I think you can lean a lot about a society by seeing how they perceived distant people with alien cultures. Also, the idea of an ancient person traveling vast distances and seeking to teach people about what he saw there really captures my heart and imagination. Can you recommend some other sources from antique authors writing about distant places they actually visited?

I know how Alexander is known for conquering much of the known world and taking down the Persian empire, but how much of that is actually his achievement? His army was the same as it was under Philip and Im sure his commanders had a huge role in his battles. So how did Alexander become great?

My history professor told us that Lyndon B. Johnson is portrayed as being racist but was actually not. He said that LBJ was only racist in public so that he could get the southern votes but in private he was strongly against segregation. Our professor also told us that Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther King JR worked closely together for the civil rights?

I am sorry if the question is not clear enough. Basically I would like to write a work about roman personality, in which I would compare how did the views of historians of his time on him vary and in the end I would touch on how did the opinion change through time.

My current shortlist is Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Pompeius, Crassus, Marcus Traianus and Gaius Marius (some of these are probably not controversial but still would be interesting to write about). Would you please help me with adding someone or choosing the right one?

And if it is not accurate, where did this myth originate from and how did it gain such traction? I can understand that Christian Europe would claim that to disparage a competing religion, but why would this become so widely accepted about Islam more than other competing religions? In addition- if 'spread by the sword' is inaccurate- how did a religion based on one man's prophecies grow so rapidly to immense proportions?

Hey guys, I'm a middle school teacher on a remote First Nations Reserve in Northern Ontario. My class has been studying the New France era in Canadian History, but a couple of my students (the history Keeners) are asking me to get some books on WW1 and WW2 for their personal reading. What books would be both interesting and appropriate to their reading levels? I focused on Victorian England at university, so I have basically nothing.

I recently started reading a few bits here and there on the internet about Spartan and Greek history, and I find it extremely interesting. I was wondering if anyone here could suggest a good book on the subject. If possible, one that isn't too heavy a read. I'd appreciate any suggestions !

I have a very vague knowledge of this subject as a Brit. However, I have seen recently that for U.S. deaths and casualties, it was worse than WWI, WWII and Vietnam?

What was this down to? I'm guessing it was things like new weapons etc, but what about things like medicine or emergency services also contributing to it?

Are "fertility goddesses" just sex-goddesses, or am I missing something?

How directly did Germans control the local and provincial government? What sort of troops were there? How did they treat the non-French ethnic groups?

And what did the resistance look like in Algeria? How connected was it to the resistance groups back in the motherland? And did Arabs and Berbers take part?

A retired history professor recently told me that "almost all of the Roman emperors" practiced pederasty; he said it was linked to a military ethos of domination of mature men over both women and boys (he didn't mention girls). My question: to what extent is this assertion substantiated by reliable ancient sources (and modern scholarship)?

I'm thinking specifically of the sort of costume-drama eighteenth century European carriages. I'm assuming that on boats there would be enough room to play games and amuse yourself in other ways, but I would still love to hear about that.

Basically, whenever people need to travel anywhere in a costume drama it always represented by a time skip and maybe a single quippy conversation from inside the carriage. What were people doing the rest of the time? And would they bother to maintain their elaborate dress while traveling?

I've always enjoyed classical music and thus I've found the national anthems in this particular region to be quite enthralling. Recently I was talking to one of my former history professors who mentioned reading somewhere that these anthems were purposefully crafted to be captivating and to invoke a sense of unity. I'm guessing that the regions deeper cultural connection to symphonic orchestras has something to do with the composure style.