A friend of mine got this pin in a box of random junk from his grandparents. It seemed well cared for but with his grandfather dead, he can't ask him what it is. If you know what it is, please tell me.pin
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In the 1914 film 'Cabiria' the Carthaginian people are seen burning innocent children alive as a sacrifice to their god. Is this just pure, unsubstantiated racism?
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During the Islamic invasions, all three fell under Arab control. Other than changing their writing system and religion, Persia to this day retains a different ethnic identity and language than the rest of the "Arab world".
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I've asked very similar question and already got an answer from /u/TRB1783 but I'd like to expand the question and maybe get aditional answers.
In a French movie Ridicule (events of the movie happen shortly before the French Revolution) reknown soldier blatantly offends a protagonist who is praised by a king - indirectly undermining soldier's work. Protagonist asks a soldier to repeat what he said and after soldier clearly offends him again protagonist challenges soldier to a duel. It's an obvious provocation for everyone; soldier is sort of a high ranking officer and reknown marksman, protagonist is some provincial baron.
Another story, Evgenij Onegin. It's about 19th century Russia (probably 1820s) and has a different story with a similar problem. There are two friends, Onegin and Lenskij. Lenskij is jealous about his bride flirting with Onegin and teasing him about it, Lenskij is overwhelmed with feelings and challenges Onegin to a duel. Onegin says it's all a misunderstanding but still comes to a duel, kills Lenskij and is very sad about whole deal. It's obvious he considered Lenskij a friend till the very end and didn't want to kill him.
In both cases one person wanted a duel and other didn't. There were different countries (France and Russia) and different times (1780's and 1820's) and duels weren't main parts of the story, i.e. those events probably weren't regarded as fantastical or unrealistic. So the question is: was it so easy to provoke a duel? You just publicly say something offensive to a fellow noble and he's forced to challenge you to a duel even if you're marksman and he has no military experience? Or, alternatively, if someone challenges you due to some phony accusation you either have to fight or sever most connections to society?
This system looks very prone to abuse. If that's how it was why don't we hear more about this theme?
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Yes it wasn't quite HRE, but I absolutely hate most maps portray France as one unitary state all the time. Why is that when France was so heavily decentralized until French revolution that so many of maps show it as such united centralized state similar to England?
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First and foremost: I am not a anti-Semite nor to I think the holocaust did or did not happen.
I have no hatred for Jews or any races for that matter, I simply do not see the evidence or significant refutes of the deniers questions being offered by believers.
All I want is proof (not eye witness statements).
If this question offends you or makes you question my motives I am sorry, I truly just want the truth.
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Today:
Welcome to this week's instalment of /r/AskHistorians' Sunday Digest (formerly the Day of Reflection). Nobody can read all the questions and answers that are posted here, so in this thread we invite you to share anything you'd like to highlight from the last week - an interesting discussion, an informative answer, an insightful question that was overlooked, or anything else.
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I recently had my very first bout of food poisoning, and while perched upon the porcelain throne I got to wondering.... One might assume that, since refrigerators didn't exist and whatnot, food poisoning would be more common in the Middle Ages. But was it? Was it typically more or less severe than the food poisoning I might get from some badly-prepared Chinese takeout (ahem)? Did people ever die from food poisoning? When they did get food poisoning, was it recognized as such? Did the perception/understanding of food poisoning evolve over the course of the Middle Ages?
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Should be were not where, my bad.
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How much direct involvement did the king have in making decisions, large and small? What influence, if any, did the British government have?
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In the movie, the more liberal (and predominantly Catholic ergo 'sinful') mobsters essentially go to war against the Tampa area KKK, due to their association with Cubans and other minorities, as well as being largely Irish & Italian, versus the WASP Klasmen. Is there any historical precedent for this, or was this detail more included to make the audience root more for the mob?
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This statistic got me thinking, why didn't Russia mobilize more troops at a time and simply overwhelm the Germans/Austrians?
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I'm curious where the idea came from, and why it would have been implemented. I know a lot of religious teachings have practical reasons for the followers who existed at the time they were implemented. Was there possibly a need for people to have more children, so an important figure in Catholicism made this decree?
Sorry if this is just a jumble of words, I'm really tired.
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This article makes many claims. Are any of them true?
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If not, then what happened that caused them to create a two man rule?
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By "first generation", I mean elected rulers who transformed their countries' respective democratic governments into dictatorships - such as Hitler & Mussolini.
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What are some good readings/ reliable sources I can use, I having difficulties coming up with things journals/scholarly paper on my schools data base.
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Trump, during his first rally for the 2020 election, claimed that Jefferson, Jackson, and Lincoln specifically had disputes with the media and 'put them in their place'. Is this true in any way?
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