Are there examples of battles which went completely different from what was planned because they could not use their guns because of rain or humidity?

Is the youtube MedievalMadness a good way to learn about medieval history? Dunno but I get a weird feeling from him, like it's very pop history and tries to lean into stereotypes about the middle ages. Everything was filthy, everyone drunk, people were so weird back then, generally leaping for the grotesque about how "different" they were. But maybe that was actually the case.

Whether when New Mexico was annexed or when it's white population boomed during the railroad era prior to statehood (1880-1912) was there any alternative state names offered?

I know "New Mexico" is actually an older place name than the country of "Mexico" but did anyone think New Mexico was a bit of a mouthful and wanted something like "Polk,"Lincoln" or Canby?"

I’m looking for a quote related to war propaganda, I cant remember where I have it from, and Google hasnt helped. It goes something like «we knew we were losing when the glorious victories were being reported closer and closer to our capital»

I have a photo of my grand-uncle around the time he was in WWII, and another photo I just can't figure out. Any clothing experts? The photos are here: https://imgur.com/a/5dMif2K

I can't tell by his age how old my grand-uncle was in the first picture, but I think it was around or during WWII. He was in France and Germany. I just have no idea what the other photo is. Could be France or Austria?

Thank you for any leads!

I'm in need of a picture of Enmebaragesi (2900-2700 BC), but I don't know if I've found the right one, and if not, maybe someone here knows how he looks.

I found this Reddit post with what appears to be a picture of Enmebaragesi, but reverse image search leads to this Wikimedia Commons file which says it's a picture of Shutruk Nahunte (1184-1155 BC).

I also found this ResearchGate file which may be him.

My question is: Which one is it? Or if neither of them, does anyone have a picture of him?

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Thanks in advance!

Given the national mood just after 9/11, was there any hesitation on people's part to use the national emergency number (911,) or any attempt to have it changed?

• Vlad the Impaler put people on spikes everywhere.
• Genghis Khan supposedly left pyramids of skulls wherever his armies went.
• The Romans put crucifixions along their roads.

What were some other distinct, brutal terror tactics that covered the countrysides of different regions throughout history?

(Doesn't necessarily have to be using human remains, those are just the examples I know. But I'm specifically asking for instances that would be closer to "countless horrifying, anonymous monuments dotting a countryside" than "a recognizable individual beheaded in the town square" and more distinct than just burning fields and pillaging villages.)

Thanks in advance for sharing what you know!

Is this dress in any way historically accurate, and if so, what time in history would something resembling this be made?

https://imgur.com/a/Nr1b2p2

The wild west: Setting aside tall tales and unconfirmed accounts, which gunfighter of the era has the highest body count?

Reading about 'tunnel rats' in the Vietnam war, I keep encountering assertions that the Viet Cong would sometimes employ "poison gas" in booby traps in their tunnels. However, I have been unable to find any details regarding what gas/es may have been used or how such traps might work, given the relatively limited resources likely to be available to the VC. Is there actually any evidence for improvised poison gas traps or was the actuality that the tunnel rats (inconsistently) toted gas masks solely to guard against residual CS flushed into the systems by US forces before they went in?

Can anyone recommend a comprehensive book on the Mayan civilization?

I've just come back from Mexico with an appetite to learn more about them, the different eras and timelines, how they lived and how their cities evolved. I'd also like to learn about their fascination with the stars and their writings.

There are lots of books out there but reading the reviews they always seem to miss out on different details.

Thanks!

I've been intrigued by the 'Islamo-Slavic' (made-up word, not an actual term) nomenclature for people living in the Caucasus region and around it. Names like 'Akhmadov', 'Aliev', 'Abdullov', 'Karimov' etc - names with apparent Islamic origins 'stylized' into more 'Slavic' names. How did this come by?

What type of coffee did Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus drink?

Currently reading Chapter 16: Eumaeus of James Joyce's Ulysses. Stephen gets knocked out and Bloom makes sure he's ok. They walk to a cabman's stand and Bloom orders a coffee and a bun for Stephen so he can sober up. It's not very good coffee.

