What foreign backing did the major players have, particularly the Bolsheviks? How influenced were they by foreign interests?

What was the curriculum? Were there any similarities to modern education? Who would have received an education, and what purpose did it serve?

I was wondering what demographic attended masses and Ordinaries in the Medieval ages? I'm trying to gauge the influences of church plainchant on the populace, but I can't find record of who would've attended. If you could point me in the direction of some sort of evidence to church attendance, I would be quite grateful.

I have always been very interested in history and consider myself to be more well versed in general history of the world than the normal person, however I don't have any incredibly deep knowledge about any particular era and place.

One time period that has fascinated me for some time is the Warring States period of Japan, but I have a very cursory knowledge of the era. I know what I know from playing video games like Shogun 2 or mods of games like Gekokujo for Mount and Blade Warband, but now I really feel like I want to legit sit down and read some shit about the era. Everything about it ranging from customs,clothes, and food to warfare and philosophy and everything in between.

So could someone please guide me to some books to read? I would like ones that delve in to as much detail on as many different aspects of life during Sengoku as much as possible.

Thank you very much

p.s If this is the wrong subreddit to be asking this kind of advice please redirect me to the correct one :)

What made them more susceptible than Persia, Anatolia, Cyprus, Central Asia or the Caucasus?

It baffles my mind how on campaigns, such as Alexander the Great's Asian campaign, armies of tens of thousands of men were able to march through inhospitable deserts and foreign territories for years while also being prepared and victorious in numerous battles. How did they get enough food and water for all the soldiers? I'd also like to know how often and what did they eat, and how long could they manage without any resupply.

Rome did not have a monopoly on Roman numerals, and no one refers to the Latin language as Roman. So why are they referred to as Roman numerals instead of Latin numerals? Or just numbers, for that matter?

For example, someone that might have been crucial in maintaining order, or acting as a figure head?

I can't recall any memory of seeing natives in modern or historical media as having any facial hair. Is this accurate? It seems odd, if my memory serves me correctly, that they wouldn't have beards and such, being the nomadic and rugged people that they were and still are in certain places. I'm sure in some artistic renditions of native Americans, they have facial hair but I'm drawing a blank on any that I've seen in which they do.

I've heard a claim that the construction project proves that capitalism works and private industry is the best way to build things. However from what I've read the project pilfered huge amounts of extra money/land from the federal government and was fairly inefficient. What did economists or other public figures at the time think of it?

I have a very difficult time wrapping my mind around this insane killing machine the Nazis built. When did the systematic killing of minorities and Jews begin? Is there a final number historians agree upon? I calculated that just based on he 6 million Jews that were killed, that they must have killed about 3000 of them every day during the war to get to that number. Were the gas chambers filled up with people, gased, and then others had to remove the bodies to refill and repeat? I guess what I am really asking is: how were the concentration camps run? There must have been some organization "talents" with sick hearts who must have been put in charge of this no? And while we are it... Were the efforts of Dr. Mengele comparable to those of the japanese Unit 731?

What were the reasons for this?

There's a few persons on the fringe who seem to have this idea that the Rhodesian army had highly effective COIN tactics in spite of all evidence to the contrary.

Is there any clout to their view? I was always of the assumption that the Rhodesian military botched its counter insurgency operations rather badly.

How would a nation (USA, France, UK, Russia etc) have responded to an advanced warning of a nuclear strike from another nation, assuming that no declaration of war was previously issued? Would the attacked nation had retaliated with a nuclear strike? What were/are the procedures in places, historically and now? Would they have targeted major cities? And if yes how would they have justified the civilian casualties, who had no fault in the original nuclear strike?

Where can I read more about this?