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I'm 18 and still in highschool. School's coming up and last semester, I chose Anthropology and other History related subjects for the next school year. (Also with tech related subjects for 2nd choice of careers)

At first, I hated history because of the dates and names to remember but growing up, I understood the importance of history and really fell inlove with it. Video games and movies like Assassin's Creed, Uncharted, Tomb Raider, Indiana Jones and this subreddit ignited my curiousity and pushed me to get history related degrees in college but I was having doubts because of these questions:

1. Is getting a Job easy? (Archaeology / Anthropology / others)

I want my hobby to also be my career. Even though I'm passionate about history, I want something to work on and earn while doing it.

2. How's the pay?

I want a career that can get me out of my parents' house.

3. Does distance matter?

I want to focus on Egypt, Greece, South America and Africa. I live in Canada but can I really use my knowledge here if I want to learn about those places?

I really love mysteries and history is full of it. I do want it but I also need to support myself.

You see a lot in movies/television that kings and queens stand on the front lines in battles and heroically lead charges into battles. They demonstrate superior combat skills, even the older monarchs. This has always confused me - seems reckless to have political leaders on literally the first line of a head-to-head battle, especially in a monarchy where they are the most important individual in a society. Did this really happen? I know about Leonidas leading Spartans against the Persians at Thermopylae, but they were committed to sacrificing their lives. Especially in battles that were primarily fought with swords/pikes, it seems reckless to have strategic/political leaders on the very front line.

& since they didn’t join in did the Canadians play a part in the American revolution? (Against Americans?)

Pretty self explanatory. I've read accounts of almost all of the nations that participated in the battle/fall of France during WW2, from Brits at Dunkirk to German tank commanders, but I can't think of a single one (other than DeGaulle's memoirs) from the individual French soldier's perspective of that time, or his experiences fighting the impossible.

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I know that the entire "hahahah French surrender monkies" narrative does a real disservice to what the French military and people went through, and I've heard of accounts of really epic bravery and daring. Just wondering how life would've been for a grunt having to fight that battle, and hoping there's some obscure journals or something that I could read into to get that bit of history.

Hi, I just moved into a house built around the 1900s. I have found a lot of historical stuff from 1960s and 70s. One thing I cannot identify is a piece of fabric pinned up in the basement. It's approximately 6"x6", dark blue, and has an eagle embroidered in red with three stars above it. My best guess is it's some sort of military symbol. Any help identifying it would be appreciated.

This isn't a particularly deep question or anything but while driving to get pizza this night of nights my mind happened to wander to the concept of the prolapsed anus. Being a person who studies mainly cultural history, but not at all medical, I have never encountered a prolapsed anus in any historical accounts. So, does anyone know? How would doctors handle a prolapsed anus before modern medical intervention? Is a prolapsed anus a modern phenomenon?

To what extent did ordinary Germans know about the concentration camps during World War II? I base this question on one line in particular from the 2008 Tom Cruise film, "Valkyrie", in which Colonel von Stauffenberg states that after the (July 20th) coup, "all concentration camps will be shut down". This makes me beg the question, how much did regular Germans know about the camps? If they did, what kind of people, aside from the SS, would know of the camps, or their purpose?

EDIT: I meant to ask to what extent did *ordinary* Germans know of the camps.

I know the founders wanted the capital to be located in an area that didn't belong to a state. However, as the US expanded westward, there were plenty of territories that the US acquired, either through the Louisiana Purchase or conquered territories; why not build a capital there?

I heard that most knowledge about them was lost when the romans destroyed the city in the third Punic war, is that true? Do we know how their government worked and what the populations opinion was about the punic wars?

I understand the assemblies were different depending on class but they could decide to change laws that were ancient just like the modern supreme Court. Which of the assemblies however were must powerful and could change the most institutional laws like the modern supreme Court?

I was watching the music video for Kreator - Totalitarian Terror and after a quick google search I found out that the nazis were fascinated by the Nords.

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How accurate is this? Why were they so fascinated with vikings/nords? I have heard before that a lot of nazis today are still fascinated with Nordic culture and such, how does this tie into history?

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Thank you so much for any answers you guys have! I hope I didn't break any rules as I know posts/comments here tend to get deleted a lot

Hello there,

Like the title; what did a sea faring person do with their ships while they ventured ashore, if no proper port was available. If possible, specifically when the whole crew went on land.

I think I understand the practice as the ship and a crew would stay out in the water, then a party would get in small craft and row to shore. Is there any evidence of them beaching the ship for a short period then pulling it back out?

I'm looking for some broad history video's about Europe's history in conflict and big events. I have rough outlines of the history of the Netherlands but don't have much of an insight of when and where what happened in many of the other major nations.

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Looking for a comprehensive series that tackles Europe from about 0 AD to ww2 about wars and prominent changes.

I’ve been doing research on lesser known conflicts and wars and I feel like I’ve come up with a theory concerning Japan’s confidence that they could beat America in WW2 and I was wondering if there’s any evidence that it’s correct. The Russo-Japanese war was won by Japan and I imagine that their victory against Russia and their victory over China in the First Sino-Japanese war caused them to believe they were invincible. Is it possible that without these two victories they wouldn’t of had the confidence to bomb Pearl Harbor? From what I’ve read they didn’t suffer many losses before WW2, and even with the knowledge that the United States played a big role in the allied victory during WW1 maybe they honestly thought it would be an easy win.

Edit: humiliation not humility :/

This is a very under appreciated topic and i'd love to know more information, specifically on the culture, lifestyle, entertainment for "average" medieval Persians in modern Iran/Central Asia. What was the demographic outlook in this part of the world, how was their economy... how did all of these consolidate a shared sense of culture amongst Medieval Persians?

Ideally, I'd like academic sources.