Genuine question. Since they fought them all the way and essentialy parked them in reserves, why would they go so far as Africa to import People ?

(belgian here, sorry if question is offensive)

I have heard it said a lot in the early 2010s that Victorian Doctors came up with the "pelvic massage" technique in order to cure women of hysteria. After a while the massage became so tiresome for doctors they invited the first electric vibrator.

This has always struck me as a myth, it plays too well into our idea of Victorians not understanding sex, and compliments our own modern sensibilities too well.

I get the sense that level of autonomy varied, but I am curious if this was a formal difference based on prestige (like gun salute status) or treaties, an informal difference based on area and population, or if this was in large part determined by the personality of the ruler and their ability to navigate the politics of British India.

Came up in a discussion so now I'm curious, I know peasants were lucky to own more than two outfits. Let's say for arguments sake one of Alfred's nobles, but also curious what wardrobe the King himself would have had. I would assume at the very least a day to day garment, something for ceremonial occasions, and whatever military attire they would bring with them during campaigns.

I remember reading this, but I dont know where. I tried looking it up on Google but couldn't find anything. So, I was just curious if this claim is true or not.

Most other r/ doesnt let me ask this. So as a last resort I hope some of you can help me?

I want to learn more about the history of Africa as a continent and more about the African nations history. I realised there is a huge gap in my knowledge her and I want to know more. Can anybody recommend any good literature and/or documentaries about this?

(In swedish if you know any, but in english works to.)

I've been playing Minecraft recently, and I'm building structures and cities based on Ancient Civilizations, particularly Bronze Age ones such as Assyrian, Babylonian, Minoan, Mycenean, etc. as I've had a fascination with them for a while.

I've recently discovered the art of Archaeologist Jean Claude Golvin, who has been a great resource for art based on Ancient Roman, Greek, and Egyptian Architecture.

Unfortunately, there's not much from him about other cultures of the Bronze Age besides Egypt. So, I was curious if you all know art sources I can find that would help me with this. I'm looking mainly for architecture, but cultural art as well, art about their homes, symbols, etc. Anything really. Any book recommendations are welcome.

Ok so yesterday I was talking to a friend about the battle of alesia and my friend sed that it sounds fake and was prob. Propaganda and that how can I prove it if all the books regarding to the battle were made by the Romans ?? And that got me thinking. That I don’t really have any good comeback to that, so how do we know that what happens in history is actually what happens and not something Madhup

From what I understand ppl say this Bcuz he came and fought Porus and then went back. Which was unlike him. So I have heard many Indian ppl saying that he was defeated either by Porus or by Chandra gupta ( ppl differ on who defeated him ) and that’s the reason he went back and the fact that his army revolted was just a lie made by the Macedonians. Also they bring up the crossing of gadrozia and say that if he was just going back why would he go from such a inhospitable wasteland rather then the sea or other roads, and he prob. Took that way when he tried to escape from india after his defeat. That’s all I understand

I'm researching my family's history and I've discovered that in the 1860 census my family is listed as living with Isaac, a free black man (age 25). Isaac was born free in North Carolina and moved to East Tennessee (where my family lived) as a young man and lodged with my (white, slave-owning) family. How would my family have viewed him? Would they have thought of him as fundamentally different to their slaves? Two of my family members were about the same age (a 25 year old man and a 21 year old woman), would they have been friends with Isaac or thought of him as lesser to themselves? Isaac also started a relationship with one of the slaves my family owned and had several children with her? How would this relationship have been perceived? Was it normal for lodgers to 'date' slaves?

I realize that you can't know exactly what my ancestors though but I'm trying to understand what the average white family would have thought in this situation. I've come to realize through reading about this that my grasp of race relations in the pre civil war south is sorely lacking.

The title mostly covers it, but why did some people in the concentration camps survive through the war and others did not?

I'm sure there's many factors at play, but was a young and able-bodied person kept around for labour? Was gender a factor? Were individual camp commandants more apt to kill in some camps and others less so? Was it better to enter in the late war period?

Could someone "increase" their limited odds of surviving or was it just pure chance?

Thank you! I hope I worded this question accurately, I know the Holocaust was systematic and organized, but I wasn't sure if the Nazis themselves were looking for certain factors when they assigned victims to different camps or outcomes, or if it was just indiscriminate extermination of an entire people.