Just looking for some very interesting books on the aforementioned topics. I’m fascinated with the Gaelic Clans and there warfare from Ireland and Scotland and just want to learn as much as I possibly can about their culture and specifically their warrior culture. The Picts and Druids are extremely interesting as well. Would love the recommendations on thebest books on these subjects. I am tired of searching these topics only to find Highlander romance novels.

And if Germany's military success wasn't due to wealth, why was it so successful militarily?

Anticipating the coming arguments from the new Battlefield game trailer, can a historian actually clear this up please? How many women served in the different branches of the different militaries of the combatants in the Second World War? What was their role?

I've always wondered how civilizations like the Mongolians and Scythians (who favored horse archery) prevented casualties during battle. I would have to imagine that their battles would be quite chaotic with so many mounted troops, and with all of those arrows flying around, were there any special tactics or methods used to The prevent these kinds of losses? Or Maybe these mounted battles were more organized and not as chaotic as I’d imagine them to be.

If there were a significant number of self-inflicted casualties in battle, are there any historical accounts of a situation in which "friendly fire" dictated the result of a battle?

I'm wondering on the details and technicalities about pre-paper currency monetary systems, basically in any state or culture.

So mints would create new coins. Would they create them using metals from the state's coffers? Would the created coins go straight to the state?

I'm assuming the state would then pay it's employees (bureaucrats, soldiers, etc.), and then they would buy goods like food and clothing and the coins would distribute across the economy.

What would drive a state to need to debase it's coins? Running out of precious metals to send to the mints?

Edit: I’m wondering about European and Chinese peoples particularly, since my current knowledge of those regions makes me think they were generally the world leaders in technology. I’m also aware that Arabic cultures made a lot of contributions to astronomy, so if you know something of them I’d be delighted to hear it.

is there a way to find transcript of round table conferences which were series of conferences organized by the British Government to discuss constitutional reforms in India.

or a detailed summary of what was proposed,by whom and what was said by let say Ramsay mcdonald.

is there a way these details could be found and read.

Please recommend a book about how parts of Africa which are now very Christian became so during modern history, and about how African Christianity developed distinctively. (I am aware that there was also ancient African Christianity, and that other religions and beliefs are also prominent in Africa.) Thanks!

More specifically we're there any women on the front lines?

I really don’t have much to add on along with the question but me being African American, many other black people seem to blame white people or Europeans for the majority of Africa being a “shithole”. But it seems as though the only “good” parts of Africa are parts where Whites and mixed race people make a decent percentage of the population.

As far as i know women played a very important role in the economy, air defence and medical service close to the front. I am asking the question because with 2 big franchises Call of Duty and now Battlefield introducing women to the battlefield it is a bit weird suddenly hearing women screaming in pain.

I've always been fascinated with the VOC, and I was wondering how it was structured. Did it have CEOs, CFOs, etc. in the traditional sense, or was it something different?

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Enigma and Lorenz are fairly well documented in computer and encryption history (especially in the UK), but I'd like some further information about the techniques and systems used by the Allies, and their effectiveness, please.

I'm currently reading early modern English and Spanish correspondence and no one spells their first and last name consequently. It's "Willoughby", "Wyllughby",'Willobhy", "Lorenzo", "Lorence", "Laurence", "Lorens" etc. They're all learned and literate people. Why do they do this?

I've tried to do some research on the Black Death, everything says it started in China and came to Europe. I can't seem to find anything more about it actually being in China, India and the Middle East than "lots of people died." But in Europe we have dates, percentages of populations that were wiped out, how it affected society and the economy of the time. Was it less devastating in Asia, or did it not have the same impact, and why can't I seem to find this information?

Asking for a friend, vale.