I guess it would be obvious why Hitler killed himself. But did his (newly-wed) wife commit any punishable crimes?

A 70 year old guy is coming to my history class next wednesday and we're supposed to ask him questions related to history. Any suggestions as to what I can ask him?

I remember reading that men's ties tend to be wider in times of more rapid economic growth and I was wondering if there are other noted trends like this.

For the record I am talking about colonial France, not napoleonic france. So we view the aformentioned empires as some of the greatest in history but is it warranted? Sure they conquered huge amounts of land but they took most of it from weak Native American and African tribes. Are they really on the same level as the Romans ottomans, Mughals , Chinese, Persians, Greeks etc? The latter had smaller empires but they fought against opponents that were nearly their equals.

I've been told that the potato famine was the birth of Irish nationalism, but can this be considered a key factor leading to the cessation of Ireland from the United Kingdom?

Speaking purely in terms of effects on America (not other nations), I don't see why the Great Depression didn't quickly balance itself out. Both consumers and suppliers were poor, and I can't imagine that the same suppliers (merchants, shop owners) that were selling to the extremely poor were selling to the extremely wealthy. So why didn't the classes, being extreme opposite, divide and balance out? Obviously the upper class needed no help but I don't see why poor suppliers and producers balanced out with the poor consumers to make two balanced classes, and therefore a balanced nation. So what prevented this?

Hi all, I'm doing a research question on the battle of Cannae and whether or not after the battle should Hannibal have marched for Rome. I do have some idea of what happened during and after the battle which would help my arguments but do you guys have any other advice of what to do?

heres what i know (pretty sure i know more but cant think right now and need guidance):

• Hannibal destroyed Rome's army, so lot of Roman casualties

• some of the allies kinda defected? not sure what word to use

• one of the greatest military battles but huge disappointment history wise for rome

• afterwards Rome was like panicing cause they got defeated and loss allies = less numbers for their armies ( this is after the latin alliance citizenship thing where they make other states give troops right?)

• battle led to the change and reformation of the Roman army

• something happened and Carthage stopped supporting Hannibal (guess this means lack of resources to march upon rome)

• at some point after the battle Hannibal did march upon Rome but was unsuccessful

• this was during the second punic war

• read somewhere forgot where that Hannibal was like exiled

• Roman battle formation was so bad that it was why they lost the battle

i apologise in advanced for the shitty grammar i have been awake since 5:30 am on Wednesday and now its 1:40 am on Thursday.

So as far as I was taught in school, astronomy is a very old field of study and that astronomers have distinguished between planets and stars for a long time. How were they able to do so if Galileo is the first known person to have used telescopes to observe the sky? How did older astronomers know the planets were not stars?

At what point in US history did this shift take place and what were the economic and/or sociological forces that prompted this shift?

When I was learning about WWI in high school (mid-2000s) I was taught that the War was inevitable. Going off my history textbook, a global war was pretty much bound to happen due to things like the overlapping network of alliances, great power competition, and technological change.

Has this always been the narrative surrounding the First World War? For example, would textbooks in the 1920s or 1930s have portrayed the war as the "inevitable" result of European international relations? Did the Second World War change how the causes of the First World War were viewed?

I'm not asking whether or not the "inevitable" view is "correct", but rather has that always been the main way of presenting the narrative.

What was it about the histories, missions, and leaders of the Northern Army and Navy that lead them to handle this issue quite differently?

I want to learn about the medieval era, as well as the ancient (with romans and greeks) and the renaissance, but mostly middle ages. For the time being, I am just interested in Europe.

My question is: Do you know any good books or websites or other sources to learn about this?

I want to learn both the fun stuff and the mundane things, ranging from

• How did a regular day look like for a lord or peasant

• what food they ate

• housing, a commoners house and a castle

• the feudal system

• a lot of terminology

all the way to

• warfare and weaponry (apparently sieges were popular and so were polearms)

• armor (studded leather seems to be just fantasy)

• some interesting wars

So I would be very appreciative if someone would help me. I want to learn about these eras but I don't know where to begin, and if it is not a war it is pretty difficult to look up (especially when I don't even know what to search for).

It seems as if in most film a slash across the chest is an instant kill. Is this historically accurate?

I am from Minneapolis.

What are the best resources I have, from my city, that I can use to learn about its history?

I'm interested in materials that are beyond just "books about Minneapolis" at a library.

Are there departments at local universities I should look at? Which ones are the best to pursue?

I've been making it my goal to learn as much as I can about Minneapolis history. It was never touched on in my public schooling, but I want to learn more.

Any general tips on where to get good information on one's city would be greatly appreciated.

Here is my prompt for the paper

Soviet History in 10 Objects: A Gallery The result of this collaborative project will be a veritable museum of your own creation. In groups of two or three, using the TimelineJS online slideshow creator, you will create a multimedia slideshow that narrates something compelling about Soviet history using images of ten objects of your choosing from the region. Each slide/object should be accompanied by a short paragraph (4-5 sentences) of description. Tell us what the object is, when and where it is from, and why it is on display in your gallery. What does the object tell us about Soviet history? How does it relate to the gallery’s overall theme?

Any Ideas?? something that I could find a lot of sources for?

Thanks!

Hitler was born and grew up in Austria, so why did he choose to rebuild Germany, instead of Austria-Hungary, his home country?

They're part of the same archipelago; did being colonized by different powers following the Spanish-American War really result in such a distinction worth maintaining?

Hello, I was just wondering if the British royal family was living in Buckingham palace during WW2, as that would seem quite dangerous due to German bombings.