My dad and other sources state repeatedly that William the Conquerer brought feudalism to England. While I don't doubt that, I am more curious as to what life was like before feudalism was introduced.

Was blood letting traditionally done in this location? Was there a specific reason that the location was the penis?

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If so where would it have been and are there any ruins of it?

Hey, like it says in the title, I was curious why the U.S. installed parliamentary governmental systems in Japan after WWII, and in South Korea after the Korean War. The U.S. gov't uses a system with a separately-elected executive and two separate houses of lawmakers, so I was wondering what compelled them to change the model for these other nations (presuming the goal was to install a democratic government that would be more compatible with the U.S. going forward.) Thanks!

I'm writing about the influence of grime music in the UK and how it originated - any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!

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I've learned that there was limited contact between China and Rome but what was this contact like? The Han outlasted the Roman Republic but fell during the Roman Empire. Did the Han learn of the change and would the Roman Empire have been aware of the fall of the Han?

(specifically speaking of GAOP Pirates)

Pirates often favored cutlasses and sabres. But, machetes are nice, broad, and great for hacking and slashing. Would a Pirate ever choose to wield a machete?

I'm always reading about Cold War USSR spies within the US, but I've been able to find out if the US had a similar program in which they had spies within the Russian government during the Cold War.

During the height of the African slave trade before the American Revolutionary War, why were slaves also not shipped to European countries like England, France, Spain and others as well as the various ports in the Americas?

I was told that under communism organised religion was frowned upon or done away with completely and I'm just wondering why they decided to pick up orthodoxy again so strongly?

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Hello guys,

I'm a History graduate and, recently, I've been feeling a lot like reading about World War II, and also a bit of WWI. I went to a book store and took notes of some of the most interesting books on WWI and II that I could find there, but I'd love it if you could help me pick the best ones, i.e. the ones you know have good sources/accredited authors. I don't know much about the best WWI and WWII Historians out there, so any help is appreciated. I'd hate to waste my money and time on an unnacredited book or author.

These are the ones I could find:

WWI

• The Pity Of War: Explaining World War I by Niall Ferguson;

• The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 by Margaret MacMillan;

• World War One: The Global Revolution by Lawrence Sondhaus;

WWII

• Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 by Max Hastings;

• The Second World War: A Complete History by Martin Gilbert;

• The Second World War by Antony Beevor;

• The Richard J. Evans trilogy ( The Coming of the Third Reich, The Third Reich in Power, The Third Reich at War)

Thanks!

I'm getting into several books regarding the space race between America and the Soviets and was curious as to how it effected the psyche of the general American public. Without the existence of widespread info like we have today how did it play on the minds of citizens?

Thanks.

If so, to what effect? If not, why? I've read a lot about carrier engagements in the Pacific but I don't recall ever hearing of any in the Atlantic.