Was the use of African slaves common in Europe itself, or was it mostly limited to their colonies? Would a French noble on the eve of the Revolution have black slaves in his chateau? What about the wealthier members of the Third Estate?

I had always thought he was found within the Pyramids of Giza but just recently heard he was actually buried in Luxor which is considerably south of Giza (I think). Are there pyramids in Luxor as well, or did his tomb have nothing to do with pyramids? Or am I completely off the mark? If the latter, please give me a quick rundown of the geography as well because all of these places and landmarks are swirling around my head right now. Thanks!

I'm looking for painstakingly detailed stuff. Books that talk about their day-to-day lives, various jobs they could have as well as the manner in which they were preformed, the differences between different "classes" of slaves (I'm aware that there were differences between, for example, a slave that worked in a mine opposed to a slave that taught the children of Roman citizens, but I'm not aware of the nuances between how each "class" of slave was treated and viewed by Roman society at large, or if class is even the right word for it.), were slaves originating from different parts of the word usually assigned certain jobs (It seems that a lot of slaves that were tutors were Greek; I don't know if this is some sort of cognitive bias on my part of if this was generally the case)? Did the laws pertaining to slavery change a lot over time?

At what point did the beginnings of the modern music school begin to develop? I myself am a music student, and I've always been curious how music education was handled during those time periods. I am also curious how the rise of secular music would have affected musical schooling, seeing how so much of what was written during that time period was sacred music. Thank you!

Im a big fan of "Julius Ceaser" by Shakespeare. Many of Shakespeare's plays make reference to greek mythology and roman history. My broader question is, how did western europeans come to know so much about roman and greek history, especially specific events like Caeser's assasination?

I've heard it said that the majority of American women didn't want the right to vote because of legitimate reasons such as not wanting to ever be conscripted during war. Is this true?

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I was just discussing with a friend of mine who works for the Teamsters' about the IBT's past history of mafia involvement and it got me thinking that in Europe you rarely, if ever, hear about any unions being 'mobbed up'. Is it even true that American unions were closer to organised crime than European ones? If so, why is that?

I ventured to guess that it was because union activists in Western Europe were often socialist, but I have little expertise on this and thought this would be a good place to ask!

I think it was on Crash Course. What they said was that a Native American remedy of putting the afflicted into a steam lodge for hours and then throwing them into a cold stream was effective at treating the comparatively light illnesses that the Natives were used to. But when they tried those remedies to cure European plagues such as Typhus or Cholera, the treatment would usually just kill the patient on the spot. Is there any truth to this statement?

Bonus question: I'm just generally interested in Native American diseases and what the aboriginals used as cures. I know there are a huge number of tribes with different customs, but what are some examples?

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Hi everyone!

I'm from Argentina, and some days ago we had presidential elections, and after 12 years of the same party ruling, we have a change in the goverment.

The thing is, in the last 12 years, thanks to the cultural, propagandistic and educational policy of the goverment, we've been kind of "split" in two as a society. We never got to the point of actual indoctrination, but damn, it got quite close at some points. Today, we are kind of divided in two as a society: One half, die-hard fans of the Kirchner's Goverment (the one's that ruled the last 12 years). The other half (and a bit more, acording to the results of the election) die-hard anti-Kirchner.

It's a hard situation, and what's even worst, some hardcore pro-Kirchner supporters are calling for riots, resistance and uprisings against the new, democraticaly elected goverment. It's not hard to imagine, lot's of us are wondering how long it might take for this "gap" in the society to be mended, and if direct measures of the goverment should be taken for it to happen, or if it will eventually and naturaly happen.

So, and now I go to the main point of this thread, can anyone provide recomendations of books, information, articles, whatever, that touches the subject of how societies and people coped with the falling of dictatorships and authoritarian goverments, how they got rid (in case they could) of the indoctrination, the social implications of the immediate aftermatch once the dictators or leaders lost power, etc.

Right now I'm reading "Embracing Defeat" by Dower, where they touch the subject in post-Imperial Japan, but I haven't finished, so I can't tell if they go deep into it.

I will also apreciate any opinions! Thanks in advance!

I've heard/read that, prior to the Irish potato famine in 1845, an Irish person would eat an average of at least 10lbs of potatoes a day; assuming 5 potatoes per pound, that would be 50 potatoes a day per person. From what historical sources are these numbers drawn, and are they considered to be accurate?

I read some where over the holiday that two native Americans sailed across the Atlantic to what is present day Netherlands in 60 b.c.e. I checked for sources on the reading but it lacked them. Is there any validity to this claim? Did native Americans really brave the Atlantic and make the first contact with Europeans?

The Romans were clean people, but, a lot of Europe did not view cleanliness as a good thing in the middle ages. Is this a myth? If not how did it happen?

I've heard people say it helped Lincoln win the war, how true is that? I was under the impression it had no military applications until much later.