I know very little about Ethiopian history but I know people often remark that it was never colonized by Western powers. Was this due to some king of military or territorial advantage, or the countries resources? Did colonial powers in Africa attempt to interfere with the nation subsequently?

When homophobia was more rampant, did typical suburban housewives really believe that camp performers were straight? Or was it always an open secret?

What historical evidence is there about this transitory point in social attitudes?

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Without being intimately familiar with the histories of colonised countries or continents, it seems to me that most of them are today shaped around the influence of their colonial past, which is visible economically, culturally and politically. In which ways did countries try to undo the influences of colonisation after their independence? And in which ways were they successful, even if that success might not be apparent to an outside viewer?

Recent graduate with a BA in history. I’ve been applying to other places outside of history, but no new job yet. Any ideas or possible fields to look into outside of history. Definitely can apply skills from history such as research, analysis, organization, writing, etc.

President Monroe had ties to every major candidate in 1824. John Quincy Adams was his SOS, Henry Clay was Speaker during his presidency, William Crawford was his Treasury Sec while Andrew Jackson was appointed by Monroe as Territorial Governor of Florida. Did Monroe privately have a favorite in this race?

I am Colombian and my cousin recently got malaria! Although she seems to be in good condition and healthy, she is still obviously sick. Now, Im no history buff but I like to read and watch history channels on youtube and the main disease I hear about in the African continent is malaria. This got me thinking about how malaria might've been brought over by the mass enslavement of western African peoples in the Americas. I know the boats were filled to the brim with slaves and probably disease ridden. So did African slaves accidentally bring the malaria virus to South America? Help bring my curiosity to rest!!

Obviously we avoided disaster but how many instances are there of things actually going wrong?

I've heard it said that prior to the American Revolution most people in what would become the US would have identified as British. How much would people from these places have had a distinct identity separate from the British colonists in say, Canada or the Caribbean? I know the revolutionaries tried multiple times to invade what's now Canada and I've heard that cities like Halifax even had protests against taxation similar to those in places like Boston and Philadelphia. Did the idea of "the thirteen colonies" as a unit exist before the revolution or is it just a retroactive name for what would become the US? If so, what set these colonies apart?

It seems unbelievable that withdrawing from Afghanistan, a small nation next to the USSR, could bring such disastrous results

I was watching a few shows that were set in ancient-medieval Europe and found out that a lot of tribal warfare happened between neighboring tribes that virtually used very similar language and of the similar culture. While these battles were organized with banners and combatants wearing identifiable armors and shields, that appeared not to be the case in every single battle. Were there larger scale battles (involving multiple dozens to 100s) with each combatant wearing non-unifying armor to identify one group to another? If so, how did they avoid friendly killing and identify the enemy combatant with lack of such identifiable characteristics?

Obviously, dragons are now considered mythical, but at one point, Christians firmly believed they were real. So how did we get from there to here? Was it gradual? Or was there a tipping point?

This collection is very comprehensive and gets a lot of praise (it was even recommended by Elon Musk), but the first book was written in the 30’s. Are there major things that we now know to be wrong? Is it still as relevant as it was decades ago?

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Hey everyone, I’m doing a research project for my history course that is extremely important, I was wondering if anyone knew anyone good sites, books, documentaries or any other sources of information on the Pearl harbour attack, preferably information specific to a certain aspect of the attack (Japanese perspective, eye witness accounts etc) please help!!