For example would people in Victorian England call it Victorian London? Would it be a common way of refering to it or would it just be something written down in books?

In another subreddit I recently saw a photo from the Memphis zoo in the late fifties, showing "negro day" - the one day of the week when only black visitors were allowed. (They were excluded every other day, of course.)

Did big businesses work the same way, with African-Americans only allowed to shop at certain times? Or were there specific "negro" businesses that served only that market?

In history has there ever been a sport/passtime as popular as American Football? Not just America football, but in comparison to sports in general today. Could you compare it to the popularity of jousting?

I am writing a novel set in London in 1979 in which several characters are heavy smokers. I have found it quite difficult to find information about smoking in this era, especially as I don't smoke myself, and don't know anyone who lived through this era who did smoke at that time. Some of the things I need answered are:

1. Was it more common to buy pre-fabricated cigarettes or to roll your own? (And was there a difference between how rich people and not-so-rich people did their smoking?)

2. How was loose tobacco for rolling sold? Did it most commonly come in tins, cardboard boxes or plastic bags like you see these days?

3. What were the most popular brands at this time?

4. How much did tobacco (in its various forms) cost. (Would be most helpful if you could give me the price of the day, rather than the equivalent cost in today's value).

5. How did pre-rolled cigarettes differ from the ones we have today?

6. How did 'self-rolled' cigarettes differ from today? (Did people use filters in 1979? Were the papers different? Etc.)

7. Any additional information and details about cannabis smoking in this era would also be appreciated. (Was it more common to roll joints, or to use bongs/pipes/other paraphernalia etc.)

Sorry if I'm asking for a lot of info, I just wanted to avoid having to make multiple posts. Any answers at all will be very helpful to me as I know next to nothing about this subject and would like to be able to include accurate details in my work.

Looking through history, no state that occupies the region ever seems to expand into the Balkans. I would suspect the mountains, but Anatolia is mountainous as well, and always seems to be the first area a given state claims.

At the risk of this being a "Throughout History" question, surely there must be some constant reason for a lack of Northward expansion.

I’m in the process of writing a paper focused on the Byzantine military reorganization of the 7th century that resulted in the Theme system. I would like to incorporate some Arabic sources regarding their attempts to break into Anatolia that were met with only limited success (mostly in Cilicia), but I’m having trouble finding good histories or sources writing about why this particular area was more difficult for the Arabic forces. I have a decent grasp of the historiographical arguments from the Byzantine side, but was wondering who the good Arab historians are with expertise in this area? I unfortunately do not read Arabic, so I would need translations of original sources.

I know that there have been minor clashes since then, but it seems that even in '99 the conflict was very small compared to earlier wars.

When did short hair become the norm? It seemed to be that, especially in northern Europe, long hair was long the standard for men. From the ancient Germanic, Celtic and Slavic tribes to the early 19th century long hair seemed to be the standard fashion for men. How come short hair became the new fashion? What role did baldness play here as well?
Thanks in advance! I love this subreddit! :)

Now, if you want a university degree you would choose a program and take the required courses to complete it. i feel like this is not always how it was. What was it like before, and when did the current system start up?

I've checked the FAQ and there's no question like this one.

I'm from SA and I constantly hear that many products that are common in every day's meals were from this continent (e.g: tomato, coffe beans). I'd like to read about these exchanges between different cultures

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I have just finished watching the first episode of "The Great War" a 1964, 26 episode Documentary on World War 1. Although this seems like a fairly good documentary, I was wondering if anybody could recommend any docos similar to this that are a little less old.

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So I don't know to what extent it would be possible to answer this question, but if anyone who's an expert on a limited area like Classical Greece or Medieval Europe would explain about their domain, that'd be great. I'd also like to hear speculations grounded in historical knowledge, if that's all that is possible.

So I understand a lot of ancient armies stressed combined arms, like Alexander's Macedonian army, medieval English armies with large numbers of archers, and so on. I also understand that a person who could not afford the top end of armor or a horse and come from certain sections of the population with unique skills might be more useful when relegated to an archer role rather than the role of, say, a Greek hoplite or armored knight. But why didn't Greek hoplites, armored knights, and other fighting men all carry some kinds of missile weapons along with their equipment for fighting hand to hand? Surely it wouldn't hurt to have them to use before the lines meet, or just in case you have a standoff situation with another set of fighting men who carried no missile weapons. If your weapon was encumbering, like a crossbow, you could always drop it before the proper fighting started, and I don't think there is any basis to claim that practicing archery (or throwing javelins, or slinging, or shooting crossbows) degraded your skills in hand to hand combat, or vice versa.

Mostly, if not only heard holywoods version.

I have spent the last three weeks between China and Taiwan and I've now learned enough about both sides of the story to know better than take sides. However, I keep wondering why nobody intervene during the Chinese civil war in a similar way the USA did in Korea to fight communism?