Presumably, only a small portion of English people were seeing his plays, so how did the words Shakespeare invented become linguistic staples rather than historical oddities?

I know we don't have recordings but I am sure it was a pretty integral part of historic warfare because it evolved into our modern military pipe bands and drum lines. Music has almost always been a part of human culture, and a powerful emotive part too.We have recordings of recently discovered tribes having some kind of dance/music. Is there any documented music from medieval times or before, like chants or even drum beats etc. What would they have been like. I have read accounts of chants and drums being used during sieges, but find it hard to imagine what they sounded like. What would the besieged have heard from those outside?

Do you know of any historical reenactment that has been recorded that you believe to be a fair representation of historic war music? Have you read any accounts with actual chants being recorded (written down)?

I guess, vocal histories would have been sung about great victories whilst someone beat a drum. The drums would have been beaten during the battle so that the combatants knew that their side was standing, intact, whilst the drums played.

I am not a historian, and really have no clue in this matter, but I feel it must have been pretty important to be something that survived into tradition.

I can’t imagine it was easy capturing and transporting lions, bears and hippos from their local environments. Any answer is appreciated!

I’ve recently learned about the Battle of Ramree Island and the “death march” through the mangroves that resulted in the battle earning the moniker of “worst crocodile disaster in the world.” Is there an accepted death count attributed to the crocodiles that historians agree on? How overstated, if at all, are the accounts from witnesses detailing the Japanese retreat? Any similar historic events? As well, any other facts you have about the battle are definitely appreciated. Thanks!

America as a continent had many helpful and needed resources for technological evolution, fair weather, harvestable lands, and less large predators when compared to Africa, plus the Mexica had lots of infighting which should boost technology advances. Am I wrong or missing something? I'm not well versed in the history of the indigenous people of America.

I’m watching the commentary on A Night to Remember with Don Lynch and Ken Marshall. They mentioned that the White Star Line company who manufactured the Titanic was owned by an American company, along with another popular shipping company at the time I believe. The American company that owned them both was apparently owned by J. P. Morgan.

This made me recall that in James Cameron’s Titanic’s special features, he mentioned that maybe around a week or so before the departure-I don’t recall exactly- that Morgan had withdrew plans to travel on the ship. Why? (Btw, a side note this is where the fictional character Rose’s family’s stateroom was intended to have been by Cameron because it may have been empty during the voyage after Morgan cancelled...though its speculated that Bruce Ismay could have roomed there!)

Titanic was allegedly quite the social/cultural event especially for the aristocrats, having many popular millionaires of the time being on the ship.

I found this J.P. Morgan situation to be pretty odd...that the man who actually owned those companies and who was one of the most popular millionaires of the era didn’t go on the voyage?

Why did he skip out? Especially if he, in a technical way, literally may have owned the ship-or at least its company?

Was the 1950s so Good for the US because the country had to manufacture goods for Europe post war?

Hello fellow Cold War historians!

I am a A-level student who was meant to be taking their history A-level this year but due to Coronavirus this is no longer happening. Instead I am being asked to write a coursework-esque piece of work that will contribute towards my final grade and have been tasked to use unusual sources to do so. I have found some interesting stuff relating his anti-alcohol campaign and how it contributed to the social unrest Russia was experiencing towards the end of the 1980's but was hoping that some historians specialising in this field who could recommend some cool sources. I want to make clear that I am not in any way asking for pre-written essays! stay safe :)

Obviously when the United States was just 13 scrappy colonies, they didn’t have much influence on the world stage. But at some point, they started getting up in everyone’s business and fighting in other people’s wars. How did that trend start?

Also, would they have any knowledge of the history of their local area before being conquered by Rome?

I have seen mentioned a lot here that spears and axes where much more common infantry weapons than swords. As I understand it, they were mostly backup and self defense weapons (somewhat like pistols now). So that leaves me wondering, wouldn't most "special" weapons be spears since in the minds of the people at the time, that was a more sensible and useful weapon in battle?

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Online, I found that the number is around 10-11 million people with 6 million of them being Jews. Who are the other people who were killed? I know they also killed other groups like homosexuals, disabled people, indians, ect. But I doubt that that number adds up to 4 million people. Can someone give me the information regarding what groups of people were killed and what percentage of each group made up the total death count.

What did the House of Hapsburg go or do after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire? Are they still a political or economic force in Europe? Are they still prohibited from entering any specific place in Europe? Thanks!

My apologies if this isn't the proper sub or if the question is too vague since it is asking everything pre-1970s. I'm curious if it was called something different, embraced as a virtue, disregarded, or not even recognized as a thing during large scale and long long war events.

France was attacked numerous times over the course of the Revolution by Coalitions, while England avoided this fate and even had a relatively cordial relationship with France in which they allied to fight Spain.