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**Author:** [@system](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 8:57am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/welcome-to-world-history-encyclopedia-community/5 "2026-09-09T08:57:25Z")
We are so glad you joined us. World History Encyclopedia Community History grows the mind! Here are some things you can do to get started: :speaking\_head: Introduce yourself by adding your picture and information ab… --- ## [Pompeii's grandest house is getting restored! | AP News](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/pompeiis-grandest-house-is-getting-restored-ap-news/19209)
**Author:** [@lianamiate](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/lianamiate)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/pompeiis-grandest-house-is-getting-restored-ap-news/19209 "2026-10-21T13:11:07Z")
I guess it’s time to go to Pompeii again! --- ## [Is the AI Chatbot not working for anyone?](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/is-the-ai-chatbot-not-working-for-anyone/19204)
**Author:** [@brandontran](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/brandontran)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/is-the-ai-chatbot-not-working-for-anyone/19204 "2026-10-19T19:19:09Z")
Hello Everyone! :waving\_hand: Unfortunately, the AI Chatbot :robot: is not working for me on my end. :wrench: Is anyone else’s not working either? :wrench: If you want, you can check out the AI Chatbot :robot: here … --- ## [It good to read that World History Encyclopedia participated in the NECE Lab on AI and the Future of Historical Learning](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/it-good-to-read-that-world-history-encyclopedia-participated-in-the-nece-lab-on-ai-and-the-future-of-historical-learning/19203)
**Author:** [@markmehrer](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/markmehrer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/it-good-to-read-that-world-history-encyclopedia-participated-in-the-nece-lab-on-ai-and-the-future-of-historical-learning/19203 "2026-10-17T15:12:44Z")
In regard to how many students will inevitably use AI, please consider how a teacher will have to train students to write term papers. AI will replace the need for students to search for authoritative sources to inform t… --- ## [If you could play a TTRPG in any ancient era, when and where would it be?](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/if-you-could-play-a-ttrpg-in-any-ancient-era-when-and-where-would-it-be/19182)
**Author:** [@markllama](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/markllama)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/if-you-could-play-a-ttrpg-in-any-ancient-era-when-and-where-would-it-be/19182 "2026-10-17T15:08:48Z")
I’m thinking/working on a TTRPG setting in the ancient world. If you could choose a TTRPG setting to play, what would it be? If you have time, why and what would make it fun to play in? --- ## [For Fun: Where do these crowns come from?](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/for-fun-where-do-these-crowns-come-from/19188)
**Author:** [@lianamiate](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/lianamiate)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/for-fun-where-do-these-crowns-come-from/19188 "2026-10-17T14:20:43Z")
Guess which countries the crowns below come from! I will reveal the answers in a week. --- ## [The World's Earliest Toothpaste](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/the-worlds-earliest-toothpaste/19159)
**Author:** [@ahaanmalhotra](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/ahaanmalhotra)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2026, 6:49am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/the-worlds-earliest-toothpaste/19159 "2026-10-14T06:49:10Z")
The world’s earliest toothpaste was created by the Egyptians near 5000 BCE from the powdered ashes of ox hooves, pumice(a type of volcanic rock), eggshells, and myrrh. --- ## [Is Odyssey mania sweeping through your town as well?](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/is-odyssey-mania-sweeping-through-your-town-as-well/148)
**Author:** [@heathermcadams](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/heathermcadams)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/is-odyssey-mania-sweeping-through-your-town-as-well/148 "2026-10-13T19:56:46Z")
I passed by this bookstore display in Pittsburgh. If you see something similar, add it here! --- ## [If you could witness one historical event, which would you choose?](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/if-you-could-witness-one-historical-event-which-would-you-choose/19153)
**Author:** [@islabrown](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/islabrown)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/if-you-could-witness-one-historical-event-which-would-you-choose/19153 "2026-10-13T19:54:58Z")
If you could go back in time and personally witness one historical event, which one would you choose? I’d probably choose something from the ancient world where there are still unanswered questions about what actually ha… --- ## [Your Impact in Action (July–September 2026)](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/your-impact-in-action-july-september-2026/19201)
**Author:** [@heathermcadams](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/heathermcadams)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/your-impact-in-action-july-september-2026/19201 "2026-10-13T16:13:09Z")
Your Impact in Action July–September 2026 As we close out the third quarter of 2026, we’re delighted to share what your support has made possible—from publishing new articles to expanding our community programs. Thank yo… --- ## [New evidence lends credence to legendary military camp in Roman Britain | Guardian](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/new-evidence-lends-credence-to-legendary-military-camp-in-roman-britain-guardian/19199)
