To be more specific, I'm referring to an Archaic Period dory that would be used by Phalanx and the upkeep done regularly.

They have an iron leaf-shaped spear head (seen it referred to as an aichme) as well as another point made of bronze as a counterweight on the other end, but for this question, we are just curious on the aichme.

Regardless of the point itself, we're curious on the sides of the leaf and whether they would be sharp enough to use as a cutting weapon, similar to a halberd perhaps.

I'm new to r/AskHistorians so if I'm in the wrong place or this is a wrong question; just let me know.

Thank you.

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Hey guys, since the teaching of Algerian history pre 1830 is really shallow in Algerian school I would like to know if you could recommand a book about the subject, ideally the book would go as far back as possible (even before classical antiquity if possible), address the dynamics between the indigenous Amazigh and their conquerors and would talk about the "birth" of Berbers (Imazighen) as an ethnic group because the diversity of phenotypes in Algeria and the Maghreb is really astonishing even though the majority are mediterranean type looking an important part of Amazigh are pale or ginger or blond (Kabyles) or black (Tuareg).

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I've seen "Histoire de l'Algérie: Des origines à nos jours" by Pierre Montagnon and "Historical Dictionary of the Bergers (Imazighen) (Historical Dictionaries of Peoples and Cultures)" by Hsain Ilahiane being reccomanded, what's your take on them ?

I speak Arabic, French and English so a book in any of these three language would be great!

Cheers!

Hello All,

I was wondering if some people could share some of their opinions and insight on the validity of the Holodomor being considered a genocide. I'm particularly looking for arguments to prove it was indeed a genocide, but I'm more than happy to listen to both sides of the agenda. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated

Hi! I have been thinking recently if the really thought sending children to a crusade would be succesful. I looked it up and found loads of information on how it escalated, but most of it is only assumed. It is also said that very few codexes mention it. I have even found an article saying that they refered to the people from the crusade as ,,pueri" which both meant ,,boy" and ,,poor". So it might have been a translation error. I am interested if anyone has done deer researches on the subject and of yes what were the results?

I know pillaging the occupied country was a method foriegn invaders used to feed their armies. However, there must have been other ways this was done, did they buy grain from nearby towns, keep larders, or mill bread on the move? These logistical questions were responsible for the defeat of many armies and I'm curious how commanders combatted this issue.

Hitler sold WW2 by saying that Germany to try and reverse the wrongs done by the treaty of Versailles and to get Lebensraum or living space. Why did Japan decide they needed to attack southeast Asia in 1931 and expand? Were they really just interested in becoming a colonial power? Was there some resource they lacked (mind you the oil embargo hadn't happened yet)? Was it just pure racism?

With the sheer amount of leverage that can be gained from using a spear-thrower and its extremely cheap cost, why did people stop using them in warfare, opting to haul large spears with their bare hands instead?

I'm interested to know who would have been responsible for policing and investigating crimes committed by Allied soldiers occupying Japan between 1945-1952? Would local Japanese police have had any jurisdiction?

The BCOF, SCAP? I haven't been able to find much in the way of their organisational structure.

Did they have a way to inform the families of soldiers about their death in any sort of dignified way? Did they only figure it out when the soldier never came home?

It just seems odd that such a small and powerful nation would not outright annex Sakhalin in past affairs. Such a far removed area from core of the Russian federation, and a demographic that would more resemble the Japanese indigenous Ainu. Rich in oil, coal, and extensive forests, it would have seemed invaluable in maintaining control of.

The way evolution as a scientific theory seems to be understood in popular culture is that one day Darwin happened, and he understood evolution. Considering that Lamarck, before Darwin, also worked on some sort of evolutionary theory, or that you can find something slightly similar to some sort of survival of the fittest in Rousseau's anthropolotical writings, I wonder about the "history" that led to Darwin.

When did something that we could consider "proto-evolution" or an embryo of evolution theory began to be talked about? When did it become something seriously considered academically, etc. ?

By evolution I don't necessarily mean Darwinian evolution, or a theory of evolution that is more or less "valid", but the evolutionnary thinking in itself, that animals etc. evolved from anterior states.

I was looking up pictures of Greek armor and the caption on one of the first pictures I found called the Linthroax style "controversial" Why is that?

Please and thank you

Basically looking for something that would grant a better understanding of British folk music going from it's early origins in (probably?) the middle ages or earlier through the centuries. I say English language because I want to include places formerly under British colonial rule as well if possible.

Why were the Japanese so goddamn brutal in their invasion campaign? The Rape of Nanjing, mass killings, Unit 731, human experimentation, biological warfare, chemical weapons, torture of POWs, cannibalism, forced labor, comfort women, etc. The list of atrocities just doesn't seem to stop when you're referencing the Japanese during the Second-Sino Japanese war.

But what caused the Japanese to do these things? Did they have a historical hatred of China and they unleashed it all during the war, or what?

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