Was there ever a chance that Europe could have become a pagan continent rather than Christian?

I'm curious how much history does an average History major graduate know.

Is he familiar with all the major civilizations/empires whether east or west or those in the middle ? How far back ?

While Robin Hood was a myth, the era he is based in is not. How accurately is that era portrayed in modern media such as the Disney film, the Mel Gibson movie, the BBC show, and other such forms?

One cause of much of the Middle East turmoil seems to be nations were "carved out" of the Ottoman Empire without respect to Sunni vs. Shia splits. Wouldn't that mean that the India partition made sense (splitting into states by religious splits)? Is there a case that the "colonial powers" got that one "more" right than the Middle East approach?

Why did the senate and praetorians obey his silly and cruel demands and why did they not remove him sooner?

And even when a member of the House of Habsburg wasn't elected (Charles VII), he was descended from a Habsburg dozens of different ways, and immediately after his death, it went right back to the new House of Habsburg-Lorraine, who were just a matrilineal extension of the old House of Habsburg.

Granted, I'm making the assumption that most of the flared users on the sub, like most of Reddit, are white and American by a fair margin, with the larger minorities in nationality being Canadian, British, Australian, etc.

If so, how were they treated there?

I get that the other countries stopped his nephew from becoming King of Spain before Louie signed the Treaty of Utrecht, but after that he became King. What really stopped Louie from just uniting them afterwards?

Couldn't he say that he had angered God by signing and not conquering the world?
Were the other armies so eager to go back to war so soon?

Given the powers of the federal government, and the fact that DC was even bigger than it is now (virginia's land was returned) why did the creators of the US government's seat feel that they needed 100 sq. miles of land? Even with possible growth, why did the organizers feel the need for so much space to handle the relatively small operation of the time of the federal govt?

Hello all!

There's a very popular story framework out there. Man is sent out from civilization, lives life among the wild natives, changes allegiance, and fights against the authority. Off the top of my head, this story covers the movies Avatar, Pocahontas, Dances With Wolves, and Lawrence of Arabia. My question is this: what's the first myth or historical figure that follows this framework? Anything Roman or Greek?

To what extent has Chinese culture changed due to the damage it suffered in the last two centuries of foreign invasions and internal corruption? Beyond that, I would also like to know how it has affected modern China and Taiwan.

Was looting and destruction by the Japanese and Europeans widespread?

What physical effect did the Cultural Revolution have, how is it taught now, and what do the Chinese communities think of it?

Hey Reddit,

I've been playing a lot of medieval era games lately, but most of them seem to focus on the "cool" High and Late eras, and not so much on the early age. I was wondering if there were any cool aspects of Early Medieval Europe, and what are some of the key things that I should be researching/ learning about.

Thanks for your help!

The focus is far more narrow than the title suggests. My real focus is the Colorado Cases of the 1970's, leading up to the Arizona v. Apache case in 1983. I've done plenty of background research and I've gone as far back as the original landings of the English and Spanish in the New World. My personal feelings at the moment are that the Cherokee Cases of the 1830's, the Winters case in 1908, the change in perception of sovereign immunity in the 1950's, and the McCarran amendment of 1952, all lead up to the decisions made in 1971. So here are the real questions: By the time 1983 rolls around, can Native American's be considered Sovereigns? Were they even Sovereigns to begin with? Is there anything unusual about the developments in the decades of the 1950's-80's? (and by unusual, I mean when examining the timeline of U.S. and Tribal relations, are these moves unexpected? or are they just another move in a never ending give and take of rights between the U.S. and Native Tribes?)

Feel free to ask me more pointed questions, thanks ladies and gents