As I understand it "Libya" supplied a lot of grain to Rome and presumably supported Carthage at its zenith. Did the region grow less fertile until the present day, or is it a matter of relative fertility?

I'm making a game where you are in charge of a small coastal village in the 8th, 9th century Scandinavia. I want the game to be as accurate as it can be without compromising the gameplay, Ideally it should make you think like a real Jarl.

I have done some research in my spare time and have a few ideas. (Things like the importance of trade and livestock, the somewhat equal status of women, The possibility that visitors could be gods in disguise) I can only do so much research myself with my limited time so I thought id ask the internet what they think is important that I include.

What are the must haves, the important to emphasizes, the do not dos and so on?

edit: Also what are some good sources I can look into for further reading?

The way I understand facism is that it's in the purest sense, extreme ultranationalism. Unlike the other two major ideologies in WW2 (Democracy and Communism) facism was by its very nature not internationalist as usually the goal was to further the goals of the state and maintain the superiority of the race.

However, in the Spanish civil war, for whatever reason facists sent volunteers to other facist regimes. Why would they do this? If in their mind facism is the best form of government and they care for no one but themselves, why would they want to spread it? Wouldn't they want democracy or communism to collapse on itself?

Also, Hitler believed the Germans to be superior to the Italians and Mussolini saying the opposite that the Germans to the north of the border were descendants of barbarians as compared to Italy laying claim to the legacy of Rome. As for the Japanese, Hitler viewed them as simple "culture bearers" who would eventually become an enemy of Germany.

With all these feelings of inherent superiority to each other, how did axis powers manage to cooperate for so long without their pride getting in the way?

So I notice that the Clipper was used very far into the 19th c. but I stumbled upon the Wyoming a massive 6 masted wooden schooner that due to hogging and sagging required a pump to keep its hold water-free. And I am just curious as to what was the impetus that led to these gigantic ships being built in the 20th c. when metal hulls, steam engines and so forth was becoming the norm?

I admit I am no naval historian, but I do find it all very interesting and perhaps it will lead me to a deeper understanding of late 19th c. and early 20th c. shipping and maritime design considerations.

Also secondary question in light of these flaws regarding the Wyoming (i.e. pumps) was there ever a similar concern with Ships of the Line? In that they recognized that at some point these Ships of the Line could only get so big that at some point (until the advent of metal/ironclad hulls and steam propulsion) all navies of the world would reach the maximum for wooden hull constructions.

(feel free to ignore this part) Also I know this is a bit off topic, and a bit too broad of a scope for this, but how would the proposed Tessarakonteres with its supposed hull of 130 m compare with the Wyoming's 140 m hull length?

In the movie "The Death of Stalin" the staff (cleaners, cheffs etc) are rounded up and presumably killed, it seems very pointless to kill these unimportant people. Also, I am aware that this is a movie and not necessarily historically accurate. It happens 44 minutes into the movie.

I was at an art gallery recently and saw some really old paintings (circa 1200s and 1300s) and the males always had short hair, and females had long hair. I'm wondering if any historians could provide an explanation.

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Hello, I have an original portrait painting of what I believe is a General from the revolutionary war (this is what I was told). I do not know who it is or who painted it. A family member bought it from someone at the Fraunces Tavern. I do not know how to create a link but if you have knowledge of the Revolutionary war please DM me and I will send a picture! Please help! Thank you!!

I always asked this question various of times to my teachers, but the answers they give are really not that accurate and not that believable.. Germany became the world's most powerful country during the second world war, and that always baffles me on how they got out that depression and became powerful. America had a depression with 33% unemployment but FDR managed to decrease that with his new government agencies, but Germany had more than 70% unemployment (at least that's what i heard). WW2 was one the main reasons why America got out of the depression... Did Germany do the same as America did? Massive productions in factory and employment because they were readying for war?..

Did other groups like the Roma, homosexuals and communists have to wear an identifiable badge or something of that nature, or were the Jews the only group that have to wear something?

I hope this is historical enough of a question for this subreddit. According to my sources, Belgium is primarily a Dutch speaking nation. However, both those countries which were Belgian possessions speak French today. Why is this?

I'm a 9th grade Ancient World History teaching preparing for a unit on biases in historical writing. I'd like to find primary accounts of the Mongols from a non-Mongol (Maybe from the Turks/Jin/Song or the Abbasid/Muslim/Arab) perspective to illustrate the biases in historical texts as a contrast to the Secret History of the Mongols. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Why was Marc Antony and Ptolemaic Egypt warring against Octavian? What was the motivation? What was the Outcome?