I remember reading a few years back in some book that I can't remember the name of that posited that there were many early Christian denominations that denied that Jesus was Christ and believed that there was some deception surrounding his death. And that the aggressive rise of Catholicism stamped out any of these beliefs by denouncing differing views on the resurrection and divinity of Jesus as heresies.

That would make sense to me considering that there were debates on Christianity held in the first ecumenical councils and that Catholicism and Orthodox eventually prevailed and persecuted other forms of Christianity, destroying and hiding evidence of the differing beliefs.

And then there is the Qur'an that talks as though it was a well known fact of life that there was deception surrounding Jesus' death. And this idea would have had to have been passed on to them. And how there are many Muslims that believe that Jesus is a separate person to the Mahdi (Islamic Christ). That he was not the Christ and was just a regular prophet.

All this makes me think that there were denominations of Christianity that didn't believe that Jesus was resurrected or that he was the promised Saviour. But is there any evidence of these views other than in Islam and Judaism? Are there any surviving old scriptures that show the differing thoughts on Jesus' divine status and power?

In gun law debates, gun-control advocates sometimes decry that their opponents want to return to the Wild West. Hollywood etc notwithstanding, how often did gun violence actually occur within Wild West towns?

Could the peoples of either area understood one another without difficulty? To what extent are the languages different?

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I was wondering at what point in history did glass windows start to become a thing, at all really, in African history? To focus the question, North and West Africa would be my priority. I imagine some Romans in the area might have them in a limited degree, and later Muslim states might have also? But what about among the native peoples, as a local thing? And how common would things like curtains be? Thanks for any answer. I am very curious about this topic because I don't think native African history and culture is well covered in the West. I feel like somewhat in the dark about where to start on finding answers.

In Chinese Emperor is translated into 皇帝, whereas king into 國王. 皇帝 belongs only to the Emperor of China, while 國王 was inferior to 皇帝. Was that the same in Europe?

Or, for instance, was the title "Emperor/Empress of India" superior (more important and prestigious) to "King/Queen of Britain"? If so, why didn't the government also elevate the leader of Britain to "Emperor/Empress of Britain"?

I'm writing a book taking place in a magical universe similar to medieval England and the main character is a serf girl living with her late father's sister. After her uncle goes into debt (and doesn't want to sell his land back to the landlord), he decides to use the main character to get money. I'm just curious if this is at all possible in medieval times.

I have become especially interested in the original World Trade Center, from its design to its tenants to how the buildings were built. What I am not interested in is anything that happened after September 10th, 2001.

Are there any good books, tomes, files, anything that go in depth to the original World Trade Center (and aren’t 9/11 focused)? Edit: Grammar

As a leftist, I find you can't get five leftists together (online) without them eventually calling each other "an op". Paranoia severely affects solidarity. It makes me wonder what happened with the successful revolutions of the past and how they dealt with secret police etc in their ranks.

Apparently this was a way to show friendship in ancient Ireland, and was even a way for vassals to swear loyalty to their lieges.

Several years ago I read a book that talked about the French Revolution (I can’t remember the title). When discussing the Flight to Varennes, the book said “If not for Marie Antoinette the venture would undoubtedly have succeeded” and blames her for wanting her luggage, insisting on bringing ladies in waiting and her hairdresser, and effectively forcing the King and herself to leave in a large, lumbering carriage with a following carriage for her staff rather than just taking a smaller, faster carriage by themselves. How fair is this assessment?

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Translated or written in English. I’m thinking of getting a tattoo of her but I want to be sure I’m well educated on her life first.

In other words, were the Confederate states officially no longer US states during the Civil War (as judged by the US government, then and now)?

In 1863, West Virginia joined the Union and remains a state to this day. However this is plainly unconstitutional (Article IV, section 3) unless we are to assume that Virginia was officially not a US state at the time.

Obviously, Virginia was de facto not a state, but it seems like the secession was not legally recognized at the time. If it were, it seems that might have all sorts of implications for laws enacted in those states before the Civil War and for the legality of secession.