Say a white man had an affair with a black woman in pre-civil rights, post slavery America, and left her to raise the child herself. How could we expect that child to be thought of and treated as they grew up?

I mean, I suspect it has to do with the sacking of Carthage, it still seems strange to me.

It seems kind of strange that the Iberian peninsula managed to remain ununited, except for the short period before the Portuguese Restoration War, especially considering the fact that 1st of all there was a large movement for Iberian unity under Isabella and 2nd of all Portugal is surrounded on all sides by Spain.

So yeah, I am missing something here or did Spain not really care about Portugal for most of it's history?

BONUS QUESTION: Did Spain ever try to conquer bits or pieces of Portugal, or has the border remained consistent through history?

Alright so I have an exam in Art History this Monday covering the history of the Minoan, Greeks, and Romans.

I'm clear on most of the important details, except for Minoa and Mycenae. I'm not sure if it was what my prof said or a side effect of me not listening, but my notes contradict what's in most textbooks and I need serious clarification ("well if it's in the book it has to be wrong" please tell me honestly though).

Alright so the info I have and what I can remember from the lecture that day goes as follows:

• Minoans super powerful and wealthy kingdom, trades with lots of people, powerful culture, get f*&^ somewhere in 1700 BCE
• Minoans also had enough money to afford colonies *Minoa sent settlers to Greek mainland, became city of Mycenae
• Mycenea attacked by Dorians
• • • OR Dorian invasion forces Mycenae to build walls and build stronger armies, because most Minoan threats could be bested by their Navy

Later in my books, it says the Mycenaean Greeks took over Minoa in 1450 BCE, but it later became less important.

All I know is this: Mycenae and Minoa were related somehow, Mycenae would return to Minoa and take it, the Mycenaeans were the precursors to the Greeks

I know the Dorian invasion is mainly just conjecture to most historians, but it was brought up during the lecture so I have to assume it's important somehow. PLEASE please help me here!

TL;DR: How are Mycenae and Minoa related? Was Mycenae a Minoan colony, or was it always there?

Just thought of this, and reddit as always is the first place I turn to.

Nowadays you'll usually see the singers also acting the role, but has it always been this way? I seem to recall reading there was a time that the singers were expected to be quite static while performing an aria or other piece.

Not /u/Georgy_K_Zhukov, I'm well aware of his crimes. I'm talking about the Soviet Commander.

I've recently been looking into and having lectures about Alexander the Great's campaign as part of my Ancient History course, but I am also an Egyptologist and so far all of the books that I have been looking in seem to be very vague about Alexander in regard to Egypt. I can plenty of information about what happened after his death (with the Ptolemy's and everything), but very little about his actual conquest of the place. Can anyone help me by giving me more information or just pointing me in the correct place to get more information?

Thank you very much :)

When was the whole world known?

Hello, to start off I would like to thank you guys for all you do. It's really great how you help people out with history problems! Recently me and my friend have decided to make a indie game based in 13th century England. Although we have all off the programming and 3D modelling skills down, it is kinda hard to find somewhere that knows how people spoke in the 13th century and I always don't know which websites to trust.

I would like to know the 13th century equivalent of these words please:

-Mate, friend

-Shit

-Fuck off

-Guys (like "let's go guys")

-Loser

PHRASES

-"How are you"

-"see you tomorrow"

Sorry if this is really amateur. I just really want it to be historically accurate even if I'll only have 150 people play this game.

Thanks!

Gabe

It's no secret that Medieval times were hell on Earth, but were there any perks to today's times, in everyday life?

Some scholars have disregarded the similarities between Rongorongo and the Indus Script. Do you think there is a link between the two scripts of India and Easter Island?

Curious as to what year English-speakers became the majority in Canada. I've been looking up some population statistics but cannot pin down the exact year that it happened.

If anyone is knowledgeable about the subject, did the British government actively discourage French from being spoken in Upper Canada/Quebec? I know there was some population distribution around the time the colony originally changed hands to the British, but I am clueless about British policy afterwards.

Thank you!