During late Roman times the provinces Africa were major grain and olive oil exporters to the Western Roman Empire. For that reason it was a major loss when they fell to the Vandals. However, in the modern day I've never had the sense that Algeria or Tunis have much of an agricultural surplus. Is that just a rising population eating up the surplus or has the amount of food produced really declined. And if it has declined, when and how did it do so?

I just had a curious thought come to mind: as a European, am a taught a about a part of WW2 that Americans or english people aren't thaught and reverse?

A great example would be: I haven't been taught anything about the landing at Normandy other then the fact that it happened, but I myself learnt that the British made counter intelligence operations and a lot of deception around the landing. Are British or amicable taught this?

Ok I have read how China was for years the prominent nation of the earth my question is when did China realize that the West had over taken them and what was their reaction to it?

I would like to study Western history for periods, in order to focus on the characteristics of each period, but in the most common periodization that is divided by historical marks, I see that many are ignored, especially in ancient history, such as Alexander the Great,

is there any method or History separation from the most appropriate ?

Disclaimer: I asked this in r/mythology but wasn't getting the informed answers I was looking for.

Myths (and virtually all stories) take place in the past. So all Ancient Greeks knew, for example, that Acteon stumbled on Artemis and she turned him into a stag. That happened at some unspecified time in the past. And some myths slowly changed over time, or at different places.

But did mythology ever change suddenly? For example, if Mount Aetna was smoldering, could some oracle or priestess or civic leader say, "Oh, that's because Poseidon and Hades are fighting over a nymph they both fell in love with," and that became "news" for a few weeks or months? And then it either became part of (probably local) mythology, or just disappeared if the story lost traction?

I know most myths don't work that way, but I think it's an intriguing idea. Do any scholars out there have an answer?

In the text of "A narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida published at Evora in 1557" the anonymous author states that de Soto "... gathered a hundred and four score thousand ducats together..." from his adventures in Peru with Pizarro.

I've been doing a bit of google research, but I can't find anything that approximates that value of a Spanish ducat at that time. Also, the text makes reference to rials, so I would also be interested in that valuation as well.

Thanks.

This probably is more of a legal question than a history question but why was there never a retrial after they went on tv talking about it. Does that not count as new evidence allowing for a retrial?

I visited Appomattox Courthouse over the Summer and had a fantastic tour guide. He mentioned that a slave girl was killed by cannon fire prior to the Confederate surrender. It made me wonder why she was even there when the town was surrounded by Union and Confederate soldiers? Did civilians attempt to stay and "protect" their belongings even though a battle was about to be fought? Were the civilians so out of the loop that they had no idea these conflicts would occur until soldiers were seen in the distance?

Can you tell us what its precedent was, how it influenced subsequent wargaming units/conventions, and how many officers were trained in the program that prepared them for service in the Atlantic convoys?

Yes, I was introduced to this topc by Lindybeige's video. He couldn't discover the ruleset, thinks Prince Phillip may be the only surviving person to experience it, and wonders if it has been lost to time. The Western Approaches Museum doesn't even have an exhibit on the unit and there isn't a even a Wikipedia page.

Was education mostly a private matter done at home? Was it strictly religious? What types of secular education existed? How would women's acess to these have varied all across Europe going from Ireland to Muscovy and Sweden to the Barbary Coast?

Some things I'm wondering about, what changes were made in relations between the Ottomans and the Safavids, how did the empires redirect resources by no longer being in massive, decades long conflict, and how did people in the battleground areas prosper (or not?) after the 1640s. Edit: I've been informed that the treaty didn't result in 150 years of peace (it ended 150 years of war) - it does seem to have been replaced war as a state of normal relations between the two empires though.

Please delete if this is an inappropriate question, as I realise it isn't like the other questions on the page.

Are there any social media pages that historians would recommend following? I believe a lot of the subreddit subscribers would be interested in receiving tidbits of history from a reliable source. Thanks.

I am writing an extremely long paper on soldiers experiences at the Battle of the Somme. I will be going into the horrible conditions they had to endure and need help. Are there any historians that can point me to good books or journals that will be of use? I am finding it difficult to get the necessary diaries and memoriors without delving though Museum archives (which I dont have time to do).

In the specific, Fascists were sympathetic to revisionist Zionism, they were against Social Zionism (AKA the kind of Zionism supported by David Ben-Gurion, the founding father of modern Israel)

I heard this in a class I took at uni but I can't remember the details. All I remember is that two Romans - I believe generals - were trying to talk about what to do re some kind of uprising. However, they couldn't speak openly, and so one of them guided the other through a field of corn essentially talking nonsense, while also cutting off the tallest heads of corn in the field. The other one understood the message and returned back to his land and slaughtered the people leading the rebellion.

I was wondering if anyone had heard of this or had more details/a source? Thank you!

Do cognates ( a word in two different langusages that are or closely spelt the same and have similar meanings) exist in Asian languages? Are there any asian countries that have a similar situation that Spain has with the Basque in that they have totally different languages and cultures despite living together for centuries.

Ummm all the questions I just asked but in the middle east and in africa.

If you have another cool fact or a question and answer I should've put in my post. Leave if in the comments :)