And what, if any, opinions did American citizens have of Russians?

Not sure if this is the best sub to post on, but I'm specifically interested in a few details but I'd like to read more in general. Wikipedia is great but I'm after more of a guided read than the tangents it takes me on.

My specific questions are: How the magi/wize-men managed to distance themselves from being seen as evil/witches and escape the witch-hunts and trials when they were essentially doing a very similar thing.

I'm assuming that at one point there was a split between the use and the understanding of herbal medicine by witches and wize-men which I would think was one of the origins of medical science. I'd like to know how these splits happened and if it's for the reasons I think?

Religious developments that changed how witches were living along side at one point and then the next were being persecuted, and I'd like to understand the reasons behind this change?

How the westernisation of the world brought foreign witchcraft to the west and also exported it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

I haven't decided yet... I think it mainly impacts what they think their history should do and why they write it.

^As ^a ^side ^note, ^I ^have ^my ^last ^high ^school ^exam ^tomorrow ^- ^History ^Extension! ^We ^have ^2 ^hours ^to ^write ^an ^essay ^about ^the ^nature ^of ^history, ^and ^another ^about ^The ^Crusades ^based ^on ^ideas ^in ^sources ^provided. ^I'm ^both ^terrified ^and ^excited.

I'm just rewatching the first few seasons and as much as I enjoy the storylines, I've also been wondering about the accuracy of much of the historical detail and context. Specifically here, I'm thinking about changes in fashion, etiquette, technology, music, etc - how does the show do with avoiding anachronisms in those regards? I'd also be interested in any commentary on the likelihood of some of the plot - the Sybil/Branson romance, for instance. Basically, how accurately does the Downton story reflect the histories and contexts of similar English elites during the early twentieth century?

Thanks in advance! :)

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I saw a movie some days ago. And in the epilogue texts it said hitler mobilised every man, woman and child against the allies. Is that really true?

"Every man, woman, and child was to be mobilised against the advancing armies, in the hope that it might somehow slow down the Allied war machine. If you throw enough people at it, you might do some damage – even if it is just clogging the gears"

Is there any record of horse-peoples with stone-age technology? Not ones that have been introduced to horses like the Comanche, but ones that domesticated horses on their own?

Why did Germany - the nation that had produced the great socialist minds of Marx, Bernstein, Engels, Kautsky and so on see so little success in terms of socialism? You did not - to my knowledge see a massive socialist uprising - like the one present in Russia, nor did you see a gradual implementation of socialist ideals - as in Britain. Although I am aware there was some sort of movement through the SPD to my knowledge this was not terribly successful, especially considering the minds behind it.

Also, just as a followup, why did Germany see so many great socialist thinkers?

I simply chose World war 1 as an arbitrary point in history, to help give an idea of when I am talking about, feel free to dance around it if need be.

I constantly hear stories about Lyndon Johnson pulling out his penis as showing it to people like reporters or even members of congress as a sign of male dominance and aggression. I'm a little surprised at the fact that this behavior didn't come back to haut him as he governed. I don't think it would be enough to impeach him, but if I should by dick to as many colleagues as he did I would get a good number of them coming back to me with sexual harassment complaints or even charges. Was there a member of LBJ's staff that kept these quiet or handled all of these complaints?

Depictions of the British soldiers often have soldiers walking side-by-side into battle. How accurate are these depictions and if they are somewhat accurate, how did the British perceive American guerrilla warfare tactics against them? Guerrilla warfare lacks the sort of "honor" that can be attributed to what I imagine was traditional warfare at the time, but my knowledge of warfare of the 17th and 18th century is pretty shaky. Thanks!

I am currently reading a history book written by a professor of history at an American University. I have noticed that the sources cited by the professor are frequently the professors own previous works. Is this considered appropriate in academic literature?

I heard a professor once, speaking about his experience working with college students in Japan, that many of the students there had never even heard about the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor. I have no idea how to interpret this anecdote so I thought I would come get some hard evidence.

What is the Japanese perspective on the events of the Pacific Theater? My understanding was that the Japanese occupation of China and Korea was exceptionally brutal, and that they frequently trained civilians to attack armed soldiers with improvised weapons. Is this true? And if so, is any of this talked about in Japanese history classes? What is the Japanese attitude towards the American occupation of Japan in the period following WWII?

EDIT: I know this is a lot of information I'm looking for here, but if anyone simply knows of a good English-language source for the Japanese perspective I would find that incredibly helpful. And any answers that you can give would be very valuable for me.

I'm writing a paper about the Thirty Years' War and it's exceedingly depressing. It's actually affecting my mood, so I have to take breaks to cheer myself up. What has ever affected you like this?