Just whats the point, you are essentially pointing out your position to the enemy. And they would most likely do the same.

I'm referring to the (relatively) modern world, say from the 19th century onward.

Such as the Iran hostage Crisis?

Meaning, what did Judaism copy of other peoples beliefs before it?

Hitler killed ~12 Million, while Stalin killed ~20 Million.

I understand that the Chinese saw all adjacent kingdoms as tributaries but what made them choose to bring Yunnan, Tibet and NW China under Imperial control and leave SE Asia, Korea, and Japan as "Vassal" states.

During the peak of Nazi power, could Germany be said to be a world power? Furthermore, was Nazi Germany the single most "powerful" nation on Earth at its peak?

First off, when I mean time, I don't mean 24 hour time. I mean, days, months, year time. So, I have a few questions I would like to be answered.

1. Would different countries have different tracking of time? As in, would different countries think it was a different year?

2. Would having different methods of tracking time be conflicting?

3. When did people start recognizing the AD/BC time period? Thanks!

So I have to put together this short bibliography on the portuguese navigator... and all I'm lacking is a primary source to match. Any help would be appreciated.

I'm a Rome enthusiast, gradually educating myself on my own.

We've all read of the triumphs, and of course a victorious general would be popular. Something I've started to wonder about was the sentiment of the average citizen when Rome was defeated on a large scale, for example at Arausio or Teutoburg.

I realize it was a different time and completely different mindset, but it still strikes me that military defeats tend to make a leader and a war unpopular in modern times and I wonder if that carries back to more ancient times.

Did the news just spread so slowly that the impact on the people was minimal? Were such losses accepted as part of life back then? Or did popular resistance start to develop?

I’m interested in learning more about psychological and strategical tactics/powerplays in business and real life. Right know I’m reading Machiavelli and Sun Tzu. Are there any books that you would recommend reading after those two? I found many titles and authors but honestly I don't know where to continue.

So I have a character seeking shelter for a storm in a cornish-esque courtyard house near the beginning of winter. I would like to have him bring a gift of food for their hearth, preferably something that the subsistance farming community would recognise as being of enormous value, but I'm not sure what it should be. I'd like something that could feed the family right through the winter with the right preservation (like storage in a fogou). Any suggestions?

I have always been told that this period of american history was this witchhunt period with people seeing communist everywhere? But was McCarthy just paranoid or was there any truth to his claims?

So many major European cities were heavily bombed during WWII. I assume that many very old buildings or castles were destroyed along with artifacts contained within them. This could also pertain to areas of Asia and North Africa. I'm not sure how this could be measurable, but I have always wondered what kind of historical impact WWII had on the world.

I read in a comment on reddit that the reason why the swordfish's from the Ark Royal were able to sink the Bismarck was because the swordfish's flew too slow for the fire control on the Bismarck to track them. Any truth to this?