While the famous International Brigades were obviously on the side of the Spanish Republicans, the Wikipedia page says they also had an allegiance to Comintern. Were the members, whether they were American, German, or whatever else, all leftists, or was it more of an anti-Fascist sentiment? Or did they just want to fight? At war's end, what happened to them, both in Spain and if/when they returned home? Also, were there similar Brigades of foreigners (excluding the Condor Legion) that fought on the side of the Spanish Nationalists?

If yes, how? If no, why?

I am doing some research for a character in a story I'm writing and for the life of me I cannot find the answer to this question.

For example, if a Spartan and an Athenian would be wed, what would the general perception be of that marriage?

I'm at a LAN party and we're having an argument about it. Did German people in general ever know about it whilst it was occurring? Were they aware that there were concentration camps?

It just seems odd that well over a century passed between 476 and when Heraclius made the change. Even considering Justinians' reconquests. I mean educated Romans favored Greek over Latin since the late republican era anyways. Why didnt an emperor before Heraclius do it?

Not sure if this is the right place to ask. I'm after the papers/documents in digital format for a research project that I'm working on. Thanks

I know the fact that stories composed in Greek have Jesus quoting the Septuagint doesn't mean he actually did, but since I've also never seen anyone say Jesus wouldn't have been likely to know Greek, I'm at a loss to guess what version of the Bible would have been most familiar in his social milieu. Partly I'm wondering if popular religious values already included scholarship before the Temple was destroyed (I imagine the traditional answer is no, but I'd like some more context), but I'm also just curious about the state of literacy and multilingual proficiency in the Levant in late antiquity.

I asked this question before without getting a response, but I haven't given up hope. (Shavua tov, everyone!)

I was wondering basically what the difference would be between individual melee combat styles and unit formation melee fighting styles in medieval and ancient times.

Was there any kind of technique in large scale melee combat like there was in individual combat or was it mostly just stabbing and slashing over your shield at opposing troops? Sorry if this is confusing I wasn't sure how to word it.

If they were, wouldn't that just invite people to steal your treasure?

Hi all,

I am a second year undergraduate student studying history. Although it is early days yet, I am beginning to think of concepts and ideas for a potential topic for my fourth year dissertation. The dissertation (if it is going to be on the subject I currently want it to be on) will be covering a relatively modern era, which means many of its survivors/inhabitants are still alive.

My question is this: is it acceptable to conduct interviews with these people (whilst recognising their biases etc.) for said dissertation? Or is it too academically unprofessional (for lack of a better term)?

Many thanks, and apologies id this question is tedious.

Could I effectively communicate with a person in the 1850s? 1710s? 1640s?

How far back in time do old English dialects start to sound like a foreign language?

Watching mad men and it shows John Ruby shoot Lee Harvey Oswald on live television. Was it an event like this that caused the delay to be brought in?

I think the title explains it, but I'm curious if anyone has analyzed all three states as empires (by which I mean multinational, multilingual, multiconfessional political entities) all of which were attempting to modernize and all of which were somewhat peripheral to Europe, with the analysis focusing on comparing the three empires and how they responded to these pressures.