Most of the American indians were wiped out by the Spanish not because of military might, but by the diseases they brought with them to the new world. Why did this near total native extinction not happen as well in the Philippines or in Guam?

This probably has already been asked but what are the origins of ear protection for soldiers and who first issued them to their soldiers

I’m from Alabama, and we have quite a few civil war monuments/museums, describing life surrounding a war that took 5 years, but very little (outside of Moundville) on the Native Americans who inhabited the state for thousands of years. Other states I’ve been to share similar traits (Illinois, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida to name a few - although admittedly I haven’t been to Oklahoma and assume it would be different). Is this a direct result of the displacement of native peoples, a historical desire to forget, or something else entirely?

I've heard arguments for every side, but im looking for sources mainly. id appreciate book and paper suggestions too, bc i know its a really big topic of debate. I really am just looking to learn the impact of okinawa (knowing it was a really brutal battle, and top army brass though it'd be a harder landing than D-Day) on the choice to forego an invasion of Japan. any help is appreciated!

Compared to the european powers, alaska was very close to Russia. How did they not ever discover it

Traveling there in April and trying to brush up on my Japanese history. Any biographies or interesting histories you all would recommend?

There are a multitude of claims and Edison is the most popular answer but I don't think it's actually true is it? I live not far away from the first house in the world to be lit by a lightbulb, owned by Sir Joseph Swan, but there's claims even before him.

Who actually invented it?

I was doing research, and I can't seem to find proof that the Portuguese used privateers.

The act of kneeling to a superior is a common display of reverence even in the ancient world. For the defeated Gallic leaders this was intended as an act of humiliation to settle Roman superiority, but how conscious were the participants of the sexual connotations? Were Gaul clansman humiliated because it symbolised utter defeat, or because it was seen as representing oral sex and sexual submission?

I guess I want to better understand whether sexual psychology was a conscious part of the Roman war on Gaul, or whether it only feels sexual now because of the popularization of Freudian psychology.

Let's say it's 1839 and I'm a young farmer on my way to the newly established village of Waterloo in the Republic of Texas. My transport ship goes down in a storm, and I wash up on the coast of the Florida Territory near present-day Jacksonville. Given my recent experience, I want to avoid ships for a while. What different options would I have to get from my location to Waterloo? Would I be able to use rail for part of the journey, and would there be a reliable route through the swampy areas?

Because it's I think way better than the great helmet in terms of sight and ventilation. Then why didn't they continue to use it? Ofcourse then made from steel instead of bronze and from multiple parts to make it cheaper.

I heard from a video that the Spanish when they conquered major parts of the Americas considered platinum little more than a troublesome imitation silver and once dumped tonnes of it into the Atlantic, possibly to avoid its circulation as a counterfeit silver. The term "Rejected silver" itself is used in Jeremiah in a metaphor describing silver that refuses to be purified in the furnace. I wonder if this "Rejected Silver" is actually a reference to a metallic element that was mistaken for silver with attempts to get silver from it obviously failing, it received the moniker of "Rejected Silver" and if this hypothetical Silver like element is Platinum or another possible candidate metal

In his song 'The Folksong Army' Tom Lehrer makes the above claim about the respective musical skills of each side. What was the general approach to art and media taken by each side of the Spanish Civil war? Did any interesting or brilliant works come out of either side? How did censorship and control operate and did it differ in the various regions of Republican Spain controlled by various forces? Did is differ for varying mediums such as Movies or literature? And what was the approach of the nationalists?

There is a saying, "in a knife fight, one dies on the street, while the other dies in the ambulance", and I was wondering if this also applied to sword duels.

There have been askhistorian posts in the past where it's stated that duels were sometimes restrained, so that neither party were injured, so I guess the question could be changed to when one duelist died, how common was it that the other duelist also died?

Looking at the British empire naval statistics during WW2 they manufactured over 885 large ships, including 65 carriers.

How could they possibly manufacturer so many ships within 6 years of war? Looking on the internet a Battleship today takes at least 5 years with today's technology and tools.

Also, none of this includes all the Cargo ships that needed producing due to the losses in the Atlantic.

Thanks.

Feels sort of silly to ask, but given at least some slave-owners held the hypocritical stance that part of the reason for slavery was to impart Christianity, did the owners give Christmas or other holidays free from work?