Are there any slave narratives from antiquity?

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How much of an impact did the ending of slavery have for the emancipation of women and women's rights in general? (USA)

Reposting a rephrased version of the original question that came off as hypothetical:

In the book "Soul Murder and Slavery: Toward a fully loaded cost accounting" by Painter, Nell Irvin - 1995" It is noted that slavery and women's position in society was intertwined with many core beliefs i.e. Submission and Obedience overlapping in regards to women and slaves.

So basically how much of an effect did the ending of slavery have on women's rights?

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How true are the point presented in this Cracked video?

http://www.cracked.com/video_18793_6-myths-you-probably-believe-about-american-revolution.html

  1. Britain never collected taxes from the colonies.
  2. Colonists attacked land owned by the French, forcing Britain into a war with France.
  3. The only tax enforced by the British, was the tea tax.
  4. Britain didn't know the colonist were unhappy, until war broke out.

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Did Nazi human experimentation affect modern medicine?

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How true is the statement "Without freedom for the slaves there would be no real freedom for women"

So im reading "Soul Murder and Slavery" by Painter, Nell Irvin 1995 where the argument is put forth that the subjugation of women was a natural extension of the subjugation of the slave. Women in the work are shown to be without true power and derive their identity from the man in charge whether it be the husband, grandfather, father, son or brother.

So women were basically treated as slaves by their husbands as it was the only real frame of reference they knew. It was with the abolition of slavery therefor women could compare their own lives to that of slaves and the similarities i.e. endless toil for little/no reward.

Part of this is also mentioned in reference to religion in the South of the USA where Submission and Obedience are core values of slavery as well as of "the Patriarchy and Piety". So women and slaves are taught to obey the "man" in return for access to heaven.

So boiling it down, how true would the OP title be or would emancipation of women have occurred assuming slavery was still in effect.

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What international conflict after 1945-1991 is the most interesting?

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Historians, if you could ask one question of any person history, who and what would it be?

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The homo sapiens is 200000 years old, the first city, Uruk, was found in 4000 BC. What happened inbetween and what caused the outburst to today's world in just 6000 years?

Also worth mentioning that we found 2.6 million year old stone tools.

I want to know what was the cause for the human race to suddenly take over the world like this in just 6000 years, after 200000 (or even 2.6 million) years of "cavemen" history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens

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Did Native Americans have an understanding of the compass?

Funny enough, I'm in religion class and we are talking about primal religions. Apparently the Lakota tribe's 16 deities are derived from the idea of 4 times 4. The number four is a sacred number and the text explains that this refers to the four cardinal directions. So this led me to the question: did they have an understanding of the compass and the earth's magnetic fields? Or were they merely introduced to it by European's?

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What wide-spread practices have been found in hindsight to be misguided(or harmful) ideas.

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Why exactly did the Soviet Union go to war with Finland? Why were they so ill prepared?

So I'm reading a book called "The Hundred Day Winter War" by Gordon Sander. It's really interesting and about a historical topic I literally knew nothing about.

As interesting as the book is, I didn't really get a picture of why exactly the USSR felt the need to invade Finland. What did they seek to gain out of it? Why did nobody foresee the terrain being an issue and how could a super power have been so ill prepared to invade?

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How did the ancients treat hypothermia?

Were some treatments more successful than others? If no one knows, where can I learn such information?

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Why is rice cultivation still done through manual labor in many Asian countries?

According to various resources and first hand observation, it appears thsy rice cultivation is still carried out largely on a manual basis.

How or why have farmers resisted mechanization? Is there something about rice cultivation that makes mechsnization particularly difficult, expensive, or otherwise undesirable?

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How influential was Tadeusz Mazowiecki really?

I know it's a sensitive topic since it's not been long since he died. But when he died in October he was hailed to be as important to what happened in poland and Eastern Europe 25 years ago as Walesa. From my (quite brief) reading, I can see him more as a model/icon figure than an playmaker. I'm just curious what do you think.

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Who wrote the Haitian Declaration of Independence?

I can't find the answer to this anywhere

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Was the KGB really superior to western spies in the cold war, and if true what made them better?

And ofcourse I would love to hear some stories if you have some, to illustrate :) .

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Coronation in French

Which french monarch wasn't crowned in the Reims Cathedral besides Napoleon?

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What is the script in this Qing dynasty imperial edict?

Here is a picture of a Qing imperial edict, a huge document (85.5 x 278 cm) which on display at the National Palace Museum in Taipei.

On the right is the imperial edict in Chinese script, but on the left is an unfamiliar-looking script. It looks vaguely Arabic, except that it's written up-to-down. Anyone have any idea what this is, and what it's doing on a Qing document?

Here's a close-up view of the script.

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How aware were Native American populations of the general goings on during the American Civil War? And did they ever attempt to take advantage of the situation?

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Would people in China have known about Jesus during his life time?

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Can the American War of Independence be considered a civil war?

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US and European historians--how or why does America display the United States Declaration of Independence if the colonies sent it to England?

My classmates and I were wondering if England sent it as an insult.

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In the 5th century BCE, Herodotus visited Moldova. How and why would someone travel so far in that era?

Inspired by a brief mention on this Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Moldova

Restrict the question to people of his region and social class if you like.

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What did the Greek State's Marines wear during the 2nd Persian war?

I studied the 2nd Persian War in ancient history and have recently seen the new 300 movie, I can pick out the historical inaccuracies except for the attire of the Greeks during naval battles, what did they wear? The bare minimum seems logical as armour is too heavy so was it really just a helmet and an optional shield?

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Where do Punjabi(North Indian) people come from?

I am not a guy who reads a lot about history, I am just somebody who is curious about where my ancestors are from.

I was born in the Indian part of Punjab into a Sikh Family (Kshatriya Caste, if that matters?). My grand parents though were born in the Punjab now in Pakistan but moved to India after the partition.

I and most of my relatives do not look like most Indians from the Eastern or Southern states. I am relatively tall(6 Feet) and have a lighter complexion. Please understand my question isnt what race I am, I am just curious where Punjabi(and other North Indian) people came from since there is a common clear difference in appearances of North-West Indians and East Indians and South Indians.

Ive read theories where people say we are have Indo-Aryan and Dravadian genes, some say we are middle eastern, and some say we are fully Dravadian, although I am not sure if these sources have some sort of a racial bias in them.

It would be great if I could get a simplified explanation from a non-biased historian. Im a total History-noob and JUST discovered this Sub-Reddit. Thanks!!!

TLDR; Punjabi people in India descendents of? Curious! Not Racist! :(

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