Let's say in 1101, after The First Crusade. Did they call them Latins? Or Old Civilization? Or just Ancient Rome?

I'm sure they drawn the difference between Holy Roman Empire and Ancient Rome that spread over half of the Europe and Asia. Did they have a special name for the latter?

Thanks in advance for all the info!

I mean to ask if there is actually compelling evidence of there ever being a man named Jesus in that region and time period who claimed to be god/son of god, or who people perceived as such, and where I could find it? For obvious reasons I am not considering the bible and derivatives as reliable. This is not meant to be a theological debate, I am merely looking at it from a practical and historical perspective.

Especially in terms of what the "anglo" refers to. Most things I've read indicate that the 'anglo' is to distinguish the old Saxons who had dwelt in Saxony from the ones who emigrated to Britain. What confuses me, though, is that the group of people known as Angles also moved to Britain at a similar time and probably mingled with the English Saxons. Is the term 'Anglo' just deceptively close to the term 'Angles'? Did the Angles identify as Saxons, or, more likely, the people who coined the term grouped all the Germanic people in England together? Thanks

I'm reading up on the history of statistics and need some context on Karl Pearson. He's a major figure in the history of statistical methods and his work is still taught to this day. If you've taken a statistics class and calculated a correlation coefficient, a standard deviation, or a chi-square, then you've used Pearson's methods.

Pearson was also born in 1857 and had some truly abhorrent beliefs. I found a speech he delivered in 1900 in which he explicitly states that he thinks the elimination of indigenous populations in North America and Australia was, on the whole, a good thing. Later he laments the fact that this didn't happen in South Africa.

Pearson was one of the foremost eugenicists of his era when he made those comments, which makes it difficult for me to parse his beliefs in context. Were opinions like this common among educated English men of the time? Or was Pearson more of an outlier/extremist owing to his position in the eugenics movement? Essentially, what was the "normal" degree of racism (insofar as you can make that generalization) among educated, middle-aged, English men in 1900?

Hello everybody,

How does one explain the existence of similar cultural motifs or architectural edifices (or even construction techniques) which are found around the world?

One example I can think of are the statues found in Turkey, Indonesia and Easter Island. Their hands are depicted as being positioned around the navel/genitals. Of course the number of the examples can be multiplied.

As far as I know, in archaeology, there are two main frameworks in operation; which are diffusionism and evolutionism.

Diffusionism suggests most of the important innovations and advances in human culture occurred only once and were transmitted by contact to other areas.

Evolutionism suggests that similar developments in different places are due to the like working of minds under like conditions.

I am wondering if there are any other ideas which offer another perspective to this issue? And I mean not the critiques which are aimed towards the diffusionism and/or evolutionism, but rather something independent of those two.

I've done abit of reading on what it may have been like in North America during roman times but I'm just curious to get more opinions and stories do yous think there were any big cities or settlements or was it all just smaller tribes spread out across the the land?

And is there any evidence that it was a Sunna to own slaves?

I know Islam didn't forbid slavery, but was it actively encouraged with religious reasons?

Like when we discovered ancient books with long dead languages or even Egyptian hieroglyphs. How do they decipher what’s written inside?

So im writing a term paper for my ap world history class over the bubonic plague and cant find primary sources on some areas. Im specifically looking for primary sources that go over the symptoms and effects of the black plague and another one over how it helped kill feudalism. Does anyone have ideas on documents I could use? Thanks!

We know that John White didn't go to Croatan (50 miles away) because his ships were damaged and the weather was bad, but that seems to be the end of the story...until they find various English items (sword handle, ring, etc...) at Croatan in modern times.

I feel like our school textbooks intentionally spin this into a mystery when it seems the answer is that those in charge gave up on ever finding them. When did someone make it to Croatan to look for them? And then there's also evidence of another group going north to live with the tribes?

Was it too much money to send out a new group to look for them?

Also, I noticed that Roanoke was just inside the Outer Banks. Isn't there a considerable likelihood that a hurricane wiped out their settlement?

Like many people, I miss college. But really, I miss interesting lectures and class topics, and I really miss writing historical analysis essays. I’ve perused a bit on Coursera but haven’t found any online courses that have been particularly enthralling. Something about the online platform just doesn’t always do it for me. Has anyone found an online history course that they really have enjoyed?

In the historical anime Sengokuchoujuugiga, Date Masamune is shown being accused of fomenting rebellion and is summoned to Kyoto by Hideyoshi. He arrives carrying a large golden cross and mentions in conversation with his retainer that he had previously answered the same type of summons by wearing funeral clothes.

Was this an actual occurrence or just an apocryphal event created for the anime?

Today ships can simply reverse the engine, use manoeuvering thrusters, or powerful tugs.

How would a sailing ship get into port or out of it against the wind.

I would assume any tow boat would face the same problem as the vessel they'd try to tow?

Hello, I’m a history major working on my undergraduate. One of the junior seminars is on historiography. I intend to get my Masters in Library Science. Would a course in historiography be beneficial for a librarian/archivist or is it more for those who intend to write or teach history?