"Anti-social behaviour is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists"

was it solely due to the large amount of chinease coming in? Was it a race issue? Culture clash?

We know that diffrent cultures had cities that very diffrent from each other (for example Beijing was very diffrent that London in terms of how it looked). I always wondered how the mongol cities looked like.

I am curious if the notion of hoarding (i.e. the television shows) is a recent phenomenon, or if other cultures have contained instances of hoarding of sorts.

With the way history is now recorded, modern history will all be peer reviewed and contradicted, supported by properly cited sources, and debated; but that makes it seem(sorry for lack of the proper word) too sterile. Almost as if its absent from human irrationality. Do you think there is something to be said for historians with an obvious slant? A historian with an obvious bias would elucidate the 'feeling(again for lack of a smarter verb)' at the time of writing.

Would love to be pointed towards good sources for the history of history.

First post here so be nice.

We've seen these iconic scenes in movies like Braveheart, Henry V, and even movies set in ancient times, such as Alexander. Did these types of speeches ever actually occur? Also, with the large size of some of these armies, would it even be possible to give a speech such that the entire army would hear?

I'm writing a story with a friend, and would like it to be a somewhat realistic letter. It's from a priest to a king.

EDIT: It's a high middle ages setting, based off Scandinavia

Were they mostly friendly, coolly accepting, or openly hostile? Did more ideologically motivated units react differently (ie SS divisions, or their Soviet equivalent [commissars?])?

More specifically the men that served in the Highlander Regiments during the 18th and early 19th century, but more generally, if possible. My curiosity comes mostly from the fact that they are portrayed as taller than average in the Sharpe novels, though Cornwell does romanticize the 'celts' quite a bit in those.

Also could you please explain they were taller (if it was so)? Was it just that people from the Scottish Hihglands tended to be taller? Or were there stricter height requirements than in the rest of the british army? (I tend to think the latter, but who knows).

Anyways, thanks in advance for any answers.

For my "History of Modern Asia" class we had to read "Lost Names" by Richard E. Kim. I thought it was a fantastic book, but I read a review on amazon that stated that the book is "revisionist nonsense" and that the Koreans were never forced to change their family names to Japanese names.

Was the book, which is fiction, making this facet of the occupation up? Was there a conscious effort by the Japanese to erase Korean culture?

Thank you!

There is a lot of controversy over the british iron age peoples not being true celts. Although they do have some traits with mainland tribes, was the british celt a made up image and if so who were the real Iron age british culture/people?

I can't imagine that the Plains Indians had many places to bunker down during tornadoes because the landscape was so flat. I've always been curious about this and it seems like I can't find a good combo of words to google it.

This is a piece of history that fascinates me and I'd like to know more. Is there a resource, preferably online, that is generally considered a trustworthy gateway into this subject? Thanks in advance.

Edit: The question is in regard to those who were from the United States. For instance, why would certain soldiers be sent to the pacific, and others to Europe? Thanks!

Please excuse me if this is not the right place to post this.I recently learned that my great uncle served during WWII in the US Army's 95th Infantry Division, 379th Regiment as a infantry messenger. After doing some online research, I have been able to find little to nothing about the 95th Division's role in the war or what an infantry messenger would do. Can anyone shed some light into this? Thanks in advance.