Since most mental illnesses have both environmental and genetic factors, I am wondering if we have established reason to believe rates of mental illness such as depression, bipolarity, or GAD differ between nomadic and sedentary societies? I am primarily wondering about the difference between nomadic and agricultural, not necessarily between urban/rural or pre-/post-industrial societies. What do we know, and how?

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The size of the troops numbers of the China epic Romance of the Three Kingdoms seem massively inflated. Do we have any ideas about the true size of troop numbers? Did they bring their wives and families?

I've recently read up on the works of authors like David S. Wyman who argues that the Allied commanders were lazy, inconsiderate, or perhaps even immoral in their decision not to bomb Auschwitz or the railways connected to the camps. This is certainly a provocative stance to take, and I was curious how modern historians of the Holocaust tackle this issue. I thought the factual evidence presented by Dr. Wyman was incredibly well-researched, but I found the moral stances and the near continuous chastisement of the Roosevelt administration to be somewhat disconcerting in a work of academic history. In other words, it seemed like the author wanted Auschwitz to be bombed.

So: how have modern Holocaust historians reacted to Wyman's work? Should we be engaging in discussions of morality about the decision, or should academic historians always stick to the position of the impartial observer? Given how this issue (at least based on the evidence presented by David Wyman) nearly became more than a counterfactual, is it productive for historians to focus on something that never happened?

And a minor secondary question: did the Mosquito bombers actually have the range to hit Auschwitz and come back?

I've tried looking for direct, factual information online, but it mostly seems to be articles comparing the IRA and Fatah/Hamas. I'm just wondering to what extent the IRA and the PLO (or any other Palestinian groups) worked together.

Next up: Weather events!

I was looking at Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights. There's both black and white people in the painting, and it also includes a depiction of Adam and Eve, who are white. As the two were considered humanity's forebears in medieval and renaissance Europe, I was struck by the question of how black and brown people were thought to originate. Did God make them that way later, or did they just become different over the ages through some concept of quasi-evolution?

Specifically looking for answers from Christian (and Muslim) perspectives.

Would Joe Blogg, the fruit seller have recognised Marlowe making allusions Icarus?

Obviously, I'm referencing recent comments made by a high ranking official in the US government, which given said official's history, may invite some suspicion into what he meant.

But shorn of that specific context, since that context probably counts as recent events, what is the history of using the term "Anglo-American" to refer to the common-law legal tradition?

why didn't the Germans ever attack the mole at beach other than with a few planes one or two timea? Apparently there were 300,000+ soldiers there for over a week. Seems like that would give Germany plenty of time to come up with some sort of assault, especially when they see 100's of boats headed that way to evacuate people.

My history course is skipping the Third Crusade, for the most part, but I still want to read it. We read the Gesta Francorum along with other sources for the 1st, and are starting Villehardouin's account of the 4th.

I tried looking for the authoritative equivalent source for the thrid and got mixed results from google.

Did any of the participants write a complete account of the third Crusade or at least their part in it? If not, why?

It seems like if the disastrous 4th Crusade gets a Chronicle, then the one which includes Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, and St. Francis should warrant a history.

But I'm a non-major and it's eluding me.

A Muslim source would be great, too.

I grew up in the town next door to where Mary Rowlandson was captured, and have seen various historical signs and plaques related to the War around Massachusetts. But I have a very rudimentary knowledge of the events, and especially the motivations, tactics, and organization of the Native Americans. I'd love to know of any good books on this subject, especially if they have a focus on the events in Central Massachusetts (Lancaster, Brookfield, and Mendon I think were the main skirmishes in the area).

I know this is probably too specific, so any general narratives would be great, but I feel like most of the ones I've read have been more from the colonists' perspective and focus on the starting point of the war in Rhode Island and southeastern Mass.

How difficult would it be to carry on a conversation with a person for the medieval period?

I read a previous answer that suggested one reason the Christian Europeans sided with the Qing against the Taiping Christian rebels was Hong's heretical beliefs, such as being the younger son of God and brother of Jesus. But how did people like Hong view Western Christians? Did they see them as heretical? Just misguided? Was there a desire to reconcile their community with Western Christians eventually?

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I (not British) have this image of Victorian London right out of the darkest parts of Sherlock Holmes with thick fog, poor people, and murders all over the place.

Was it dangerous for a white woman like me to wander alone or is my view of Victorian London too influenced by Jack the Ripper stories?

And what if I was an immigrant woman?

What about in WWI? I'm also curious about gunners in 2 seat fighters.

I notice a number of historians describing Greek or Roman relationships as homosexuality. Hadrian for example often seems to be described as simply gay. I can't help thinking that these same historians would frown on describing relationships with boys as a facet of homosexuality. Is there another term in use? I know pederasty was used before. Is this more accurate or still used?