So there were celts they ruled most of Europe But what’s the difference between celts And Germanic people Are Germans Celtic Or are they entirely different Are Galatians Celtic? Were the Germanic people under Celtic control?

What’s the difference between celts and other European tribes Or is it cultural?

It's easy to look back in hindsight in 2020 on how the outcomes of of WWI led to WWII.

But in 1920, were there a lot of people that foresaw another war between the European powers as a result of the treaty? Were there critics of the Treaty of Versailles that warned that the harsh terms would lead to rising tensions between the powers and another potential conflict?

Recently I've been trying to learn about the USSR and things like the death toll atributted to Stalin.

From what I've heard, the 20 million dead figure that is often thrown around used to be the estimate before the USSR fell and its archives were open to the public.

Could anyone link me to those archives and specifically to the archives detailing the deaths under Gulags, famines, etc? I can't seem to find them anywhere so I thought maybe I could ask here for a link.

Thanks.

to me atleast it seems back quivers are far more convenient and less likely for the arrows to fall out than a quiver on the back of the waist so why was the latter alot more common than the former? is there some draw back to back quivers or advantage to hip/waist quivers im not thinking about or aware of

I’m absolutely addicted. And I’d love if you guys could recommend a book written in a way that’s as engaging and goes into as much detail as Livy does.

I would really appreciate any recommendations, particularly because I’m going crazy sitting at home in these trying times and any distractions would help a great deal.

Thanks.

35,000 accompanied spartan forces out to the battle, but why didn't those still remaining in Sparta revolt?

Most major spiritual belief systems include at least one kind of 'third group' of beings that exists besides humans and divine entities, usually spiritual in nature, (the Hindu Naga, the Islamic Jinn, various east asian fox spirits, the greek nymphs and other spirits, various new world entities that range from little people and to hairy wild-men). In many places, mostly rural, belief in these entities (in their various forms) are still generally accepted and are often mentioned in actual religious texts; meanwhile, belief in elves and fairies are regulated to, at best, New Age belief systems in most European countries. Did these beliefs die down naturally, or were there any major religious aspects to the separation of 'superstition' from 'religious' beliefs in terms of the belief in the existence of non-human sentient beings?

After 1453, how many of the Roman Empire's laws, tax policies and administrative practices were carried over to the Ottoman state? And after the Ottoman conquest of Egypt and Syria, did those Byzantine "leftovers" take precedence over the administrative practices the Ottomans borrowed from the Mamluk state?

For example, if the USSR launched their missiles against the USA, would the USA launch their missiles back? and why? was MAD just a bluff?

Almost everything about ninjas is pop culture stupidity. I'm curious about what real, actual ninjas were like. What are some good books or other resources about ninja/shinobi that would be an 'antidote' to all the misconceptions?

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Any good books on hitler and stalin?

In the Netflix show "Kingdom" (spoilers for anyone who hasn't watched it), one of the plotlines involves a pregnant queen having several pregnant common women captive. This is presumably so that if the queen births a daughter who cannot inherit the throne, she will take one of their recently born infant males and proclaim it as her own, thus "producing" a male heir. Is this pure fiction, or are there recorded instances (or in fact, was a commonplace practice) of this kind of thing happening?

From what I know of history, magic was feared and not looked at in a very nice way. People rumoured to be witches were burned alive and the Church declared capital punishment for anyone who indulged in anything voodoo. But today, our image of magic is pink sparkles and enchanted lamps and miracle spells. The most blatant example would be fairies - according to folklore, fairies are tricksters who misguide travellers. But today, we know them as pretty fluffballs who'll work magic into mending a dress or letting Cinderella attend the royal ball.

How did this switch in the stereotypes towards magic happen and when?

Being a Malaysian (specifically, Sarawakian) Bisaya, I picked up on how the Filipino Tagalog language has some similarity to Sarawakian Bisaya. However, I've since found out that Filipino Bisayas speak Cebuano, which defeats whatever case I had built.

I also notice that we have strikingly similar physical characteristics to Filipino Bisaya folk as well, but I guess this is attributable as to how we're the same race(?) - general South East Asian characteristics.

I've tried doing my own research through Wikipedia and some journal articles (whatever I could find through my University's online library), there just isn't any solid literature on this.

I just want to properly know my roots, and I was hoping if anyone could help me out here.

Are my ancestors from the Philippines? If not, is there a reason to this coincidence that two linguistically and physically similar ethnicities are named Bisaya?

I'm also open to any possible (insofar as it is credible) hypotheses otherwise!

My question is how did the study of politics become systematized and institutionalized from political theory (eg Aristotle, Hobbes) and practical statecraft (eg Machiavelli) into modern (ie post-1800) political science, as well as how it came to include major defined and widely-accepted subfields like comparative politics, international relations, political theory, etc. I know that by the early 1900s, it's become an established university department such that academics like Woodrow Wilson and Stephen Leacock are making a living as tenured professors of political science. But how did we get to this point?

Likewise, I'm struck by how the discipline seems to lack a historical understanding of its development, considering other social science disciplines often tell imagined/mythologized narratives of their modern development (at least for your standard 101 course), identifying crucial thinkers as inflection points towards a more rigorous, scientific study. For instance, sociologists point to Marx, Durkheim and Weber; anthropologists to Boas and Malinowski; even historians point to von Ranke as a critical pioneer of the modern historical method. Why hasn't political science developed its own disciplinary identity in the same way that anthropology, sociology, economics, history, etc have?

One thing that I have always been wondering about the Bosnian War is how the Bosniaks manage to hold their ground while being under an arms embargo, while their enemy, Republika Srpska, was getting a lot of military equipment from Serbia, which at the time held the entire War Industry of former Yugoslavia. Not to mention the Croats trom the south. The city of Sarajevo is a riddle as well, on how the Serbs did not manage to take it because they blockaded the city and launched frequent mortars attack on it almost every day. Was it just plain luck that saved the Bosniaks? Or was it just the High Morale and Patriotism?

I just visited Versailles and learned some things about Louis XIV one of which is that The Sun King had 48~ wig makers on staff. I have many follow up questions.

Hello historians, a scientist here to pick you brains! What, if any, evidence exists for the existence of Jesus Christ the Jewish preacher. Often when people (notably theists) talk about the existence of Jesus they say “whether or not you believe he was the son of God, there is a lot of evidence that Jesus existed”. How true is this and what do historians accept as evidence?

I understand there is mention of a man named Jesus in Roman history (forgive me if this is wrong) but not until 25 years after his death. What do you deduce from this? Is this sufficient and is it reliable?

Please if you can mention anything about evidence for his existence, and the existence of people around him or in fact places such as Nazareth.

Sorry if this is a very large topic. I though, am fascinated. My Grandfather was a historian, and world for the British Museum, I’m ashamed I don’t know more!

Thanks.

I heard somewhere that a surprising amount of people were killed by falling bullets (people shooting guns into the air, AA guns not hitting, misfires), during the Arab spring. where there a similar thing in WWII?