Yes this is homework but the teacher is useless and I don't know where to start. Can you guys help me? Key points or a completed essay would be helpful? ;)

Were Paleolithic hunter-gatherers marginalized, was there warfare between the farmers and the hunter-gatherers, or was it less cut-and-dry and they just slowly assimilated? How much do we really know of the people that were there pre-agriculture? Was it a more dramatic change depending on where in Europe the cultural shift occurred?

How would the hunter-gatherers see the farmers and vice-versa?

He made A LOT of enemies.

You'd have to imagine there where many people calling for his hear after his defeat.

I can only imagine the thoughts going through someones head in like 500CE if they found the femur of a dino. Were there any historical accounts of people finding dinosaur fossils and what did they think of them?

Were there any German soldiers who survived the invasions of Poland, France, and the Soviet union in their careers?

First time posting a threat here - so first of all, this sub-reddit is awesome - some excellent work and questions here.

I am looking to read into interesting parts of history. I want to read a book that gives a short in a nut-shell account of many things, and I will further explore history that appeals more to me. Something along the lines of '50 historical incidents that you should know about', but a bit more in depth.

A book that focuses on breadth and not depth would be appreciated. I have already checked the book list for this subreddit - but alas it is split topic wise and the books there have depth on a limited issue, rather than breadth and containing many issues.

hopefully someone here can help. I'd like to learn more about history - I consider myself an amateur historian so open to learning about everything!

Thanks

I'm looking at WW2 pictures, and I notice quite a bit of blimps, were they used at all, how common, and what were they used for?

I understand that a circumvallation is "oriented" to defend from sorties from within a besieged town, and a contravallation to defend from outside relieving parties, but what are the practical differences that lead to this "orientation"?

I can't imagine what would lead to a wall being "oriented" one way or another...how can a wall be more effective at defending one way than another? Spears could be put on both sides of the wall to defend both sides, similarly missile units could fire either inwards or outwards from the same wall. Anyone have any insights on why these are two separate things, and why two separate walls were required for the Battle of Alesia?

I watched Der Untergang last night as it was mentioned in a discussion on this subreddit. Schenck, a doctor and SS officer, was told to bring penicillin and supplies to a hospital. Was this just an error in the script?

For a paper I have to write I have to get a couple evidence points for a question Im answering, “How did racism impact both the person doing the racism and the person who received the racism and what was the justification of the racist?” I've been looking all over the internet for articles or documents about the psychology of a racist and the impact on the discriminee but to no avail. I was hoping someone on this sub could lead me in the right direction. Thanks in advance!

I get that it stems from King Richard the lionheart. But this was 12th century England, and our most aggressive native animal is a badger. How were lions introduced to the English population at he time?

I'm writing a short paper about Genghis Khan. I'm using Meyers Konversations-Lexikon from 1897 as a source and it keeps on mentioning Transorania. I can't find any information as to what it is. I'm guessing it is something like Eurasia, but I can't be sure.

eg: "The city (Samarkand) fell 1221. Consequently Transorania was fully subjected to Genghis Khan."

I'd really apreaciate your help, thank you!

I'm currently working on a paper that is focusing on the hardships of many soldiers who came home after ww2. What i'm trying to figure out is how difficult was it for the soldiers to adapt back to civilian life. Were there any cases for soldiers who were distraught, confused, or in some sort of psychological distress? Where could I find a something that purely focuses post-ww2.

In the United States, it's extremely common to hear communism "refuted," especially by lay-persons, in the following way:

"It works in theory, but not in practice. If everyone's equal, no one will work hard."

Did the Soviet Union have any equivalent, simplified "refutation" for Capitalism (or perhaps democracy) that everyone would know about?

Lately I've become more and more interested in the periods of the 30 and 80 years war, but there are some things I don't understand. How did the Dutch manage to beat off the Spanish, seeing how much smaller Holland was than the Habsburg empire, and even then the Dutch revolt was initially divided (Amsterdam not wanting to be a part of the rebellion). How were they able to gain and keep superiority on the seas, for the same reason as my first question?

For a school assignment, Herodotus seems to be my only source of primary sources. Also I'm struggling to find anything that is relevant from Thucydides.

I'm curious because it is relatively simple to make, yet apparently it wasn't invented until the 19th century. I wish to know if there's evidence of its existence before that mostly, or at least a compound that could similarly devastate an army's supplies relatively simply.