Im trying to research for an old west story i am writing and am having immense trouble finding the names of different style of coats and jackets and hats that men in the mid to late 1800s would be wearing.

As I get older I am.more and more interested in historical mathematical discoveries. They seem to spring out of nowhere and produce a flood of knowledge. I'd like to know more but I'm not a mathmetician. I thought maybe an expert here would have some good recommendations on books a novice could understand focusing on the historical value of mathematical discoveries.

In 1942 Nazi Germany controlled about 300 million people (USSR's population at that time about 170 million, USA's - 140).

Why were they unable to produce anything close to the numbers of Allies?

I always thought the issue was more about whether or not the government played a role, not whether these are actually good concepts.

On my way to work today, I was listening to Dan Carlin and he was describing these absolutely massive walls. The depth and length didn't shock me but the height seemed far fetched. Is this historical exaggeration? Where can I find more information on how they were constructed? Thanks!!

Previously, I thought that the Carolingian Empire and the Holy Roman Empire were completely 2 different empires but as I did some research, I discovered that Charlemagne was both a Frankish (Carolingian) king and was also crowned by the pope as the emperor of the Romans. So besides Charlemagne, how are the two Empires related?

We often hear about East Germans crossing the Berlin wall to escape to the west, but did the opposite ever happen? Did people believing in a better life under socialism ever try to escape there?

Mogadishu is an English Remix of Italian Mogadisco which came from Somali Muqdisho/Muqdisha.

The Somali name Muqdisha comes from " Maq'ad-i-Shah " which is Persian and literally means "Seat of the Shah".

Does anyone know why? what connection did Mogadishu have with Iran?

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I'm particularly thinking "Mutiny on the Bounty"-era. Late 1700s-mid 1800s.

Did the local men just not care? Were they frightened into submission? Were women/relationships treated differently than their European counterparts?

Or any sources for that matter? I often hear how they were considered "storm troopers" or were especially ferocious and the Germans dreaded facing them. I'd appreciate any information on this. Thanks!

I can't help but wonder what the German establishment had to do to convince everyone that the Jews were a giant source of their problems. This couldn't have occurred from morning to night, but instead it must have been an organized and widespread campaign.

My question is....What exists from those times that shows us the German rationale for blaming the Jews? I want specific reasons.

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Someone told me that the people were left in the camps as the army moved east to meet the Russians/prevent them advancing west, and to secure nazi gold reserves. Also that an allied commander was court martialed because he stopped to release prisoners at one of the camps. I tried to establish a timeline but gave up and thought a well informed redditor might have the answer. I also couldn't find any info on the alleged court martial of a commander for this reason. This guy basically claimed the reason we see footage of such emancipated people in the camps is because allies cut off german supply lines to the camps, and left them there to starve until later.

Is there any truth to this?

Thanks

I was going over the history of the Republican party prior to Lincoln, and it looks like some of the tenants of the party were the same as now, such as Free Market Labor, however I'm interested as to when States Rights became a forefront issue of the party since the Republican party spearheaded the Northern effort to effectively stop states from having the right to secede. I'm very interested in how the parties essentially traded some issues like this, and the historical context.

I've heard that the people who became early Muslims were mostly believers in the now-extinct Arabic pagan religion. But were a significant number of them Jewish? What about before the advent of Christianity - what was Arabic Jewry like then?