I'm picking this event, but I guess the question could in theory relate to any great recorded gathering.

Anyway, how were all the attendees summoned? How was an agreed date communicated across the whole geographical site involved? How did people travel? Was travel coordinated?

What happened at the event? Was there a register? What if someone important turned up late? What languages were used and how was translation utilised?

Any further information around those sorts of questions would be really appreciated! I've organised global conferences and it's incredibly difficult even with modern technology, so I was just fascinated by the logistics of this event. Thanks

I think often times movies and portray kings, queens, and rulers as lonely people. Recently Netflix came out with The King about king Henry V and there’s a line that says “a king has no friends. Just followers and foes.” That seems incredibly lonely and you’d wonder why anyone would want that life. But throughout the ages, men have craved that power.

So is there an autobiographies or manuscripts that detailed the actual minds or feelings of ancient kings and rulers?

All those fancy pictures of Soviet soldiers leaping from advancing T-34s - was this behaviour approved by those in high command?

Additional question: I'm aware of tank riding in other theatres as well, but as I recall, both German and American infantrymen dismounted far away from combat. Did Soviet soldiers actually ride tanks into battle like armoured personnel carriers, or were these pictures merely deliberate propaganda?

I've been struggling to find sources on this question. I know Scotts have been using peat as a means to toast malt for scotch whiskey production for centuries, but with it being such a plentiful resource in the highlands and bogs I'm certain it had to be used by those living in rural areas growing grain or raising livestock.

When you toast malts or grains using peat, the smoke and brine from the sea air dramatically affects the flavor of the husk, germ, and flour that results from the milling process. We know this because of peated scotch. If peat was being used for heating and cooking in the Scottish home, how would that have affected the taste of their food? How would it have affected what, specifically, they cooked? And would it have had any nutritional health benefits?

Asked before, but received no answer.

I am an SDSU student majoring in history. Just transferred to SDSU from community college. I have two AA's in history, and now doing my upper division.

I know that Christian Streit disproved the myth in the 1970's with Keine Kameraden, but I've also been told that it wasn't a conclusion Germany was ready to accept at the time, since many former German soldiers were still alive and kicking then. So does that mean the general consensus was on the side of Clean Wehrmacht even after his book? And was the exhibition in 1995 enough to change the minds of every interested historian?

Egyptians record encountering these seafaring groups who seem to swoop in out of nowhere, wreak absolute havoc on them, and then vanish as quick as they arrived. An attractive theory I read was that these might have been Vikings, as they were known to be accomplished sailors and very warlike, but it's also been pointed out that the waters around Africa is pretty far out of the way from Scandinavia.

What does the evidence say? Are we any closer to knowing?

I was reading Sokal & Bricmont's Fashionable Nonsense when this occurred to me.

By state of the art of Mathematics, I mean not only theoretical and applied mathematics, but also history and philosophy.

It's been some years since I've read the Manual Manuscripts, but I remember some… unorthodox ideas about Calculus, at least from a modern standpoint. I was curious whether Marx's ideas fall in line with those of his time

In Dante's Divine Comedy, there's plenty of thinly veiled commentary on how the squabbling of the Italian city-states is pointless and the country should be united, notably when Dante meets Emperor Justinian who bemoans the divided state of Italy at the time. Machiavelli also commentates in his last chapter of The Prince that Italy needs a leader to politically unite the peninsula and throw out the French, Germans, and Spanish who are embroiled in the Italian Wars (While The Prince isn't to be taken plainly at face-value, Machiavelli was a supporter of an Italian republic).

But outside of small circles of educated political theorists and authors, was the idea of a united Italian state popular among the masses of the divided Italian states, or did more regionalist attitudes prevail among the common populace of areas like Naples, Lombardy, Veneto, Tuscany, etc?

I've been seeing all those "history buff" starter pack memes, and it bothers me, but that's seriously me.

Watch some simple history YouTube videos, read some low level books, watch some questionable history channel shows, And that's it.

I was just wondering how I can improve on my learning of history so I actually become well at it. As of right now, it's mostly and interest and hobby, but I hope to soon turn it into a job.

Sorry if this is rather bland and blunt. For some details, I'm into pretty much anything historically, mostly European.

Thank you

When the question of why southern soldiers fought it is answered from a race (white men) perspective. Yet Native Americans, Latinos, Asians & foreign born Irish & Germans fought for the confederacy. Why did they fight for that cause?

As a Tsar, Nicholas II did everything he could to maintain an absolute monarchy and quell or reverse any attempt to democratize it. Yet, he had only daughters, who were forbidden to inherit the crown, and a haemophiliac son whose life expectancy at the time was barely expected to reach his twenties. What did Nicholas II expect after his death ? Also, why didn't he try to have another son? His wife was only 32 when Alexis was born.

As i understood about Attila the Hun was a conqueror but not successful on adapting farming life style. Those Turanic nations always been nomad and they were struggled adopting settled life. So my question is what really happened to Attila's heritage? are they assimilated or were they already minority over there and influenced by nations around them are they changed?

I’m very interested in the Roman conquest of Britain and have spent many hours reading the answers provided by r/Askhistorians members.

I’d like to develop my own knowledge by reading full texts and would like to ask if there is a good starting point?

From documentaries I’ve watched, museum visits and general education, I’d describe my experience level as advanced beginner, if there is such a thing... probably just a beginner haha

I’m particularly interested in the Roman perception of the British tribes they encountered and how exactly these people were assimilated to the Roman way of life.

Thank you

I blame how bad Spain is and has been in the last decades to Franco, but I just can't understand why no one helped the spanish people, why didn't the US or any country from the allies kill the dictator or make him run away?

Under his power Spain just became worse and worse and didn't progress.

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Today I learned that Mussolini was gone in 1945, and since then Italy has been a republic, that's what should've happened to Spain, I just never wondered that, why did no other country help Spain?

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