How did a New World food (potatoes) become part of a Jewish staple (latkes), at least in the United States? Obviously some time post-1492, but beyond that I'm just curious to know the origins of how these things came together.

I know that the ancient Greeks had comedy and tragedy plays, but did they ever explore different genre like horror?

I wonder how they could get on such a high organizational level (logistics, administration, tax collecting, etc.) although they basically lived before that in the wilderness and only formed loosely alliances with one another

I keep hearing that it was but I'm struggling to find literature to back up the idea even though it seems really intuitive to me.

Lately I've been getting into classical history. I'm not the most well-read, but it interests me, so pardon if I make any callous or uniformed comments.

Anyways, I've read on some websites about how Caesar was assassinated, but I'm more curious why it happened. I'm struggling to find good sources on this. I've read Suetonius' book on him, and Plutarch's Life of Caesar, however I've recently been informed that these two aren't the best Roman historians because their recounts are either for entertainment or for moralistic points. It seems that these two twist the person's personality in order to fit their narrative.

So, I was wondering if you guys knew any historical documents or other classical historians, or perhaps even modern historians, that provide a better insight on Caesar's personality or the motive of the conspirators. Or possibly your opinion on the cause of Caesar's assassination, perhaps it was more on his domestic policies? idrk

Thank you in advance :)

Hello I am sure that people have asked this before and I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this but does anyone have a history degree? And if so what do you do now? Do you regret getting it or not? I am 3 years into getting a history degree but I have gotten nervous lately after seeing people say that history degrees are useless :(

Does anyone know why Pericles let the poor attend the theatre for free?

Is this a misconception? Was it all really just about slavery? What were the rights that these states were fighting for? More state control/less powerful government?

I hear people describe things they don't like as "fascist" a lot. But I feel like it's often used as a general insult against people, ideas, or organizations the user dislikes, rather than actually making an informed comparison to historical governments.

I know that, historically, Mussolini's Italy, Nazi Germany, and Franco's Spain were all described as fascist. But I don't really know what that means.

What separates fascism from other types of dictatorships? What makes it fascist? What qualities define a fascist government or fascist outlook? Can people or ideas be fascist? Is fascism nessecarily racist? Is there anything often compared to fascism that is objectively not fascist?

I hope this question isn't too polarizing. I look forward to any guidance! Thank you.

Was this unheard of during the time, or are there similar cases in other areas? Also I would love to know if he had a personal motivation to do this, or if he was persuaded by wealthy nobles to do so.

Please note that I do not ask as a communist, capitalist, fascist, or any other kind of political -ist. Throughout my childhood I was made aware of such horrors as the holodomor, the Great Leap Forward, the purges and gulags, and even the USSR’s vast contribution to the death toll of WWII. I’ve also been quoted various statistics saying how many deaths have been “caused by communism,” which seems like an intentionally vague term to me.

Do historians have any ways of telling what tragedies resulted from the collectivized economy and it’s shortcomings as opposed to the individual actions of certain people in positions of power? Are any tragedies in the western world comparable in this way, like the Great Depression or the dust bowl?

• The first Byzantine emperor, Constantine the 1st, had a regular three-part latin name + some (Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus))
• A couple hundred years later, Justinian the 1st still had a proper Latin name: (Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus)
• But by the year 963, we have Nikephoros II Phokas on the throne, who doesn't seem to have had a Latin name.

What lead to this changeover?

So Krautrock came about in 1960s Germany with bands like Kraftwerk, Neu! and Can. This electronic-based music mainly originated in Dusseldorf, West Germany.

I'm interested to know how it came about, how did it effect and influence the different generations within the FRD at the time? Did it ever spread to the GDR? If so how did those styles differ?

How did it change after the fall of the Berlin Wall and Iron curtain in '89 & the 1990s. Lastly how did spawn so many intricate wide ranging genres and musicians we see today from Brian Eno and Ambient music, Acid House and the M20 raves of the' 90s, Shoegaze and dreampop to experimental genes like Lowercase where I heard one artist has a whole album where he folds paper different ways?

Thank you!

So I’m currently writing a novel based in a medieval era but I don’t know much about the clothing in that time period. Specifically looking for English,Irish,and Viking but can’t find any good sources online.

I'm talking about the Joy of Jello Cookbook and other powdered gelatin abominations.

Just curious, as I sit here lifting a 15 lb weight idly while redditing...

I see this factoid often and usually in two versions, that the Sultan simply inquired about the location of the tomb, or that he went as far as to make offerings to the hero at his supposed burial mound while at the same time proclaiming himself the avenger of the Trojans.

How did we know this happened, if it did? This has always struck me as fiction but I'd be happy for evidence to the contrary.

That is a quote my advisor has said time and time again. He has a PhD in History, and has been teaching for over thirty years. His explanation is that you cannot use the morality for the past as a tool for modern morality of the present when teaching history.

Is there some truth to this?

Let me know.