Is the original map still existent? I can only find copies of the map and most of them are showing a place in the region of Mauretania called Atlantis(means Island of Atlas). Interestingly enough the first king of Mauretania was called Atlas and the desert there is filled with seashells.

First let me say, if I have any historical inaccuracy in my question please let me know because I hope to someday be a professor (still have quite a way to go though) and want to take every opportunity to learn.

I know that the Knights of the Temple of Solomon were disbanded by the “officially” disbanded by Pope Clement V in 1312 after a significant amount of controversy. I was talking with a friend about the crusades the other day and we started theorizing about what if the Knights Templar still existed underground. That got me wondering, is there was any historical evidence supporting the idea that they carried on after their official disbanding?

I know that the Ancient Greeks and Romans had this general theory that societies don't spend time constantly developing, going up and up and up with some bumps in the road, but rather something like a society has a golden age, and then once that fades, they spend all this time (sometimes centuries) trying to achieve that idea again, but never quite get there.

The only thing I can find would be Hesiod's Ages of Man, but it starts with myth and Cronus creating the gods, so....it's not like it's an actual historic period.

Is there a generalized term for that concept? Hesiodic cultural theory?

Hi, I've been a long time lurker of this subreddit and have always read it with a lot of interest. Hopefully my question is in the right place.

I am at a crossroads.

I am 34 years old, working at the moment as a software architect in IT, but I am thinking of branching out of it - I guess it is related to burnout and not really enjoying my work as much right now. Though during my time I've found a lot of passions, most of them have been short lived, except for history and PC gaming (sic!).

My main questions are related to:

1. How hard would it be to make the switch to an actual serious career path in history? Is it too late for me? Would it be hard because of my age? How much do academical degrees help and how much of the knowledge gained in self taught? I am asking since in IT, while degrees like a PhD matter, most of the things can be self taught.
2. What are the career paths that I can work towards in history? Is it mainly academia, or are there other opportunities available? Maybe anything in which my programming skills would help me? In other words, are there fields in which you can apply historical knowledge in a more "hands-on" approach to the present and / or future ?
3. Is lack of language knowledge an important barrier? Say I want to get into ancient Greek history - would a lack of understanding of old Greek be a major hindrance to me?
4. This might be a heavy handed statement, but I am assuming that working in this field involves lots of research and reading sources. Is that accurate?

Sorry, I know that my question is quite vague and probably more details are needed from my part - and might even be stupidly formulated - , but I am interested at least in some general pointers on how historians are involved with today's society.

Thank you.

so i just watched a video where these guys tested the english longbow on armour (i dont know the name of it) and whenever an arrow richocheted (quite often) they could never find the arrowheads which had separated during impact. so im wondering why i never hear about hundreds of arrowheads being randomly found?

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I was listening to the Dollop about squirrels being a huge problem in North America in the 1800s and early 1900s, and the lengths the government went through to get rid of them, from bounties to laws requiring the killing of squirrels, and the strain it placed on everyone. Stories of people killing squirrels all day and only stopping because they had no more ammunition.

But like, why didn't they just have more cats? Cats eat squirrels and if there's an abundant food source cats will make large quantities of more cats very quickly. I feel like I must be missing something obvious here.

I just a heard a recording of said operation, and it creeped the hell out of me. Do we have any information on if it actually worked?

i do not know of any other continent where people did that

Hello there! , , I've been trying to find a source (preferably audio, documentary, etc bc of my busy schedule.) I've looked into it a bit but it's hard to tell how creditable documentaries, and other sources are with no knowledge of the time period.

So for anyone who can help do you know of good sources throughout the entirety of the era of the Samurai? (So 1185-1868)

Please, and thanks lots ;)

Why couldnt the Germans just shoot into the Barrage as it came closer to hit the Entente forces behind it?

What were they taught beyond shooting and formations? Would it be easy or hard compared to modern day U.S or British army training?

I know there is a lot to be said about the Crusades, but what are the very basics?

Hello all, this is actually my very first post to reddit! But I’m really interested in the topic of early Christianity. The time period that most interests me is around the 50s (from my understanding, kind of the start of the growth) to about the year 400. I’m looking for any book recommendations that will help me really get deep into a few topics:

1. how Christianity overcame paganism and spread the way it did
2. how the Bible was put together (including anything I can find on books omitted and included and why)
3. early christian “sects” I guess. I’ve heard of groups like marcion’s following. So any groups that kind of opposed that orthodox view.

I would definitely be interested in any ancient writings we have, like for example I have Eucebius’ church history, so anything like that.

Sorry if this was a bit long or anything for an initial post. And thanks in advance for any recommendations!

Edit: I’m not sure if this is needed (I haven’t spent much time in this subreddit) but preferably not from a “theistic view” just a study on the events.

I've heard a rumor that this is true - that the teenage sons of slaveowners frequently had affairs with their father's female slaves and this produced biracial children. Is there any actual evidence of this, or is it an urban legend?

I've heard several theories and Wikipedia has even more, is there a consensus amongst the relevant academic experts?

Obviously they had easy access to enslaving Indians because of the Dutch East India company, but they also had ample access to African slaves through their participation in the slave trade and the fact that African slaves were the primary source of slavery in the American colonies. Why did they forego using just African slaves and bring Indian ones instead? And did they do this in the other American colonies as well (ie New Amsterdam)? If not, why the difference between the two? Thanks.

So Northern Vietnam managed to defeat the Vietcong and Americans by the old technique of trees and always kicked their asses as an ambush. It leaves me one thing: why did the Americans not do that same technique for a further Northern attack in the war?

Although the "Historia Regum Britanniae" is mostly regarded as false, and King Arthur is a fictional character. Is there a possibility some Trojens that fled actually ended up in Britain?

I’m a total nerd for RPGs and spend a lot of time on D&D. Dual wielding there is pretty common, and in my research I’ve found offhand fencing styles and Japanese swordsmen who uses a blade in each hand. Despite the common portrayal, though, I’ve found no good source for Berserkers fighting with two single-handed axes. Did they really fight like that? Even if not, how practical would two beaded hatchets be in combat?