Or in other words, how did there come to be so many small countries in Southeastern Europe, instead of the rest of the continent? What makes that area special?

Popular perception of WWI is concentrated on trenches -miles and miles of them scraped out of the mud. But what role did preexisting fortifications play on the Western Front? Were they effective in this role?

Ive recently been reading up on my Second Macedonian wars up until the fall of the Seleucid empire, and how Rome was able to dominate and absorb the numerous Hellenic Kingdoms and leagues. The question I've been wondering is exactly how the notoriously snooty Greeks reacted to Rome prior to conquest and during their occupation ( so 212-146 BC.) Did any Greek rulers recognize Rome as a serous threat? How Many Greeks regarded Rome as a potential allies? And what were Greek reactions to Romes rise and defeat of the all mighty Carthaginians? On a related note, How did Greeks justify their defeat? Did they blame themselves, the gods or other causes?

What is the justification or definition that separates the two? I can't find any source (although I didn't try very hard) that states that Egypt was the world's first empire. I'm a teacher, and I want to be able to explain this to my students without contradicting myself or sounding like an idiot.

Because he was only a labourer and they were all clerks and skilled artisans. Anyone know if this is true?

He ended up in the East Yorkshire regiment

Hi all,

As somebody with a lot of interest in Russia, I'd thought I'd ask to see whether there are any books that focus on their expansion eastwards towards Siberia and such. Of course in American history there has been a lot written about the push West but I haven't come across any books that detail Russia's expansions and so I'd love to learn more.

I've had a look through your book list but couldn't find anything. Anyway I hope to get some recommendations and I thank you in advance.

Were they protected simply by the sheer amount of people inside them? I imagine there would be servants up late to tend to the family before they went to bed, and the maids would be up very early in the morning. Would there be a night's watchman walking rounds? Would jewels be kept in a safe, or in bedrooms so they could be tried on easily?

I cant find a single mention about this topic anywhere before the 1990's, any help would be appreciated.

This title is referred to in David Crouch's The English Aristocracy, 1070-1272: A Social Transformation, (New Haven and London, 2011), 188. This anonymous reaper-reeve was outlawed for his participation in the brutal torture and murder of a teenage boy, Robert Palmer. I've never come across this title before and Google is only throwing up fantasy books. Has anyone come across this position and know what duties they might have had?

Also, how did it get so bad in the first place?

I get that they are well done, but what particularly makes them have more value than other paintings of the same time period.

I was watching a production of Into the Woods and they had a (fake) baby wrapped up with a cloth and I just got to thinking, what would they do with it? How could they possibly take care of it? Medieval times seem so dirty and unsanitary so what did they do for this?

Hi! I'm working on a project for National History Day, my project theme is how humanity viewed space travel and aliens and such in the above time periods. I'd love some primary and secondary resources as well as some major impacts that these things had. Thanks for your help!

If I'm in what are now Beijing, Rome, London etc.. when did our year become on the common calendar standard we use now?

Just the title! I can't find anything about this topic online...

I have always wondered what the reason was that the United States retained the Spanish names of the former Mexican territory of the Southwest. Could they have kept the names for the "romance" of living in a city or town with a Spanish name? Or could the names have been kept since there was a significant population of people with Spanish descent living in the southwest.

Lately I have been seeing many posts on Facebook about Hitler taking away guns from the Jews before the holocaust. Is this true?

As I understand it, in the Americas, European diseases substantially reduced the local population long before colonization actually occurred. Were there any instances where diseases helped the local population, potentially preventing Europeans from settling an area or displacing Europeans once settled?

In contrast to Christians, how religious were they? Pretty much everything that Christians did was becuase God said it was the right thing to do, and that everything that happened was because of God.

Did the Vikings have this level of dedication to their Norse gods, or was it more a case of "they exist" and that was about it? Was Heresy a thing for the Vikings?

doing a project for a civics class, our country (Spain) is supposed to draft, similar to the NFL draft, different colonies. Any ideas on what to pick?

What I mean is, that alot fo repbulicans i have met said Raegan is so great for some reason. I tried to ask them and i mostly came down to some ridiculous reason.Was there some hallmark thing?

With interracial relationships being taboo until very recently (and still persisting in some areas of the U.S.) and marriages being outlawed until relatively recent years, it seems incredibly unlikely that there was ever a rash of Whites and Native Americans mixing. Yet it seems nearly every family has a great-grandmother who was full or half Indian. With those social mores against interracial relations, how did it become so popular a story to be part American Indian? I am also interested in insight as to why the ancestor is so frequently supposed to be Cherokee and/or a "princess" or some other usually-European-colonial royal title. Thanks!