Interested in specifically US maps on some of the lesser well known territories in the south pacific but I'd be interested in any and all answers.

I'm looking for these because im trying to get ahead in the DE US History class that im taking, if you could help me that would be great!!!

In the spirit of the recent Ebola cases, I started to wonder what the Romans would have thought of news that plague was spreading.

Cases of plague that come to mind are the Antonine plague in the 2nd century and the plague that occurred during the reign of Justinian in the 6th century.

Do we have any specific accounts or letters of people talking about the plague spreading? Did they tend towards panic or more to hopeful dimissal and aloofness?

What I mean is that the idea of a completely unified Europe is pretty recent, it seems like there were times when large chunks of the continent were in a single camp or another. Did these alliances, such as the triple entente, have any nonmilitary component? For instance for dealing with trade disputes, or immigration or anything like that?

I am doing some research on the history on commodity chains and was wondering if someone could help me with the history of cocoa. For example where it was firstly cultivated, how it ended up being traded, is its origin still the main exporter?

Was wondering if a few links can also be posted so I can read more about it. Appreciate it.

Thanks

Sexual intercourse began

In nineteen sixty-three

(which was rather late for me) --

Between the end of the "Chatterley" ban

And the Beatles' first LP.

Does anyone have any good books to read on post-war Britain, and the transition from staid, conservative, war rationing to swinging Sixties and the Beatles?

I know the above is a stereotypical view of what happened, but that is why I want to read some books on post-war British history -- 1945-late 1960s (or so) time period.

If anyone has any other books on the history of Britain on the winter of discontent (1978, I think?) and the miners' strike, I would be very interested.

I am looking principally for books focused on social history. I am not a historian by training (accountant) and I don't know anything about the history of the UK other than what they teach in American high schools.

Thanks!

Now being a few weeks into my History of Western Civilization: Ancient to Medieval, I have started questioning the reasoning behind expanding empires. What prompts an empire to conquer thousands of miles of land? Were kings trying to become famous? Did they believe they could rule the world? Were they trying to promote the empire's beliefs? Did expansion promote popular opinion of the current ruling entity?

Where I struggle with this question is that empires seem to fail when they grow to such large sizes. With the speed limitations of ancient times (news, troop movement, etc), it would get harder and harder to control your borders and people the larger the empire grow. So it would seem that if you were to expand, you were to call upon your own demise.

Since ancient history is a decent chunk of time, I have been studying the Egyptian, Persian, Greek and Roman empires so answers in relation to those four would be appreciated. I realize that the Egyptians and Greeks did not focus on expansion but using them as a comparison in your answer will resonate with me better than, say, medieval France.

Did Henry's creation of a new church lead to his excommunication? Were people forced to convert and if they did were they excommunicated also?

It's clear from the cities with tens of thousands of people, especially around lake Texcoco, that farming was a large portion of life. How was it done?

How similar was it to European agriculture? How much more difficult was it, without (as far as I know) domesticated draft animals?

I Believe that the Mon or coat of arms isn't, well in a sense, unique specifically to its clan. so like for example, how did the Oda family establish it's clan mon to be a flower or how about the Hojo clan's dragon scale mon (which we now know affectionately as the triforce.)

The Mapuche are ethnic group within Chile (with small pockets of population in Argentina), who managed to fight off the Incas and stop the advance of the Four Provinces, and fought the 300-year War of the Araucania against the Spanish Empire, finally being subdued by the Republic of Chile in 1883.

How did they maintain independence for so long? What were their advantages that made them so prolific at defending their land and succeeding for much longer then most of the native groups in the Americas (including the massive empires)?

I have recently begun studying a BA Honours in English Language and Literate. The first module is Arts past and present, focusing mainly on reputations, and this topic has interested me greatly. I must admit I am beginning to wish I had chosen to study History rather than English.

I figured with the early motion pictures of the late 1890s, we might have had at least someone who was filmed while being over 90 years old, though I realize that the chances are slim.

This question is targeted before the Constitution.

Confusing title, let me explain:

How late are the known events before the explosion? 1 hour? 30 minutes? 10 minutes? - When was the 'dark spot' in the history of this area before all data in it was destroyed?

Also, what were these events; How much do we know about what occurred, and the people in Hiroshima directly before the bomb was dropped.

I'm sorry if this is coming from a misunderstanding, but I find myself being kind of confused by this. Western extraterritoriality seems to be slowly growing in the 19th century, reaching a high point with the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, then after the Meiji restoration it seems to drop off suddenly (unless I am completely wrong). I know that the Meiji government tours Europe trying to persuade Western powers to write up new treaties, but I do not know how successful they are.

So was it simply that Western powers were willing to give Japan another chance because of its new government, or were there other factors at play? I'm sorry if this is terribly asked, I am quite the amateur and this is my first post here.

Thanks!

So I am in my final year of secondary school and have always wanted to work in a history-related profession, but I don't really know how to get in that position. I'm sorry if this isn't within the rules but I've been wondering a lot recently...how did you become a historian?