The moderation team of this subreddit does a tremendous job, their enforcement of the rules is the key reason why this sub is of such high quality. I wanted to show my appreciation for their work and was wondering what would be the best way to show support with my wallet.

At first I thought about buying reddit gold for moderators, but oftentimes I see redditors who receive gold edit their comment to say that they would rather have the money go towards something else like a charity or foundation.

This is why I'm creating this thread, I want to know if the moderation team has any preference as to how to show our gratitude. For example, I thought users who want to thank the team could make a donation in the name of /r/AskHistorians to a related foundation, museum or charity, and would like to know if the mods have any preferences towards any organisation.

Comment with your thoughts and ideas.

The bible doesn't really address it as far as I know. Did he build wooden houses, make furniture, or was he a repairman for wooden structures?

My grandpa is old, in a home, his wife died and I just visited him for the first time since I'm back in the states.

I saw he was only excited talking from the books he was reading about WWII and my mom says that's the only thing that interests him.

So I turn to you, community of 'History'...what book can you recommend?

Thanks!

EDIT: I appreciate all the replies, thanks!

Are most schools in America named after a person? If so, is there a reason behind this?

Ex) in Tennessee (where I am), a handful of schools are named after a certain person (Vanderbilt University, John Overton High School, Scarritt-Bennett College,...).

Some additional questions to elaborate on this (you don't need to answer them individually. I want to communicate my meandering thoughts):

• Is this characteristic of American schools? Is this found in other countries/cultures?

• Is there any history, reason, or timeframe behind this trend?

• Does this depend on geography? (Maybe just in the south?)

• Is there a list of typical motivations? (e.g. to honor someone, because of donations, because the land belonged to someone, etc.)

• I've heard that a school named after a confederate general is currently changing their name after Obama; why not just name it after the neighborhood or something else?

Thanks so much.

edit - thank you for the robust answers <3 I've had a lot of fun reading them.

Of course, today's world offers more opportunity to encounter speaker of the same language from different nations. But I reckon educated people of the time were also in contact with other nations' inhabitants who spoke the same language?

I'm doing research for a book and am having trouble answering this question definitively. Would common farmers and laborers in Rome during the Civil War period have used the tria nomina as aristocrats would? After the inclusion of the Latins/Social War, they were citizens, so they would have been sorted into voting tribes/gens- leading me to think they would have used the nomen in addition to personal names. I inferred that common nomen would have been used for commoners as well as the aristocracy, but I worry I am missing something. Any insights on this are greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Also periods of religious fasting? Why does this still apply to two of the three abrahamic religions but not the other, especially since that's the 'middle' one as it were?

The film is set in 1757 during the conflicts between Britain and France to control North America. It claims to depict the conflict focusing on the lives of settlers and the hostilities between the Mohicans and the Hurons.

It is the belt-like item which Hawkeye bears and he claims is a testament of his people and the trustworthiness of his word that interests me. Any other insight into the customs around such an item - if indeed such a thing did exist - would be most welcome.

I would assume that the answer would vary depending on when and where the fight took place, and who was participating. But in general how bloody an affair was war in the Hellenic world.

My limited understanding on the matter is that battles were largerly a test of strength: with both sides lining up, singing war songs and then clashing against one another. And that the aim was to break the opposing side's fornation, rather than to skewer them with your spear.

But once the formation broke, was that it? Or would would a more chaotic melee ensue?

Sorry if my word choice is poor but as I understand Greece is a very new country with a VERY turbulent recent history. But after the original Greece existed and after the Romans / Byzantines (so Romans) then Ottomans inhabited the modern day land of Greece for millennia has the idea of 'Greece' existed for all this time? Or is it a new construct used to foster nationalism and power.

My understanding is, by the time of the American Revolution, rifles existed but they were so slow to load that they weren't efficient in battle. However, by the time of the American Civil War, those same soldiers would have consistently used rifles. What were the reasons for the change?

My frame of reference here is the United States, but the question is obviously the broader European world.

To know what I mean just look at a map of the Roman Empire.

Hello evryone, as i asked in the title my question is simple, why my country name is Italia? Where did it camed from? (Sorry for my poor english) Thanks to Who Will ghive me a reply !

Edit: The important part of the question was missing, what is the real meaning of the name Italia? Like a fusion of word, a name of a Princess, a new type of boat.. That's what i want to know more!

I'm specifically interested in critical responses at the time to the publications of Howard's "Conan" stories and to Burroughs' "Barsoom" novels. Were they well received or were they panned by critics?

Bonus question: Were either of them considered to be financial successes?

Bosnia, Albania, and Kosovo have large populations of Muslims. At the same time Serbia was under ottoman rule longer than Bosnia and in some ways influenced more by ottoman culture than Bosnians. Also how peaceful were this conversions?

I often hear anabaptists argue that infant baptism was not a practice by the much-romanticized "early church" (which, as I understand it, means the 1st century Christian church). How legitimate are those claims? Was baptism understood as an adults-only ritual in the time of Jesus and the apostles? Are anabaptist arguments about "believer's baptism" as a historical practice of the early church defensible from a secular historian's perspective?