Im a Socialist, but I wanna make sure I’m reading factual information.

Given that around 12 million people were brought across to the Americas, why is it that there seems to be very few remnants of their native languages? I realise that there were many different ethnic and cultural groups brought over but surely there would be commonalities between the many millions that would have enabled them to communicate with each other - even in period movies the slaves are given particularly 'non-African' sounding accents. Were they forcibly assimilated?

I don't know if this is the right sub to post but I'm not sure where to do it . So , I'm almost certain that I want to do studies about history after the end of high school but there's a big question : What to study ? There's so much interesting and fascinating period I don't know which one to choose . So , would one of you guys know which period is the most interesting to study , or a way to choose between all the ones I like , or even if there's some careers possible as a "general" historian that wouldn't be an expert on one subject but would be pretty good on various stuff . Thanks for your help :)

When the Mongolians were conquering Russia, did any other European groups raise the alarm of the potential coming danger? And also, after the Mongolians had smashed armies in Hungary and Poland, were there any preparations by the Europeans for more fights? And finally, how did they view the Mongolians sudden and unexpected withdrawal?

The 18th amendment says "the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited."

Why prohibit only the manufacture, sale, or transportation, but not actually make drinking it illegal? Why not include the consumption? Was it because they knew it would be too hard to enforce, and if so why do it in the first place?

I'm curious about this whole process of creating Frenchmen from peasants, replacing regional languages with French, exploiting the land and toiling masses during industrialization and generally Frenchifying the country (like the Russian empire's less successful Russification in Poland etc., the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary's Magyarization etc.) and how it differs from plain old colonialism (or if it wasn't the same process).

Algeria is perhaps closer, being an instance of settler colonialism (but I'm curious about how they treated the native populous), while I don't believe that Vietnam received that many immigrants, although the elites still Frenchified, but what of those outside the cities?

Except for the Norse, it is almost a topic I almost never hear about. I am especially curious about outside of the Mediterranean, as I find it difficult to believe that the British Isles had no serious mariner tradition.

I’ve always thought it was strange. Banning a drug seems like something that should be a law and not a constitutional amendment, and I was wondering why banning alcohol was the latter.

A "chu" pronounciation seems to be used by most demographics in American society. To the point that most American films depict American and non-American characters using those contractions across space and time. From Star Trek's depiction of a fictional future, to Star Wars' possibly alternate universe, to Western films and shows. Is there a clear historical origin for this informal contraction in American society? It seems like its origin is early enough in United States' history that this pronounciation is used by most Americans.

I started pronouncing you-based contractions without a "chu" sound now that I've noticed it. It sounds too informal. I say that without any judgment. I'm a nineties kid and our generation has embraced casual and informal expressions of clothes and language among other things. However it now sticks out like a sore thumb to me. Follow up question: is there a generation or demographic that consciously decides not to use the aforementioned contractions in spoken form? I understand this might be a difficult question to answer so it's okay if it can't be answered.

The number of sleeper trains in Europe seems to have gotten smaller in recent decades, and still seem to. Why is this? Newer trends in transport? Less patience?

I'm just trying to get some answers here. Im sorry if this isn't some deep history question about Napoleon's preference for east or west facing toilets. Thank you.

I read that North Africa wasn't that dry some thousands of years ago. I wonder how did Ancient Egypt really look like. Was it something similar to today's Spain or Turkey?

I have heard conflicting views of him. On reddit I have seen claims that under his rule literacy rates, life expectancy, gdp, etc all went up during his rule. Yet at the same, my family's own experiences with the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward. How exactly do historians' characterize his rule of China?

I'm wondering if this is a predictable societal function, and if we know what the influencing factors are.

For example, blacks have been discriminated against at varying levels since Europeans first landing in the Americas till today.

Asians have been discriminated against in some similar, some different ways, for at least a 1.5 century.

Italians and Irish went through periods of discrimination, but it ended.

Native people have been treated badly since Europeans arrived.

I'm wondering if there are any studies on what the different factors are that create or support discrimination, how they applied to different groups, and also how that might apply to the culture(s) of the US vs. other countries/cultures (like Japan, African countries, England, Brazil, etc.)

Also, i would love to see a timeline of immigration to acceptance of ethnicities in the US.

The physics seem quite impossible.

One of my friend wondered about this but in the spirit of this sub, I figured there may be something deeper or counter-intuitive other than Irish are always drunk and fighting so I brought the question here.