While they may have believed in Zeus, Mars, or Apollo, did they believe that Apollo's pursuit of Daphne is the reason we have laurel trees or that Paris really did judge who was the most beautiful out of three goddesses which helped set the stage for the Trojan War?

I'm curious, how did alchemy of middle ages, full of angels and demons, transform into a rational science just in a few hundreds of years? The good indicator would be usage of super-natural forces, and I just want to understand where's the division point, according to this metric.

Is there a significant event that illustrated the split in religious practice, doctrine and morals?

I'm talking about the colonies of the city states before the roman conquest, those in Asia Minor, Sicily, Africa and the Black Sea. What was the political situation- did they was it paying tribute for protection? Were they citizens of their founding city? Would they be represented in any governing body?

It's often described as being the "worst day in British military history," with 60,000 casualties for the British in the first twenty-four hours alone. They fought alongside the French, though, and against the Germans - what do they think of it now? What place has the Somme held in their writing about the war and their own general histories?

I know there is some french community here and there in Canada but my question is ;

Why this part of North America (Quebec) speak french when most of the North America speak english?

I'm doing a research project for my undergrad career (I have about 2 years) on female musicians. Originally, I wanted to look at Elizabethan musicians, but I couldn't find any sources. I'm looking at changing the time frame, but would like any and all suggestions from /r/history about female musicians. Please, and thank you.

Or point me in the right direction? I'm trying to research a novel I want to write.

Was the government prepared to deal with the splitting away of the Maritime provinces in addition, due to being disconnected from the rest of Canada?

I'm taking my kids (7.5, 4.5, and 2.5) to Charleston for a few days before we drive to Pawleys island for a week later this year. We haven't discussed slavery yet, and I want the eldest's introduction to be powerful. Does anyone have a recommendation for areas in that location that would help with this lesson?

My cousins and I got into a slight argument over who built the pyramids. I showed them sources from Harvard magazine and discovery.com disputing them being built by slaves. They told me that I was wrong and said the bible says otherwise. Who is right here and does the bible explicitly say slaves built the great pyramids?