**Author:** [@lianamiate](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/lianamiate)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/new-evidence-lends-credence-to-legendary-military-camp-in-roman-britain-guardian/19199 "2026-10-12T21:54:47Z")
Magnus Maximus, the Roman emperor who ruled Britain in the fourth century, led his troops against the Picts and Scots, but a theory that he also established a military camp near Frenni Fawr hill in Wales has so far be… --- ## [How is history taught in schools in Europe?](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/how-is-history-taught-in-schools-in-europe/19194)
**Author:** [@neil.ut4](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/neil.ut4)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/how-is-history-taught-in-schools-in-europe/19194 "2026-10-12T13:38:51Z")
I taught history in UK schools for 36 years and wrote over a dozen history textbooks for 11-16 year old pupils. During this time I got the impression that the history curriculum in English schools was fairly flexible an… --- ## [Fun Historical Pirate Sayings](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/fun-historical-pirate-sayings/19144)
**Author:** [@lianamiate](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/lianamiate)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/fun-historical-pirate-sayings/19144 "2026-10-12T12:10:49Z")
Here are some fun pirate sayings for International Talk Like a Pirate Day! :pirate\_flag: Which one is your favourite? --- ## [Hitler's Personal Contacts with Jews](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/hitlers-personal-contacts-with-jews/19123)
**Author:** [@viktorvw](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/viktorvw)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/hitlers-personal-contacts-with-jews/19123 "2026-10-12T12:07:09Z")
In the United States, the publishing house TrineDay has released an extensive book devoted exclusively to Hitler’s personal contacts with Jews or people of Jewish descent. The book is titled Hitler’s Jewish Biography and… --- ## [A question for Team WHE](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/a-question-for-team-whe/19181)
**Author:** [@rishabh.j3e](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/rishabh.j3e)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 8:23am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/a-question-for-team-whe/19181 "2026-10-06T08:23:58Z")
How to write or contribute to WHE aprt from being a member ? --- ## ["The Ceide Fields, in County Mayo, are the oldest known farming fields identified in the world to date"](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/the-ceide-fields-in-county-mayo-are-the-oldest-known-farming-fields-identified-in-the-world-to-date/19163)
**Author:** [@gfinkelhoffer](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/gfinkelhoffer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/the-ceide-fields-in-county-mayo-are-the-oldest-known-farming-fields-identified-in-the-world-to-date/19163 "2026-09-29T20:26:58Z")
I am confused about Mr. Mark’s claim (I have used it as the title) from the article at the link? --- ## [Archaeologists Unearth the 2,400-Year-Old School Where Aristotle Taught Alexander to Be Great | Smithsonian Magazine](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/archaeologists-unearth-the-2-400-year-old-school-where-aristotle-taught-alexander-to-be-great-smithsonian-magazine/19170)
**Author:** [@lianamiate](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/lianamiate)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/archaeologists-unearth-the-2-400-year-old-school-where-aristotle-taught-alexander-to-be-great-smithsonian-magazine/19170 "2026-09-29T11:35:03Z")
What an awesome find! --- ## [What is Your Favourite Archaeological Discovery?](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/what-is-your-favourite-archaeological-discovery/72)
**Author:** [@lianamiate](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/lianamiate)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2026, 11:25am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/what-is-your-favourite-archaeological-discovery/72 "2026-09-29T11:25:13Z")
Enquiring minds want to know! What is your favourite archaeological discovery? It can be a discovery from hundreds of years ago, or a more recent one. If I had to choose just one (so difficult to do), I think I would ch… --- ## [History Book Festival (September 25–27, 2026)](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/history-book-festival-september-25-27-2026/19165)
**Author:** [@heathermcadams](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/heathermcadams)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/history-book-festival-september-25-27-2026/19165 "2026-09-28T13:23:28Z")
I had the absolute pleasure of attending the History Book Festival in Lewes, Delaware, over the weekend. Of course, we were hit by a Nor’easter with gale-force winds and nonstop rain, but it actually made for a great wee… --- ## [Archaeology at Troy: 2,800-year-old agora found, city was not abandoned after war | Euronews](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/archaeology-at-troy-2-800-year-old-agora-found-city-was-not-abandoned-after-war-euronews/19148)
**Author:** [@filipaoliveira](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/filipaoliveira)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/archaeology-at-troy-2-800-year-old-agora-found-city-was-not-abandoned-after-war-euronews/19148 "2026-09-24T12:42:52Z")
Archaeology at Troy: 2,800-year-old agora found, city was not abandoned after war | Euronews Archaeology at Troy: 2,800-year-old agora found, city was not abandoned after war | Euronews --- ## [Ink of Ages Update | Reading underway](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/ink-of-ages-update-reading-underway/19152)
