The college sports system in america is quite similar to what you see in Germany or Spain. Universities like UCLA and USC have multiple sports, can never be moved to another city like a professional american franchise does once in a while, its identity purely local, and community oriented instead of vying for national and global appeal for the sake of profits.

Yet this athletics is based around schools instead of neighborhoods.

I read that ancient China* used to be matriarchal, which I've read was determined in part because of the fact that men would move into their wives' familial homes, but be buried after death in their family's homes.

This seems like a somewhat...tenuous conclusion. Is there more evidence to support the assertion that China used to be matriarchal? If so, why did it change?

*This would be more than 5000 years ago, so I honestly don't know if you can say it's "China," but yeah the people living in the area that we refer to as Mainland China today.

So I know the Hanseatic League was basically a confederation of German merchants that wielded a lot of political and economic power. And they kept the roads and seas safe from bandits and pirates. But what I don't know is what their military and navy? Did they have an organized army and fleet or did they hire out mercenaries and privateers to protect their routes and interests?

I get that they were flex pieces and showed off wealth, but I'm curious about the actual logic. Were they mostly for the church and clergy, or did nobles display them differently? Seems like a lot of effort for something so few people would ever see.

I've been wondering about the connection between Roman law and medieval serfdom. Roman laws placed certain restrictions on agricultural workers called coloni, including restrictions on leaving the land in some circumstances.

But did medieval serfdom actually develop out of this Roman system, or are we connecting two institutions that only look similar on the surface?

How much of medieval serfdom was inherited from Roman law, and how much emerged later because of changing landownership and the growing power of landlords after the Western Roman Empire declined?

I'd be interested in what historians think about this, especially any good books or sources that discuss the connection.

Salutations. I am about to start teaching twentieth-century US foreign policy to a group of 17-18 year olds. This is not my period, so while I have a basic understanding of 'the facts', I am missing 'the story'(/'stories'), as it were.

What are the seminal works of historical interpretation I might look to for inspiration here? Are there any historians of the period who you think write in a way that might be more accessible to teenagers? Not 'dumbed-down' per se, just engagingly written.

Thank you very much for your time!

My Grandfather (RIP- from his discharge papers) served in the Pacific Theater in WW2 as Pharmacists Mate 3rd Class from 9/21/1943-4/8/1946 and served on the NTS Farragut, Idaho; HCS Farragut, Idaho; USNH PSNY Bremerton. Wash; USN Mobile Hospital #10; US Fleet Hospital #110 and #111; and then back to Bremerton to close out his service. Family lore is that he supported the naval landings at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Hard to find information on the fleet hospitals. What was that role and where did the fleet hospitals serve?

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I’ve always been fascinated by WWII and what was going on at that point in history. I’m sad that I never got to really converse with anyone about what it was like to be alive during that era and was wondering if anyone is still around for me to talk to them about it?

Especially someone who was living in Germany or was involved in the war or camps. I’m just curious about what it was like to serve in their military, what civilian people were thinking or doing when the Nazis came to power, and what it was really like to be in the camps and how they survived.

Most especially I wanted to know how people moved on or how they adapted to changes once the war was over. How do you move on and recover from something like that if and when you realized how wrong it was to treat people so poorly because of their race & religion?

What about if you were at any point held prisoner in the camps? The same question would apply. How do you move on and recover?

Hey, I’m doing my history research project on Unit 731. I really want to do it on this topic because it’s rarely spoken about and it’s extremely important.
I’ve found it very hard to find peer reviewed useful sources- especially primary sources. I also haven’t found any historians I could contact (if there are any).

Is anyone able to give a bit of help if they have any knowledge on the topic, or shiro ishii, or even on Japan the years leading up to it. It would be so greatly appreciated. Thanks!

- Baghdad fell to the Mongols under Hulagu Khan in 1258 CE.

• Al-Andalus came to an end in 1492 CE, when the Emirate of Granada surrendered to the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile.

Over the 234 years between these two events, did any Andalusian scholars or chroniclers write about the fall of the Abbasid Caliphate? How did the people of al-Andalus react to the fall of Baghdad?

I haven't been able to find much on this subject, except for the possible writings of Ibn Saʿīd al-Maghribī (1214–1286 CE), but that alone is certainly not enough.

We always hear about and perhaps are immediately hardwired to think of the far right when discussing historical tragedies that left millions of innocents dead and teaching children as young as five about "bad people". Perhaps the most famous example is Adolf Hitler. But are there any real examples of the far left having committed such atrocities that can be used as examples of evil people when teaching young children? Even though fascism and nazism are exclusively right-wing movements, are there any examples of atrocious, intolerant, divisive, or inherently dangerous movements that are exclusively far left or at the very least include the left? From what I've heard, the left solely target the people who are bad firsthand and thus deserve it. I've never heard of the left targeting innocent individuals let alone as a result of bigotry, racism, intolerance etc.

Hey everyone,
I’m trying to prove a point to someone about public perception versus historical facts, and I need your honest, unfiltered opinions to help me settle this.
I have a specific question for you all: Do you think America won, lost, or did neither in the Vietnam War?

CRITICAL RULES BEFORE YOU COMMENT:
DO NOT GOOGLE IT! Please do not look up the answer or check Wikipedia before answering. Just give me your genuine gut reaction, what you remember from school, or what you've always assumed happened based on movies and media.

If you are a history buff or expert: If you already know the deep history and political outcome of the Vietnam War inside and out, please wait and do not comment or answer right away.

Right now, I am specifically looking to hear from regular people who don't study history deeply. I want to see what the general public, everyday people, and casual media consumers honestly think happened based on what they've picked up over the years.

(To the history experts: Please give it a few hours before you jump in and break down the actual historical facts. Let's see what the initial wave of responses looks like first!)

Thanks in advance for helping me settle this debate!