I know that historians generally agree this was the catalyst that started the war but would the average person of the time have been aware of this as well?

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Additionally, what was the fate of the more polytheistic roots of religion in the area? I read that Yahweh gradually gained the qualities and powers of former Canaanite gods and was curious about any resistance to the process.

There was a question from a year ago that got one answer. Are there any recommended books to outline how US-Middle Eastern relations have evolved over the last 30-50 years, especially in re: terrorism?

I did cold war history for my exams in history last year and was thing of how did South Vietnam fall when South Korea, with arguably bigger odds against them, stay standing to this day?

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If the aim of the war was to fight for a world that could be peaceful and not oppress certain groups of people based on race, wasn't America being hypocritical? We had Japanese internment camps at this time, and even Jim Crow laws were still in effect.

Like so many of you gathered here I spend way too much time playing paradox game. In my latest one I had great fun as a Messalian because who doesn't like some legal, Christian incest? But it got me wondering, is there any historical evidence to support the Messalian incest? I tried googling it and wikipedia only gave me "Their critics accused them of incest, cannibalism and "debauchery"[11] but scholars[which?] reject these claims.[12]" which sadly does not help much. Most other links are about how to play as a messalian in ck2.

So I have come to you, r/askhistorians with the question: Is there any factual evidence for the incest among Messalians as displayed in CK2?

Note: I put nsfw in the title because I'm not really sure if I should but it's probably better to be safe than sorry

I want to be 100% clear about what I am asking.

I am not asking "Were Irish immigrants discriminated against and not fully allowed to integrate into mainstream society?" The answer to that question is yes.

And I am not asking "Did people talk about the 'Irish race' as distinct from the 'English race' or other European races?" People used to have a rather narrow concept of "race", so the answer to that question is probably yes.

I am specifically asking about the categorization "White". Was there a time when the specific categorization "White" was used, and that exact term explicitly excluded the Irish?

In conversation and on the Internet, it is sometimes claimed that the Irish weren't always considered "white". However, I am a little bit skeptical of that claim. My hypothesis is that when people say that, they're using the word "white" in a metaphorical way, and that what they actually mean is that the Irish were not part of the mainstream.

Since people of Irish ancestry are generally pale like other Northern Europeans, I am skeptical of the claim that the exact term "white" was at one time understood not to include the Irish.

But I freely admit that other people have more knowledge than I do about the history of these terms, and that I may be wrong.

EDITED TO ADD: Conceivably, the Irish could have been discriminated against and also considered "white". The following is just speculation and is not a real quote, but one could imagine a hypothetical writer in the 1800s saying something like "The Irish stand out as one of the most indolent of the white races..."

Hello all! I'm doing a content module/lesson plan on the 1960s and would like to be more familiar with it myself. I'm going on a long road trip back home for Thanksgiving and usually like to listen to a book that isn't too dry. Any suggestions on something engaging? Thanks!

Queens and princesses in medieval Europe are always described as being exceptionally beautiful. Portraits and effigies were usually done up to show them as gorgeous.

However, do we have any documentation that any of them were actually downright ugly? I know there were rumors that Anne Boleyn was deformed, but those rumors were written long after she was dead. During her short reign as queen, she was described as dark and alluring.

If a princess did wind up ugly, what happened to her? Was she as valuable of a political tool as a beautiful princess?

High school history never really talked about it, and I don't trust wiki sites. What was their culture like? Religions? What lead to its formation and it's fall?

excuse my english please