I'm looking for anything beyond a novice's understanding of the subject.

Firefly's numerous bar fights sparked this thought. How often did bar fights happen. I just don't see how a saloon owner would allow a fight to happen where people broke stools over each other heads. I have the very hollywooded version of bar fights in my head. I have this thought in my head that the bar tender would pull a gun and some cow boy would go into standoff mode with him... So what actually happened.

*Correction: "extremist," not "extreme"

Or did people migrate there thousands of years ago?

I've hear this phrase used every now and then but I'm not sure where it originates from. I assumed it started with Germany's war machine during WWII. Edit: Thanks for the answers :)

Some site on the net said:

Slaves given to Roman soldiers to reward them for performance in battle were known as addicts. Eventually, a person who was a slave to anything became known as an addict

Is that information accurate? Were Roman soldiers rewarded with slaves?

I've been wondering about this for world-building purposes since playing Black Flag. What would happen if, say, lightning struck the mast? Would any naval battles have taken place during storms?

I am interested in the existence of precursor wars, whether they are myths or actually recognized parts of military history. For example, I have heard that the Anglo-Boer Wars were precursor wars to World War I. How is that so? Can certain smaller wars be identified as precursors to other larger wars? Do these precursor wars have particular name?

From what little I understand, many of the English that first settled in North America did so because of religious reasons. Could someone confirm and expand on this? How else did the Reformation drive colonization?

We were discussing this in my AP European history class today. My teacher said this brought anti-Semitism to the forefront, but if I've learned anything in history classes, the Jews have always been disliked and used as scapegoats. How did the rise in anti-Semitism lead to totalitarianism?

I recentry watched 'The Rape of Europa' in Netflix, it talked about the industrial scale robbery and destroying of thousands of works of art in Europe by the Nazi on invaded countries.

Was there a similar attitude of the Japanese on the culture of the countries they invaded? Or how was art treated?

At what point does the English language become distinctly modern, and when was it a completely different language? I know from looking at old Beowulf manuscripts that I would not do well in England when they were written, but Shakespeare's English, while different, is certainly understandable.

What were the reasons for this? How was the United States affected by their decision?

Both of their cultures, languages, and practices have their origins in Chinese culture. Why do they not typically look at it that way, at least by what I have seen/heard. Have the cultures drifted so far apart?

I was told about how babies would be placed in a fire to be burned to death in honor of their god, and that there may have been been singing while this happened. Is there any truth to this, and what other ceremonies do we know of?

I've heard about certain textbooks glossing over certain events, but no one ever discusses the specifics. Which events are most often purported to be glossed over, before the Civil War? Which are emphasized?

I'm from ontario and my 8th grade history class was the first and last time he was mentioned, and even then it was maybe a small blurb about the Red River uprising. What do french canadians and western canadians learn about him?

I wondered if there are any sources of the two queens commenting on him. Most likely when they themselves were ruling England?

They seem to be a very large nation in comparison to most in modern days and in such a hotly contested settling area. Were they vicious warmongers like the Mongols or did they obtain such a large amount of land through diplomacy

Westerns and video games have made draws a common occurrence in the life of a cowboy but how common were they for real? And were they ever really done in the middle of the street in broad daylight?