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I remember reading somewhere that, even before the Slavery Abolition act of 1833, any slave who set foot on British soil would be free. Did this cause slaves to see Britain as a sort of 'safe haven'?

Purim's coming up, and I've noticed that a lot of the Esther costumes being worn are Disney Princess dresses. This of course got me wondering what an "authentic" Esther costume would have looked like. As I don't have the best imagination, images (or even rough sketches) would be especially appreciated.

Revenue? Profits? Surely there must be some financial documentation that has survived.

I hear a lot of people say he couldn't be president because he was an immigrant, but he was a citizen at the time the Constitution was drafted, wasn't he?

I am reading about the Irish War of Independence and the following Irish Civil war and i am wondering about some of the differences between the proposed governments during the process. After the Home Rule acts were Northern and Southern Ireland considered colonies that had limited self government?

More importantly the war of independence civil war broke out because of the Irish Free State's status as a Dominion of the British Commonwealth was contested by the anti-treaty IRA who felt it was too soft of a compromise. Yet Northern ireland even opted out of the Free State. Why did they opt out and when they opted out what did they legally become? I understand the North wants to remain attached to england so isnt a dominion of the British Commonwealth a status that the north wants?

How would two opposing entrenchments ever come about? If one side came first, there would be no reason to dig themselves into a trench, they'd keep moving forward; if both arrived face to face, they wouldn't take a week out building trenches

Now obviously if I literally meant all of history this would be completely impossible. What I mean is, I want to have a basic understanding of human history from beginning to end. If I look at a timeline that shows the periods where certain empires existed, I dont care about all of the intricate little details, but I'd like to be able to know who each empire was, where they came from, what their cultural values were, what major events happened in their history, which major historical figures existed in their time, and why they mattered. I want to know how kingdoms and empires and peoples interacted with each other, in a way that fits loosely together in a 10 000 year storyline.

Could you reasonably develop a general understanding of human history, if you learned about the 500 most "important" historical figures, and all of the empires or kingdoms that ever made a noticeable cultural impact on the societies of earth?

My understanding of history is limited to the absolute most famous events/peoples/empires, and my knowledge has many thousand year gaps, preventing me from truly understanding how we got from Sumer/Egypt/Indus to the world of today.

I'm having a hard time formulating my question, so to simplify it. How did this agreement work? Did any other nations employ other nation's militaries as their own? *Their

I have found no relatively popular analysis on any mainstream scholarly database (Jstor/EBSCOhost etc.) analyzing the accuracy of the depiction of pirates in modern movies. It's a bit lazy to ask on here but I figure you guys know your shit so why not.

That's it...

Hi AskHistorians,

I'm looking to understand the impact of cartological inaccuracies on pre-1900 explorers. Since the technology in use at the time was not highly sophisticated (especially as you go further back in time), how were explorers able to overcome these inaccuracies and traverse vast distances without getting lost? Specific examples would be appreciated.

As I am currently reading about Bismarck in school, it surprises me that an aristrocratic ruler like Wilhelm was so willing to do Bismarcks biddings, and in essence allow the chancellor to reign free. Why was that?

When you look at Greek history since antiquity, they seemed to be far more "Eastern" than Western. When you look at what part of the world they were in contact with, and involved in the most, it has always been the East, The city states were in contact with the Persians, and involved in conflicts with them, Alexander the great spread Hellenism through the middle east into Asia, Not Germany or Norway, Or great Britain, Greeks set up their centers of leaning in places like Alexandria, in Egypt, not in France, or Belgium, Ancient Greek culture seemed to have far more in common with Persian, Egyptian, Sumerian, Phoenicians etc, than they did with any Northern or Western European tribes

During the middle ages, the Eastern Roman Empire, was the Greek continued roman empire in the east, and it was involved primarily in the east, and influenced mostly the eastern world. Not just in the middle east, but also in Eastern Europe, in places like Russia, The people who arguably preserved Hellenism, were the Byzantines and then later the Muslims, not the Western World.

So I don't understand why Greece is "Western History" I can see how Hellenism inspired Western Culture, but just because something inspires something doesn't make it part of it. I would say that countries like Russia were far more influenced by Hellenism and Hellenic culture, than say France or Britain, especially during the Byzantine period, and their influence on Rus

It seems a bit of an appropriation by Westerners honestly, even in the way Ancient Greece is depicted in Art, and even Movies, Extremely pale, fair haired Anglo people sitting around in Ancient Garb, discussing philosophy in British accents.

So why Is Greek history, and Greek culture, always referred to as being "Western" Despite Greeks being vastly more involved in the Eastern World.

I know this is probably a dumb question but last night I was playing Age of Empires 2 and one of the civilizations is Japan whose castle unit is a samurai. A common tactic is to just throw samurais at the enemy, at least for me, I was wondering what would be the process to equip the samurai specifically how long would making a katana take and how was it exactly made was there the equivalent of a samurai stop and shop for all their slicing and dicing needs ? Again I apologize if this is dumb thank you all the same!

I'm aware that under the 1275 Statute of Jewry usury was completely outlawed. What I can't seem to find out is when (why would be helpful too) it was legalised again.