Hello r/AskHistorians! You are really a wonderful resource as a sub, found many answers to my random questions just by searching, even though Reddit search is an odd tool. Thank you all for the in depth and well versed answers. Kudos to the mod team for keeping all discussion civil and academic.

I was wondering, are there any recorded instances of PTSD and other combat traumas in the Wehrmacht and the SS men involved in daily executions, like the Einsatzgruppen, camp guards, units involved in anti-partisan roles on the Eastern front and Yugoslavia, or the average G.I. that shot war prisoners on his immediate superior's orders. How were these conditions handled in the military bureaucracy of Nazi Germany? Can safely assume it was handled differently at the start of the war, or in the beginning of the Eastern invasion, then in was in late 1944/5.

Found a similar question asked 8 years ago, where some of you gave pretty good insights on the matter. Supposed it will be fruitful to ask this question again, maybe more resources have become available online or there are some new people on this subreddit that will give their more insight on it. I will be also grateful if you can recommend some in-depth books on this topic.

Thank you all, and keep up the good work.

Pretty much what the title says. The research paper was on nutritional deficiencies in early modern China, and it made the comment in the section about scurvy in China. No sources were provided, and the author made the comment quickly and then went straight back to talking about China, so no other info was provided.

It was a scholarly paper though, so I’m assuming the author is correct and knew what they were talking about.

Listening to a lecture on the Medici family by William Landon, he mentioned two figures that made me wonder what kind of terms their bank, and more broadly, what types of financial instruments the 15th and 16th century italian bankers offered. And what types of legal guarantees they had.

The figures that sparked my interest were that the Medici bank was founded around the beginning of the 15th century with 8000 florins. And then towards the end of the 15th century, Lorenzo de' Medici went through the accounts of their banks and figured out that they had spent 600.000 florins on public works and sponsoring artists (this would imply the net worth of the banks books being several times larger than that figure). This massive multiplication of their fortune seems incredible to me, so I hope someone could shed some light on how these banks operated to generate so much money in such a relatively small time frame.

In the time from 1901 to 1914 People from Germany won 4 Noble Prizes in Medicine, 6 Prizes in Physics, 7 Prizes in Chemistry and 3 Prizes in Literature. People all over the continent came to Germany to study. Technologically, they had an edge over almost everyone. How did this edge come to be and what, if anything, happened to end it?

I'm working on an essay about the evolution of the national borders of Sweden between the 13th and 20th centuries, and for some reason I am really struggling to find any reliable sources that discuss the territories that belonged to Sweden in the 14th century, especially before the country joined the Kalmar Union. Does anybody know where I could find such sources, or could tell me more about how the borders were drawn back then? Thanks!

Or, what language? Venetian is clearly a different Language to Sicilian, so did she speak Tuscan at all?

So I'm a viking nerd, i know clothes ment alot to people during the early ages, you only had a set up or so. I'm also female, witch means once a month I will bleed. Every woman on earth knows the fear of blood and white clothes. Linen and wool is the fabrics we have found clothes made of in the viking age and medival europe, we found out what kind of clothes they wore. Panties wasn't really a thing. And tampons are modern. How did women protect clothing from the blood? A rag of wool in your pants sounds wastefull and not to comfortable. washing your underdress, which you often slept in everyday do not sound sustainable, especially here in Scandinavia where we have winter/snow 5 months/year. Any thoughts or ideas?

Edit: Our school does do work with native tribes and we have elders come every year. I’m asking for resources to supplement that, because my personal relationship isn’t (yet) one where I am comfortable asking them to do much labor for me

Ive got a history presentation coming up with the topic "Art and culture under the Nazi rule" and we must present and analyse at least one primary source. I figured, a good one would be Hitlers original command to round up and/or destroy all the art he perceived as degenerate. Is it known when he first issued such a decree? Was it a letter to Goebbels, a speech, some other form of command? I dont really know how to search for a primary source online and what keywords to use. Do any of you know of a good primary source concerning this topic? Or is there a website that compiles many primary sources and stuff like that? Either way, Ill be thankful for any info :)

Was there some kind of religious text where the official versions of the stories were recorded? Was it all oral tradition? Were there different versions regionally? Did the stories change as they were passed down?

Probably and easy answer, but I come from a Ashkenazi Jewish family on my mothers side. Every Christmas they/we either go out to or order in Chinese food. How and why did this tradition start? It’s also popularized in media and television.

I'm aware of the achievements of Sub Saharan Africa - I also know It was a handicapped rather strongly due to the tse tse fly killing of livestock. No livestock means less energy available

The Phoenicians seem to be one of the most influential people of the Mediterranean world; yet they lack a sense of art or unique architecture in my opinion (compared to the Greeks and Romans). Is it just survival bias, where what survived of their civilization isn’t great to our eyes?

I am looking for a book that is as neutral as possible in the telling of American history. I want to know about things that aren't necessarily taught in school without a political bias. Thanks

Also: do book sales factor that much into curation considerations?

"Resources" in meaning that governments or institutions are just uninterested to provide money, funding or resources for historians, archeologists and anthropologists who conduct research about said historical civilizations

I have been having trouble finding actual information regarding this. I have heard of Rome being a Republic at one point? It is always referred to as an Empire ruled by the Caesars? Also, a lot of people seem to believe it to be the penultimate Empire that only collapsed because it just got old. So, I would like to have some real information and details to go off of. Was it really all that stable? WAS it ever a Republic? Did it have an Imperial structure, and if so, did it overtake the Republic or was the Republic made part of it?

I apologize in advance if this is a difficult one to answer, but finding answers on my own has been a pain.