I read stories about historians that travel the world trying to unravel myths and learn more about historical figures. How do they finance this? I'm asking because it sounds like an amazing way to live.. reading about history.. finding new things... Writing new history off what you uncover.. kind of like being a investigator, but for the past.
My question is are they paid through an institution or commissioned by a publisher ?? Or are they typically high net worth individuals that do it for hobby? I just don't see a direct subsidy coming from the work itself immediately.
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A common topic regarding weaponry in that period is conservatism in design and the focus on bolt action rifles. But could the M1 Garand have been produced in any reasonable quantity at all?

Researching for a DnD campaign I came across some beautiful maps of Spanish settlements and the surrounding area in South America shortly after conquest.

I'm curious if we have any surviving examples of maps made in the pre-Columbian era, since all I can seem to find through Google is modern maps marking pre-Columbian settlements. Would, say, the Aztecs or the Inca even make something like a regional map? Or is that more of a tradition in Eurasia?

So recently I learned that the leader of Germany in World War 1 did not die until 1942 during this time he lived in the Netherlands which got occupied by the nazi forces in 1940. During this time what did the Kaiser think about Hitler Reich and his success in France Belgium the Netherlands and more? Was he supportive of Hitlers German expansion? Is there any written record of this? Any answer is appreciated.

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I’ve looked this question up and found a couple different answers, one I remember being that the Germans thought Americans were good fighters, and a few others said different things. So just what did the Germans soldiers think of American troops?

I'm writing a short story that involves Americans in ww2 and I'm a stickler for historical accuracy, and I realized that I have no idea how soldiers were woken up. My stereotypical idea is that they had a company bugler who played taps every morning, but I feel like that can't be true in a battlefield situation.

Does anyone know what the standard practice for waking American soldiers up was, or if there even was a standard?

It seems to my naive thinking that when he started purging his own ministers, the army, and the secret police, the replacements in those positions must have realized they weren't safe either. I can't understand why everybody in positions of power would have let him continue with this.

I am a little confused as to what exactly distinguishes Shang and Zhou as dynasties when it was Qin Shi Huangdi who was the first to rule over a unified China. There were other kings who existed contemporaneously with the Zhou, particularly as the country descended into the warring states period; and yet we only view Qin as being the chronological successor to Zhou and not, say, Qi, Chu, Wei, or Zhao. What is it exactly that qualifies a Chinese ruler to be noted as a dynasty? Why is Qin viewed as a dynasty when it was really only one generation that ruled over China?

Ive frequently heard that modern English could be mutually understood back to about the 1500s, but obviously shakespearean english is so different from modern english that anyone speaking modern english would instantly stand out as a freak and not fit in.

So how far back could you travel while speaking modern english (excluding new words like computer, cellphone...etc) and still fit in or not be thought of as an unintelligent hobo?

I'd like to learn more about Edward of Woodstock, also known as the Black Prince. I've started by looking at Froissart's chronicles, but am wary of his bias. Are his chronicles considered a good source? What other sources should I be looking at?

I am looking through a complete set of the 1995 Encyclopaedia Britannica. I note that Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto is included in the collection as a “Great Book”

Why is this included? I would have thought that Karl Marx is an evil commie?

Honestly, I am trying to objectively understand. (I am of average intelligence so feel free to dumb down the response)

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Why is it that the Nazi salute is so different from most if not all military salutes around the world. How, when and why did this salute develop? Did Hitler / the Nazis create it for themselves? If so why? If not, where did it come from?

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Can anyone explain how the colony of NSW would communicate with the "home" in London. I am guessing messages with ships but the fact it could take months to get there via sea and communications such as the cable did not link Australia until 1872. Really fascinated as to how they would even have let the English parliament know they had arrived safely.

It's common knowledge that the Puritans who came to the Americas were supposed to be very strict against sex, drinking, and, well, fun. But I also heard that they didn't abide as strictly to that code of anti-fun as is popularly believed or depicted. So...how puritanical were the Puritans?

During the Battle of Britain, the RAF had the advantage of being able to recover their surviving pilots as they parachuted into friendly territory. But how many pilots outlived their planes? What was the survivability rate of pilots being shot down? Are there any statistics available on the subject?