Do I trust it to guards that might steal it? Do I hide it in a safe somewhere? Is there a bank I can leave it in?

Title says it all but I'd like to add that even with cameras, diaries etc. I don't believe they provide the full picture. A journal is written from the point of view and knowledge of only one person who outside their "small world" don't know whats going on. Same with cameras a skilled photographer can take an image at a certain angle or have the image cropped. showing things in a different light.

Wouldn't dropping these chemical weapons payloads like during the bombing of Britain have had a more desirable effect for them? They used chemicals efficiently to kill prisoners and in concentration camps but did not use them in warfare? It doesn't make sense please explain.

Was it their leaders not being in touch with the people/corrupt or something else?

And if so, how do I become one? I've always had a fastination with the history of witchcraft, demonology, monsters, and how these stories and creatures came to be in many different cultures. I'm trying to figure out what I should go back to school for and I'm a history nut, but this area definitely piques my interest.

Meaning for example, in 204AD were people acknowledging the year as such? And are there any other explanations for the 0 year other than the birth of christ?

My understanding is the calisthenics/gymnastics style weight training was much more common near the beginning of the century. My question, what did the cultural fitness transition to bench/squat/deadlift look like? Did it have to do with the rise of Bodybuilding as a mainstream discipline? Arnold in the movies? Infomercials? Rocky style training montages? Or am I wrong, and weights were always the 'every man's' understanding of what getting strong would look like?

I suppose the core of my question, has to the do with the evolution of cultural perceptions of what fitness 'looked' like, and what kind of apparatus/exercises you might see if you went to a place where people were training in 1914, vs 2014. I realize this is a very broad topic, but if you can even point me towards some resources that could possibly help me refine my question, I'd appreciate it.

I've had trouble figuring out whether it is an appropriate question to ask in this sub. It concerns history as a subject and a profession, but the answers will probably be anecdotal.

As a teacher/professor/historian, what is the biggest gripe that students/colleagues have about learning history? What makes people inclined to devalue history, but not mathematics? What are the biggest gaps in understanding for people learning about history and its practice?

I've been wanting to start a program at my school to do something about this problem, but I want to hear more input first.

The most cursory possible search (ie. I went on Wikipedia) states that the last execution for heresy in the nineteenth-century. Was this the last heresy trial (successful or not) or did the practice continue into the twentieth-century?

Extra Credit: What were the theological or liturgical developments to combat (or explain) the proliferation of Christian heresies post-Reformation?

I restrict this to the heresies trials held by the unam, sanctam, catholicam et apostolicam Ecclesiam or bodies pertaining!

One of the many things that is considered bad luck in a theater is whistling, supposedly because many early stagehands were sailors who used whistled signals to communicate. Does anyone know of an original source that might confirm this? And if it is true, are there any examples of what it sounded like?

Do we have any information on how much, in denarii, the average inhabitant of the Roman Empire during the Principate could have lived off? What would an "average income" have been?

We all know about jet lag due to the rapid change in time zones vs. our natural body clocks associated with air travel, but what about the somewhat slower transition when travelling by ship? It seems like a fast transatlantic steamship passage would still be quick enough to mess with your internal rhythms.

Are there many references to this phenomenon in the literature/letters/etc of the day? How did people deal with it? Did "ship time" adjust regularly during the voyage or all at once on arrival?

I was listening to Hardcore History today and a reference to troop ships coming from North America made me wonder this...

Thanks!

Hello! There many different flags, coats of arms, emblems and one can wonder whether they are completely random or follow some rules. Can you recommend good sources about them?

This might be a stupid question but I was just setting my alarm on my phone for a quick little nap and it popped into my head.

I would like to learn about the early Christian church and it's interaction with and influence on the Roman Empire as well as the development of Papal authority into the feudal states. I know this is a very broad subject matter an my research so far has been unsuccessful but if you know of any places to start I'd appreciate the help!

I have heard some people say that Shakespeare was real, and had a son who died, and I have heard others who claim that "Shakespeare" was a pen name for multiple authors. Do we have a definitive answer on whether or not he existed?

Was there domestic spying by the US Federal Government like we are seeing today during the Cold War?