I'm sure this varied quite a bit by geography and class, but I am curious about how much time people living in cities throughout the Empire would have spent outdoors hunting, fishing, or just enjoying nature.

Would the average person know how to hunt or would that have been the privilege of the wealthy? Would people take time to leave the city just to enjoy nature? Would young children have enough freedom to movement to spend time outside the city?

Essentially a record of the Pizarro expedition from someone who was there.

Growing up in the United States, I was taught in history about Jesse Owens going over to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, winning a gold medal and then getting snubbed by Hitler who was angry that a black man beat all of the white athletes. I even remember my teacher reading a picture book about this to us.

Recently I heard however that Hitler was quite friendly towards Owens and even gave him a friendly heil when they walked by each other. It was in fact FDR who snubbed Owens. FDR refused to invite Owens to the White House and didn't call him up to congratulate him on his gold medal. I believe I heard this from Jesse Owens own account but am not sure.

Which is the true story here?

Also, I read recently that there were several black officers working in Hitler's SS. They didn't want Britain or USA to win because they knew how badly those countries treated black people in comparison to Nazi Germany where they were more accepted. Is this true?

This topic has been quite elusive. I know the officers used Lamellar armor, so did the average soldier use mail? Could the Romans afford good (upper tier) equipment for their men in the time of Alexius? How was the army structured compared to how it was in the time of Justinian? Can someone provide a link or direct information on military tactics of their armies? How did they raise an army? About what percentage were mercenaries? Were individual units of men uniform in their distribution of arms and armor (unlike feudal kingdoms)?

Sorry for the WALL of questions, I'm a curious man.

Hi there, I was looking more about the 1972 Munchin Massacre. Just looking for good sources and general background info.

I'm curious about whether the Greeks, Romans, or other ancient civilisations ever showed an interest in what came before them, and whether they dug stuff up?

The reasoning behind this question is we must remember to consider those who carried out the Holocaust as human beings, not monsters. That being said, if you take a human being and make it their job to kill hundreds of people within mere minutes if not seconds, how did that affect the "executioners" life afterwards. Were there Officers who committed suicide not from fear of persecution, which Im 100% sure many did, but from sheer Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. These people were soldiers after all, if not worse. Many men in Vietnam were devastated by that war, now not technically the same but Soldiers did kill innocent people. Whether they knew it or not is a different story. But in interviews some say they were just doing their job. Others regret what they did to this day. So there is the context to my question.

I've always imagined that the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest and advances through the Ardennes would have just been pushed up on the schedule, but were there any other major plans on the books that would have been accepted/accelerated if not for Market-Garden?

This includes variations of Nations like the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China.

My task is to write an essay of a topic of my own choice (lim: 2200 words). I have chosen to focus on the Atomic Bomb/Oppenheimer/The Manhattan Project/Hiroshima & Nagasaki mainly because of the shock factor of the bombs and its effect on the world today.

I'm struggling to narrow down my question in which I will answer, do you guys have any suggestions what angle I should take?

p.s It must be an "analyse", "evaluate", "to what extent" etc. type of question that encourages high level thinking rather than "explain" or "retell" style questions.

Forgive me if this is the wrong sub to ask this in...

Why do so many polytheistic ancient religions have hunting female goddesses rather than male gods? Wasn't hunting considered a man's job?

Some examples I found were:

• Egyptian-Neith
• Greek-Artemis
• Roman-Diana
• Norse-Skaði

I get Rob from Robert, but where did Bob come from? Or Dick from Richard?

In Shigeru Mizuk's Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan, it is mentioned that American banking institutions financed Japan's invasion of Manchuria. Is this true and which institutions were involved if so? My google foo is failing me.

Everything I read about WW2 makes the outcome seem more or less inevitable, especially concerning the Easter European front. Was the outcome of WW1 less certain? If so, how?

I like listening to HCH but I gather much of it is inaccurate or poorly representative of actual history. As much as most Historians probably hate Dan for this, you have to admit he has popularised History and he is everyone's first exposure to historical subjects. I have only seen rough critiques of his storytelling but no really objective breakdowns of where he goes wrong or on a tangent. I thought it might be a good way for us laymen to learn the intricacies of his subjects first hand from another perspective broken down objectively. Anyone care to critique his Blueprints for Armageddon first? Apologies if I'm asking too much or in the wrong subreddit.

I am interested in reading a book about the complete history of the Gurkhas. What are some good books to check out?