I'm trying my best to research deities worshipped and legendary creatures that are associated with Arab or other closely related Semitic peoples pre-610 CE. Sadly, when looking for English sources that go into detail a majority of them tend to be attempts to peddle the old "the Islamic version of the Abrahamic God is actually a pagan god" argument. When asking others about where to look, they said to read any of them would require me to learn MSA or German. Please, can anyone point me in the right direction of perhaps some papers, essays, books, etc. covering this topic? What I'm looking for specifically is info on deities, religious practices, and religious beliefs at the time involving said deities.

I'm Anne Rubenstein, associate professor of history at York University and author of Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation: A Political History of Comic Books in Mexico, among other things. My research interests include mass media, spectatorship, the history of sexuality and gender, and daily life. I'll give any other questions about Mexico a try, though.

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By this I mean the wrapping of the dead in cloth and rope so that the deceased is in almost-fetal position with just the head "upright." I've read about the Paracas culture, but didn't Incas also do this? I'm almost sure I've seen similar mummies attributed even to the Aztecs.

My questions:

How widespread was this tradition (if you can speak of tradition)?

What is the oldest grave found in this burial style?

Admiral Sir George Cockburn, Admiral Sir William Cornwallis, Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, and, of course, Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson. Decimating anything put to sea, the French could not even get out of port. Shelling all land based coastal structures.

Just wolves at sea waiting for anything French to appear on the horizon;search and destroy

Was this the pinnacle of Naval control/master of the sea?

How did they achieve such a clear domination in training, one would think their enemies would copy. Any highly recommended readings on 19th century British Sea Power explaining such a broad and complex subject would be appreciated, thanks in advance

How did a company gain control of territory? Isn't that a nations job?

Would it be like Microsoft or Apple going into Africa and buying up land and establishing a nation?

And did it start with the Americas or where there new cities in the old world as well?

Can someone explain to me what are medieval ranks and titles like Baron, Duke, Grand Duke, Earl, Grand Prince, Marquis, Viscount etc and what kind of position do they hold? or just simply a good book/encyclopedia about it

I'm also curious about other countries as well/good historical examples.

Hello guys. I hope a question about historiography is also appropriate here.

I've been put in contact with an 89 year old Holocaust survivor and a participant of Warsaw Uprising. I've asked him to conduct an interview with me about his experiences and he has agreed to have it recorded.

Are there any projects or institution that would be interested in preserving this and making it available to researchers and historians? I'm ready to transcribe it, if that's what it takes.

Are there any particular things that I should keep an eye on? For example, if I have him agree (on recording) that the recording is in public domain, will that absolve me of any copyright issues?

Should I consider holding onto the recording until he passes away (he's got prostate cancer so, sadly, that probably won't be long).

Any guidance on conducting oral history interviews would be appreciated.

For my part, I have a bachelor's degree in History with emphasis on Eastern Front of WW2 and Intelligence History so I'm not a total layperson when it comes to the subject. However, I have never even considered doing something like this, hence feeling a bit like a deer caught in headlights.

Also, if you have any questions you'd want me to ask him, let me know.

EDIT: Dammit, missed a word in the title. :(

In France and Québec I was told many times that English/Canadian/US explorers and traders/trappers often 'walked in the steps' of French/Québécois coureurs des bois (woodrunners). For instance Sacagawa being married to Toussaint Charbonneau, who thus preceded Lewis and Clarke, etc.

My question is, what was really the role of French speaking explorers and fur traders in North America ? And do you think modern historiography is fair with regard to their importance (or lack thereof)?

I'd like to study works that support/deny the resurrection. I obviously would prefer unbiased work. Thanks for your help in advance.

I have a short-ish presentation to prepare on the subject, so I'm trying to narrow it down to a few concrete questions to answer. I already have a fair amount of info which seems pretty good on the matter from easily accessible sources (Wikipedia and a couple articles on the subject) but I'd like a couple of solid sources to back it up. Here's the sub-questions I'm trying to answer:

• What were class divisions like in the late Edo era, both in terms of formal status and economics?

• How clear was the distinction between the samurai and daimyo as classes? It seems like daimyo were pretty well-defined noble families while the samurai class was defined mostly by their service to daimyo and not their own inherent nobility. Is that correct? In popular culture it often seems like daimyo are simply "top-level samurai" rather than a clear distinction between the two.

• How did samurai get their revenue, concretely, in the late Edo era? What kind of standards of living did that afford them? (Obviously all samurai didn't have equal access to revenues, so roughly what divisions existed in that regard?)

• After the formal abolition of the samurai class, most former samurai were part of the new "shizoku" class. Sometimes I read that the shizoku had virtually no privileges and it was entirely a symbolic distinction, but it seems like they were granted a stipend, later changed to government bonds. Roughly what quality of life did that afford them if they didn't find a job immediately?

• Comparatively, what quality of life did the kazoku class enjoy from their titles alone?

• What sort of job could the average former samurai expect to have access to? How many of them were forced to become craftsmen or merchants rather than more prestigious or honorable occupations?

Those are some pretty big questions and obviously in the context of a short presentation I'm looking to give short, summarized answers, so I'm perfectly fine with being given short answers as well, or even just pointed to good sources I might have access to.

Can someone eli5 what we can more or less definitively say "Gnostics" believed in? The wikipedia articles are painfully complicated.

And specifically, I mean Christian Gnostics, and also not medieval "Gnostics" (Cathars, Bogomils, etc.)