Whenever I try to research her, I always come back to the same couple of articles that talk about the exact same stories about bar fights and burning convents. I’m not sure if she wrote all this down, or if someone else wrote it down, or if it was just some random lover’s hearsay 50 years later. I need answers, god damnit!

Hey everyone. So I recently read No God but God by Reza Aslan and he mentioned that the during the early stages of what would become the Islamic Revolution, there were a wide variety of movements such as conservatives, proponents of liberal democracy, and Marxists. He implies that the Islamist faction was fairly small in the beginning so I'm curious as to how Ruhollah Khomeini managed to take power.

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Hello historians of Reddit I apologize if this is not the correct subreddit to post this question to, but I figured it's a place to start.

I am currently working on a research paper about how the popularity of rock and roll music amongst the youth in America affected the Civil Rights Movements of the 50s' and 60s'. I've come here to see if anyone has any useful links to reputable sources/archives that include record sales or music hit lists from this era. I have done some digging and have found some sources but they only go back to 1971.

I was drawn to this subject largely due to Jane Elliot's "Blue eyes- Brown eyes" experiment performed in 1968. I am aware that Mrs. Elliott was probably more radical than the average teacher, but how did most of them view such issues?

While watching the movie “Lincoln” it occurred to me about how dark the rooms were, with dark paint, dark drapes, etc.

Was this how it actually was? And if so where did the style come from and why was it popular?

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Mexico City had embassies from all parts involved in the Cold War. USA, USSR, Western Germany, Eastern Germany, Cuba, North Korea, South Korea...you name it. A somewhat common idea is that Mexico City was a hotspot for spies during the Cold War. Is there any truth to this claim?

As a Scot I often find it a difficult to find people that know about the picts and what their role was in history and their connection to the people before them , where did they come from, were they pagan or did they have a different religion, why did they either paint or tattoo themselves with blue markings?

I don't mind if you don't have a definitive info about these people, I'd like to hear what your theories are, any info would be much appreciated.

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The teacher contract stated things like this; may not loiter at the ice cream parlor, if you get married you'll no longer be a teacher, and you can only ride in horse drawn carriages/automobiles with your father or brother.

How long after 1923 were these rules in effect?

I am attempting to write a fictional story realistically depicting the advancement of metalworking from a stone-tools setting to a plate armor setting.

I am having a hard time outlining how humans went from surface mining to cold working metal to smelting and later forging more advanced equipment and tools. What inventions, milestones, or processes changed how things were done and unlocked more possibilities? What were prerequisites for these things?

How were screws first made, how were copper and bronze first able to be applied to shields and such? What steps in what order happened to advance metallurgy from ancient to high middle age levels?

Thank you very much in advance.

I need to find primary sources on Genghis Khan for an assignment, but all I can seem to find is the "secret history of the Mongols". if anyone has quotes from his enemy's or his achievements that would be helpful, I mainly wana focus on his achievements and changes he made to Mongolian life.

Most of what I've been able to find seems heavily biased, or at least based on European accounts that can be either extremely outlandish or degrading to the people. I understand that many of these are products of their times, largely dealing with the slave trade and coastal voyages, but are there any accounts of explorers that went simply to discover and learn? I also understand (at least from my readings) that these expiditions were largely funded by governments and were in search of something from which they could profit, so taking these things into account is there any reading that could be recommended that is largely unbiased from the original explorations into the interior?

Also I was told the inflation of Spanish silver crashed the Chinese economy badly but I don't know how true that is and can't find anything on it.

My assumption is that if they were more connected it would have been more likely that Canada would have joined American Independence, but it seems like Britain always saw the two areas as being distinct. Were they simply to far from each other in those days to be consider one? Or was it the recent 7 years war that hadn't allowed them to become a more singular colony/group?

I saw a comment on another subreddit that said that medieval archers were a lot more effective soldiers when compared to Roman archers. I was curious what were the advancements in weaponry, armor, tactics etc. between these two types of archers?

Apparently the British and other Western nations of the time pressured / forced the Qing Empire into these leases after the First Sino-Japanese war, but I wonder what pressure or enticements were involved. What was the specific motivation for China to grant the leases? Was it military threats from Western nations? Protection from future Japanese threats? Economic enticements? The expectation of things playing out in their favor when the lease was up (I.e. regaining the first two chunks of Hong Kong already held in perpetuity by the British, as history shows they did)? Really curious since all this happened in the aftermath of their war with the Japanese and wondering also how that relates. Thanks!

I've been told that the soviets were a bit slow on the uptake when it came to investing in computer tech, but even so that seems kind of incredible.

The sets they were using looked more 1950s than 1980s.

Particularly interested in how the Peasantry and other common folk under me were involved in this process, were they expected to make up a large amount of the rank and file or would they have been left alone and more professional soldiers sought out? Would this vary depending on the urgency of the situation?

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Most historians believe that the American Civil War was inevitable. But when did the Americans themselves start thinking civil war was bound to happen? Bleeding Kansas? Dred Scott? Election of Abraham Lincoln? Even earlier than those?