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Hello,
Following an interesting message written by /u/keyilan here , and his advice, I ask this question as a separate post.
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I saw a question similar to this one the other day but it didn't get any answer - I think it'd be fine to try again?
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Was there intermarriage between reindeer and sea Chukchi? When did a Chukchi ethnic identity develop?
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As I understand it, the Welsh marches were ruled by Norman lords who basically seized control by themselves. They swore fealty to the King of England, but were not actually part of the Kingdom of England. Is that correct? How much control did he have over them, and did they use English law, Welsh law, or their own laws? How much power did they have over their subjects?
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For about five years now, this photo of a cannon aboard the SS Great Eastern has intrigued me.
Now, I understand that back in the day, civilian vessels had some artillery pieces to defend against piracy, but the SS Great Eastern was launched in 1858. This is at least 150 years after the decline of piracy in the Atlantic. So what purpose would mounting such a cannon aboard an ocean liner serve?
It's definitely not a cannon used for a gun salute, as it's too big.
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If not, why not?
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Nowadays, when we call people peasants, we mean they are poor, foolish, dirty, and disenfranchised. What is the etymology and usage history of the word? Did common folks refer to themselves as peasants? Was it a derogatory insult used by the nobility?
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Couldn't you pick any day of the year say, July first at midnight and call that day the sign of the new year?
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Like could a person in Ancient Rome or China look up and see galaxys and more stars?
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As far I understand, for something to be considered a genocide, there has to be a specific intent to wipe out a class, religion, ethnicity or culture- whether it be planned or spontaneous, with political activism being an exception to that rule- as there's a preexisting term called purge, and we don't treat the purges of the USSR as genocide, which surely had the numbers to match.
But after having read about the Cambodian genocide, it doesn't seem as if there wasn't an intent to wipe any particular target group out. The Khmer Rouge targeted everyone, whether it be buddhists or christians or intellectuals or minorities, as long as they didn't follow their programme.
Of course, there was a large death toll. But sheer numbers isn't the standard by which we discern whether something is a genocide or not, and I can't see why the events in Cambodia aren't called the Cambodian massacre, or even just the Killing fields, but specifically Cambodian genocide.
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First of all I don't question the use of child soldiers on suicide missions in the war. Those are not only well documented but Iran was even proud of it and keeps doing propaganda with the examples of Mohammad Hossein Fahmideh and others.
One of the stories I keep hearing and reading about is the story of the 500 000 plastic keys imported from Taiwan. Which they would give the children and tell them that would be able to unlock paradise with those once they have died on the battlefield. It is even mentioned in the autobiographical graphical novel/ animation movie Persepolis.
All the "sources" seem to quote each other without or just claim it without backing it. There are no where to be seen on the footage of child soldiers that I could find. Shouldn't there be pictures of the keys around as well?
In the commentary of an article about the issue one person claimed that there is a popular Shia prayer book called Mafatih-ul-Jinan which means "Key to Paradise". They said it was often taken into battle. Could this be a huge misunderstanding?
So can anyone give me reliable source on this or point at where to look for it?
If you want to send me sources in Farsi my responses will be slower because I am really bad at reading it and would have to ask someone to help me with it first.
I will also visit Tehran in a few months and I speak Farsi. So you could even tell point me to a place there.
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In the news of the war in Crimea there was talk of "ethnic Russians"
What’s more, Crimea is not in fact populated by an ethnically Russian, pro-Russian majority. That’s far too homogenized an image of the peninsula. In fact, before annexation, Crimea’s Russian ethnic majority was highly fractured and contested https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2015/12/03/do-crimeans-see-themselves-as-russian-or-ukrainian-its-complicated/
and there is writing about the ethnic Kurd population in Turkey.
Turkey’s ongoing struggling relationship with its ethnic Kurdish population has http://www.eurasianet.org/node/76621
So I'm curious about what could/would be an "ethnic American" population. I'm guessing America being newer and more of a melting pot than those other areas makes it a bit harder to pin down.
But, could there be an "ethnic American" population within Canada or Mexica? ... if so what would that look like?
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I was thinking the Mongol conquests of Europe, or Turkish conquest of the Byzantines.
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I mean, what did 8th-9th century Muslims say instead of "Islam," "Christianity," and "Judaism"? For Christianity and Judaism, was it something like "Nasiriyya" or "Yahudiyya"? (those are just guesses)
What did 8th-9th century Muslims use as the word for their own religion? Was it "islam"?
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