The Pheonicians were known for their maritime ability, they faired far better than other civilizations during the collapse, and they thrived afterward. However, I can't find anything about the relations between these peoples.

HMS Dreadnought, HMS Warspite, HMS King George V. Ships one would imagine would almost certainly be turned into museums, yet they were all scrapped instead. There isn't a single Royal Navy battleship in existence today. There is only one British-built battleship, the IJN Mikasa in Japan.

Even outside battleships, its similar. RMS Olympic, sistership of RMS Titanic, was also scrapped.

Considering how they have done, it is nothing short of a miracle that HMS Victory still exists. So why is this the case? Why do the British just scrap so many of their historically significant ships?

Been wondering about this quite a bit, as I'd like to represent a wide range of indigenous cultures in a story I'm working on.

In almost any movie or other media portraying medieval warfare the king, or the king's brother, or some other important person is at the forefront of the army on the battlefield. They charge in with the cavalry and the camera will pan over the faces of the men as their morale is bolstered after seeing their king risk his life for them. They go on to swamp the enemy and win a battle they would have otherwise lost.

In other cases, the member of royalty/important person will be at the back of the army, but when he sees the battle is almost lost, he'll join the fray to spur his men on, just by the virtue of his presence on the battlefield beside his men.

Is human psychology really this powerful? Could a person that men knew and respected actually renew their courage and turn a defeat into a victory?

I love my cat with all my heart, but she's, to put it lightly, a bit of an asshole. Earlier today I was walking past my toilet, and she scratched my toe because while stretched out across the floor I apparently invaded her personal space. It bled enough for me to decide I should probably to splash the cut with hydrogen peroxide and put a bandage over it. It got me thinking about how apparently minor cuts could get rapidly infected and be extremely fatal before modern medicine, germ theory, sanitation, proper wound cleaning, etc.

Exactly how bad was it, and if it was as bad as people/pop culture would make it out to be, how did we interact with our pet cats if even minor cuts were so incredibly dangerous? If they were as dangerous as people make it out to be, it's a little hard to believe we would tolerate the adorable bastards while playing constantly cutting us.

I know that in that period the British East India Company ruled parts of India in the Crown's name, just as colonial Governors in the Thirteen Colonies did. So how did living under a trade company differ from living under a Colonial Governor? Why didn't trade companies run Massachusetts and New York instead? How did the goals of the two administrative systems differ? Sorry to ask such an open-ended question, I just happen to not know very much.

I’ve recently found out about all these carvings of a similar shape resembling a handbag or purse found around the world but I can only find fringe theories about why this is (ie lost advanced civilisation) and I was just wondering what the current explanation actually is and what these bags represent or if these carvings are actually legitimate or not

I understand that soldiers are generally divided into different groups by wealth and age, but what I don't get is how the recruitment happened.

For example, during the Second Punic War, Rome lost army after army to Hannibal and had to recruit more troops. How did these people come into the Field of Mars? Did they just think "Oh, Rome is at danger, I must join the army!" or were there "I want you for the US army" style things or did they just pick up a register of Roman names and say these people are drafted?

It's a bit weird since the soldiers had to pay for their own equipment, so forcing people to join would be a bit... selfish? I don't know how to describe it.

Basically, when I was in my first year of university (2016) our lecturer argued that the Islamic golden age only happened after the rediscovery of Greek texts that were translated and as such the Islamic golden age was not “original” in that sense.

Were they treated as white, “coloreds” or something else?

With the aryan race being about no physical deformities what would have/did happen to soldiers who returned home with a physical impairment or even some form of mental illness due to the fighting? would they have been deemed undesirable or would they have been given exemption?

To be more specific, the city of Alesia was the city Vercingetorix held his last stand in during Julius Caesar's campaign of gaul. I know it's on a hill somewhere in central France. But where the hell is it? And how was the surrounding countryside like? Was it grassy, forested, or some sort of marsh of swamp or something? And what was the city layout? Was it based on a Forum or just a bunch of houses?

He never won any really decisive victories or had a long lasting impact. Pyrrhus lost (or won with massive casualties) to Rome, Carthage, Sparta, Argos, and Macedonia. Why was he considered second to Alexander by Hannibal if this was the case?

Kind of what it says on the tin, what are the history podcasts that historians recommend most? Are the more popular history podcasts like History of Rome/Byzantium/Egypt, hardcore history, and others, reliable as secondary sources?

Say in the 14th and 15th century, a student from Cambridge University wanted to instead go to Oxford University, would they be able to transfer all their progress? What about transferring from a university in one country to a university in another country? Say from University of Vienna to University of Barcelona?

Is there any record of anything specific he built? Like a table or a house? Does anything he built remain today?

Was it public funding of infrastructure,ww2 the new deal those are the main things I can think off.

I read Íslendingabók and Kristni Saga: Book of the Icelanders and Saga of the Conversion, and at one point it says, that after Olaf Tryggvason became the king of Norway and was in the process of converting Norway to Christianity, he was asked what they would do in place of the normal winter festivities. He discussed it with his personal priest and declared that they would hold a special mass for Christ and I believe a feast afterwards. It seams to imply that it was the first Christmas celebration. However I know that these books where written at least 100 years after the fact and it feels slightly like nationalist propaganda. Are there any records the detail the first Christmas or that mention and Christ's mass before Olaf's reign? (995-1000A.D.)