If so, how was anyone in the front lines able to survive multiple battles? I’d think the entire front lines of both armies would be totally ground up, speared, trampled, etc.

Why is that? The Pallava script is from the South Indian Pallava dynasty in 600CEish. All major SE Asian scripts descend from it.

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Yet, the North Indian Gupta empire seemed to have far greater influence, and their script is Devanagari. Yet that did not spread to SE Asia. Why?

I’ve been quite fascinated by the findings in gobekli tepe since it’s the hometown of my family (sanliurfa). But one thing bothers me, nowadays it’s a Kurdish city with a big Kurdish population, we are actually zaza but we are Kurds none the less.

Do the Kurdish people have any ties to gobekli tepe? What I’ve read the Kurdish history is blurry and unsure, but in my mind the people who built gobekli tepe should be ancestors of today’s Kurds. Different tribes and peoples have of course mixed during the millennia’s to make today’s Kurds but are the Kurds today related in a straight line back to the inhabitants of gobekli tepe? Sorry for bad English

I know these shows aren't exact science but once i noticed the houses didn't have chimneys i started looking at other images of ancient viking/norse style abodes, and none of them seem to have chimneys in them. Possibly an oversight as every image i found was a recreation or was it? Were traditional stoves/chimneys to keep the house warm not a thing?

Thanks for any info given!

I read through existing answers and couldn't find a very good one.

In the last week of the first world war Germany faced an uprising against the monarchy. Bavaria declared itself an independent communist state if the treaty of Versailles had Germany dismantled would Europe have a communist power in western Germany to deal with?

If You Find Any Of My Facts Wrong please feel free to correct them!

Does the east-based orientation of maps originate with Christianity? If so, how were maps originated before. If not, then why did pre-Christians put the east at the top?

We know that the bible is very old and has had multiple translations and re-writings over the years. For the new testament, it was written in medieval greek and the documents were well preserved and copied. But the old testament, at least as close as we can get to primary sources, were written in Ancient Hebrew and Aramaic among other things. How were theologians and historians able to understand languages that nobody spoke and translate/codify them into the book we know today? Are today's writings an accurate translation or have we gotten lost playing a game of ancient biblical telephone?

I often see that the "traditional" weapons of China/Korea/Japan are full of swords and Spears like the Chinese jiang or the Korean Woldo. We also see some "systems" develop like the chinese folklore weapons (the Jian, the Gun, the Qiang and the Dao)

But where do maces and axes fit in all of this? We see them being used extensively in Europe, pre-columbian American civilizations, the middle East etc. Etc.

Why aren't these weapons as prominent in East asia?

i've looked everywhere and i can't seem to find a readable/easy to translate diary page during ww1 Germany against France. i needed it to be related to the schlieffen plan and it can be by German, French English or even Anzac's. Any help would be great and i would love if anyone can find anything. Thanks <3

More specifically, what formations and fighting styles did they utilized when facing the Byzantines and (to the great misfortune of all of humanity) defeating the Sassanids? Are there any books one could recommend on the subject?

Hello r/AskHistorians,

Today I was talking to my great grandmother for the first time is almost a year, and with all of the celebration of veterans going around on this great day I wanted to ask her about my great grandfather, who Ive been told served in "Darby's Rangers."

Upon doing some research and talking to her it seems that he served in the 3rd rangers battalion, does anyone know where I can find combat records of what he did, I know that he survived, however almost all but one other (according to ggmother) person in his group.

Thanks! Edit: his name was Elmer J. Montee

So I've been trying to look up and study Irish clothing around 400-500 CE. I understand the Irish didn't generally wear armor, but that curi bouilli armor might've shown up. What might this have looked like? Or did it not exist at all?

There are many famous duels most notably alexander hamilton vs aaron burr. My question is how often did they occur and were there written laws dictating how they went? Also why did the custom eventually die out and when?