During the Civil War, why did the Union not immediately embark an army to invade Jacksonville? It is near the coast and supplying the city does not seem problematic. It would force the confederacy to either split their forces to defend their capital or to create more forces, stretching thier supplies. It could have even caused the government to collapse. If there were formidable coastal defences, why not attack somewhere else behind the lines with a major force?

Reading those words of his today we can easily enough agree with his assessment. But we have the benefit of knowing a lot of the details of Nazi atrocities that happened only after those words were spoken (the Holocaust; the SS on the Eastern Front; the Eugenics programs etc).

Was Churchill just giving a rhetorical flourish in wartime or did he really see the evil at the heart of the regime in a way that many around him had not woken up to?

Who ended the Bronze Age?

Wouldn't the column be an easy target for artillery and mass volleys from line infantry since they were grouped up so tightly while charging?

When reading about the subject on wikipedia I came across this: "Hoplites carried a large concave shield called an aspis (often referred to as a hoplon) made from wood and covered in bronze, measuring roughly 1 metre in diameter and weighing about 16 pounds.[11] This large shield was made possible partly by its shape, which allowed it to be supported on the shoulder."

My question really comes from the final sentence there - how exactly was the shield supported on the shoulder? Was there some sort of special strap, did the Hoplite just lean into it really hard? Thanks for your time!

Considering that they lived far away from there and not even in coastal areas, and what are their motives conquering a place that is really far away?

I'm interested in the contact between indigenous religions and world religions like Christianity. Two examples I know of are Shinto and Norse paganism. Shinto was, I understand, influenced mostly by Buddhism, and incorporated certain elements into its world view. Norse paganism was likewise influenced, and if we look at texts circa the Christianisation of Scandinavia we can see changes seemingly as a result, like a surge of worn 'Thor's hammers', and maybe even the myth of Odin hanging himself from Yggdrasil. (Although I know these are disputed.)

What I'm wondering is, what typical reactions do indigenous religions have to the exposure to a world religion 'substrate', aside from possible extinction? How might they harden, or reform?

(My interest is in part out of curiosity for how Norse paganism might have adapted to Christianity had it not been wiped out. This is not however a "what if"; I merely want to know how indigenous religions have tended to adapt in general.)

I remember from my high school history class a teacher saying that at the time, not everyone was in favor of the Bill of Rights, but I cannot remember the reasons stated or the people he said opposed it. My teacher was a football coach and didn't really know much about history so I didn't pay attention in his class. Was he correct or not?

Hi,

Just curious, what was Israel/Palestine like before the UN mandate of 1948 that created the nation of Israel? Essentially what I am asking is : What was the nation of Palestine before 1948? Was there a majority or minority population of Jewish people there at the time? Was it mostly a muslim/ christian area? Did people live peacefully together before the UN mandate? Sorry if my question is not clear, I am a little tipsy off of red wine, I just want to know what life was like in the "Fertile Crescent" before World War 2 and 1948 Mideast war. Were there social tensions before then?

Thanks!

how did music associated with black culutre change from stuff like jazz and motown type(or was it ever actually associated with this in the first place?) music to today where rap seems to dominate in black culture?Ive heard before that gangster rap originally got popular because it represented the struggles people were facing but wouldn't jazz/blues/motown be able to represent that as well?it just seems like a lot of the music associated with black culture today seems so angry i guess

i was just watching the Boondocks episode with MLK and it made me think of this.im pretty young so i know my view of older music being "better" may be very skewed.

My understanding is that one of the rationalizations behind African slavery made by whites before the Civil War is that the South depended on the unpaid labor of slaves to bolster the economy. If this understanding is correct, did the South indeed suffer economically after emancipation due to the sudden increase in labor prices?

Where do we get each terminology?

I'm 19, took a year of extra highschool classes to figure out my interests more and I'm set to go to school for Architecture this September. 15K a year for a guy like me is a lot of money on something I'm not sure about.

I've always been drawn to everything history, and I realize now why not take something I love and make a career from it! But then all my friends say "If you go into history you will work at McDonalds." But I'm certain this is not the case, there has to be some options for careers.

This year instead of going to University I wanted to take more Highschool courses (Parents are hesitant on taking another year off of post-secondary). What I want to do is take the proper courses to deepen my pool of credentials for getting into a certain course. I don't know exactly what I want to do, and I know I don't have the credentials to get into history related programs.

Is there anywhere I can go to that you may have gone to to figure out what career you wanted to make out of history? I'm really lost here and I don't know what to do. I was going to go to my guidance counselor from highschool, but she wouldn't be there because of the holiday.

Once again I am sorry if this is the incorrect place to post this question. If you could direct me to the correct place if this is inappropriate for this subreddit I would be very grateful.

Thank you

I'd like to learn about the early medieval history of the Frankish kingdoms, so from maybe the fall of the Roman Empire or Clovis I onward?

Thanks!

Hi Historians!

I know this is a bit more anthropological, but I'm curious about the origins of sewing. Did one culture invent it and it spread? Is it an innate thing that all cultures share, like soup? What techniques did various ancient cultures use- any that we don't use today? If anyone knows anything about the origins of knitting or crochet as well, I'd love to hear about them.

Also, when did we start using medical stitches? Have we used those as long as we've had needles, or is it a more modern practice?

Thanks!