I'm super interested with the geopolitical history of the Cold War. Any suggestions specifically regarding the development/history of nuclear power amongst not only the U.S. & the USSR, but of all nuclear nations during the 20th century.

So ya, just wondering if anyone's got a suggestion.

Thanks to /u/cordis_melum for this topic idea.

Anyone who reads this sub with any regularity will notice questions of the format "I am a X in year Y, what sort of food do I eat?"

These types of questions ask about the daily lives of people other than the elites who so often dominated traditional historical narratives.

What are the benefits of this "bottom up" approach? What are the limitations, methodological or textual, in writing this style of work?

For the academics among us, has your particular specialty embraced or rejected "bottom up" history?

We are learning about it in History class, and they said that the people in Geneva under Calvins rule killed those who didn't believe in god which made me wonder, exactly how many people were christians? Also, could someone ELI5 the different churches like episcopal and stuff like that?

It basically just says they (whoever's writing) killed everyone and took their stuff. Was it really easy for them? Did they outnumber the people they were attacking? Did they suffer great losses and just didn't want to write about it here?

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im currently in my last year of secondary school (UK) and am applying to Unis this year most i am interested in doing a history degree but i've heard job prospects aren't that great , i am interested in pairing my course with economics but there are only a few schools which offer this and they are either really good (oxford) or not universities i'm interested in going to. so my question.. is it worth doing a history degree or would it be better for me to study say economics and politics and just read history for recreation ?

In the Netherlands we call Magyarország Hongarije, in English its Hungary and a lot of other countries have similar names. Why do a lot of countries have this name for the country while its actually called Magyarország in Hungary itself?

And did they force civilians to do a lot of work (during and post-war) to make up for their guilt, even if many of them had never explicitly supported the Nazis?

Were German civilians treated extremely poorly by American/British troops after occupation by Allied forces on the West Front?

Hello, I was listening to a podcast about the history of the byzantine empire and there it was mentioned that the first siege of Constantinople (674-678) probably didn't happen. Is that a true observation, or is there a consensus about it in the historical debate around this topic?

Perhaps this is an American way of thinking, but I always thought that "throne" would be inextricable from "altar." When I think of famous 'atheists' from ye olden days I automatically think of Thomas Paine and Voltaire, who railed against the ancien regimes of their respective countries (of origin) and, at least in Paine's case, against the 'divine right of kings' in general.

My dim impression of the mid-late 19th century is that Darwin came along, along with various other thinkers, and there was a massive upsurge of atheism, agnosticism, skepticism, and general secularism, at least among the elites. And yet it took until the Great War for the "Crowned Heads" to either take a backseat or to be deposed altogether. Whereas in feudal times, and into the Renaissance/Reformation and Baroque eras, the kingpin (pun intended) to the whole thing, from the Holy Roman Emperor all the way down to the pettiest baronet, was "divine right."

How off are my assumptions? And how much of a threat was the rising tide of secularism to the institution of royalty/aristocracy prior to the Great War?

You always hear about corruption from the Catholic Church like the Borgia, Medici and recently maybe even Pope Benedict. What about the Orthodox?

Any information about precolumbian North-American salt trade is welcome. Although I'm particularly curious about how native groups deep within the canadian shield and far from the coasts would get their salt without direct access to evaporites, let alone sedimentary rocks.

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Alternatively, who was the first U.S. president to see an elephant in person? I'm curious about the presence of African animals on the American continent during the period of the African slave trade.

Everyone knows that after Scipio Africanus landed on the Carthaginian homeland, the Senate recalled Hannibal from Italy. However despite some Googling I can't find how exactly was this done. Did they use messager pigeons? Or a courier crossing the Mediterranean and then looking for Hannibal on horseback? I can't imagine that it would have been an easy or quick task to deliver a message back in those times.

Little background, Im 19 and am about to start university next semester. I plan on majoring in history, not exactly which topic or theme though. So I wanted to just get a general feel from others who have already graduated with a major in history.

What made you want to major in history?

Sorry if this doesn't quite fit the usual postings of the thread, I just thought this would be as good a place as any to ask

Dear fans of American history...Iam kindly asking you for any recomendations for literature on the topic of American society vs American soldiers / army (how society sees soldiers through out the history of U.S.). The name of my thesis being "Thank you for your service! - American soldier on a pedestal." - Iam looking for rather professional literature used on universities and so on. I would be imensely grateful for any recommendations.

Following a popular post on Andorra in WWI, I decided to check my country's history after WWII. I know Nazi-Germany surrendered unconditionally on 4 May 1945, but I simply cannot find a peace treaty between our countries. Likely the same thing goes for many other (former) states that were at war with Germany. Does that mean that we are still - technically - at war?

I've mainly ben taught about how the allies wanted to crush Germany, so I want to know what would happen if they lost.

Can I make a request for reading suggestions in this subreddit? If not can someone point me in the right direction? If so, then can someone suggest to me some material on multiple subjects: life in the Middle Ages, in which I already have A Distant Mirror, but anything similar or better? And also, battle breakdowns from multiple timelines? Colonial eras specifically, more in depth breakdowns of specific battles then the wars themselves.