I know very little about religion, theology, or religious history, nor do I know much about the specific teachings or scriptures of any modern descendant or branches of the three Abrahamic religions (namely Christianity, Judaism, and Islam). However, I do know that most religious followings belonging to these groups have negative views on LGBTQ+ people, and specific teachings against same-sex romantic and sexual behaviors listed in their holy texts and taught in their faiths, at least in the current era.

Are their any historical reasons why all three major branches of the Abrahamic religions and their offshoots regard same-sex behavior as wrong? Either from when they were first forming and their holy texts were first being by written in ancient times, or from later subsequent events in history that caused these views to develop? I’ve heard people mention both trying to stop pagans as well as something to do with ritual warfare, but if either of those are the case I’d like to hear an in depth explanation as well as sources. I’ve asked this question here multiple times before and it has yet to be answered, so I really do appreciate any answers.

It has struck me while reading about the British conquest of the world that their conquest of India was almost comically easy. No matter how many soldiers the Indians threw at them, no matter how lopsided the numbers, the British rarely had any trouble defeating them. Even some of the more stubborn foes like Mysore and the Sikhs were rarely able to last once the British seriously went at them. And even they lost rather decisively.

What is the reason for this structural weakness in the Mughal Imperial army and its descendants that it could not contend the British Army? Was it due to promotion based purely on caste and tribe affiliations, no industrial base, lack of morale in the common lower caste soldiers to die for their overlords, or simply that the British were just that good?

I'm especially interested in the mechanics, if the information arrived to us.

When reading about the US role in the Vietnam war I often see it painted as a 'mistake', a 'tragedy' or an action taken because of false assumptions. To me this looks like incredibly even handed and generous terminology to use when talking about what the US did in Vietnam. Am I missing something or has orthodoxy mellowed somewhat since the anti-war movement in the 60s and 70s?

I know Cao Cao and other warlords have their own ambitions, but since Liu Bei had the legitimacy, why didn't they recognize him as the next Han emperor? Did anyone even know at that time?

How did the Soviets go from losing land at a massive rate to betting back the Germans to Berlin. The t34s and kvs were on mass on day one, as we're some of the Soviets best units. As I understand t34s weren't equipped with radios, before and after the soviet push to Berlin so how did they communicate in battle? When the Soviets pushed back, I understand the logistical issues were fixed but that doesn't explain how the kvs and t34s were able to perform much better after this. The British curriculum focuses mainly on the fact that the nazis weren't prepared for a winter war and thier tanks couldn't stand the cold, but from what I understand niether could the soviet tanks. The curriculum also focuses on the arrival of the siberian units that were trained for winter combat, but this doesn't explain how the counter carried on well into the summer with no stalling.

I will need to do a school project and the theme chosen for me was this. I will have to talk about the evolution that the world, the countries involved, had militarily.

It's a very interesting topic since before the need for a war, I think the world's army was kind of "archaic".

The problem is that I don't find any good sources to use as a reference.

Does anyone here have a good book or article about it?

Did the Mongols have, for lack of a better term, a specialised 'genocide' or 'extermination' department? Where did they acquire enough manpower to carry out these genocides?

Though the community was undoubtedly very small, surely there were some American businessmen or other non-military personnel living in Japan at the time who chose not to return or simply were not able to when the war started. Was there official policy regarding treatment of them? Were they largely detained?

Hi! I'm really curious about ancient civilizations and was wondering if there are any books that anyone would recommend about their daily lives. I'm interested in Ancient India and Ancient Greece specifically but would love to more about any civilizations in general. I want to know more about their customs, what they did every day, myths that were passed down to them, and really just get a sense of what it would've been like to live there.

Thanks!

Not sure how “legit” of a question this is, but I’ve been listening to Mike Duncan’s podcast “Revolutions” for a little while, and one of my big takeaways are how fragile post-revolutionary regimes can be. It seems to me that most of the revolutions he covers see a large amount of (often violent) leadership turnover both during and after periods of revolution (eg. French, Mexican, and Russian revolutions). Is there an explanation for why the United States didn’t see similar kinds of instability after seceding from Great Britain? I recognize that my premise may also be false, and I just have a bad understanding of post-revolutionary history so feel free to just tell me to read more.

I know Hindenburg disaster had a great impact in the industry, but we had horrific airplane disasters and they didn't stop people from flying in them. But the zeppelins also know that the USA used zeppelins during World War II and they had a important role in it.

I have been looking online to see if their are any followers of Hongs Religion/Cult in the modern day and I have not been able to find anything. Considering how many people where dedicated to his religion I would have thought there would be offshoots or remnants at least for a short while after his rebellion was crushed. What happened to believers of the supposed brother of Jesus Christ after his death, and does anybody still believe in him today?

What made it so unique and why was it a tragedy that it was destroyed?