Specifically the KV and T-34s during their initial fielding before the Panzer IV was converted to engage enemy armored vehicles.

My IA question is "To what extent did the U.S. carpet bombings in Cambodia give rise to the Khmer Rouge". I would like to find more resources from Cambodia because so far I have the American sources and Nixon's precidency. If you could help me find better, unbiased sources that would be great :)

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I know foot binding developed in the 7th century and became popular during the Song Dynasty. What I'd like to know is if high heels in the western sense also developed as a less harmful but ideologically similar equivalent of the bound feet "three inch lotus." Were high heels popular because of the perceived additional attraction they provided to women, even though they're harmful to the feet, or did they develop in another fashion and became popular another way? As I understand it, foot binding came into being when a Chinese ruler during the 5 states period got a woman to dance with small bound feet to dance on a platform, and then all the court women followed her example. Are there any other similar myths on how high heels came about? Was it primarily as a response to their aesthetic value that high heels became a sign of beauty for women or did its usage evolve in other ways?

We say something like Bob is "on the level" or this deal is "fair and square" are these Masonic terms that made it to the general public or just people drawing from construction analogies independently?

I've seen a lot of articles/videos on the topic of spear vs sword duel. It seems that where 2 people of equal skill meet - the spear nearly always beats the sword. There are some sparring videos on youtube of skilled spearman with no shield running circles around swordsmen with shields.

If we were to simplify medieval tactics to rock-paper-scissors, where would the sword fit? In my mind, a unit of swordsmen attacking a line of spears is limited to first row offense, where the spears(even short ones) can utilize 2-3 rows for defence.

Having said that - the romans used their gladius as their primary weapon and conquered most of europe. Can anybody shed some light onto this?

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The natives of the Americas famously didn't use iron nor the wheel. Were there any technologies that were new to the European conquistadors, beyond the alternative agricultural resources like the potato or mais?

I'm under the impression that the group is a secular Marxist group so the religious connotation sounds a bit odd to me. They were affiliated with Popular Liberation Front of Palestine, but that front is also outright secular (and there were both Christians and Muslims in that group) so JRA can't be influenced by them.

I'm completely out of the loop of the leftist movements in the 70s however - so I don't know if 70s leftist tactic (or maybe leftist political thought) actually has something to do with the use of religious metaphor.

Hi guys!

A friend of mine is doing some work on 19th Century London, and was looking for sources (both online and off)on life during this period.

Specifically I believe she's looking for diaries/articles etc on day to day life, architecture and homes.

She's also mentioned builders books and manuals etc..

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

We see that Mr. Bennet is able to support a home of himself, his wife, and five daughters, and we can see that his home and material possessions inside of it are quite fortunate. Would he be perhaps a millionaire by today's standards? How much would one pence, shilling, or pound sterling be worth in today's currency? How much then would 2000 pounds perhaps translate to?

Also, why does Mrs. Bennet always refer to him as "Mr. Bennet," and not by his first name, even as they are married with children? Is this historically usual or is it a showing of character?

I know this is not a forum regarding novels, however I feel that these questions are more geared towards a historical forum, so please forgive me if they're wrongly placed.

I'm referring to the belief held today by some Christian creationists. When, where, and from whom did this calculation of earth's age originate? Did Jews in the time of Christ think of earth as being ~4000 years old, or was this number the product of later theologians or historians?

People were so crazy about food as we are now? I mean, I get how silks, and metals could be considered important. I just have trouble thinking that someone would be willing to pay for an expedition to the other corner of the globe just so they can put pepper on his or hers steak.

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I used 12-pound as an example because I knew for a fact it existed, but the question obviously applies to all sizes of cannons. I understand that cannons were referred to by the weight of their ordinance, i.e., how many pounds the cannonball weighed. But, after the French Revolution, did they change the name of these weapons to match the Metric system, or did they continue to use pounds?

Many TV shows and movies show modern belly buttons but historical artwork does not necessarily support this. What would belly buttons look like in ancient history?

Hello /r/AskHistorians,

With the Papal visitation going on right now in the USA, I'd love to read a book on the unification of Italy and the role that the Papal States played in that.

I checked the official Book List and didn't find anything, so I figured I'd ask! Thanks.

I know timesharing is a hugely important software innovation. Who had the idea, and who were the first to implement it? What were some of their successes and failures?