So I know that some notables of the American Revolution later played a role in the French Revolution (Paine, Lafayette, etc.), and I recently heard (shouts to Mike Duncan's Revolutions podcast) that some of the officers in the Haitian Revolution cut their teeth fighting with and against the British in the American Revolution. So I guess my question is whether there were any attempts to convince other colonial nations to rebel in order to expand and overwhelm the British? For example, did the Continental Congress ever attempt to contact people in India, Africa, the Caribbean, etc. to attempt to start other revolutions?

Sorry if this is a bad question but I find the concepts of Druidism extremely interesting as they explore natural and scientific philosophy such as the secrets of the oak and the cosmos, but I can't seem to find many explorations of these ancient concepts.

I have always heard that the roots of Hungary as a nation can be traced to the Huns that settled there while invading Europe, and that today people still use the name "Attila" in that country. Is there really a link between Hungary and the Huns, or is it an urban legend?

What are the reasons slavery of African people did not make its way up to Canada?

What kept the people from desiring a less harsh or hostile climate? Was it really harsh or hostile in the far north?

during the 1100s, was slavery present in England, or did that not appear till later on? if it was a thing, was it race based, a caste system based, or something else?

I've been searching but cannot find any highly recommended books that purely revolve around the American soldiers and the battles they fought in WWII. Any help would be much appreciated!

In ancient times my understanding is it was commonplace for a captured enemy to be exterminated or to be put into slavery. If the fate of a surrendered soldier was so likely to be death, why would soldiers choose to surrender over fighting to the death?

My understanding is that Janissaries were slaves owned by the Ottoman state and trained from birth to act as an elite guard unit under the command of the Sultan. But if they were enslaved what would happen as they aged and could no longer campaign? Would they take on different, non-combat roles? Could a Janissary be able to buy their way out of slavery with their wages? What paths would be open to a Janissary later on in life?

For example, the Trojan War was thought to be purely a myth until the actual discovery of Troy. Now most scholars agree there is some truth to it, at least.

Do we have anything to support the idea that the ancient Indian legends could be based in a core of truth?

The kingdom of Hungary is recorded only to have started with the conversion of Saint Stephen, around the turn of the 2nd millennium. No Lithuanian lord was crowned king, with the exception of Mindaugas, who only received the crown after converting. Yet, a few generations earlier, the warlords of Scandinavia showed no reluctance in proclaiming themselves kings, Christian or no. What prevented the pagan Lithuanians or Hungarians from crowning their own kings?

I’ve done a topical search of it on YouTube, and everywhere I’ve looked there are a large number of dislikes and people in the comments talking about how information is being omitted or that the videos’ opinions are biased. I’ve tried to understand this before, but still feel like I hardly know anything about the subject. Is it not possible to find an explanation due to the lack of historical facts, idk maybe I’m just going about this wrong. I would appreciate anyone’s input on the subject.

When reading about Pytheas (and what remains of his writings about his iron age journey to Britain) , I saw that:

"Diodorus based on Pytheas reports that Britain is cold and subject to frosts, being 'too much subject to the Bear', and not 'under the Arctic pole', as some translations say."

What could that possibly mean? If it helps, on the Wikipedia page, the word Bear in that sentence links to the page for Ursa Major, perhaps specifying something that was evident in the original Greek text, but not in the English translation.