoked the Germans they thought? Or perhaps it was too costly for a small country, or perhaps they thought they were safe as they were neutral? Other reasons?

Thank you

Recently I've read some fantasy novels where a princess was replaced by a look-a-like in order to marry her off to another person of royalty, because the real princess couldn't be found. Examples are Ciri in 'The Witcher' and Arya in 'A Song of Ice And Fire'. I wondered if there are any documented cases of this in actual history. I don't really have specific time period in mind, I'm more interested if it happened at all that we know of.

What kind of questions might they have, keeping in mind I would possess basic undergrad level knowledge? Upon seeing me and then hearing me, would I be treated as an "Indian" of brown skin and lower social status or would I be treated more like an American or Canadian visiting.

Since Roman Civilisation has existed for more than thousand years, a lot of historical events, wars, great leaders have existed since it's founding, so how aware of their ancestry and heritage were Byzantines living in the 1400s ? Did Emperors identify with their ancient precedessors like Hadrian or Trajan? How common byzantine people considered themselves Roman?

Thanks in advance.

As a Scotsman this has confused me for years.

These ideas of, crystal, energy healing, aliens, crystals. Where do they originate from? and how prevalent were they in the US before the 1960's?

Hello! Wanted to know anyone from the fields of humanities/history who is researching on the history of penal practices and punishments in colonial settings (18/19th and 20th centuries)?

It would be great if you could suggest some basic readings related to colonial prisons (better if it is linked to colonial South Asia- I am not interested in works that discuss penal transportation and penal colonies) and name some historians who specialize in these topics.

Also what are the major trends/heavily researched questions in penal history in present day academia?

I've just learnt that race plays a major part in culture in the US. My question is, why?

In the grand scale of things, racist slavery and segregation didn't take up that much time. Other cultures around the world revolve around geography, religion and partly ancestry, isolation also plays a part, and it took a lot longer for a culture to form and become distinct.

The US is such a large place, so why does race play a larger role in differentiating culture than geography?

I am just watching a medical drama and doctors without borders are working in a refugee camp in Dafur, with anyone leaving the camp at high risk of rape, beating up or being shot. I know the UK has had all sorts of events such as arrival of the Romans, the Anglo Saxons, the Vikings, the Normans and then the Empress Maud vs Stephen wars, the War of the Roses, the English Civil War. From what I know of the English Civil War, for the civilian population, there was some degree of order as in villages took to objecting to being taxed twice in the same week by garrisons from opposing sides and would turn out with pitchforks and anything else they had to hand to tell the second bunch of tax collectors to push off - and this was generally respected. (Either out of respect for their countrymen, or because if you kill the farmers there is no more farming.) I am just curious as to how things went in the UK during the various wars, and if they were different, why? If law and order were maintained, how did that happen?

When Khrushchev came into power in the 1950s and turned the Soviet Union into "revisionists" as Mao would call it (e.g. the denunciation of Stalin), did this lead Mao to fear that China could turn also into "revisionists" in the future?

And if possible, could you provide a source?

After reading about the two royalist coups in Hungary post-WWI, I was wondering why France and especially Great Britain kept opposing any restoration of Habsburg monarchy.

I can think of some reasons myself like fear for the invasion of old Habsburg territory (though I’m sure the Little Entente could have fended this off) and the idea of “the old order” coming back.

I’m mostly wondering why the two great powers of France and Great Britain opposed it and how this played in their Central European foreign policy?

Thanks in advance!

In the medieval justice system, the concept of trial by ordeal is well demonstrated.

One of the ordeals was conducted by carrying a piece of red-hot iron.

Is there any information on why they chose iron specifically?

Did iron have some believed purifying properties or was it more about the fire itself as e.g. a purifier of sins?