I'm trying to write a biography on her and I'd like to know what sources and books can I use for it.

I'm very confused on the 23 churches that are Catholic, but not Roman Catholic. Why are there two churches for the same people?

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Did the use of trains and other materials during the holocaust divert needed materials for the Wehrmacht and did it have any significant impact on the ware effort?

"A Brief History of Time" is a book by Stephen Hawking that aims to give non-specialized readers a general view of fundamental scientific theories, how they were developed and how did they affect the course of science and technology throughout the years. By reading it you won't exactly be able to workout all the equations that rule the Universe, but you will at least have a general perception of how science has evolved, and how we think the Universe evolved from the Big Bang to present day.

I was unfortunately not very interested in History in my school days but today I feel like I'm lacking at least a general perception of how humans came to be civilized, where, when, how did we evolve in different scenarios, how did we reach other continents, why did civilizations collapse, etc.

I'm not aiming to learn what were the warfare strategies in the Battle of Waterloo, but I would like to have a general idea of the politics that led to that and other conflicts, starting from when we first became sedentary.

Just like Hawking's Brief History, Jacob Bronowski has the documentary "The Ascent of Man" which is a personal view of how human society developed through the understanding of science.

I'd really like to find something similar for History, that gives more emphasis to politics and social behavior as ways to understand how we've gotten here.

Maybe a long question/request and I'm sorry if it's not according to the sub rules, but after I read them I thought this didn't seem to violate any of them.

Thanks!

EDIT: Also, of course I tried to look for this myself before asking, I've tried to watch "Civilisation" by Kenneth Clarke but couldn't get through it, it puts way too much emphasis on Arts and doesn't really follow a chronological order, the whole back and forth jumping on the timeline didn't really help me. I also found a book called "Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond but haven't gotten it since I've never heard about it before, but I'm very inclined to read that (although some feedback on this is appreciated).

Reiter as in cavalry with metal armor armed with pistols. I know that they emerged at the 16th century, so I am hoping for answers specific to the decade or year.

The liberal reforms introduced by the Gracchi brothers and the conservative ones put in place by Sulla seemed to have the common goal of taking Rome back 'to the way it was'. I know this was used as justification for the radical changes and had little basis in historical reality, but are there changes that could have (realistically) been made that would have led to the renewal of the Republic?

I've often read that the predictions of general relativity, published in 1916, weren't able to be tested until 1919 because World War I made travel to observe a solar eclipse impossible. Yet Lenin was able to take a train from Switzerland to St. Petersburg when the Russian revolution broke out in 1917, and that would've involved crossing the front lines. This leads me to ask to what extent long-distance civilian travel would've been impacted by the war, and what arrangements there may still have been to allow some mobility.

Hi everybody! I love this sub, and now I decided to start a project of my own on the vietnam war and I need to find the best books to work on, and get the best out of them and I thought to myself: "Why not ask in a place they know about it?"

I have often seen the USSR brought up as an example of the totalitarian nature of communism, and while it's human rights records was certainly atrocious, it does not seem unique to me in Russian history, as both modern Russia and Tsarist Russia are totalitarian states with similarly poor human rights records. Have human rights in Russia improved in any significant measure since the collapse of the USSR, and was the Tsarist Russia in any way less repressive than the USSR? Furthermore, even if totalitarianism is a feature of the Russian state, did the features of the Communist state enable the USSR to enact more authoritarian measures than non-Communist Russian states?

Thank you.

I was reading Inferno for the first time, and noticed an abundance of Greek influences that seemed out of place in a Christian work. Any reasons why?

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My general question is: what was life like as a slave in a normal situation? Was it as bad as depicted in movies for MOST slaves?

How long were the work days?

Was sexual assault common?

Did they get any days off, ever?

How early in a child's life were they expected to begin hard work? Did they get lax treatment compared to adults for a period of time?

How difficult was it to get in a situation where the owner would physically abuse you?

Was it common for slaves born into that life to think of themselves as lesser humans?

Did the slaves on plantations occasionally riot, like in a prison?

Realizing that they too were real people, and probably had a hard time dealing with seeing what was done to jewish prisoners, is there any historical proof that mentions how they were affected by it?

Long story short, this question was inspired by my looking at Google Earth. I looked around modern day Iran trying to find green: something that appears like it could support enough agriculture to support 100,000 strong armies. I failed. Iran appears to be very mountainous, lacking in any major rivers that I could find, and the land in general seems to be nothing but scrub-brush covered dirt. Even now in 2017 satellite images I can't find any vast agricultural areas that you might find in, say, the American midwest.

How did they do it?

I’m working out some specifics for a book that I’m writing. Would it be appropriate for the eldest son of a viscount and the eldest daughter of a baron to be wed? And if so, what would their new titles be, and the titles of their children? (Eldest child: boy, younger child: girl) thx!

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How did the Native Americans handles natural disasters like tornadoes, forest fires, earthquakes, etc? DID the Plains Indians just run like hell during tornadoes?