I was wondering if any Middle East Historian or Expert was able to research this. I always wondered if Nabatieh in South Lebanon was founded by the Nabateans of North Arabia(ex: Petra). If anyone finds some information on it, could you also please share the source so I can learn more about my anc...

I would like to know what kind of cargo ships supplied Britain during the early years of WW2, before Liberty Ships became available in huge numbers. The approximate timeframe I'm interested in is 1939 to 1941. What kind of cargo ships supplied Britain during this time? How much cargo did they ca...

I've come upon numerous instances where a pre-11th century person or artifact is associated with either the Orthodox or Catholic church. The most recent example is in Francis Fukuyama's "The Origins of Political Order", where Gregory I is titled "pope of the catholic church" and where further the...

I often find myself, when learning from Roman texts, wishing to hear "the other side of the story". Are there no Parthian historians, authors, playwrights, poets, etc, whose words have survived? And if not, why not?

In July 1944, von Rundschtedt was relieved of command in the Western front for expressing the opinion that the war was lost. This opinion must have been shared by the most of (reasonable part of) Nazi leadership. The actual collapse of the Reich din not come until 10 months later, which is a plen...

The movie Lincoln suggests there was a fair bit of bribery involved in the passing of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Are there actual records of this? Any sound history books or articles that discuss it?