To clarify, the territory of Bradenburg was part of the HRE, but Prussia was not. Frederick William (Grandfather of Frederick William I), the Great Elector, helped to unify these territories. How did this situation play out politically and economically?

For example, did Brandenburg have to take certain orders from the Holy Roman Emperor, when Prussia did not? Furthermore, if so, how could Brandenburg-Prussia be unified when the territories are under the authority of different people?

The University Grays reportedly got the farthest on Cemetery Hill and literally none of them weren't wounded or dead. Likewise, while I was a student at Mississippi College, the monument there to the MC Rifles reported that only 8 of the original 104 students who had enlisted returned to Mississippi.

I know that a ton of people died in the Civil War, obviously, but those levels of losses seem kind of insane. Was this typical? Or is this a reflection of the fact that maybe sending a bunch of rich college kids to shoot muskets was a bad idea or what?

I think we tend to associate Arab and Islam together often, so my question is. What did 'Arabized' pre 6th century?

I have heard people say that he from a part of Macedonia that was actually part of Albania. I want to know if this is the truth.

Literally any information on the topic would be great. Recently became fascinated with the whole Victorian era but I'm not sure what's reliable, where to start, etc.

Greater specificity:

1. Based in London, just for simplicity's sake.

2. How do I spend leisure time and how much do I have?

3. How big is the house?

4. What sort of societal pressures do I have? What's my culture's equivalent to Cosmopolitan, etc.?

5. What level of education am I likely to have?

6. What's expected of me? When will people start badgering me about my ticking biological clock and having kids?

For example, were ancient Egyptian laborers still given a food allowance once they were too old to carry pyramid blocks? Were Roman soldiers who lost a limb given the equivalent of a "pension?" Etc.

The oldest laws mentioned in my Poverty Law textbook are the English "Poor Laws" from the 16th century. Are there any examples from the Ancient World of societies taking measures to care for members of society who were considered "deserving" of support?

I understand that Bosnia and Herzegovina has two internal entities to reflect its ethnic groups: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (for Bosniaks and Croats) and Republika Srpska which means Serb Republic (for Serbians). So why does the country's name only reflect one region?

I just finished reading War and Nature: Fighting Humans and Insects with Chemicals from World War I to Silent Spring by Edmund Russel.

In his book he suggests the it wasn't until World War I that humans started using derogatory terms for enemies, often comparing them to vermin, pests, etc.

Is this true? Are their instances of enemies being compared to insects, pests, etc before World War I?

Would there be requirements? Would there be fees?

While specify Alexandria in the 1300s, feel free to post about cities in the Islamic world in the Middle-Ages.

I meant WW2 sorry was distracted by cats

I've read that in antiquity some windmills required royal consent in order to be built.
Given the strategic and revenue value, were there specialist teams that would travel to build these?

Was the royal permission requirement confined to only a small area, or was it a widespread practise, allowing anyone with the finances to build his own?

Why does the Winter Solstice occur on December 21st, and not Dec 31st or Jan 1st?

I have been curious about how Norwegians who joined the SS, and alternatively other occupied nazi supporters from european countries, were treated after the war. Did they hide their past, were they treated as POWs, or maybe even flee somewhere?

I'm interested to see how it has changed over time, how practical/impractical. I think of the "fitness clothing" that people wear now, stretchy yoga pants and stylish tank top things with a variety of shoulder straps and it obviously hasn't always been like that. Were women just not as active in the past and just wearing large cumbersome dresses all the time?

Edit: How about during the renaissance, but across a few different cultures that you historians are specialized in?

Recomend anything- books (accessible ones please, hold back on the academia), documentaries, blogs, articles and whatever you can think of on the subject of Ancient Greece from the Minoian Period to the Roman Conquest. I am perticularly interested in the culture of Ancient Greece so emphasize on that. Looking to amass a huge reading list for the following 6-7 months, so don't stint on the titles.

I know that musicians often traveled around to wherever they could (traveling minstrels) but would say, a saloon/pub in Georgia be like "I want john Smith from NYC!" Did patrons ever request specific musicians to their local bar owner?

Edit: As pointed out by a mod, I want to narrow is down to specifically the post Civil War period to the rough period when radio was introduced and widely used.

Why? What is the first recorded use of "cockpit" in relation to airplanes and which plane? Is it related to looking like cock fighting arenas?

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I see all the time in old WWII films Americans doing good deeds to random victims or deserters of the Nazi regime and I was curious if there are accounts or recorded non-fictional stories of them.

In WWI you have stories like the Christmas Truce of 1914 and other anecdotes where soldiers had a mutual sympathy for each other. Dan Carlin's podcast has an account where two armies have their trenches flooded and they both come out so as not to drown and no one shoots at each other.

Yet in WWII there are a lot of stories about killing German POWs and civilians and few about non-aggression or kindness towards the enemy. The TX State dissertation that was posted not too long ago here had a story about an American shooting a German boy for Sieg Heiling, and another where an American chased a naked German prisoner with his bayonet for sport until finally killing him.

Did WWII have these same acts of "live and let live" but they're just overshadowed by other acts of cruelty? Or was that attitude largely gone by WWII and if so, why?