in terms of number of troops involved

Egypt was heavily Hellenised after its Conquest by Alexander the Great. Alexander Conquered all the way to India. Parallels can be drawn between Hindu and Hellenistic culture in its legends and Gods. For example: Zeus and Indra, Iliad and Ramayana. Is it possible both religions have a common ancesstor, or that through trade or Alexanders conquest some stories were passed on.

I know that we have been making music for a very long time, even prehistorically, but at what point did we stop just playing music and start selling / trading it?

What did it really do or result in changing?

I recently learned that the (ultimately traitorous) Germanic auxilliary Arminius's real name was probably Herman, or something similar. Why did the Romans decide to constantly localize foreign names, and how did they do it?

I can guess the 'why' was simple Roman snobishness. Rome was civilization after all, and its people wouldn't dare sully their tongues with foul foreign words. Why, they were really doing the poor savages a favor!

But how did they go about doing it? Was there a formal system for converting sounds or did they just make it up on the spot, going with whatever they felt sounded sufficiently Roman?

And is there anywhere I can find a list of names where 'back-conversion' has been attempted, a guess at what the original form was?

I read that The Allies were worried they weren't going to take all of the beaches invaded in Overlord. Why was that such an important point? Couldn't we have surrounded the other landing zones from behind, after we'd successfully taken the others and then make the Nazi's surrender or take them out more easily?

As many of you know, the Asatru religion has thousands of racist followers. It is a sad fact of life.

Now we know that the Norse traveled all over Europe and then some, from North America to North Africa to the Middle East. My question is how did they view the people who lived there?

I assume they didn't call themselves the Axis of evil...

I'm studying to become a historian, but I have a lot of trouble deciding on a speciality. Everything is so cool! I'm tentatively leaning towards the Later Roman Empire, but other medieval things are so interesting, and the Alexandrian conquests, and the Reformation, and others. How did you decide?

I'm particularly interested in the USA but I'm interested in everything. If you know anything about the progression of the architecture of the prisons I'm also interested in that. Thanks.

I appreciate this is a very complex question but I would like it explained as simply as possible. When I was growing up, I clearly remember the news being dominated by it. I now understand there was a high degree of religious friction between the parties. I'm also not sure whether the Chechen War was a part of this.

Who were the 'sides' in the war? Were the Serbs and Ratko Mladic the aggressors in the Siege of Sarajevo? Were they Orthodox Christians attempting to cleanse Muslims? Are Bosnians Muslims? Were the Chechen Rebels Muslims? What part did they play? I assume the UN peacekeeping forces were against the Serbs? What part did they play? What part did Russia play in all of this?

Apologies for all the questions. Just curious as to the history of that whole area.

Hello!

I'm a computer scientist and plan to prepare a exhibition about the history of numbers inside our university (ranging from counting with fingers to the expression of numbers in computers). However, I really would like to present the historical facts in a nice and interesting way. Of course, I can build up the exhibition like a simple timeline, but this might be a bit boring. So, I'm asking you guys: Are there any ways to present historical facts about numbers in a more sophisticated way?

Just like it sounds, I'm curious why the US got heavily involved in wars like Viet Nam and Korea rather than use proxies like the Soviets did?

Thanks!

Hello,

it seems that pretty much all the obvious local spots in Chongqing focus on the (abhorrent) bombing by the Japanese during WW2. It certainly has shaped the city, with many air bunkers now in use as restaurants, etc.

But I would like to know what happened here in the decades and centuries before and there seems to be little obvious information for me to find. (I can speak basic mandarin but not read, hence finding the correct information is a bit difficult.) Can anyone here give me pointers for me to read up with?

I'm an American and will be out of the country this Thanksgiving. The small group of Americans that I am with will be hosting a Thanksgiving party in an effort to introduce the holiday to some people completely unfamiliar with it. One thing we would like to do is give a short overview of the Thanksgiving story in 5-10 minutes. As I'm thinking about this I realize how completely ignorant I am of the actual history of the holiday. I'm wondering if anybody can help educate me by either providing a brief summary or at least giving me some high points that absolutely cannot be left out.