My guess is that Britain was never formally an empire but rather a kingdom, the United Kingdom. However they did have overseas colonies which leads me to the conclusion that the UK is a kingdom that had an empire.

Am I going in the right direction with my thinking, or am I completely missing the point?

As far as I know, for most of the Ottoman Empire the Janissaries were the most prominent part of the Ottoman army and all of Janissary soldiers were comprised of ex-christian minorities. I'm wandering exactly what percent of Christian boys between the ages of 8-18 would be taken for the Janissaries?

Any recommendations about the life of ordinary people during collapsing/rapidly changing civilizations? How did people attempt to adapt (or resist and deny) the changes around them?

When driving across the country, you will always see signs for small towns saying what year they were "founded" in. What does the "founding" of a town generally signify, and how did it take place? Was it simply a group of people showing up to an area and starting to build homesteads and storefronts, or were the areas developed slowly over time and then the state eventually decides to recognize that area as a new town?

I'm just not really getting what changed. Was it something the Romans started when they worshipped him as Mercury?

Specifically in relation to the Holocaust. I'm assuming that during the war Japan and Germany communicated with each other (and I may be completely wrong, correct me if I am), but was Japan aware of what the Nazis were doing to the Jews in Europe or were they completely unaware?

I guess I have always been presented with a picture of WWII where Hitler rose to power and fought "for the Aryan race" in his attempted conquest of Europe, but then Japan is brought in like an afterthought, and usually only when talking about why the US got involved at all (waking the sleeping giant).

What were Japan's motivations for the war?

Obviously the whites have been described as "slightly divided" (/s), but they still had a good amount of support from the international community, and even had foreign troops in Russia to fight on their side. Why did the Bolsheviks ultimately pull through?

I'm currently studying to become a history teacher in teaching high school. I'm honestly nervous about delivering the content but am utilizing some of the recommended reading from the wiki to expand my knowledge.

I'm curious what things might teachers have done differently or any words of advice or wisdom from current history teachers for the high school level.

When two units of, say, infantry were to engage in battle, either by charging at each other or just one side attacking the other, what happened?

Was it like in Total War games where one formation smashes into the other and the front ranks fight it out, replace losses with men deeper in the formation and keep at it until one side gets routed or decides to disengage? Did they stop short of smashing into each other and try to intimidate one another with a few men running out of the formation to poke at the enemy or engage in duels?

What I'm basically asking is if soldier could be trained to charge into another line of men pointing sharp objects at them, or if they would balk at the idea and refuse to do it. Is there an authentic visual representation of how battles were fought?

Were they given the best material or men? Did they maybe receive "Prestige missions" like marching into a captured city first? Was there much range in effectiveness within the SS?

What seperates the Greek and Macedonian empires? The timeline has the macedonian lasting longer but they seem nearly identical.

Searched through the sidebar and found some interesting facts about global reactions to the Civil War (such as Prussia having observers on the ground to keep abreast of what was happening), but it didn't really answer this question specifically.

Most of what I've listened to in history podcasts or read about online focuses solely on the Confederates' attempts to win the support of France or England. But did the Confederates approach any other European nations seeking support? If so, which ones? And do we have any accounts of how those meetings went?

though i have little experience with it, it seems to me that when cavalry charged into infantry, their lances would get stuck in the people they just stabbed, and then they'd have to stop to remove it, or just keep going and leave the lance behind. what would they have done?