And if not, why not? If so, what events?

Hi,

I was just wondering what were there before the Nazis. Were skinheads still prominent, just without the Nazi symbol tattoos?

Did it slow down settling in the "Wild West"? In relation to this question: How did the war effect immigration from Europe?

As a long-time history fan, and oftentimes obsessive listener of history podcast, I somehow got it stuck in my head to start a podcast on Habsburg/ Austrian/ Austro-Hungarian history from about 1780/90 onwards to the end of WWI (potentially including the attempts of Emperor Charles to retake the throne of Hungary). The trick is, while I am quite the fan of history, only now am I learning the difficulties of studying it, both in terms of method and retention. Given that, I have two questions for you, dear subreddit:

1. What are some good sources for this subject, and which controversies should I be aware of while reading them?
2. What methods do you use to retain large amounts of information in the beginning of research on a subject without essentially writing a book’s worth of notes?

To pre-empt any questions about my current state of studies, I am only a few books in, having read two or three general histories of the empire from a few sides, a general history of the Habsburgs, a biography of Metternich, and a book on the Congress of Vienna. I am also trying to muddle my way through a book on domestic politics in Cisleithania during the 1880s, and hoo-boy, are there many names to remember.

Do we know if it happened more than once? Did anyone interact with them? Did the mongols write anything about it?

I've heard about the Patricians and the Consuls and the various positions in the Roman Republic, yet when it comes to Carthage there's very little information out there. How did it operate? When were elections held? Could everyone vote? Did it have consuls, presidents, prime ministers?

I'm reading the Aeneid (Fagles translation), and I see references to Europe and Asia. I don't know if it's just the translation, but it made me wonder when this thing called "Europe" and "Asia" came to be. Who made the distinction? How was the distinction enforced? Where were the boundaries in ancient times? (I'm guessing Greeks/Romans are the culprits here, but I suppose that's why I'm asking...I know the Europa myth, but how did that name become the name of a [sub]continent*) *I learned that Europe and Asia were separate continents in school, but my husband was raised in a Soviet country, and always insisted that there was one continent, Eurasia.

I'm currently reading Augustus- The Life of Rome's First Emperor by Anthony Everitt and in it he sates

Caesar entered the meeting hall and took his seat at one end, on his special chair between the seats of the two consuls. One of these was Antony, but he was delayed in the anteroom by a conspirator. In spite of his closeness to Caesar, he knew that the assassination was being planned; he had treacherously kept the information to himself.

I've never encountered this statement anywhere else in my novice study of ancient Roman history. Without a doubt, Mr. Everitt is far more studied in this subject and intelligent than myself, I just find it interesting I hadn't seen this bit of information in any of my other readings. Could anyone elaborate on this or contribute some sources or additional information?

When Julius Caesar was murdered how did the armies loyal to him react?

I've done a lot of travelling around the former Yugoslavia and Balkans over the last few years, and although I love the region I've only got a basic understanding of the recent history which has led to the state of play today. Anyone have any recommendations? I'm kind of thinking start of WW1 following through to today, but any suggestions will be appreciated!

The fact that he gave white slave owners their land back, allowed for slavery to continue under the guise of tenet farming/share cropping and fought Congress on how to best reunite the nation makes me believe that he's a good underlying cause for why we could never get a strong working middle class of African Americans in the South in this country. Do you believe it was soley him? I mean, I know Lincoln only freed southern slaves as a war tactic and disagreed with giving them full rights but Johnson had a chance to set it up right and he failed, in my opinion.

Would you attribute this problem to another previous president, Johnson, or say that all presidents had some helping with this problem?

I'm thinking either like a polarizing rock vs disco situation in the 70s or how country music is much more popular in the south.

I've asked similar questions but never really got an anwser. Did they travel into China or even Japan? And how about central or southern Africa? And did they ever go to Scandinavia?

Hello historians!

In my culture (south Spain), wine and pork are deeply rooted. We drink and produce a lot of wine and pork and, of course, enjoy it. However, South spain was under arab rule for eight century, and the majority of people (muslims and jews) didn't supposedly eat pork or drink wine.

When did it start to be a important feature in my culture? Were the muslim in Al-Andalus more flexible in the prohibition? Did the christian in arabs region breed pigs and raise grapes for wine?

I have recently become fascinated by this weird, proto-quasi-Christian movement and I'd like to know more!