I am reading Cases in International Relations by Donald M. Snow. There is a sentence as follows "The major theme and goal of the Shah’s rule was the restoration of Iran—the Peacock Empire—to its former glory among the countries of the world." The Shah was Muhammed Reza Pahlavi. I did not find much while searching online and any help is appreciated. Thank you.

Obviously, "the bogeyman" is fairly amorphous, so what I'm referring to here is a mysterious, terrifying entity that parents used to scare their kids into compliance. Or, a mysterious, terrifying entity that people used to explain odd, inexplicable phenomena. Or both.

Where I come from (Southern California), our "bogeyman" is the chupacabra, but I imagine different areas of the West have different versions, and I want to know how old and universal these are.

Do we have ancient/classical texts referring to similar entities (fantastical horrors that parents used to frighten their children), and what do those look like?

I have always read that roman technology got lost after the western part fell, but it seems strange to me that the Byzantine empire would throw away all these feats.

I mean, WWI was initially "The Great War," or "The War to End All Wars." In the beginning of WWII, did people think of it as the "sequel" to WWI? If people is too broad, then how about the American and European press?

To what extent did imperial expansion underpin the growth of the Britis state in the 18th century ??

First time asking a question on here, so if I mess it up forgive me. I am trying to figure out who some of the most prominent modern day historians of the Carolingian Empire are. From what I've gathered it looks like Roger Collins and Thomas Noble are pretty important, but I haven't found many others. Thanks!

I'm looking to learn about battle tactics but I'm not sure where to start. I haven't found anything too broad or covering lots of different tactics, which is more what I'm looking for.

Does anyone know of any resources I could use to learn about this? I tried searching on this subreddit but didn't find anything.

Or more specifically, when did this decline become prominent? I'm reading a book of myths about Ancient Greece and in contrast to Greece as we know it, I'm curious.

I have noticed that in the later Roman period the Scutum seems to have been replaced by a more rounded shield and that 'barbarians' had very similar shields to that of a Viking. How did the Scutum stop being the standard shield of the Roman army?

If people came through the bering strait, wouldn't north America have had more time and opportunities to develop further than the south?

I remeber reading somewhere about how there are many personal facts about James Buchanan that suggest he was homosexual. Does this idea have any basis, and is it accepted by historians today?

For those who don't know, Asterix is a French comic series based in the last unconquered Gaulish village in Roman times. In the books, the Romans surround the village with a number of camps. Would the Romans have actually devoted that much manpower to trying to conquer one village in an otherwise pacified area?