I am a foreign student looking to come on a trip to the US. I am interested in staying in a state and researching its Wild Western history. Any suggestions?

I am aware of a feeling that if Mandela suffered at the hands of the government that there would be a reaction akin to Soweto or Sharpeville. However, the Black Consciousness movement was arguably more prominent in South Africa than the ANC was (during its exile to the camps out of RSA) and yet Biko's passing is not attributed (in todays ANC narrative) to any major uprising (as far as I am aware). I assume this is because of the political/social climate of the time. I am hoping that someone can fill me on the more relevant details.

A sort of broad question, but I'm generally referring to the time before paper money. Coins were minted, from copper, silver, and gold. Could two coins, minted in difference places, but largely the same (weight, made of gold, etc) be valued differently against each other? Did any type of coin ever suffer from inflation? For example, the florin was ubiquitous for sometime--were other similar gold coins not seen as valuable compared to it, even if they were largely similar?

Did a quick search and was gobsmacked to find this question hadn't already been asked. How did the government of Nazi Germany deal with organized religion? I've seen Christians and atheists throughout the Internet using quotes from Hitler to argue that he was an atheist, a devout Christian, or neither of those things. Where does the truth lie? Was the Nazi government hostile to religion? What about atheism?

We know that when Roman religion was still the dominant religion, Christians got persecuted because they refuse to observe the pagan Roman ritual.

But what did the Monophysite/Jacobite Christians did when they got persecuted by the official Byzantine Orthodoxy? Did they also refuse to observe some sort of Byzantine ritual in similar way the Early Christians did in pagan times? What was the stark contrast between the two, in terms of ritual and in terms of belief system?

I am especially curious about his reputation and whether his religious views have been influential in guiding religious views in other countries

What was the relevance and significance of these events in terms of dividing Germany and maintaining division between 1949 and 1989 (after the immediate post WWII events that led to division).

I know that there has been significant Chinese presence on the island since the Qing Dynasty, but were there enough houses, farms, jobs, etc. to meet the needs of all the new migrants? Or did the Kuomintang have to build new ones really, really quickly?

Other than Texas.

I was reading some blog a while back that collected speculations about the future made in the past and it seems like a lot of early 1900's speculators seemed to think that various countries in North America would seek to join the United States over the course of the proceeding decades.

But that obviously didn't happen. Was it ever actually even seriously considered in public discourse in any independent American country?

obviously it grossly over simplified but is any of it just wrong?

How did the general public react to information being provided by whistle-blowers in Germany?

Did the general public dispute the credibility of these whistle-blowers?

What were some of the methods used by the NAZI party to counteract whistle-blowers in the media?

Are there any books or papers I can read about the ways whistle-blowers were treated in Germany and in the West?

I just read a book (by Olivier Cullin) about music in the middle ages and it mostly talks about liturgical music, and then describes how (if I understood correctly) with the rise of musical notation and polyphony came the rise of court/social/noble music and also how some more popular songs and pieces were noted musically.

Now, I understand that we don't have any musical traces of early popular music, but did any contemporary ever comment on it? I've heard that there are some descriptions of Roman music that made it through the ages so that while we have no idea how it sounded musically, we have an idea of instruments played and how organised it was.

The book I read heavily emphasised on the christian/philosophical view of pre-13th century music but never how these religious chants translated into popular culture (it didn't even say if it ever did, or not). I searched the internets for answers but unfortunately my google-fu was not enough.

So the question I ask is, do we have anything on pre-neumes/pre-notation music other than religious and court music?

Thank you, and sorry if I am not clear as English is my second language.

This historic night could have been very bloody, but his bold decision allowed for a peaceful fall of communism in Europe. How were his actions perceived by the ruling party and his superiors? Did he face or fear repercussions for his actions?

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I don't think it can be denied that the Soviet sphere was not a fun place to be during the 30's and 40's - to put it mildy. Why did they fight so hard? Was the propaganda department working in full overtime to convince the people that fascism was far far worse? Was it a genuine sense of pride for the nation despite the problems? Any other factors?

Thank you all in advance.

I have heard many liberal Christian scholars claim that biblical fundamentalism is a relatively new phenomenon, but this confuses me. I do not understand why the ancient Hebrews would have regarded the Scriptures as metaphorical as opposed to actual historic truth. Were there other peoples at the time who had figurative interpretations of their own religious texts?

I need to find a book that accompanies Clint Eastwood's Flags of our fathers. It has to be an historical narrative that tells the events of Iwo Jima. I would prefer if it was from an American view point. If any historians here have read any texts about this event and would be willing to add some insight it would be greatly appreciated.