Is there any history of this, even on a smaller scale of exchange such as between English peasants and Byzantine people?

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If I understand correctly the Aztecs subjugated cities through shock and awe, requiring only tribute to be given and not installing any governors.

If much of the dominion was simply held in fear of the Aztecs, would they have even been able to levy warriors from their conquered cities? Would they just have used armies from the Triple Alliance? How did they handle the logistics of that?

I've been researching information on my great grandfather, who signed up to the Australian army in 1918. He was shipped to Egypt in july and assigned to a "Egyptian general service draft", i cannot find out any information about this. Once the the war concluded he was assigned to the 4th light horse regiment and was presumably involved in putting down the Egyptian revolt. However there are good five months or so when he was in egypt doing... something?

I've read about several battles that occurred during the reign of Rome and during the Middle Ages in many of my college history classes. Most of the descriptions of these battles offhandedly mention mercenary forces being hired for one side or another alongside the regular rank-and-file soldiers.

It seems like many of my classes completely brush over what seems to be a very important part of history. Just how effective were these mercenaries, and how common were they?

What did he seek to get out of both?

Apologies if his has been asked before, just something I was wondering about while re watching an anime.

Hi /r/AskHistorians! I'm currently a high school junior working on a historical documentary focusing on the White Rose Movement and its impacts on society for National History Day (NHD). My teammates and I are very interested in the White Rose Society because of their attempts at creating an intellectual revolution among Nazis and fellow Germans. The theme for this year’s National History Fair is “Taking a Stand in History”, and we thought that the White Rose was more than fitting.

We were wondering if we would be able to interview any professor that has knowledge over the White Rose to include in the documentary. We would also love a phone or video interview to learn more about the White Rose resistance movement in general. We hope that the interview would be able to be conducted through Skype, as a video interview would be perfect for a documentary; however, we are open to other ideas if Skype isn’t feasible. Overall, we would love the opportunity to talk and learn more about a topic that we hope will continue to inspire generations in the future.

Please PM me if there is a professor that would be interested or if you want more information. Our group would be more than happy to meet them beforehand in order to introduce ourselves and provide further detail on our project. Thank you for your consideration!

I've heard from multiple people that the south and the Confederacy were much more about other things rather than the want to keep slaves. Can you shad some light on that?

Sorry for the messy title, let me explain better:

In the movies, video games, cartoons, etc. that are set in the medieval-ish era, the houses of the common folk have white walls with wooden beams going across it. Many old hauses in Germany also have the same pattern. What are the walls made of?

I know the King of Morocco Mohammad V chose to do this relatively recently, in 1957. These questions could also extend to other countries in North Africa and the Gulf States.

Was their anything culturally or practically notable about adopting the title King rather than Dey, Bey or Sultan?

Was their internal government reasonings behind this, or did the king himself personally choose this?

Was their a reaction domestically?

What would the average person in the Holy Roman Empire say what country they lived in is? Would he say "The Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg", "Würzburg", "Germany", "The Holy Roman Empire", or "I don't know"? What did the average man know about the separate states of the Holy Roman Empire?

Justinian's reign in considered a prime period of Byzantine Empire, and I always wondered why it's not considered a part of Ancient Roman period of the Empire. A lot of things were in line with ancient and late antiquity Rome: Latin is still spoken, large scale projects like Hagia Sophia happen, Eastern Empire's territory is intact.

Without actually going into the naming debate, were there really big changes in the Eastern Empire for the last 150 years before Justinian? What were the main changes in daily life, culture, administration, religion etc?

Between the revolution of 1789 and 1958 and France went through two empires, two monarchies and five republic. This was accompanied by revolts in 1848, the spasm of violence of the Paris Commune and the continuous and highly divisive culture war between the secular left and the Catholic right -- the most notorious example being the Dreyfus Affair. Why did the French do so badly in comparison to other European states?