**Author:** [@SophiaReisFriedberg](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/SophiaReisFriedberg)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/ink-of-ages-update-reading-underway/19152 "2026-09-24T12:41:15Z")
Hello, What an amazing response! We received 1,103 entries in total this year (almost double the amount from last year), with 834 adult and 269 youth category submissions. These are the highest numbers we’ve had, and we’… --- ## [Weird historical items/replicas, etc](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/weird-historical-items-replicas-etc/19149)
**Author:** [@lianamiate](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/lianamiate)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/weird-historical-items-replicas-etc/19149 "2026-09-22T20:54:19Z")
I was browsing on Reddit and I came across this Julius Caesar knife block. Considering the circumstances of his death, I thought it was amusing, but also disturbing in a way. Does anybody else have any weird or interest… --- ## [Ottoman Empire — WHE Definition Discussion](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/ottoman-empire-whe-definition-discussion/4572)
**Author:** [@syedmuhammadkhan21](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/syedmuhammadkhan21)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/ottoman-empire-whe-definition-discussion/4572 "2026-09-22T10:58:47Z")
The Ottoman Sultanate (1299-1922 as an empire; 1922-1924 as caliphate only), also referred to as the Ottoman Empire, written in Turkish as Osmanlı Devleti, was a Turkic imperial state that was conceived by and named afte… --- ## [Roman Conversion to Christianity](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/roman-conversion-to-christianity/129)
**Author:** [@chrisaitken](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/chrisaitken)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 10:57am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/roman-conversion-to-christianity/129 "2026-09-22T10:57:54Z")
I would appreciate opinions on why the Roman populace changed to Christianity in such a short time span. Considering they had many years worshipping their owngods. --- ## [Which WHE journal cover do you like best?](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/which-whe-journal-cover-do-you-like-best/19141)
**Author:** [@lianamiate](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/lianamiate)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/which-whe-journal-cover-do-you-like-best/19141 "2026-09-16T16:34:08Z")
We’re currently working on a medieval-themed journal for WHE and would love to know which cover you like best! Our talented Cartographer and Visual Designer, Simeon Netchev, designed all the covers, of course. poll 1) … --- ## [Was the earth once home to billions—and then did humanity decline?](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/was-the-earth-once-home-to-billions-and-then-did-humanity-decline/19130)
**Author:** [@bibekjaiswal](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/bibekjaiswal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/was-the-earth-once-home-to-billions-and-then-did-humanity-decline/19130 "2026-09-08T14:36:31Z")
Could there have been an ancient period when Earth was already packed with billions of people, and then the population declined?" --- ## [The Fall of The Macedoian Empire](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/the-fall-of-the-macedoian-empire/19129)
**Author:** [@williamryan90](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/williamryan90)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 8:57am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/the-fall-of-the-macedoian-empire/19129 "2026-09-08T08:57:35Z")
With the fall of the Macedonian Empire, with no succesion after the death of Alexander, the generals at each other throats not even the body cold yet, this showed, to me personally, this Empire, wasn’t going to last if t… --- ## [What is Your Favourite Historical Period and Why? (Poll)](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/what-is-your-favourite-historical-period-and-why-poll/86)
**Author:** [@lianamiate](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/lianamiate)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/what-is-your-favourite-historical-period-and-why-poll/86 "2026-09-08T01:32:00Z")
My favourite historical period is ancient history. Everything about the ancient world fascinates me, especially the different mythologies. Seeing so many structures, famous historical sites and artefacts that have surviv… --- ## [What are you reading?](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/what-are-you-reading/19020)
**Author:** [@bristiroy](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/bristiroy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/what-are-you-reading/19020 "2026-09-08T01:19:16Z")
I started reading Carr’s “What is History?” and finished the first chapter. I am planning to resume it later. Now I am reading VP Menon’s “Integration of the Indian States.” --- ## [For ancient Romans, pooping was a group activity | Popular Science](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/for-ancient-romans-pooping-was-a-group-activity-popular-science/19104)
**Author:** [@lianamiate](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/lianamiate)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/for-ancient-romans-pooping-was-a-group-activity-popular-science/19104 "2026-09-07T19:55:09Z")
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