I read that during the war European observers were shocked to find that rather than shoot each-other for a bit then charge the Union and Confederacy would just line up and shoot each-other until one or the other would collapse more often then not.

Why weren't bayonet charges used as often as among European armies?

was it cultural, officers not trained with that in mind what?

Also do you know any good books on pre-colonal west africa , specficcaly mali empire

Hello, I am working on a project where I need to know how to say the names of a couple leaders from ancient Egypt and I was wondering if anyone could help out. I haven't been able to find much on the internet so I thought I would try here! Here we go:

• Puimre
• Rekhmire

Thanks in advance.

Were there many Jews and Germans married before Hitler came to power? How about during?

In the XII, XIII and XIV I assume the answer was simply lack of navigation technology.

But what about after?

Portugal and Spain conquered a few cities in Morroco (Spain still has a few), but nothing major. Why did they not went full power at it? I assume the Pope would love it.

Between Portugal, Spain, France and the Italian Kingdoms there was a lot of man power to do it. And it would be obviously easier to them to keep those territories as part of the Kingdoms (maybe even to this day, as, again, Spain did), as they were so close.

Was it ever considered or tried and failed?

I understand that in Europe and the Middle East it was known roughly how large earth was from Eratosthenes calculation. Did they think the Atlantic ocean was massive and continued until Asia? Or had they speculated on the possibility of other continents existing in the yet unexplored areas of the planet?

Certainly in all major societies there is an official keeping track of what date it is, and perhaps they accidentally skipped a date, for example. Are there any recordings of skipping, by accident or purpose?

We read of emperors building forums, theaters, stadiums (stadia?) as "gifts" to the public. Currently forums (shopping malls) are built with the intent to collect rent from shop owners. Theaters and stadiums are built to collect monies from tickets. Real estate projects like this are built to generate revenue, a return on the investment. In ancient rome, didn't patrons & audiences have to buy tickets? Didn't shop owners pay rent? Who got this money? I can't imagine the Donald Trumps of the ancient world building these facilities & not getting a cut of the cash flow they generated. How didn't his work?

I've heard that standing upright was a major part of what makes humans human with us able to carry things in our free hands. But surely the creation of bags to hold more things and freeing up the hands once more would of been another major step forward. But I've never seen them mentioned in any review of human history. Same goes for belts and things. Or is this question too far back in time for AskHistorians.

I have heard this many times, that many of Germany's cities were so completely destroyed that they are still rebuilding sections today. (Not huge sections of city blocks, but still rebuilding parts). Is this true? When I went to Europe two years ago I noticed a surprisingly large number of bullet holes and bomb damage on some buildings and bridges in Paris (Not structural, obviously) And noticed some in Berlin, but not as much. I did, however, notice quite a large number of construction cranes. Thanks!

I hear this sentiment a lot. But it doesn't seem to be as true as people think. A lot of famous historians were "losers" who wrote their histories as a protest. Thucydides, Eusebius, and Anna Komnena are examples.

There are also lots of "occupied" nations that were able to pass along an anti-occupation version of their history. Greece was able to pass on its history despite occupation by the Turks. The Soviet invasion of Eastern Europe during WWII was never forgotten. A lot of early history of the American Civil War was written by Southerners.

How successful are attempts by "victors" to rewrite history?

Post-partition Pakistan is almost exclusively Muslim, including Punjab. I'm curious how exactly it got this way, considering Indian Punjab is composed of Christians, Sikhs, and Hindus - was it somehow enforced that non-Muslims must leave Pakistan?

The Israelis, Egyptians, and Jordanians are often mentioned as major players during the war, but there is little mention of the Syrians. In particular, I am wondering about Hafez al-Assad and his role during the war.

If you have any books to recommend on the topic, I would be very greatful. I am particularly looking for the Jordanian and Syrian perspectives.

Thanks!

Reading The Making of the English Working Class by EP Thompson, and he uses "jacobin" a lot, without ever explaining or examining the term.

Wikipedia defines it as meaning a supporter of the French revolution, which doesn't add anything to my understanding of the term.

What was "jacobinism" in England? A coherent intellectual movement? A catch-all term for all radicals? Is it a contemporary term or one applied post-hoc? What are the connotations when the term is used by a historian?

I've read about the color purple being worn by the high class because of its cost and that an emperor marched an army to Briton to gain the seashells to make the dye. I have also read that, to the Romans, the color purple was what we would call crimson red. So did the Romans have our purple and how did they use it?

Do people just overlook his atrocities because of the Holocaust and the world pities the Jews? Also, the Cold War and other sects in Russia's (U.S.S.R) relationship with other nations...

I've always been under the impression that the main effort was undertaken by the Royal Navy, but have recently been trying to find out more on the involvement from the RAF.

How important was the bombing of Stanley airfield by the Vulcan (and Harriers?)

Did the RAF contribute much to air superiority or was this achieved by the Sea Barriers of the FAA?

same applies for Iraq Egypt and north Africa were these places full of non-arab people? how are they Arabic today was there some sort of Arabic migration out of Saudi Arabia?