They were both pretty hated minorities. So how was the relationship between them? Did they also hate each other or did they try to cooperate?

If you search for Buddhism quotes on the internet, you will a diverse of different kinds which are often meant to be enlightening or uplifting or useful for one's well-being and health even though the main tenets of Buddhism (the four noble truths) also involve the acknowledgement of one's sufferring and being free from desire in order to achieve enlightenement and being able to go into a state of Nirvana.

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However, considering that Buddhism has also its own sub-divisions and sub-disciplines and with their own sacred scriptures and origins, it is somewhat difficult to verify which of these quotations are actually said by Gautama (passed down by the followers of Gautama and Buddhism) and which ones are fake as what Gautama taught to his earliest followers were passed down through the word of mouth

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How can historians and archaeologists verify which ones are fake and which ones are not?

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I am a (currently male-presenting) medieval reenactor, who will, for unconnected reasons, soon dye my hair purple. Will there be any historical accuracy in such dye, and if not, any common ways medieval men totally covered their hair, such that it won't have to be dyed further?

I understand that Swiss neutrality was respected by all nations, but Germany didn't respect Belgian neutrality. Considering how desperate the opposing armies were to find any advantage, why didn't the German army march through Switzerland?

How reliable is Islam’s Hadiths from a purely historical perspective? It seems that a lot of it is based on hearsay, and as it was compiled hundreds of years after the death of Muhammad, how accurate and reliable could one expect it to be?

Does the Sunni and Shiite methods of categorizing a Hadith’s reliability stand a historical critique? And how much has intervention from other nations and division after the Sunni/Shiite split effected Hadith in terms of authenticity, if it does at all?

Recently one of my grandmothers got Alzheimer and I learned my 86 yo grandfather and his brothers were involved in struggles for land reforms here in Brazil and disbanded to hide from the military dictatorship. This inspired me to get whatever I can from their memories while still possible but I have no idea on how to do it. Would you pls help an armchair historian out?

Labour unions, that is.

In a Sharpe film, Sharpe's Eagle, a character is present who is an English officer who fought for England during the War for Independence, and then again against Napoleon. Is this a thing that happened, if so, how much?

Bonus question. When asked if he's American, he specifies that he's Virginian. What is the meaning of this beyond being from Virginia?

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Essentially, what do people mean by the "Reagan Revolution"? Did Reagan break away from old Republic traditions and policies?

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We have all seen it, be in period pieces or fantasy inspired in the medieval era about knights posessing a sort of "chivalry rules of conduct", that may include "help the ones in need", "be pious", that sort of thing.

We also have seen various pieces of japanese media (movies, manga and anime) portraying samurai bound by codes of honor, where if broken they would even come to commit suicide (seppuku) over it, or otherwise becoming renegades (Ronin)

All in all, was that something that was followed? Was it something created recently to add a flair of "nobility" to what only amounted as soldiers/mercenaries? Or was something that in theory existed, but in practice it was only window dressing?