Hello! Recently my interest has been piqued by Islam's legal code and how it effects Islamic governments that identify as islamic. I was wondering if any of you well read people have book recommendations on sharia's implementation in government and how it is laid out in the Qur'an. Thanks!

In what way was the attack on Pearl Harbor an intelligence failure? To me, the term intelligence failure seems to imply that the US could've known that the Japanese were going to attack but failed to act upon this information.

So does this mean it was an intelligence failure in terms of collection? But then again, what info was missed out in terms of collection then?

What did pilots or other crew do when they weren’t up for a mission? Like how often or how long were furloughs in between their missions? My grandfather was a Lancaster Bomber Pilot and he flew around 20 missions, but was in active service for several years during the War. What would the average pilot do in the time between missions?

Of particular interest would be anything that goes into detail about the social history of these cities, how the Greeks who settled interacted with indigenous populations and how day to day life was led

Specifically the Battle of 73 Easting, but the 1st Gulf War in general was a decisive defat of the Iraqi military, with very little loss of personnel and material. Was this due to severe discrepancy in technology (IR sights/night vision/depleted uranium rounds), training of troops (use of hull down tactics) or strategic/operational planning? Obviously it’s a combination of all but what was the main factor?

I'm looking for suggestions on the best book or books on The Troubles in Northern Ireland... Anybody got any recommendations? Thanks!

Hey AskHistorians,

This has been bugging me for a while. I understand how the Seventeen provinces of the Netherlands ended up in Habsburg control - via the Burgundian inheritance crisis etc. However, when it came to the abdication of Charles V, and the division of his lands between Austrian and Spanish branches of the dynasty, what compelled them to grant the Netherlands to the Spanish?

I'm probably wrong here, since an embarrassing amount of my knowledge of the period comes from Europa Universalis 4, but werent the provinces de jure a part of the Holy Roman Empire? It strikes me as odd that, firstly, Ferdinand did not automatically inherit the provinces as the new Emperor. Secondly, that Charles or his court imagined that the Netherlands would be better ruled from Spain when a) the Spanish Empire was already spanning the globe and the crown's focus would be largely in Asia and the Americas and b) the Netherlands are separated from Spain by its two principal rivals France and England, is really bizzare. Surely they woukd have been better managed by a ruler with a power base in the country next door?

If someone can direct me to a post where this has been answered please do but

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I was in class where my teacher had said that Andrew Jackson was a bad guy because he gave small pox blankets of the Indians but I found this strange as germ theory wasn't developed until 23 years later from when the Mandan outbreak occurred? can someone help I know biological warfare was used before this but I just dont think its true. If you may also cite some sources. Thanks in advance

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TL;DR: Was Smallpox blankets a thing if so please provide sources if not the same.

I'm currently writing an essay on Islamic history and I just got to the Crusades. My understanding is that Jerusalem was conquered by 'Umar, or Omar, from the Byzantines, and he treated the Christians and Jews there with respect. However, I've recently read that it was the Seljuk Turks that conquered it from the Byzantines, and that they treated the Christians and Jews horribly, and that's what sparked the first Crusade. Which is correct? Or am I completely misunderstanding the whole situation? I'm a little under the weather so my brain unfortunately isn't functioning at full capacity.

Also, if the Seljuk Turks were the ones to conquer Jerusalem, what did they actually do to the Christians and Jews?

Finally, any books or articles you can recommend on the early history of Jerusalem and the Crusades?

Thanks.

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See title. Though Im not sure this is exactly the place I want to be...but heres to trying!

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Im asking cause I told a friend I thought Chris Stapleton sounded like something Id hear Otis Redding sing in terms of the sound and style. So it got me wondering, since Otis Redding was around during the 60's, when I THINK country music sounded VERY different from how it sounds now, could there have been some cross pollination of genres back then and what some examples of country music that was influenced, collaborated with, or sounded like what primarily African American music sounded like in that time whether before or after de segregation.

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Are there any country musicians from the 60's that sound like soul music? Specifically from Georgia just for my curiosities...

It seems today that you couldn't stand within 50 feet of a president or high level political figure without an army of secret service and other security. I'm being hyperbolic, but it still stands true that the protections are crazy.

I guess I'm wondering did George Washington or any other original United States colonial & revolutionary politicians have similar security? If not, at what point did the security become so intense for presidents in the United States?

Most people in America have never heard of Santos Dumont, also in in Europe. Without him, aviation wouldn't be the same. The answer seems pretty obvious, but I wanted someone to discuss that.

Both are divinatory texts that should contain 64 prognostications (although the Irk Bitig contains errors leading to 65 prognostications) and both are known from China. Is there any historical evidence for a connection between them?