My interest in history startet in part with Mythology and later The Roman Way and The Greek Way, but it has been a while since i read them, so i was curious about how Edith Hamilton was seen in a generel sense.

Is there any truth to the story that the British beaches were named after fish, but jelly was thought to be too silly so they changed it to Juno? Who decided the names of the American beaches?

Long time lurker of this sub. I have a question that I hope can be answered.

Background: I live in South Florida & many friends, family friends, acquaintances that have Cuban roots. I keep seeing that relations are improving between US-Cuba. From my understanding, I see this as a great thing. On the other side, I hear everyone say it's bad & they would never go back, even though they have family living over there.

I never understood what makes them feel that way.

My Question

-Why do Cuban-Americans dislike the Castro administration? Do they dislike them for the same reasons as the US government?

-What made Cubans think change was happening for the worse (assuming they planned on leaving)?

-Why did USA support Batista (a dictator), then not support Castro (a dictator)? Issues from the Cold War aside, is there any other reasons? Or is that it?

-Is it true people left because of the redistribution of wealth? Is it more complicated than?

Thanks everyone!

Bakunin and the anarchists left the International, but weren't there other sorts of communism that made an impact?

A few years ago, I was told by a history professor I respect very much that it was the British Petroleum funded coup that indirectly lead to the radicalization of Islam. I can't really remember the details, so I may be missing key points (or I may be completely wrong). His narrative was that, after the coup, all resistance to the government/establishment was shunted into the masques, the only places too sacrosanct for the government to interfere. This caused the radicalism to blend with the religion, giving us what we have today. (I remember him bringing the Sha into the story somehow, but, like I said, I'm really fuzzy on the details -- history has never been my thing, despite plenty of interest and appreciation.)

He even said that, before the coup, it wasn't unusual for women to be allowed out without hijabs and gave a few other examples.

Is the narrative (basically) true? Can anyone fill in the details, or link me somewhere that can?

And was Iran really that liberal? Sources?

I know that during WWII, there would be radiomen put into platoons that had the giant radio on their back with the telephone they talked into, but I can't imagine that kind of technology existing 28 years earlier. So, how would radios be utilized and were they put into use for smaller units?

Say, an enemy was shot and killed, and his comrades began to retreat. As the soldiers began pushing the enemy back, a soldier sees a gun, laying in the dirt.

Would he pick it up? Would he trust the enemy weaponry's design? Would he be encouraged or discouraged by his superiors to use it?

Seems like every year in school we conveniently skipped over, or stopped just short of, the Korean War. I know literally nothing about it but the name.

My question is what book or podcast or perhaps documentary can I get to become at least generally aquatinted with the subject?

Even as a former citizen of the CCCP, i feel a bit of shame in not knowing the answer to this question. I never understood why they weren't, same goes for other countries. Any help guys?

I've always been under the impression that Pompeii was somehow forgotten by history. Apparently, the sight had been lost for nearly 1,500 years. Surely the Roman people and government were well aware of and documented the disaster.

The thesis for the essay I'm writing is basically that those with the ability to control language are able to assert power over others. My teacher wants me to pull an example out from real life, so I figured the Nazi Party likely exemplified this idea.

Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction in regards to a reputable source which discusses this?

Essentially, did producers who didn't use slaves market their goods as such? If so, what motivation was there to do it? Was it a matter of principle to the producers, a way to increase sales to consumers in favor of abolition, an issue of perceived quality of the product, etc? Thanks for your time!

Have any of the Kims ever met an American president after the end of the Korean War?

If so, how did it go?

Furthermore, is there evidence for philosophy prior to ancient greece?