I had never heard this in my life and was not aware of them even knowing about the existence of the country that early. I've googled but can't find anything conclusive.

The permanent architecture of the Hopi and Pueblo people seems much more in-line with Mesoamerican civilization than with the native peoples of modern-day Texas or California.

Was this tradition unique among indigenous peoples of the United States? How and why did it emerge?

I read that at least 300,000 troops were gathering on the island of Kyushu in summer 1945 to prepare to fend off a US lead invasion. Seems like a win-win-win situation for the US to target those forces with atomic weapons. You get to: (a. Demonstrate your nuclear capability to communist China and the Soviet Union (b. Retain the "shock" factor produced by use of such weapons while wiping out what remained of Japanese ground forces, and likely forcing an unconditional surrender (3. Avoid inflicting masses of civilian casualties and charges of war crime charges/criticisms etc.

Are these assumptions mislead? Was Japanese air defense still capable in that area. Were military targets too far spread out?

I am wondering if there is knowledge of what Viking musical instruments were common and what I could possibly try to recreate? I am looking to make a historically accurate Viking age string instrument of some kind, if at all possible. Any information is helpful, thanks!

Sorry if this isn't the right place but I've tried other subreddits and didn't get any answers. I also couldn't find any thing in this sub's archives.

Long story short: My dad was a child in Hungary during WW2 and he said one day a plane got shot down just outside of his village and the pilot was taken prisoner. He is pretty sure it was American.

Are there any resources I could be pointed to that could help me find records of it? Thanks!

Assess the responsibility, contribution and impact of Reinhard Heydrich in carrying out the Holocaust.

I need a little bit of help in actually determining the difference between responsibility and contribution.

After visiting the Met, I realized the beefed up demigods aren't really "proportional" in their genitals. Was this due to differences in beauty, or another issue?

I was taught civil war history in the north, stating that slavery was one of the biggest reasons. When I moved down south some say it was a minor reason. So what is the truth?

If so, did they choose to go or refuse and stay?

In the 2014 film Timbuktu Ansar Dine jihadists prohibit music in their occupation of Timbuktu. Modern Salafists have often regarded music (or sometimes instrumental music specifically, or sometimes all instruments except the daf) as haram. (Citing Al-Isra 17:64 and Luqman 31:6, I think.)

I suppose my question is: how far back does this view go? Is it a pretty recent view? It seems that al-Ghazali at least regarded the anti-music view as serious enough to write a refutation of it. Was it regarded as an ill-informed fringe view (although still one common enough to be worth refuting) at the time? Or were there significant authorities pushing the music-is-haram line? Did the relatively hardline Islamic authorities of the era, such as the Almoravids and Almohads, issue rulings of music as haram? Did any actually attempt to enforce legal prohibition of music?

What about later figures such as Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?

As I understand it Stalin was pretty busy capturing Berlin before western allies but at the same time finnish front had almost collapsed although the resistance was bitter(for example battle of Tali-Ihantala). Why did they just settle for some pieces of land and Porkkala harbor that they rented?

Like the title says, about 10 years ago I bought a ww2 helmet from a museum. On the back, it has a large "H" painted on it. What is the significance of this? EDIT: There is a chance it was used in a different war, but I bought it at a WW2 museum, so im just assuming.

I was looking at the Islamic population of Europe and found that the Muslim population for nations near Turkey is rather low compared to those on or near the Adriatic Sea. Seems rather odd to 'skip' over like that.

Last night I started reading Douglas Preston's 'The Lost City of the Monkey God' and was stricken by his descriptions of how dangerous and difficult to traverse the dense jungles of Central America are. This made me wonder if the jungles made it impossible to strike out far beyond one's own city or village, and therefore isolated empires from each other. I also have a really poor idea iof when each major empire (the Aztecs, Maya, Incas, Zapotec) existed and if they overlapped.

Is there evidence of these developed civilizations interacting? If so, what was generally the nature of their interactions?

A friend of mine asked me if I could ask r/AskHistorians if you guys knew of any sources on fighting/ tactics/ weapons/ air support capabilites in these here armed conflicts: - Korean war - Vietnam war (Saigon) - Grozny ( I. and II. Chechen war) - Vigilant resolve - Phantom fury If at all possible he would like primary sources (Books, documents, etc) Thanks in advance, Iggy261

PS: If I did something wrong (Formatting/ Theme/ The post itself) Im sorry, Im just trying to help my friend.

PPS: I... What is up with this flair (?)