Maybe not "stupid" but take the place of experiential knowledge.

Could you help me out?

So I keeps seeing more of my more racist Facebook "friends" posting about how the Irish were slaves and somehow it's comparable to African slavery. Now I know there were Irish slaves and they were treated unjustly. And I also know for sure that comparing these types of slavery is completely insane. What I want to know is where does this argument come from and why is it nonsense. Sorry if this post is confusing.

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Of the members of the Triple Entente, Britain was regarded to be most reluctant to go to war, but why was this?

I read "In the Shadow of the Sword" a few years ago, and toward the end, it talked about the development of what would become the later Sunni orthodoxy in the first centuries of Islam, largely in scholarly circles in Mesopotamia. As I recall, it implied that scholars converting from Judaism and Zoroastrianism were so prominent in the early years, that moral, legal, and theological assumptions which they brought from their old religions found their way into what would become Islamic orthodoxy. Supposedly, the death penalty for homosexuality was one effect of this (I don't remember any other specifics, and I had borrowed the book from the library).

I know "In the Shadow of the Sword" is a pop history, and I shouldn't take it too seriously. But the idea seemed plausible and intriguing, and I wondered just how well it holds up.

Bonus question, because it's Persia and Central Asia week: Why has historiography switched to Sasanian over Sassanid? It seems irregular to me, because most other ruling dynasties of Iran, especially those named for a founding patriarch figure like Sasan, have names ending in -id (Achaemenid, Seleucid, Samanid, Saffarid, Timurid, Safavid, Afsharid), and -ian seems to be used regularly for dynasties named for ethnic groups or geographical regions (like the Parthian dynasty, when not called Arsacids, or the Khwarezmians).

I want to go through all the songs from J.F. Child's The English and Scottish Popular Ballads but it would really help to have a companion or study guide to help me extrapolate meaning from them. I haven't found any from my internet searches.

Hi everyone,

My question here is simple, I was watching Dance with Wolves and latter Apocalypse WWI and I noticed that officers in the French, German, English, American armies were still wearing swords in 1914. Was this common practice ? When did the officers stopped wearing swords ? After WWI ?

Another question if someone is knowledgeable on that: Did Soviet officers wear swords as well ?

Thank you for your time.

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I understand that the baths of Rome were used by all classes quite frequently, so it would make sense for a great portion of that population to be relatively clean.

I have sometimes heard that what Indian Hindus consider as their culture re: women, their dress and various freedoms, are actually borrowed from the Mughal invaders. For ex. many women's activists in India say that there was freedom to dress how you want in ancient (or at least pre invasion) India and liberation of women from these bondages would just be a return to form. Similar with girls choosing their husbands and the dowry system.

I do not intend to narrow the question down too much, just explaining my thoughts behind it. As always any response is appreciated =)

Hello historians, I am trying to find a suitable thesis for a research paper I am writing about issues pertaining to pilgrimage in the late middle ages. I have just read Leigh Ann Craig's article "'Stronger then men, braver then knights' women and the pilgrimages to Jerusalem and rome in the late middle ages" where she argues that the number of female pilgrims might be higher then previously thought by medieval scholars, and I thought this might be an interesting debate to weigh in on. I have also been reading a bit about the Santiago de Compestela pilgrimage, which has some good scholarship, vis-a-vis the pilgrim's guide that was written for it.

However, I am not set on any particular topic, and I was wondering if there are any current issues in this specific field of study that are currently being debated, or otherwise discussed. Links to relevant journal articles or primary/secondary texts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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And in general comparison with slave trading. Also, what are the lasting effects of slavery on the continent? Are they still felt today?

Thanks

Edit: I had posted this on r/askhistory, but i seem to have received somewhat biased answers, and i was told to post here instead. I really wish to understand the history of slavery, specially since where i grew up (saudi arabia), slavery was never brought up, eventhough arabs seem to have a long history of slave trading.

From my understanding, famine has not been a major factor. Further, are there general factors or is each migration unique.

My friend told me that the reason why we can see a lot of gay people in the 21st century is because a lot of people died during the war. Is this true? I looked everywhere on the web and couldn't find anything. Thanks in advance!!

If so, how did they pronounce Similce?

Every account I've read just says he swore on relics but doesn't elaborate, beyond maybe that they were most holy and sacred. Does history relate exactly what or whom the relics were? Thanks!

Say in nineteen or twentieth century.

So I was watching a documentary last night about the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the documentary it is said that the scrolls reveal the Jewish people were still polytheistic and that Monotheism actually originated from Egypt before the Jewish Exodus.

I was under the belief that the Israelites were the ones who created (or discovered) Monotheism.