When did America, France, Japan, and China invade Vietnam? In what order were they active in the region? Did their stay overlap with one another?

Alexander's army was arguably the best in the ancient world. But the innovations that made it so effective were largely implemented under the reign of Alexander's father Philip II, not under Alexander himself. Likewise, the unification of Greece was completed by the victory at Chaeronea in 338 BC and the establishment of the League of Corinth in 336 BC, both of which were also the achievement of Philip II.

Regarding the victory over Persia, unlike when the Greeks faced them in 490 BC or again in 480 BC, by the time of Alexander the Persians had lost their aura of invincibility having been defeated by Greeks numerous times: at Mycale, at Eurymedon, at Salamis-in-Cyprus, etc. And my understanding is Persia had also been weakened by various internal rebellions in places like Egypt.

Given that the tools which enabled Alexander's conquests -- the Macedonian Army and hegemony over Greece -- were almost entirely an inheritance from his father, and given that the bulk of his conquest was achieved simply by the absorption of the weakened and seemingly already-declining Persian Empire, does history give Alexander too much credit for what he achieved? He is often portrayed as the greatest conqueror of all time, but it seems to me that other conquerors faced more formidable opponents and were more responsible for shaping the circumstances that led to their rise in the first place (ie. Cyrus, Caesar, Genghis Khan, etc.). Or is this unfair?

Besides the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, how did the French monarch appease or collaborate with the papacy?

like the founding fathers. They wore heavy garments. Virginia is hot as hell in the summer

I was wondering how the temperatures were in those tanks, and how that affected the men?

Were they able to adequately hydrate in the heat of battle?

How historically accurate is GoT for the time period it is potraying. Was there really that much murder, poisoining, betrayal, and scheming in medieval England and Europe in general?

And if so, to what extent? A simple division of armour and weapons? Or could on smith focus specifically on helmets or something? We're there smiths just churning out tools for other smiths to use?

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Sutton Hoo seems like the most Viking find ever: ship burial, the helmet, gold, gold, gold. But it's not Viking--it's Anglo-Saxon!

I was under the impression that being overweight was a sign of wealth back then? Would real life young medieval nobles be mocked for this?

I mean, in general almost all the nobles in GoT are of similar weight to 21st century people. I would assume that real medieval nobles are more overweight people?

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Let me know if this is too broad a question. I'm open to book recommendations, too, if this is too broad a topic and a book or two covers it nicely.

My understanding is that early Christianity was part of the Roman empire, which was relatively open about sex. At some point, that obviously changed and morphed into the restrictive evangelical viewpoint seen in American today. Was it a particular Vatican council? Something to do with the Protestant reformation? General cultural influence? Gradual change over time?

Thanks!

This is something I read in passing on a Wikipedia page and I'm wondering if any historians have anything to say on the matter.

I understand there is some diversity, but compared to other major countries in the Americas the country seems very homogeneous. Most Mexicans are either indigenous or mestizos. The black community is extremely small, especially compared to other American countries that practised slavery. The white minority primarily has roots in just Spain.

How come compared to countries like Brazil and the USA, Mexico seems to have a lot less diversity?

Sorry if this is the wrong sub Reddit for this but I found these patches that I will have pictures of in the comments, would anyone be able to tell me what exactly they might mean? Thanks

I know Germany surrendered on May 7th, but is there any records of battles with Nazi forces after this date? Was there any cases also of Nazi soldiers who didn't know the war was over for years afterwards (like some Japanese soldiers)?

I never got a good grasp of it in university. I'm looking for something that isn't too heavy, but is still informative and well organized. Any suggestions?

I feel like there needs to be some historical reasoning behind this. If we look at Western comics there's black and white comics, and comics done in color throughout it's history. During the US occupation the Japanese, and any future manga artists/writers, were probably exposed to colored comics as well.

Was there a financial reason for this initially and it became tradition? Or is there a different reason?