I know he thought that through separatism the black community would gain freedom but why did he use the term "nationalism?" It has a lot more to it than just separatism.

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A family friend who grew up in South America was telling us how it was well known that many Germans who came over after the war were ex-Nazis, and that many kept a bitter conspiratorial hatred toward Allied Countries and "the Jews" for defeating Germany. Wondering if this is something that is chronicled in history.

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How did sedentary civilizations successfully subdue nomadic invaders? It seems like such cases are few and far between, and often took years(based on what I’ve read, so i may be incorrect to assume this) Did they employ the same tactics to different invaders?

Edit: I forgot to say that I was wondering about the Middle Ages and before.

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Hello historians.

This may sound dumb but i was watching something on tv about the SS and it got me thinking. The SS were extremely strict that people had to look a certain way, tall, blonde hair, blue eyes etc. But Himmler himself who was the leader of the SS didn't have any of these so called "master race" qualities.

It just seems kinda weird. Did they make an exception for Himmler or was there something else going on?
(Or perhaps im just missing something obvious)

Hello,

I'd like to learn more about bear worship (arctolatry). I don't think a comparative study has been done about practices among different cultures, since unfortunately I have a hard time even just locating per se this kind of subject in literature. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Some populations which first come to mind would be the Ainu of Japan and the Forest Sami of Fennoscandia, however I am not finding much literature particularly about the latter.

Could you please recommend me some papers or books?

Thank you

Such a devastating weapon, did Japan/the world think US only had 1. Did they think it was so bad that US wouldn’t do it again?

Or was it because America just wanted to for more real world data?

Not necessarily picture books, but books aimed specifically at a younger-than-adult audience.

I would imagine that on a local level guides could be found but it's more on a macro level - would a Norse commander in York, for instance, have an idea of where he was in relation to London, Winchester, Lincoln etc beyond knowing to march south and turn left at Newark to get to Lincoln.

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I’ve read quotes from German POWs and officers that attest to Aussie fighting prowess, my favorite being from Rommel: “if I was to invade hell, I would use Australians to take it, and New Zealanders to hold it.”

Are their Japanese accounts? Or Italian? I know Douglas Mcarthur was less than flattering.

I hope this is an okay question. I can't think of where else to ask it.

I read a lot of Civil War era stuff, and sometimes people would write or say "she's some," with that being the end of the sentence. This seems impossible to search for, since the search will find it in phrases like "she's some dancer!" or whatever. I imagine it could also apply to men - "he's some" - but I'm not sure. From the context, I get the sense it would be similar to us saying "she's something!" as in she's a bit much or odd in some way. But I just can't figure it out. People in the west tended to use some odd grammar like that. But because, as far as I know, it is impossible to search that phrase alone without a noun following it, I can't narrow down the context like I can with most things.

In that period, people frequently cited now obscure literary works, and I feel like a lot of times it goes unnoticed or underanalyzed. That is possibly the case here.

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I study Abraham Lincoln and related figures, and this is where it comes up. Any help would be appreciated, and let me know if you need more information.

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ETA: The phrase "get some" in reference to sex was used at the time. But that's definitely not the connotation here. Possibly a hint, though.

I saw a meme recently that claimed Pope Borgia forced the image of his son, Caesar, on to the church in 1490 and the images we see of Jesus are actually a likeness of Caesar. Is there any truth to this?

In movies, television, and from just a common knowledge of the culture- people were CONSTANTLY smoking all sorts of tobacco products in offices. Did the offices always smell like stale tobacco? Did anyone care?

How did someone from per say Bronze Age Egypt view the religion of Bronze Age Hatti and vise versa? Did religious groups despise each other? Were there any known religious wars? How were religious minorities treated by the larger religious groups?