Hello I am currently working on a school project about the Holocaust and I wanted some part of the project to be about Holocaust deniers What are some of the most commen "facts" of Holocaust deniers to prove that the Holocaust didn't happen? And for anyone asking no I am not a Holocaust denier

King George’s song in Hamilton has the line, “You’ll be back, like before.” I know a musical isn’t going to be the best place to look for historical accuracy, but it got me thinking - were there any independence movements in the North American colonies before the American Revolution? I’m aware of the Regulator movement in North Carolina which started in 1765, but were there any earlier or more widespread calls for independence?

As I know almost every crusades failed against Muslims (exclusive iberian reconquesta) is there any reason for those fails like logistical matters or Muslim armies superior compare to crusaders which one of it is the cause of their failure?

Pirates downing Rum by the pint seems to be a pretty common trope in modern stories and am wondering if there's any truth to it?

I am listening to Mike Duncan's Revolutions series on the American Revolution. He talks about sending dispatches back to Europe, about diplomacy back and forth at different times, at leaders in England deciding to change strategy, etc.

It made me wonder how long the turnaround time was on communication. I know it isn't on the fly audibles for commanders, more like the send summaries of the fighting season back and get new marching orders for the spring, but I'm still curious.

When and in what country did rulers start putting slides, swings, climbing frames, sand pits etc in public spaces?

When I look at the number of casualties in human warfare, I find it interesting that there's a ton, and I mean a ton, of wars involving China.

For example in the Ming - Wing transition of 1618-32 achieved staggering 25 million death, the wars of 3 Kingdoms there were 36,000,000–40,000,000 deaths, add the Taiping Rebellion and many more down the list.

Why is Chinese war relatively so high? And I know they're the most populous region on the planet but I want more reasons why. Is it because of the famines caused by the war? Please let me know

In an article referring to the cultural impact of the Mongols in medieval European culture, it is mentioned that Italian nobleman "Cangrande della Scala" was named in reference to the "Great Khan" referred to in Marco Polo's travels.

However, most other sources say that "Cangrande" meanly means "Great Dog".

Which would be true? And what other forms of cultural impact did the Mongol Empire have in Europe?

Forgive me for my flawed knowledge, but during the battle of Thermopylae Leonidas took his 300 best men to hold the Persians. He must have known that such a battle was, even with the advantage of the landscape, unwinnable. Why did he himself attend the battle when he was sure to die?

As I understand it, following the unification of Japan restrictions were put in place on who was allowed to own and bear weapons and in what manner. Specifically, while sword ownership was legal for commoners, only samurai were permitted to own "longswords" and/or wear more than one sword.

My question is, did these restrictions also apply to the ashigaru? What sort of swords were they permitted to carry? Or did they even really carry swords at that point given that matchlock tanegashima were starting to become widespread?

My reason for asking this is kind of a weird one - I paint miniature military models and someone gave me a set from the Test of Honour miniatures game (which is set in the Sengoku era) and I noticed that all the ashigaru had been modelled with two swords (which, again, I thought was exclusively a samurai thing in and around that timeframe). I'd like the models to be, within reason, somewhat historically accurate and I couldn't find any authoritative information one way or the other in my quick online research, so I'm hoping someone here will know.

Hi all,

I was having a debate with a friend of mine. He made the claim that the gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) used a narrative style that had not appeared in literature prior to them being written.

Essentially that they were a distinct departure, in terms of style and content, from anything that had come before it in the ancient world.

How true is this?

I’ve never been able to properly wrap my head around the Electoral College and it’s use in the Presidential election. Why haven’t we moved on to the popular vote which, in my opinion, is a much more straightforward approach to the whole circus.

I tried looking for videos, but most of them are about European armies, and not Islamic ones.

From what I’ve been reading, the F11-F1 was introduced into the US Navy by the Mid to Late 1950’s, and by the early 1960’s, were retired, thus leaving a career of about 5 or so years, with only the Blue angels using them for longer. Why was this?