But what type of coffee would the average Dubliner be drinking on June 16, 1904 (technically the 17th at this point in the story). Pour over, Americano, French Press, drip, espresso, or something else?

Historically, are more common the political frontiers based on ethnic group divisions or the political frontiers based on arbitrary decisions?

Where did 19th century American homesteaders get their yeast for baking? I specifically mean people living in rural, isolated areas, not towns. Did they purchase it when they would go to visit towns or cities (I’m not sure how often that would happen) or did they kinda develop their own like a sourdough starter?

What year was it for the Incas when the Spaniards arrived? I'm trying to find information as to what year they were in but I don't find anything

In the Second World War, what would happen to the remaining Japanese soldiers after an island was captured? I understand the Japanese's ferocity and unwillingness to surrender, so what would become of the remaining troops after an American victory? Did they in fact surrender? Did the majority fight to the death?

And I don't mean the few holdouts that would hide on the islands for years, I just mean the majority of the remaining troops after loosing.

I'm interested in learning how perspectives of the Bible changed over time. These texts that presumably started as scrolls that were later compiled and believed to be the inerrant word of God...how did we get there?

"Sieg Heil": to salute or not to salute?

1940, Offenburg, Germany, on the edge of the Black Forest. Two military men, both captains, one retired, meet at a café for coffee. Do they toss the Hitler salute when they meet and when they leave? Or just when they meet? Or leave? I have googled the topic but the sites I found were all concerned with more formal situations.

would an "Aryan" with a fixable birth defect (e.g. cleft lip) have been killed in nazi Germany?

The Vietnam War was looked at as very unpopular in the US for many reasons as it was happening but I haven’t read much on the Korean War regarding general American public feelings at the time. What was the general American sentiment during the course of that war and how did those feelings compare to those during the Vietnam war?

Was clodius despicable?

Context: Since his second triumph pompey captured 1000 fortress and 900 cities. He also founded 39 cities and captured 800 ships from the cilician pirates. Also he taxed 50 million in money from the conquered territory and looted 85 million and 20 thousand talents more and gave it to the roman state and its people, while to his soldiers he gave at least 15000 drachmae to each

When lucullus had returned from asia after being ill treated by pompey, he was received by the senate with the utmost honor and when later on pompey also had returned from asia, the senate started begging lucullus to defend the interest of the state from pompeys supposed machinations. Although lucullus had accustomed himself with a life of leisure and he had catos help, he nevertheless vigorously retracted pompeys banishment of his laws. Pompey, now humiliated, sought protection with tribunal power, therefore giving himself to young and inexperienced men, the most despicable being clodius

Clodius used to walk around the forum with pompey by his side making sure that all the interest of the common folk were being attended. Clodius also made pompey to exile cicero, the one who had helped Pompey a lot before. Cicero even tried to plea for his life but pompey shut his house door and fled from the back. So fearing for his life, cicero immediately left the city

Now, caesar being returned from his governorship he passed a law that brought him much popularity, then he got the consulship and started passing laws that would distribute land and found new cities so he could increase even further his popularity

I know that in a number of different works Philo has recorded a number of claims about people and matters in Judea as they were during his life (e.g., practices of Essenes, destruction of a pagan altar in Jamnia, etc.). Has anyone made an article that has recorded every such fact found in Philo?

What words would you use to describe the vibe of late, cold-war era Berlin. I’m thinking about the cultural climate. Is there a specific word for this?

What are the interventions of powers in countries that are not so well known? What did they seek in return, what interests did they have, what threats did they represent to influence other countries in some way and how did it affect that nation? I would like to read facts that are not so well known.

Let's talk about the floklore, scares, myths and legends, what were you afraid of and what should you read about these topics?

How did music influence the culture of a society?

Was Alan Turing a transgender woman?

Apparently he chose chemical castration and was in good spirits around the time of his (what historians seem to believe was an) accidental death. Does any of his writing indicate that he was actually a heterosexual transgender woman?