Thank you!

Were they based on actual people? How many people actually believed in/worshiped them?

As several countries (e.g. China, Poland and Australia etc) managed to maintain positive economic growth throughout the recent global financial crisis; were there any countries that managed a similiar outcome during the Great Depression in the 1930s?

I've seen Philippa Gregory, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Mary Renault et al criticized for their lack of historical accuracy. So I'm coming asking: what's your topic and who writes reasonably well about it?

I was in tutorial today and we were talking about mercantilism and also Lenin's criticism of Capitalism. It made me wonder whether the USSR did any trading with other countries. Did they trade with currency or barter?

The age-old 'what the Romans did for us.' Did Rome really have that much of an effect especially in far-flung provinces like Britain enough to affect later political developments?

Back in the day, slavery was something that wasn't uncommon and was the norm. So how did a party who is seen as the conservative ones who don't necessarily like change, the party under wich slavery was abolished?

Is there any resemblance of reality in the most popular works of fiction of that period (for example James Bond movies)? Were the agents actually getting "adventurous" assignments while equipped with hi-tech gadgets, etc.?

I remember reading that during the Vietnam war, Vietcong troops would do things in order to psychologically scar the troops they were fighting. For instance at night going and randomly killing one soldier, leaving the rest alive but afraid each night. Or going into a tent and killing all but one soldier sleeping there so he would be completely traumatized.

Is there any accuracy to this? What other types of psychological mindgames did the Vietcong play during the Vietnam War?

Hi, so my question is about castles in premodern (medieval) warfare. For example (very stupid example, but should work): if France attacks Spain, the Spanish soldiers would hide in the castles and barricade themselves in it. Now, why would French bother to attack the castle, at a cost of heavy casualties, when they have Spain (or the surrounding area around the castle) for themselves, to plunder or whatever. I mean, if you are a French military officer, why should you attack a heavily fortified castle, where the defender has an obvious advantage, when you could just leave them be and go on about your bussiness; and perhaps cut off thier supplies.

Thank you, sorry for the lame English and maybe stupid question.

Would a midshipman be reassigned to a different ship when than the one he was originally on after getting back with a captured ship.

I am reading the Hornblower books and at some point in the first book they capture a boat full of rice, Hornblower is assigned by the captain to sail it back to England, if he hadn’t sank it and if he had actually got back to port would he have to wait for the Indefatigable to return or would he be assigned to a new ship.

This is a second attempt at asking as I didn't get an answer when I posted last week.

I'm currently an AP US History student. I've noticed my book has spent a lot of time discussing how various tariff bills were passed or how the issue divided the parties during different time periods. Despite tariffs being a persistent issue, we've never really discussed exactly what tariffs are or their larger political/historical implications in my class. I feel like I'm missing a huge political concept here.

QUESTIONS:

1. Why did the parties who supported/opposed tariffs feel the way that they did?

2. What was so controversial and divisive about tariffs?

3. How did the tariff issue change over time?

4. What tariffs had the largest affect on the country?

5. Why was the issue so persistent and what lead to it eventually tapering off (although, that's an assumption based on the fact that I never really hear them discussed as a modern political issue)?

I understand that these questions cover a huge span of years, but even an answer that was focused on a very specific time period would be helpful. Hopefully these aren't really stupid questions or ones that are unanswerable. If my questions are too broad, I could try to further narrow them down.

EDIT: grammar

Today: I hear people saying all the warnings about playing video games. That video games can lead to ills such as: violence, addiction, anti social behavior, and a waste of time and money. What older forms of media and technologies were frowned on in earlier generations.

I saw a Milton Friedman lecture on YouTube about him talking about the history of Colonialism and he mentioned a fact that it cost the British far more money to maintain and run India than they ever got as benefits.

My question is then, what are some studies that show the costs of the Empire (India or total) compared to the benefits of it.

Thanks

Edit: Jethrogalloch "...I'd like to take this a little further and ask this: What colonial empires were most profitable relative to the money invested in them?" That is now part of the question now

Qatar has been rightly under intense scrutiny ever since they were awarded the World Cup for 2022 regarding their treatment of visiting workers who are building the infrastructure and transforming forever the country.

Are there parallels with the Industrial Revolution in England? The building of the railroads in the western US? The public works projects of the Romans?

I am looking for books or websites that have detailed information on 17th to mid 18th century naval life including; warfare, command structure, trade, supplies/rations, crew sizes, crew duties, parts of a ship, ship rates, naval terms, etc. I am looking for more of the technical information on naval life and operations in the Americas (English, French, Dutch, Spanish) and Africa/Middle East with the Ottomans.

Thank you for your time!

I'm really interested in history and video games, and I was very curious about scholarship that might be available on the topic. Mainly, I'd want to learn about how video games have developed and changed in scope and impact on culture.

So to reiterate my question, does anyone know of any good scholarship that they've read/heard about on this topic? I apologize if this is the wrong subreddit. If so, I will gladly delete the thread and move on to that subreddit.

I've found it difficult to find detailed information on anything Naval from that era that does not directly relate to senior officers. I would appreciate any further sources about the experiences of common sailors or low-level officers and rated men. Thanks.

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Why isn't '46 considered the Cold War? It just doesn't make sense to me.