Is there any consensus whatsoever on this historical document? Are we even aware of who commissioned it?

It's my understanding that tin is an expensive metal to obtain, so why would it have been used in household goods?

I already asked this a few days ago under a different title, but got no answer. So I figured I'd ask again and hope for the best.

I am currently writing a master's thesis on the battle of Acre during the Third Crusade. More specifically, I am comparing the European discourse with some of the more prolific Arab writers of the period such as Baha al-Din Ibn Shaddad and Ibn al-Athir.

However, I am having trouble formulating a hypothesis, which is a requirement. I was wondering if the sub could help me out by pointing me in the direction of some works that have a similair goal (comparing two culturally distinct discourses on a singular event) so that I could see what those authors came up with.

If the sub has any other useful remarks, I'd be glad to hear them.

I noticed this is common through all cultures. Was this always the case? Who came up with the idea to give specific names to people?

Exactly a 72 years ago today Jewish Soviet collaborators made ethnic cleansing of Polish civilians, wiping out entire village in Koniuchy (300 people, including women and children). Is this Pogrom is mentioned in the news or history books in your country?

Hello askhistorians.

I am a PhD in astrophysics. I'll defending (if I'm lucky enough) my thesis in 1yr. I don't plan to follow up my research career in astrophysics so I've started wondering about my future.

I love History, and I've read a lot about it (specially since I started reading in english), and I always had the feeling I should have studied it. But during my thesis I've adquired some skills, like programming and data mining which might be useful (part of my work is the obtention of certain features from hundreds of thousands of galaxies). So I have this question:

Is there any field in History who requires data mining, simulations, statistics...or, let's say, a more analytical/scientifical approach?

Thanks you in advance and sorry for my awful english.

Cheers.

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I've seen it mentioned in various articles/videos about the mass marketing in the 1930's onwards that leads men to "prove their worth" by spending two month's salary on a diamond, but I've never seen it mentioned what happened before that.

Was there an Engagement ring at all?
How about the Wedding ring?
Why do men not wear Engagement rings?

^^First ^^time ^^poster ^^to ^^/r/AskHistorians, ^^forgive ^^me ^^if ^^I've ^^made ^^a ^^mistake.

Based on the number of innocent people that were inevitably killed or injured in the US attacks on Japan in WWII, I assume it would have been considered a war crime.

If not, why?

I very frequently suffer from severe headaches/migraines,and recently became curious about how these ailments were diagnosed, understood, and treated before the development of (broadly speaking) modern medicine.

Hey so a couple months ago I started playing World of Warships. That combined with somewhat recent christening of the Zumwalt class has sparked my interest in how war ships were designed at different time periods and what governed or influenced those designs.

I'm just looking for some documentaries or some light reading on the topic. I've found a few YouTube videos that cover specific classes but so far no luck on an overall theory/principle/train of thought.

Oh I should also say I'm specifically interested in ships designed and built from around 1900 to present day.

During lecture, the professor stated that Muslims, Christians, and Jews all adopted the criteria of "blackness" to be part of Noah's curse around the same time. However, he also mentioned that the religious texts before never mentioned "blackness" in conjunction with servitude so what I'm trying to understand is how did all three religions adopt the idea of black being a part of the curse?

I've been all over amazon and my local trusted book store and cannot seem to find anything. The closest I've gotten was a terrible 100 page study guide "accessory" by someone who has now since been put into question by scholars. Any help would be appreciated.

I'd actually be happy with any books on him, and especially college level textbooks. I unfortunately don't know enough Japanese to make use of the hundreds of books in the native language.

EDIT> So this sub is really awesome, thanks so much everyone. It's nice to see Reddit isn't completely full of....well, redditors.

I was wondering the other day what the ancients like the Sumerians, Egyptians, Minoans wore as a fashion thing like how we now and days where watches, gold chains, designer shirts, hats things like that. Did they have any like certain fashion trend that we don't have like did they get tattoos on their arms to show their hunting level or wear beads on their beards?

I recently heard the tragic story of Bridget Cleary who was murdered by her husband for, according to him, being a changeling fairy and not his wife. An Irish nursery rhyme was inspired by this event,

"Are you a witch, or are you a fairy/Or are you the wife of Michael Cleary?"

And then there's the more famous example of "Ring Around the Rosie." This got me wondering, if something like this happened today and children chanted or sang little songs about it, I'd think most parents would scold their children for making up rhymes about someone's death. Did the parents of days long ago not care that their children would "make light" of a tragic situation? Did they just laugh it off, or not pay attention, or would they encourage it? Also, who made up these nursery rhymes? Would the kids overhear their parents talking about the news and then make up songs about it, or would the adults make up the nursery rhymes and sing it to the kids?

I have recently been doing a lot of genealogy work on my blood line and other spurious relations (step-parents, etc).

There are a couple of branches that led (i.e., back in time) into West Virginia ...and stay there for generations (into the early 1700's).

Other branches lead to Chicago, Boston, and New York, and I see immigration from Northern Europe within a generation or two.

EDIT: so basically, EVERY branch either lead outside US borders, or gets lost in WV!

I suspect that some of this might be that immigrants tend to go to cities, so cities would tend to have a higher proportion of immigrants that the hills of WV. But I am also wondering if this is some anecdote of US history or unique to WV? Again, this is my blood line and others in my 'extend family' that I have no blood relation to, but whose ancestry happens to trace back to WV.

Can anyone comment on this?

Sorry, but I can't quite think of a single succinct question that conveys my thoughts.

Thanks!