While researching my [Frederick/Uhl] family lineage, I came across a census document stating a birthplace of Hesse-Cassel. These ancestors emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania around 1800, I think. Can you tell me anything about why they would have emigrated here?

Other than the strong influence of religion and afterlife. What does Tut's tomb tell us about how they lived?

In season 3 episode 3 of Hannibal, there is a part where Hannibal says "In Roman times... each carcass was divided: prime cuts went to nobility, second to the clergy, third to the bourgeoisie and fourth to the army. The quinto quarto, the offal, went to the poor."

I heard that Spain was neutral during the first one but I don't really know what happened in the second one. I think someone named France has something to do with it. I am not sure.

Hello /r/AskHistorians!

Longtime lurker of this subreddit here. I've just graduated from university with a history major and secured a job totally irrelevant to my degree, but I wish to continue exploring areas of history which I didn't get the opportunity to study.

I've developed an interest in the political history of Medieval Italy, but I'm not sure where to begin, and searching through old posts in this subreddit hasn't yielded any results. Can someone recommend interesting books on this period? Preferably with an emphasis on this region during the High Middle-Ages? Thanks!

It seems to me at least that a conventionally organized army's command structure would go against their beliefs, though it also doesn't seem possible to me that an army could be organized without some form of leadership, so how was it run?

The documentary makes a lot of claims that completely contradict the commonly taught WWII history, painting the Allied leaders as criminals and stating that the amount of Jews killed was only a fraction of the usually stated 6 million. Is this accurate? What do you think of the sources provided in the documentary? Obviously there is bias but this would truly change all of recent history if it is correct. Thank you for your time!

First things first, I am studying History at university level, and this is the first time I've come across this problem. I have searched around a little for an answer, and haven't found one - how do I quote an inscription using the Chicago style? The inscription in question is from the tomb of Rekhmire in Thebes.

.Should I reference it as though it were a quote within a book (as in, John Smith, as quoted in Blanky Blanks, book title, etc) or as though it were its own source, ie, An inscription, from the tomb of Rekhmire, Vizier to Tuthmosis III, Thebes?

.Thanks in advance, and if I'm in the wrong place I'm sorry (in advance as well)!

So there are a lot of clashes between Rome and barbarians, and Atilla comes in and things go bad from what I understand. So during this period what happens to all the corpses after a big battle? Do they all get looted by the winning side/locals? Do they try to bury their own, are they all thrown into mass graves? Who cleans up all the bodies or are they left to rot? Are there special divisions for body clean up knowing the efficiency of the Roman empire?

When naming a place after a person, the convention (unless the person was a monarch) is to use the last name (e.g. Washington, Stalingrad, Brisbane, Vancouver etc.). Is there a specific reason they broke convention?

It's the mainstream historical pov that the Russian navy's presence was just a goodwill gesture common at the time. Its also been alleged that it was as a military ally of the United States to ensure that Britain and France wouldn't intervene

Why do we always have the greek, roman or chinese source about the persians? Where are their writings about other peoples or events? I understand something like Carthage we have few natuve sources bcause of the wars that annihlated them, but the persians never faced such thing.

I'm watching The Last Samurai and noticed that both Captain Algren and Katsumoto are using two swords. Would an actual samurai do this?

The book is "Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire", with the quote in question appearing on page 122, in case anyone is wondering.

Anyways, was this exclusive to the Byzantine empire, or was it also applicable in the West. Assuming it was broadly applicable, why is this? Did it have to do with the cost of writing supplies, or are there other factors at play here?

Pretty straight forward. Have there been moments in history when revolution occurred and the church backed the revolutionary forces?

Hey guys and gals,

I am looking to get some shadow boxes put together for my family. I have my grandfather's discharge paperwork and am trying to figure out what some of his awards were. Here is what I know. I already filled out the ones that I figured out.

He was an officer. I am pretty sure he had wings, but I don't see anything that would authorize him to wear them, or did they even have anything that would authorize him to wear them besides the fact that he flew? So, according to his paperwork, he began active duty July 1947, and exited January 1961. That puts him at about 13 years 6 months, however, he had 5 years 11 months of "other service" listed on the discharge paperwork. I have no clue what the other service is, but I could have sworn that my dad (passed away) told me that he flew fighters in WWII. From what my Aunt said, he joined the Marines when he was underage, and supposedly his father got him released. These dates just don't make sense because he was born in 1915, but if he joined to go to WW2, he would have been old enough to go long before America joined the war. Unfortunately, he died shortly after getting out of the Air Force and my grandmother died of Alzheimer's 6 years ago, so I really have no one who might have known him to be able to ask for clarification.

Anyways, here are the medals listed on his discharge paperwork.

ACM – American Campaign Medal

WWIIVM – WWII Victory Medal

AOM – Army of Occupation Medal

KSM – Korean Service Medal

UNSM – United Nations Service Medal

DUE -

NDSM – National Defense Service Medal

KPC -

AFOUA – Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

GCMDL – Good Conduct Medal

AFLSA W/2 BR OLC – Air Force Longevity Service Award with 2 bronze oak leaf clusters

Thank you very much for the help!

It is the mainstream scholarly view that the Gospels were not written by the people they've been traditionally attributed to and often, scholars use the four evangelists' names when referring to the texts for simplicity's sake. So why were they attributed to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in the first place, and when did this become the accepted tradition in Christianity?

Hello all,

I'm doing a research project that requires me to look into Persian law, and particularly international law and diplomacy, and I've hit a dead end. I've found a whopping three sources, two by Wiesehofer, that seem to address the topic at all. Any help would be appreciated. I'm just looking very broadly for scholarly books and articles that address law and/or diplomacy, hopefully around Cyrus's time, but anything would do. Thanks so much.