When you look at European colonization, certain places like Australia and the Americas were dealt with by slaughtering the natives, while in other places like India and the Philippines they didn't do that. Since genocide seemed to be extremely effective for the colonizing countries, why did they only do it certain places?

I know that there were many Germans and Italians who opposed their respective regimes before and during World War II. But I've never really heard anything about domestic resistance to Japanese militarism. So my question is were there Japanese people who tried to undermine the militaristic regime, whether peacefully or violently, in the way German and Italian dissidents did?

I’ve often read and heard that many of the founders just assumed the institution of slavery would eventually just fade away and die out, but the invention of the cotton gin made slavery an integral role in the Southern Economy.

However I was reading some statistics on slavery populations and it appears that the proportion of the population in slavery in 1800 was actually greater than the proportion in 1860, which made me question the argument argument above.

When the Grant statue was pulled down, many people defended Grant, saying that he won the civil war, and giving him lots of credit ending slavery. At first, I dismissed the defenses of Grant as, at best, falling into the trap of the "Great Man" theory of history, but the more I think about it, the more I want to know how much credit he really deserves.

Hi there!

I'm writing a novel settled in Regency England. One of the protagonists gets married and then leaves to fight in the battle of Waterloo. He's a the heir of one of the most powerful families in the country.

At first, he's missing and then he's declared dead. His wife gets married with his cousin and life in England goes on... However, I want him to come back home after at least one year from Waterloo.

I'm thinking about him being imprisoned by the French... or maybe he's lost his memory and he's found unconscious by someone who hides him... do you guys have any better idea? Could anything like this actually happen?

Thank you so much in advance!

My question is, is communism exactly what the Soviet Union did, or is it different, and the Soviet Union didn't adopt Marxism correctly?

Another sub-question, could people be misconceiving Stalinism (i.e brutal totalitarian dictatorship) as communism instead of Marxism?

How did Pope Alexander VI respond to the events in England during and after the conflict between Henry VII and Richard III and the establishment of the Tudor dynasty? Did Rome get involved? Was there support for either claimant?

Because by the time the Hittites spread the chariots, they should've had ample time to spread even more, and spread lots of their culture to everyone.

I’m asking because while having a conversation with my American friend (I’m Canadian), we somehow got on the topic of nukes and WW2. He mentioned something about how Japan was lucky it was cloudy that day, which sparked me to ask what he meant. He said that he learned in his school that America had 3 nukes but they couldn’t drop the 3ed bomb because it was cloudy that day. I then replied saying that’s not at all what I learned in my school, that America only had 2 bombs and wouldn’t have a 3 one ready for at least a month, during which time they could have counter attacked. But after dropping the two bombs, America lied and said if Japan didn’t surrender, they would’ve dropped the bomb on Japan, the current site of the emperor. Basically pulling the biggest bluff in history. So I wanted to ask, which was true? Did they have a bomb or did they bluff Japan?

In Jonathan Spencers ’Gods Chinese Son’ he says Hong Xiuquan was not baptized because of a falling out between him minister Issachar J. Roberts and that he left Canton on July 12th, 1847. But doesn't give many more details than that. However on the Baptist History Homepage under the section for Issachar Jacox Roberts it's says that his floating Chapel was sunk on June 29th, 1847. Could this be related to why Hong Xiuquan was never baptized?

BaptistHistoryhomepage.com/roberts.issachar.j.borum.html

Regnum Romanorum, Rex francorum, rex gothorum, etc etc. All these titles appear around the same time in the 4th - 5th century.

Was curious as there seems to be a lot of deniers in this day and age, but I feel like if the Soviet union never outright denied the American’s success then it was most likely legitimate.

ok i know this has probably been asked 10000000 times on here but i’ve been in an argument about the parties switching (the original post accused democrats of lynching blacks, the kkk, and the confederacy) and i said the parties switch with historical proof and all they’re saying is the social aspect of it which i don’t know much about (like how some of the dems votes against civil rights acts and no republicans did)

I'm a usual listener to Spanish and Arabic music, and I always notice some Similarities in the sequence of notes especially sung ones. I've seen also that the etymology of "Olé" comes from Arabic "Allah". What is the history behind the creation of Flamenco and how Andalusian Arabic Music influenced if is it the case ?

I remember watching an interview of Noam Chomsky talking about revolts against education as "peasants feared indoctrination". Now I do know that peasants revolted for material reasons (losing workforce), but I didn't find any event that would support Chomsky's claim. Does anyone know any?

They lingered around into the Korean War and were used by 3rd world countries who were given aid but why did say the US abandon the idea of halftracks?