Hello fellow historians!

I am looking to see what kind of historical basis we have (if any) for the physical appearance of Queen Zenobia?

I've only found coins cast with her image on them, with Juno on the reverse, and some imagery of Odaenathus.

Are there written records decribing her that were made at the time or based on credible sources? If we don't have any physical imagery at all made at that time, can we surmise why that is? For example: is it because of her ruling through first her husband then her son, is it Roman historian's bias against recording the influences of women, or lost from the many sacks and massive losses in Palmyra?

Bonus questions:

- How did the imagery traditions of the Palmyrenes differ at the time from the Romans? Was it similar to what we saw later with a focus on 2d, mosaic, and representative imagery as opposed to realistic imagery?

- Where is best for me to go to start learning about Palmyra and Zenobia, either in public or academic sources? (I have access through my university, but my only language at the moment is English which is limiting)

Thanks everyone!

When Germanic cultures such as Scandinavia and Anglo-Saxon England converted to Christianity, how long did pre-Christian rites and festivals continue to be practised for? Did people continue to celebrate Yule (as an example) for some time afterwards, or did it come to an end immediately after they Christianised?

I know they took siege weapons and gunpowder, and that Kublai was particularly involved with China, but were there any ideas etc. that they took?

I saw this flag with a skull and a shamrock on it with the year 1762 under it. Teddy won’t let me post the pic or screenshot.

I thought that it was related to the IRA but found not connection between that date any anything related to Irish independence/The IRA.

What is the point of large-scale warfare if the enemy leaders could simply be assassinated? Was it not done because it was harder than it seems, or was it seem as dishonorable, or were there other considerations?

For example, if it's 1:15 PM and 30 seconds on the Eastern seaboard of the US, I can be certain that it's some variation of X:15 and 30 seconds in every location on Earth. When did these times synchronize, and what was the driving force behind that innovation?

I'm writing an essay about Vikings who went eastwards, and those two terms appear often. I'm having trouble differentiating between them. Would very much appreciate some help, or if anyone could recommend me some sources on the Vikings who went east.

By trades I mean people who were electricians, plumbers, etc. Were they assigned similar jobs in the military? Or were they exempted? Would they be placed in combat units regardless of civilian trade?

Thanks

I've read that there isn't much archaeological evidence of widespread destruction of Harappan cities by "Aryan invaders" as was believed in the early 20th century, but it seems that most historians still favor Central Asian origins for the Vedic civilization (kurgan hypothesis), is this correct?

We have always had information regarding the huge ships and the horrible conditions built out for transporting 13 million Africans to America during slavery. It’s said only 5% of those people were distributed throughout America’s 13 colonies. Let’s say approx 350,000 people were transported on these ships. Where are the North American slave ships?

The Americas of course have native big cats like the bobcat, jaguar, ocelot, Canadian lynx, and cougar, but none of these were domestic - how did the Native Americans react to shipcats and house cats?

I've been looking at and comparing the various (seemingly endless) designs the German Junker planes had and noticed lots of them (but not all) have codes painted in large letters and numbers on the sides and sometimes on the wings. I'm having no luck researching what these were for or what they meant. Wondering if anyone can shed any light? Here are some examples of the codes I've seen:

12 AR

50 G10

RJ OP

HX

12 AF

32 V22

27 E11

53 F12

22 48

D-AGUK

Thank you for your time and help

I am writing a research essay for my high school writing class about regulating gene editing. One of my proposals is (obviously) an international conference (possibly UN related) where experts discuss the risks and research frameworks for future gene editing technologies and uses of dangerously effective and cheap ones like CRISPER.

So, my teacher thinks the essay could be more powerful if I can write about an example where the international community came up together to mitigate some risks and successfully did it. Do you have a recommendation of such a meeting? Something scientific related would be more suitable, but anything will help.