When did primitive "cave-man" speech become codified in popular culture? How has it changed? What are equivalents in other languages besides English?

When I refer to cave-man speech, I am referring to things like "Grug" or "Ooga Booga".

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What happened to people criticising religion, or converting during the high middle ages in Europe?

During the High Middle ages, if I openly stated I was an atheist, or a muslim, or if I decided to denounce the church, what would happen?
Were there any differences between the various european kingdoms? If I were to be punished, how would I be punished, and by whom? How big of a role did the catholic church have in such things?

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Before the invention of anything to prevent pregnancy, were prostitutes just pregnant all the time? What happened to their babies?

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Is there evidence of Robespierre's opinion on the rest of the royal family?

I've heard people say that he was actually rather merciful to the rest of them, that he tried his hardest to save Madame Elisabeth, but "That wretch Collot d'Herbois" prevented him from doing so. Also, he and Danton apparently tried multiple times to save Marie Antoinette by delaying her trial and execution, but could delay it no longer and, also, he apparently called Jacques Hébert an imbecile for accusing Marie Antoinerte of incest with her children.

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Anyone who have a good deal of knowledge about the sugauli treaty and the terms and conditions of the treaty?

Since now a boarder dispute considering Lipulekh, Kalapani & Limpiyadhura between Nepal and India is taking place so people need to know the actual facts about this being unbiased. The truth shall prevail and it should be brought to everyone if anyone who have such knowledge please try to pour your knowledge and reasonings here. The true facts are being overshadowed by so called media so everyone needs to know the truth.

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In recorded audio of German physicists discussing news of Allied use of the the atomic bomb, they mention several times that had their work been more successful, “British Secret Service” would have killed them. Were Allied special forces targeting scientists?

If not, where would they have gotten that idea? I’m mainly curious because it seems oddly specific for them to assume British would be responsible.

I’m also assuming they were referring to assassination attempts during the war rather than post was tribunals, as that’s how I interpreted their comments.

Source of the transcript: http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/pdf/eng/English101.pdf

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What was chess like in 1500-1700? Do we have records of the moves played in any famous games from that era?

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What effect, if any, did the Spanish Flu pandemic have on the US economy?

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How did the English kings keep their power?

In a feudal society in general, why do lords listen to the king?

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Did only Greeks/Romans use tridents (For weapons and fishing) or are they found in other cultures as well?

I was reading about how the sea deity, Olokun is often portrayed as having a trident, lik eother sea gods Poseiodon and Neptune, etc.

But Olokun is an African deity and I cannot tell if this is a result of European interaction that came later (As in people are NOW portraying him with a trident) or if it was always like that because the Yoruba people used tridents?

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Bonjour, historians. Many of the generals in Napoleonic France served under Louis XVI, but at some point switched sides to the Revolutionary cause/Napoleon. How did Louis XVI lose the loyalty of the military?

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Was flooding from shell penetrations a real problem to amphibious tanks in world war 2? (American LVT or Japanese Type 2 Ka-Mi for example). If so, how did the crew cope with it, did they have the necessary equipment?

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Did any creole languages exist in crusader states?

I’m curious if any creole dialects emerged in crusader states during the crusades. Was there any weird Latin Arabic hybrids or was there a separation of language?

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Pre Caribbean history

As a Jamaican I grew up being taught Caribbean history which talks about Amerindians, Christopher Columbus and largely slavery. To an extent even American and European history.

However, nothing about Africa. Does anyone has any suggestions of what to read about West African history pre slavery?

It's where our ancestors are from but it has been kept a mystery.

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American students typically learn extensively about the Black Death and its response in Europe. Were there any major pandemics in Ming or Qing China? How did the Imperial Dynasty respond?

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Why is Roman history and World War Two history so much more studied and popularised by both historians and non-historians compared to other historical periods?

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There’s a myth going on between Albanians that when the first modern Greek state was created, the parliament voted for which language to become the official one: Albanian lost by one vote.

I always thought that was merely a nationalistic myth. But today, I was looking at some old maps of Balkans and found many maps like this one. It shows that half of Greece was populated by Albanians less than two centuries ago.

So, now I’m wondering whether that myth about the language vote is true?

Is this also the reason they can’t differentiate between Albanian and Greek DNA?

Thanks for any enlightment!

Edit: Changed the link of the map, as it wasn’t opening.

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I would like to know the historical background for antisemitism, at its roots, what is the origin(s)? Refrain from contemporary political toxic environment please.

Disclaimer: Sorry but being 2020 and all, in an uber politicized and toxic discourse environment everywhere I go, I feel the need to state I have no agenda, pro Israel or anti Israel or whatever. I am literally only interested in the historical thing. I would like to know more.

I just got banned from another sub because I asked "what is the other side's perspective?" in a sensitive topic. There is very little room for manoeuvring in phrasing things. Even on Reddit. The worst is often assumed. The fact that I have to state all this is just a sad state of affairs in human to human conversation honestly.

Anyway.

Where does it come from? Why is / was it anti Jewish sentiment so widespread ? Or was it? Some say it dates back to the roman soldier killing jesus was a Jew. What else? And how can it have been prevalent 2000 years later in Germany etc. There must be a lot of deep rooted issues here. Please explain the whole chabang :).

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Were All Medieval Knights Christians?

Obviously there’s the glaring examples: Templars, Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights.

My question however is, was it a requirement to be a Christian to be a Knight? Was there ever a group of Pagan Knights? Or Agnostic Knights? Or any other religious or spiritual sect aside from Christian that has been historically recorded?

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How did people understand when Shakespeare "coined" a word?

I came across a reference that Shakespeare made up the word 'quarrel', and he's certainly famous for originating many new words. Is that just because he wrote them down as dialogue, but people used them all the time? If they were truly original, how would people have understood them? Purely through context clues, or were they often plays on other known words?

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During the Cold War, did encounters between Western and Soviet intelligence agents ever turn lethal as depicted in spy movies?

Cold War spy movies oftentimes have American/British intelligence agents engaging in lethal gunfights with Soviet agents, despite the fact that their respective governments were never officially at war.

But does this have basis in reality? While it makes for entertaining film and television, it seems that murdering spies working for another government that your country isn't at war with is bound to set off a crazy international incident.

I tried Googling this, but it's surprisingly hard to find info about.

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Why didnt the Europeans bring diseases back FROM the Americas, similar to how they brought smallpox TO the Americas?

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How did Germany react to the invasion of Sicily?

I'm writing an essay with the prompt "To what extent did Operation Husky achieve its aims?". I've mainly focused on how the Allied forces have accomplished their aims of removing Italy from the Axis powers and securing the central Mediterranean. However, the part that is giving me trouble is how Germany reacted to the invasion of Sicily. I can't find many sources that talk about how they reacted. If someone could point me in the right direction, it would be much appreciated.

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Did the Crusaders Bring Back New Foods or Cooking Methods to Europe?

Sounds maybe a little silly, but while they were away in the Middle East and the Levant, the Crusaders would have been far away from their normal staples of life. Did they get a taste for the local grub, or try to import a bit of European flavor to the new Crusader states?

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How was Catherine the Great — a foreign-born German princess — able to convince a regiment of Russian soldiers and high Russian Orthodox Church officials to support her coup after only a few years married to the emperor?

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