When, and by whom, was it first popularised? I've seen it written that it is a 'Welsh invention', which seems somewhat fanciful to me. Is there any historical validity to this claim?

I'm looking for a book for "a brief history of humankind" which covers all geographical areas in parallel. I have read books on e.g. the Arab world, China, Western Europe, etc. but I'm looking for something which discusses the interconnected nature of humankind. e.g. trade connections, what was happening at the same time in different parts of the world.

It would be great to come away with an appreciation of what e.g. the Egyptians were doing whilst the Chinese were doing whatever they were doing.

If you can also recommend another subreddit where this suits better; let me know.

Thanks!!

In 1942 the Löwe project was abandoned in favor of the Maus, was the Löwe more of a plausible tank? If it was designed instead and built would more have been easily built and used compared to the Maus being much larger and being a nuisance due to its weight?

At this point we are all aware that fleas were the first culprit behind of the black death even if rats and other rodents were blamed. But even more than rodents, cats are highly suspectible to develop the illness (fun fact: dogs are basically immune to the bacteria), and compared to sewer rats, which species was more commonly the one petted and taken on your lap. There has also been the myth that cats were killed cause of superstition, but afaik that is bull, well, more like wrongly interpreted bull... The true thing is that there has been points in time that cat populations have gotten smaller near and during times of plague pandemic, but as the plague is deadly also for our feline friends, maybe that's more likely the true reason?

For the sake of narrowing my curiosity, let’s pretend we’re in England during the 1400’s or so. What did clothing consist of, and how many sets of clothing would be normal to own?

Edit: Lol, this made the front page? I guess I ought to ask sleep-deprivation fueled questions more often

Bonus points if it has descriptive details about the plague doctors

This is something I never understood. Why should they launch an attack in the hilly areas that make up the Turkish coast? Heck, it makes no sense to me when they could simply land near Gaza, Tel Aviv(or Palestine in general) besides the attack on Basra and Mesopotamia(IRL) and walk their way to Konstaniniyye? The Othman army was no match to that of the UK.

Not sure if this is allowed, if not just take it down.

What changed about Tsarist Russia in terms of autocracy and reactionary nature in the late 1800s to early 1900s.

So far I've written about political class divide and the backwards economy leading to class divides, Central leadership (in particular the Duma), and Ideological control - rrelating to the poeple's will etc, but I'm running out of ideas. Can anyone help or provide a good secondary source of information I can use?

Thanks

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I know democracy was started in Athens and the Greeks were very influential, but why do schools focus on them so much? Surely other cultures had as significant impacts. Why don't we ever learn about ancient African or Asian cultures?

I always saw conspiracy theories as a rather new phenomenon, coinciding with the rise of the internet. So my question is, why are they becoming more common and what, if any, conspiracy theories existed prior to the internet becoming popular?

Like...how did their votes get counted?

And, generally speaking, what was the breakdown of their votes (Republican, Democrat, etc)

In the American Old West, did stage coaches keep records of who they transported? Would little towns have known who was coming, or if coaches didn't arrive when expected, who would the towns people reach out to for news?