Hi im really interested in Russia, particularly the Russian revolution. All the way from how it originated, to how it unfolded with all its intricacies, to how it concluded and its affects.

I also feel the same way about other periods in history but for a long time now, I CANT FIND A GOOD PLACE TO START LEARNING.

Does anyone have any advice on a good source for comprehensive breakdowns of history PLS thanks guys

Looking more towards Dane and Saxon relations, culture, politics, how they lived, etc.

Heres what I understand:

Italians first acquired the area of modern Eritrea from a ruling Ethiopian/Djibouti monarch in 1890. After World War II concessions, it was agree to give Eritrea back to Ethiopia. However, after 60 years of occupation, Eritreans considered themselves profoundly different from Ethiopians that this unification was unacceptable, and such a war of independence broke out ultimately keeping Eritrea as a separate country.

What I dont understand is, why did Eritrean nationalism exist? Why did Eritreans feel so separate from Ethiopians to start a deadly conflict? It wasn't clearly religion, as many Eritrean Christians and Muslims supported the conflict against the mostly Christian Ethiopa. It wasn't clearly language, as large regions of Ethiopia spean Tigrinya. It might have been connection to Italy, but that's unlikely given the paucity of cultural vestiges left by Italians.

Please correct me if anything is wrong!

I have read that it took 9 states to ratify the Constitution and that thus the United States as a unified government was established the day of 21st of June 1788 when NH voted to ratify it. Do we know around what time of day it was that New Hampshire concluded the vote?

To be clear, this isn't just an "acquired taste" that some people find less appetizing than others. People have been evicted from their apartments over the stench and even Swedes only eat it outside. The question then is, why eat it at all?

Libraries have been around awhile, but how did they change from essentially private collections owned and sponsored by the rich, to government funded public access?

I was wondering if there was a single book or resource about China during the period stretching from the Xinhai revolution to the foundation of the PRC (or at least to the start of the war of Japanese resistance).

I heard about "From War to Nationalism: China's Turning Point, 1924-1925", but I was unable to check if it covers the whole period I'm interested in, or just part of it.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

It started as a conversation about developing tailors bunion and why it is called that, and after a bit of research I found that tailors used to sit in this fashion and that is what formed the bunion. I looked a little further as to why tailors sat like that and all I could come up with was because it was customary to sit close to windows. Is that truly the only reason or am I missing something?

My question is simple,

Let's say I'm a Jewish person living in Soviet Russia, What could I expect my life to be like? Do I encounter much Antisemitism? Am I being treated better than my people were in Germany?

I'm curious because my 23 and Me results showed me my Jewish family on one part of my mother's side came from Russia, so I'm really curious about the history.

Reading on Wikipedia about Polish kings I see paragraphs such as these:

On 9 October 1334, Casimir confirmed the privileges granted to Jews in 1264 by Bolesław V the Chaste. Under penalty of death, he prohibited the kidnapping of Jewish children for the purpose of enforced Christian baptism, and he inflicted heavy punishment for the desecration of Jewish cemeteries. While Jews had lived in Poland since before his reign, Casimir allowed them to settle in Poland in great numbers and protected them as people of the king.[14] Casimir's legendary Jewish mistress Esterka remains unconfirmed by direct historical evidence.[15]

or

Władysław also endeavored to establish a uniform legal code throughout the land. In this code he assured the safety and freedom of Jews and placed them on an equal footing with Christians

Generally unsourced or of dubious quality like news articles. But I often find this idea spread around in pop history media: "Poland was very tolerant Jews, hence there were a lot of Jews in Poland..." where they continue the premise to talk about The Pale of Settlement or the Holocaust. But why? I don't really doubt the claims but I would like some details on the formation of the Polish Jewish community.

I just listened to Tom Lehrer's 1967 song about Wehrner von Braun, where morally flexible von Braun is said to have started learning Chinese. The subtext is that, after working for Germany and the USA, his next employer would be China.

I gather from that line in the song that the idea of China being the next global super power has already been a popular idea in the 1960s. My question is, basically, when did established world players (like UK, France, Russia / USSR) started to realize that China will be "the next big thing" in international politics.

If you can, please give me sources

Edward Gibbon seemed to think it was a big deal but I read later historians are divided on how important it was.

Apologies if this sort of question is too simple for this subreddit, but I didn't see any book recommendations in the wiki, nor a link to most asked questions where I might find some sources. The troubles being a fraught subject within living memory, I was wondering if someone here could provide me an approachable, unbiased book recommendation. Thank you in advance.