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Why isnt wales in the uk's coat of arms?
Weird, random question but Ive been learning about the Mongolian empire a lot lately, and so I get curious about what these figures look like. They are almost without fail drawn as being overweight. Is there any particular reason for this? I'd imagine due to their lifestyle they were generally more lean but in nearly every drawing/painting they appear obese.
Not related directly to a specific content question --
I have a BA in history and MAT. I want to take more classes and work to an additional degree, but I don't know where to start. I teach full time, and the schools I can reasonably commute to don't offer classes that start at times that work. I can take online classes, but am not sure where to begin this process to see what schools have what classes (available for online learning).
I don't have a clear focus -- I'd prefer either political science, something with 20th century / modern history, or something related to American government / the Constitution.
Anyone know where I would even begin to look here?
Who built the crusader castles? Did the cusaders brought enough masons and workers to do it? Where they helped by low ranked soldiers? Did they hire local labour or used some kind of slave labour? Or is it a mix of all of them?
I'm excited to read Vasily Grossman's novel Stalingrad, which is now out in a new English translation. Are there any recommendations for background reading? I have, and have previously read, Antony Beevor's Stalingrad -- but what else would be good?
I have been reading thru this online copy of the Domesday book(https://opendomesday.org/), and it is very interesting. However I have some questions on the terms use in it. Like, what is a geld unit? How big is a ploughland? What is the difference between a lord's plough team and a men's plough team? And what is a "Tenant-in-chief ?"
Can anybody recommend books or articles which discuss French and German nationalism in the 19th century? I'm interested in learning about any similarities with nationalism between the two.
Is there a transcript for Hitler’s speech at the Beer Hall Putch? Whenever I look it up I get results of anniversary speech’s and Hitler’s speech at the trial afterward.
Where did the Marines trawling around islands in the Pacific Theater of War get lighter fluid for their Zippos?
At what point in the 16th/17th century did Mexico City lose its Aztec architectural character?
When did homosexuality develop from socially acceptable (in certain circumstances) to socially unacceptable between the Roman Empire and the medieval period in Europe?
Reading about ancient Roman strigils and the use of oil for cleansing, a question occurred to me: Were Roman baths not INCREDIBLY slippery? How did bathers deal? Are there documented cases of slip/fall injuries?
I've recently finished Mary Beard's SPQR and thought it was phenomenal.
Currently listening to a series of lectures on Ancient Egypt by Bob Brier and am enthralled by it.
Not exactly a historical question but what are some good history audiobooks you have found?
When was the most recent new county (or equivalent division) in a US state created?
What were the numbers of the first day on the Battle of Verdun? Looking for the units (Divisions/Corps) participating on the first day. I'm having a hard time finding anything like an order of battle or simple answer to this.
Tried asking this twice before in posts, one of them was mistakenly posted on April 1st so didn't get the answer I expected. So will try here. What do we know about the ancient elephant trade? Where do the elephants in the mediterranean and near East come from and how did they get there?
Are the aryans in persian history the same as the aryans nazis talked about? If yes, why are the two of them so far away?
In Europe when fascism was getting popular and Hitler was gathering power, there were similar fascist movements in like Poland, the UK, the US, Japan, Italy, etc with varying degrees of success. What about the countries where the fascist / nationalist movement sort of fizzled out and became nothing, or was nipped in the bud? Are there any notable examples of nations where nationalism / fascism was never a thing?
I was reading a fantasy novel set in a pseudo-medieval time period in Europe and it talked about "minutes". I know they wouldn't have been used back then (I think the bells from the church marked each period of the day) but when did they start getting widely used? How did we transition into using minutes as a marker of time?
I'm trying to recall a book or essay that talks about how "history takes place in the footnote" does this quote seem familiar to anyone?
Why did the US (if they did) help the USSR with the chernobyl accident? Considering they were "enemies"?
Few days ago I asked a question for books on Chinese and Middle Eastern geopolitics over at r/geopolitics subreddit and I got a lot of great recommendations for books which largely dealt with Chinese and Middle Eastern history, so perhaps someone looking for something to read on those topics might find some of those suggestions in that post useful.
My question however is, is there any article or a short, but detailed book on the Kosovo crisis and the creation of Kosovan state? Seems like there is a relatively large selection of books on the collapse of Yugoslavia, but large amount of them are written before Kosovo crisis took place. I really hope asking for a book or article doesn't violate rule 2.
How did the Soviet government decide to pursue the Nazi military all the way back to Berlin, rather than just restoring the status quo ante plus maybe some territorial consolidation? In 2019 it seems so obvious that duh, of course that's what would happen, so I never really questioned it before. Was it purely a consequence of the Casablanca Conference & the demand of unconditional surrender?
TL;DR I'm looking for Orange military outfit or camuflage (or pattern) used in World War II.
Hi, first time posting here. I'm hobbyist and I play a lot of non-historical wargames. Recently I took interest in one Historical Wargame. I like to paint my units to have Orange armor/camouflage or where Orange is a dominant or base colour. So I wanted to do this same for this Historical Game based on WWII.
Sadly - I failed to find any Orange Camouflage or Pattern. I was looking for German, British or Soviet Union orange camouflage or pattern (cloths / tanks etc.). If those factions do not have such camouflage or pattern - do you know country (like USA, Japan, Italy, Poland, Belgian, French, Australian armies) that used an orange camouflage or pattern (cloths)?
Thanks for help!
About how many percent of a medieval population in Europe in the 14th-15th centuries would have been 16-60 years old?
Zoroastrianism is around 3500-4000 years old; however the Avesta, the primary collection of Zoroastrian religious texts, can be traced to the 14th century CE. Are there any records of the religion's 5 daily prayers dating back before 1 CE? Were these prayers added on later to the religion?
Why is there a death mask for Napolean? Was this a common practice in France at the time?
Are any counties in US states named after non-white and/or non-male people (excluding royalty)?
Why did the Russian Federation readopt the melody and the instrumentation of the Hymn of the USSR which had explicitly Communist lyrics, but Germany did not adopt Auferstanden aus Ruinen which did not have explicitly Communist lyrics?
What are some good books that discuss the political history of the Soviet Union? I'm specifically curious to know how they went from socialist revolution to what was effectively a single-party dictatorship.
In July 1946 100 LSTs were made available to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to repatriate Japanese POWs and civilians from all over Asia and the Pacific.
Does anyone know which particular LSTs were involved?
Need help identifying a mustachioed man, likely from the 1800's, whose picture was found on a random button. No other information about source of button or anything else.
https://i.imgur.com/N0ZMihw.png
Looks semi-familiar, but I can't place him. I thought he might be a losing Presidential candidate from the States, but I searched through their pictures, and he didn't look quite like any of them. I could be wrong.
Thought I'd turn to y'all for help. Thank you for your time and attention! Yay History!
What is the first mention of starling murmuration in the historical record? It seems so otherworldly, like meteor showers and eclipses, that I feel like it must have been remarkable to pre-industrialized writers.
looking for books on how ancient greek and roman law/politics influenced modern law and politics. Democracy, seperation of power, civil law etc
