It would make sense that something so profound would have multiple sources confirming that it happened, but all we really have to go by is the word in the bible.

Disclaimer: I'm not trying to offend or prove any religion wrong, I'm just curious as to why there aren't multiple sources.

I have seen many WW2 documentaries but would like to learn a bit more about WW1.

EDIT:Thanks everyone!

First off. Terrible question I know, but with all the history painting Hitler and the Nazi's as the ultimate evil it's hard to get a glimmer of the good things they did. Or just things they did well.

Not a Nazi sympathizer or trying to create any, but it strikes me as necessary for there to be something good about them or they wouldn't have gained so much power in the first place.

I don't know much about south african history around mandela and aparthied beyond the main headlines, and watching Mandela was the first exposure to the details.

So, how fair of a representation was it? Are there any major inaccuracies, omissions or deviations from history in the movie as it regards to Mandela's life or aparthied africa?

As the title says, I want to know what type of currency (if there was any currency) was used by the Minoans during the time they dominated the Aegean in the late Bronze Age. Did they just use a bartering system or was there some other form of exchange?

Shows and movies sometimes will portray two armies standing to the side as their champions battle to the death. Did this happen? If so, how often?

Sorry if this is the wrong sub to post this in, but I remember reading somewhere that it had to do with the right of kings in Europe to sleep with a bride on their wedding night, so the women would shave their heads in order to look ugly and perhaps get out of having to sleep with the king/ruler etc. Is this true?

Thanks!

I'm not sure what the dimension of it where or really much else than the story and it's purpose. So my question is if you were to put an elite force within the horse how many could have fit? And on top of that is it realistic that they could infiltrate and open the city gates?

I'm thinking more specifically of relatively isolated groups. For example, in The Thin Red Line, the indigenous people of Guadalcanal are shown guiding the American troops. Why were they on the American's side or were some simply on that side? Did the two sides have opposing methodologies for recruiting them?

Did the people of different areas relate to the opposing sides in different ways?

Edit: I apologize for the over-generalization in the title. I understand that obviously Africa is a diverse continent. I guess my interest is mostly in Uganda, Zimbabwe, Mauritania, Nigeria, Gambia, and Kenya; however, input on trends in other regions is of course welcome. Thanks for your time.

I'm interested in a brief summarization of the history of Ukraine, and its ties with Russia.

In what ways did they benefit from being a part of the soviet union?

How many people were sent, how many died, how many Japanese lived in America at the time and how did they compare to German concentration camps?

I'm thinking of the trope in many fantasy novels of the wandering bard, who will sing for their supper at a inn/household and aim to travel from keep to keep in order to set up a "residence" there. Especially over those hard winter months. When they have started to repeat their repertoire, annoyed the lord in whatever way, or have had a go at all the likely kitchen wenches then they move on. Most of these novels seem to be based on an idealised/exaggerated version of "high" feudal Europe, England in particular, so that would be the time period/location that I would narrow it down to if I had too.

Is there any historical evidence that this sort of thing actually happened? Would a landed knight or lord just happily put up anybody who showed up at their castle gate with a lute over their shoulder? Or did the richer ones at least already have a designated court bard (and apprentices)?

Also, what other skills would a musician in this time period need to have other than a good voice, memory for songs and playing ability? Would you need to be able to work gut in order to make your own replacement harp strings, or process hide to make a new skin for your bodhrán? Or would these types of specialty jobs be able to be done by an appropriately skilled smith, or tradesman? Hell: Were there professional Luthiers or would a musician have to be able to make and fix their own instruments?