Tried searching the sub but didn’t get a specific answer. Basically. My thought process is this: we haven’t always had showers and baths. I really couldn’t imagine anyone giving oral sex in the 1400’s when they were disgustingly sweaty at all times

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Learning mexican history is nice to see that during the independence war one of the first things Miguel Hidalgo did was to ban slavery.

But then other mexicans leaders are also mentioned to have abolished it, like José María Morelos, Vicente Guerrero and Guadalupe Victoria.

I even remember reading about mexican presidents abolishing slavery early in the 20th century.

All of this makes me think it that maybe slavery was reinstated?, or were people finding legal loopholes?, or the bans only applied to some places?, or was it simply a move to score political points?

Why wasn’t a bigger borough chosen to house all of the buildings and trade? Why choose the smallest area?

I'm extremely curious about this! If I remember correctly, during the invasion of the Philippines that a US Army general surrendered the entire garrison that was defending the Philippines to the Japanese and there happened to be Marines on the island who were stuck with the outcome, but my question is more or less in terms of actual combat operations during WWII. I also know that a handful of Marines used the Army Air Corps to drop behind enemy lines around the time of D-Day, but they didn't have any command structure. I also know that Marines were slated to be the QRF for the Rangers at Pointe Du Hoc and were told to stand down because of the Marines reputation from WW1 in the Battle of Belleau Woods.

What I'm curious to know is, if at any point in time, did the US Army whether it's at the battalion, brigade, or division level have any Marine Corps units (say, a company) attached to them, or vice versa, during any combat operations in the Second World War.

Thanks!

Whenever I read the biographies of natural philosophers or scientists of Europe in 17th to 19th century (mainly Germany, England, ...) it is often written that they learn Greek and Latin in their youth.

Here are my questions:

1- Why did they learn Greek to begin with? Did they do so to be able to read works of Archimedes, Euclid or Plato in the original text? If so, the Greek language they learned differed from the language used in Greece (under Ottoman) of those ages.

2- In their biographies, when it is written that they *learned* Greek, do they mean that they became fluent in it like a modern EU C2 level mastery? Or was it like learning things like Penta Octo and word roots?

I have always assumed that the Burka and belly dancer come from the same culture, as they are both extremes of dress code, what came first?

I'm listening to Andrew Roberts' excellent biography of Napoleon at the moment, and I'm up to his expedition to Egypt. He makes note of how his armada was fortunate to evade Horatio Nelson's fleet multiple times along the way, which was patrolling the Mediterranean looking for the French.

Given that Napoleon himself had previously spent time inspecting the French naval assets on the channel coast and concluded that France was nowhere close to being able to challenge the Royal Navy, the expedition to Egypt seems incredibly risky even with the warships the French brought along. I get the strategic reasoning for what they were hoping to do in Egypt, but it seems like having an entire armada sunk or captured by the British would have been a colossal blow to the republic and was a very real possibility.

So I’d say I have a decent understanding of apartheid in South Africa proper, but I’ve found it incredibly difficult to find a strong resource for information on the effects and policies in the South African administered territory of Southwest Africa. If anyone could give me some information about this and/or resources I can use to expand my knowledge on institutional apartheid in Southwest Africa it would be very helpful. Thank you

I'm looking to get my MA in art history, but I'm having trouble finding a school that fits what I want. I was hoping some of you here could give me some advice, or at least point me in the right direction. What I'm looking for is most likely a state school (I'm sure many of you can sympathize, I'm trying to keep my debt as low as possible) with a solid art history program that involves classes on medieval art and manuscripts, as I wish to focus on England in the late middle ages. I'm located in Eastern Massachusetts, and the closer to home I can stay the better. In other words, something in New England, and reachable with public transit since I can't drive. UMass Amherst is one that keeps getting mentioned to me a lot, but it's completely outside of the realm of public transit as far as I can tell (Peter Pan buses go there, but they're $40 per ride--extremely unsustainable).
I understand what I'm looking for seems very specific, and might not even exist, but I figured it was worth asking on the off-chance it does. Thanks!

Some related questions: Was it more common for Japanese men to marry Korean women, or vice-versa? What nationality would their children have been considered? What happened to these couples after 1945?

Are there any accounts of sailors fishing for fresh meat while at sea? Log book examples? Would they be compensated at all for this if applicable?

Any input is appreciated. If I were to be specific, I am interested in late 18th and early 19th centuries of the British Navy.

As I understand it, the Good Friday Agreement made it significantly easier for travel between NI and Ireland, which was a lot of what the PIRA wanted. Was there ever a shadow of a possibility that they could actually get Britain to surrender NI? Or would it have just been winding down bloodshed over a long period?

Some answers on this subreddit have indicated that 15th century firearms were incapable of penetrating plate armor and have even described handheld firearms as being more of a "novelty" during this time period, as opposed to a militarily viable weapon. What confuses me about this is that firearms seem to have been heavily employed by the Hussites during the early 15th century. With all of this in mind, how did the Hussites make effective use of early firearms?

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Hey all! I am currently preparing a lecture on the Indochina Wars in the Twentieth Century, and was wondering if any of you who have done more archival work than me might be able to recommend a place for candid/rare/personal photographs from this time period. I am trying to avoid a lot of the common iconography associated with the wars, and wanted to include photographs that my students might not have seen before. I just figured I'd ask in case there were any goldmines of photographs I had somehow missed.

It's an extended essay research question and I have somewhat of an Idea of what i'm going to write about. The issue is that I can't find enough sources to further my understanding of the topic. Please Help. If something isnt clear about my question feel free to ask me. Thanks