I have always thought about the civil war as wholely American, but were other countries pulling for one side over the other? Were there attempts by foreign powers to influence the outcome of the war through trade or other means?

like Oxford and Cambridge... Harvard and Yale etc. specifically interested in enrollment and schedules, exams, dorm life. did those aspects look much like they do today?

The 1300s were not really known as being a bastion of human rights. Witches, Crusades, feudalism, etc. The Enlightenment had not even come into force yet.

So what led to Louis X adopting such a remarkably liberal political position this early on?

A common refrain I hear from confederate apologists is that the north only cared about slavery because it opposed their primary economic methods (wage labor), and that non slave owning farmers were afraid of southern plantation owners with massive amounts of wealth and slave labor would take over all the good land in the frontier.

I can see that being true, but also, guys like John Brown were hanged for their beliefs, so surely their was a good amount of the opposition that was due to believing it was wrong.

Given recent events I'm curious it's history. Also some questions to follow-up:

Is the tiki torch native to the Pacific Islands? How else is the tiki torch used?

I'm interested in a casual book that broadly covers world history, and could help give me ideas for areas I'd be interested in researching further.

I believe Guns, Germs, and Steel fits my criteria, but I've heard mixed reviews about it.

If you have any suggestions for similar podcasts or other media, I'm also interested in that.

Recently in Brazil there has been a movement by some powerful groups of associating Nazism as a leftist ideology, because it have Socialism in its name, with the intention of characterizing socialism and Nazism as the same thing and incite persecution on the left.

I know Hitler himself despised and persecuted communists, but since the birth of Nazism, has anyone ever said that it is the same as socialism or communism? As far as I know, not even during McCarthyism in the USA this happened.

Found this out recently and find it quite strange. Anyone have any ideas why the law was brought in?

I know it stopped during the 19th and 20th century, but how did it start

Which were the first parties? Did they gain any ground? Were they reformist or revolutionary?

Which presidents were still living when the American Civil War broke out? Did they hold/express any political opinion on the matter or how to resolve the conflict?

I've heard this story that shortly before the surrender at Appomattox, some cadre of Confederate generals were encouraging Lee to continue the fight via a guerrilla war. How serious were these plans? And how significant was Lee's role in this moment?

In Denmark-Norway, the adoption of the potato as a crop was driven by the king and the church, which promoted it from the pulpit by royal decree. The work of the activist clergy which became known as the "potato priests" became part of a bigger campaign to improve agriculture, eradicate heresy and superstition and improve the health and morals of the people.

Why did the potato become emblematic of the improvement of agriculture, and not other innovations or crops? Did similar processes, movements or projects play out in other European enlightened absolutist kingdoms? Were they similar or different, and to what degree were they inspired by each other?

I have always though angels were peace loving creatures, but then i read about Arch Angel literally battling with Satan and banishing him in depths of Hell. Did they really participate battles?

How were privates trained on Wake Island? My story hinges on that. Were privates expected to fight when the Japanese invaded?

Wikipedia references a book named The Game of the Foxes referencing Polish control of an Enigma machine and the plot involves a character cracking it.

4 years before Władysław Kozaczuk wrote in Bitwa o tajemnice that the Poles had successfully decoded Enigma messages

In the same year (again according to Wikipedia) "David Kahn in The Codebreakers described the 1944 capture of a Naval Enigma machine from U-505 and noted, somewhat in passing, naval Enigma messages were already being read."

I infer that the idea of cracked communications had entered the public consciousness enough after 1967 that it inspired novels to include it. Did anyone surmise the communication breach previous to that year? Were there any "Carrots improve your vision and our British pilots eat lots and lots of carrots" hand waves that explained how clever the Allies were without disclosing the existence of Ultra?

This may seem pretty offtopic but because it includes history si... I figured I'd find some answers by asking for thoughts and suggestions about my future here.

Here's some basic info about me ya'll: Age 14, Currently living in Asia and attending Year 9 in a school that follows the British curriculum. Favorite subjects are History and Science (More specifically Physics and Chemistry). I do regular reading and research for both Science and History but I'm currently in the history mood right now (one thing to know is that I. LOVE. GERMAN. HISTORY.) My current plan for now is to get good grades in IGCSE and find a pretty darn good college in Germany, because i know it'll be quite a good checkpoint for my future studies.

Now, here's my problem:

I have passion for both science and history but I don't know which I should focus on in the future, since I can't do both. I'm basically split between either becoming a historian or physicist in the future and I sorta need a pros and cons thing for both of them.

Also, for the historians here; can you share my your experiences as a historian? I heard it's really hard to become one and all but, I'd just like to read your thoughts.

Hi, I've been collecting data on KM ship armaments from Wiki and I couldn't help but wonder if the data there were legitimate (There were few inconsistencies). Is there a book or website recognized by professional historians?

I am also interested in armaments of USN, IJN and Royal Navy. Thanks.

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