I have heard that Hannibal was unable to because of his lack of troops, though I believe that, after the many maneuevers he had been able to pull off in the previous years, he would have been able to capture Rome and possibly put an end to the Republic in it's infancy.

Also, what was the impact of Macedon against Rome since it sided with Carthage in the second war, I believe. Did they play a big role or were they just a sideline?

Edit: This question is more focused to WW2. Ships such as battleships and battlecruisers were branded as the most powerful naval combat ships in WW2. Was this truly the case? They are large targets, making them more susceptible to naval aircraft, wouldn't this make carriers a better investment for navies? Are battleships anything more than sea-to-land artillery?

In all theyr european conquests (from greece to croatia/austro hungarian union) is there any reason why only the people living in modern day Bosnia and Albania were islamised(?) (basicly the religion was forced on them)? Why didnt the ottomans do the same with Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaris etc. Sources would also be appriciated as i would like to read up on it. Thanks

In the book "The War of the Two Emperors: The Duel Between Napoleon and Alexander" by Curtis Cate, it is mentioned that Napoleon's feud with Alexander was influenced "by his jilted hope of being able into the Romanov dynasty" I was curious about this and hoped that the experts of this subreddit would expand on it. Thank you for any help you give!

I would like to learn about the Soviet-Afghan war. I don't have a lot of knowledge about geopolitics and modern history in the area. Is there a book about the war that you could recommend which is both objective and engrossing?

At least in Boston. It just seems very likely. It flew near several Naval yards, the Watertown Arsenal and probably elsewhere.

I realize piracy never really stopped existing. But why did the Golden Age end in the 1730's? Were pirates hunted down and stopped by force, did the practice just fade away, or was there some other underlying factor that brought it to an end?

History has always been one of my favorite subjects and was almost at the very top of my list of things to study when I was an undergrad (graduated two years ago) but I ultimately went with Linguistics/Japanese because I did not want to spend another year (2 courses) on US History. Anyways, I of course am still greatly interested in history and read/watch historical stuff on my free time, but I was wondering what I would have been doing if I majored in History.

I took a couple history courses as an undergrad (mainly Japanese/Asian history) so I was wondering if having history as a major would have just been the same as that (reading, writing, etc) but just more courses and more specific topics/events/etc. When a history student is in his final year, are there any major difference between courses and what he's studying from when he was just starting. I'm never going to have a degree in history, but perhaps if I knew what went into acquiring one, I might be able to feel like I had one if I did all the things a history student would.

Not exactly history, I know, but I entered my Star Wars book collection in my university's book collection contest and had to write a short essay about the significance of my collection and the judges (I got second place-undergrad) praised my historiographical view of the Star Wars universe and historical periods (my collection is mainly focused on Jedi/Sith conflict and history pre-ABY [ie c.25,000BBY-1BBY]).

What would happen if that messenger was killed by the kingdom he sent his message to?

What threats would they typically face on their journey?

How did other people validate that they were indeed a messenger for this king or queen?

edit: I'm interested in the time around the Assyrian and Persian Empire

By this I mean the pirates of the mid 17th to early 18th century the whole "golden age of piracy" period. Did fictional stories about pirates appear during this period with the same themes of adventure and almost romanticised image of pirates or were they a later invention? If not what was the literature about them like during this period? Cheers.

How often would an average citizen in Greece get called up to go fight in a battle? Is it almost annually? A few times in a lifespan? What about for average cities vs peaceful vs violent ones?

Growing up in the United States, we predominantly learn about our European roots. The Vikings sailed west to the Americas, as did Columbus, Vespucci, etc. What documentation is there of Asian countries sailing east to the Americas? Is that something they did before or after the east coast of the United States was settled by Europe? What conflicts, if any, did they have with Native Americans?

It seems really well known among anyone who knows WWII, but it seems like it was very small and inconsequential, can someone explain to me the reason for it's prominence?

This is from Dmitry Glukhovsky's forward to the recent English translation of the Strugatsky brother's The Doomed City.

(I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this) This is for a 4000 word essay (not due anytime soon) but I was wondering how I'd go about this. I don't think there is enough to compare it to other German parties' propaganda (from the time) and I can't compare it to something like Hitler's speeches (as in different medium completely)

edit: for anyone wondering I had to come up with the essay question myself so I can't get help from my peers

Thanks

I'd had the impression that it took a long time for ideas like nuclear winter to enter the public consciousness, but have recently realised that I don't know why I thought that.

I'm more interested in the American side of the question, but if anyone has information on the Russian perspective that would be great too, thanks.

I hear about the Anglo-Saxons, the Britons, Normans, Germanic peoples and even the Romans but to this day I have no idea what happened in the dark ages and the later medieval that caused us to have what we have now as the English. I had always assumed they were mostly descendants of the Britons but all the history I look up shows domination by the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and with William the Conquerer, the Normans. With so much foreign invasion is there even a single major ancestor for the British? I know very little on the topic and would love some enlightenment, my research skills are hopeless.