My history professor said that there is no 'official' ending for medieval times.

He stated that there are various occurrences which could indicate the end.

• the christian emperor Constantin
• the arising of the huns in europe
• the downfall of the eastern roman empire
• and with the Hischdra (hishdra?) (622)

I didn't find any information on the internet.

This question rose mainly due to the new movie trailer, but why were there 250,000 more allied troops at the Battle of Dunkirk compared to DDay? Where did / what happened to those 250,000 troops in the 4 years between those battles. Were there other major european offensives?

I see it being used as a term by Paradox game players a lot but have no idea what it actually means? What historical significance does it have and why is it so popular?

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I've heard over expansion, but if there is anyone out there with more knowledge. That'd be awesome!

A professor mentioned it's widely assumed that Israel has nukes, but they won't publicly admit it.

Is there any truth to this? When did they aquire them, and how did they go about this?

Both domestic and foreign, specifically Spanish and Venetian.

Where was the space to house all of these people, and how was the massive population fed? Was there some kind of rice dole to feed the poor?

What was the infrastructure like?

*edit: doll to dole

I guess I'm specifically looking for stuff regarding farming and husbandry of that age but also generally speaking about village life. I'm getting a sense that it's slightly different if you're celtic in that era and if you're saxon.

I have heard this story so many times with so many different variants with so many different armies. No one seems to be able to cite anything or give good specifics other than things like "Stalingrad because they said it in Enemy at the Gates."

I'm mostly talking about since WW1, but other examples would be interesting to hear about.

I have heard it said that ¨Mussolini made the trains run on time¨, which seems to me that, generally speaking, people were pleased with the results he brought early on. Before things went seriously South, was there a track record of long standing problems that were fixed?

Mesopotamia and Egypt were territories of similar size with similar origin around fertile river basins and similar levels of technological development. Yet Egypt spent most of the period 3000 bc - 500 bc politically united, while periods of political unity in Mesopotamia were very rare and inherently unstable. What made these two civilizations so radically different in terms of their ability to be centrally ruled?

Just curious if ancient Egyptians believed the planet rested on something, similar to how the Hindus believed the planet rested on the back of elephants?

I'm working in a small cartoon museum where most of the items in the archives are either comic books or animation cells. I've been asked to organize the archive room. Should I organize them by character (Batman, for example) or by comic maker like DC or Marvel?

When was Christianity brought over to North America? It's my understanding that most of our founding fathers were not Christian but then I remember from school that they were teaching Christianity to Native Americans pretty early on. Just a little confused, can anyone give me some clarity on this subject?

This is a question based on the excellent Holocaust-denial post made by /u/commiespaceinvader back during a Methods Monday. I watched a documentary made by NOVA about his trial, and it seemed like a lot of his "research" was subject to confirmation bias and not conducted comprehensively. I'm wondering if he's done anything useful for this field. In addition, are there other examples of famous "alternatively-motivated historians?"

Hello All, I've been watching a bunch of movies (most recently "The Magnificent Seven") which features a black bounty hunter of sorts. In the movie he says that he has several state sanctions to capture or kill fugitives.

I know it's Hollywood and they want to have nice, diverse casts when possible, but is there even one case which comes close to this in history? Can someone explain the limitations put on freed men (I know the fugitive slave act was a big one until abolished)? Were they ever put into positions of power over whites?

I find it nearly impossible to believe, but also know that history is far more complicated than any simple, clean narratives would have us believe. Also one can imagine that in lawless parts of the West , so long as you can stay alive , you can be whatever you want and as Mao famously (and imo falsely) stated "power comes from the barrel of a gun"

I am sorry that this question is very broad and hope that it fits within the Subs rules but really any insight into the matter would be extremely helpful. Thank you