Because I have the impression that racial tolerance is a fairly new thing, I wondered how far back it can be dated to.

The histories of so many civilizations seem to run back to a vague record of "___ People, of the ___Land." Most interesting to me is when the characteristics of those people are described.

What's the earliest known attempt at describing a foreign culture?

I've heard that this social taboo on disclosing salaries is merely successful brain washing by the anti union movements of the early 20th century.

I'm simply curious if this exists in other societies, but underpinning this question is a my curiosity related to the fact that it's remarkable in the US that African Americans are descendants of slaves and we all live together now which is just so bizarre in a lot of ways (beyond just persistent repression). But U.S. safety-net and social investment is shamefully bad, leaving so much of AA community in desperate conditions. I conjecture that the spirit of the AA people combined with the American can-do attitude, bolstered by the meager social investment and church/charity support, has propelled AA people to existing successes. But I wonder how this landscape would be different if US social investment were as robust as EU countries, even Scandinavian. Perhaps if another example exists, we could gain insight into this question.

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I am much older than many of you, but I was hoping you may be able to help me track down some family history! My great grandfather Baron Von Schultzendorf and our family line has lived generationally from inheritance with the exception that we reside in Germany. Myself being the first in my family line to never leave U.S soil and getting close to retirement--I wanted to explore my roots.

• Can any of you find the history behind my distant elder?

• How would I go about researching my family line or importance in Germany?

• How do I know if I still have claim to inheritance from the German of Schultz?

• Any cool information would be great!

I see this all over the internet but I can't find any source for this. Does anyone know who this mysterious writer is?

My question is, how much of our historical knowledge from antiquity has always been in common usage and culture versus being re-discovered hundreds of years later.

As a small example, has the story of Ceasar crossing the Rubicon always been know and passed down or was it forgotten and rediscovered hundreds of years later. I hope thats clear....

Brand names these days are a mark that suggests a particular product quality to be expected, given that it is made from the same people. How long have humans been doing this?

Hi, I'm a grade 12 student in Canada who wants to be a historian one day, more specifically in Art History. What I'm asking is does anyone have any suggestions on where I should go, best educational routes, things like that? Sorry if I'm in the wrong subreddit, I'm new to Reddit and I'm still trying to get the hang of it.

It was originally written about in M. Hamidullah, "Some Arabic Inscriptions Of Medinah Of The Early Years Of Hijrah", Islamic Culture, 1939, Volume XIII, p. 438.

Do historians consider this to be actually written by Umar, and correctly dating to 625AD?