Further questions:

If some form of vassal was attempting the military takeover of his lieges land, what sort of things we he do? just take as much land as possible, steal weapons, just find the biggest army of the enemy and attack?

What would enable a smaller force to overcome the larger force of their former lords?

Were these conflicts generally settled through intrigue or warfare?

Say a general had a good sized army at his disposal, what would he do? Raid villages? attack castles? steal from armories? steal supplies or attack supply lines?

I fear video games and movies may have spoiled some of my views, and I'm sure you could see that in my questions. I realize my questions are a bit general (1000 years is a long time) so if you could share facts about specific incidents and rebellions from throughout this time period that would be great. If the questions are TOO general I can remove this and rephrase.

So i've been trying to figure this one out for a while. after the Romans lost the peninsula to Goths and then Lombards, where did the northern italian states come from, and their language and culture?.

Remnants of old Latin subjects of rome?

i know that Italy in these ages suffered quite a significant hit to its population, were these Italians living under the germanic kingdoms all along in small number, developing their culture and language? and when and how did the people of this Italian culture start ruling their own city states and the likes

North and South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, North and South Dakota, why do these states share names and what stopped them from being changed to something not already in use?

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I'm especially curious about their interactions and borders with client states, like Vietnam or Korean kingdoms.

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Abdullah I was first Emir of Transjordania (1921-46), and then King of Jordania (1946-51). Similarly, his brother Faisal I was King of Iraq.

My friend, who studies Arabic, said "emir" denotes a political/military leader who doesn't need necessarily to be independent. I wonder, therefore, if the Hashemites adopted "Malik" to represent their independence, and if any Arab leader even used the term before them.

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I was researching a little more and found out all the stories from Poirot's Early Cases (where the aforementioned story was published) were written between 1923 and 1935, so there's a chance the story I mentioned could have been written as early as seven years after the revolution, making it more plausible, but it's still hard to be sure if Dame Agatha's story is a liiiitle historically inaccurate or not.

Still, the thread gained a little traction, so any info on the topics of the Russian Revolution or Agatha Christie will be appreciated!

Like to Persia for example?

I am mostly interested books about their history during and after the formation of the Dutch Republic. I am also very interested in their colonial expansion in the Americas and the East Indies, aswell as books about Dutch trade. I don't speak any dutch, so they would have to be in English.

Thanks!

Why was gas used as a chemical weapon in WWI but not in WWII?

Historians love diaries, and encourage people to make them and archivists to collect them. Why is there not also a push for archivists to sift through modern rubbish pits too?

I'm guessing there might be a desire to (what better way to get a thumb on how people are actually leading their lives right now), but there's a mix of privacy issues, sheer volume and cost.

I've been trying to find out about how people lived in or travelled across deserts and very hot or arid landscapes before we had motor vehicles, plastic water containers, modern navigation etc. How people coped with changes in temperatures from extreme hot to cold would be good too.Anything from pre-victorian back, really; and all aspects of life and travel would be interesting. Unfortunately, I've mostly only been able to find modern techniques and advice.

Of particular interest would be the contents of a travel pack, finding, preparing and storing food and water, clothes and shelter, but anything along those lines gratefully received!

Aside from being forced to fight to the death, how were their living quarters, food, sex, freedoms, etc.?