The Ottomans moved into the Balkans before East Anatolia, yet when Turkey was formed it included East Anatolia, but none of the balkan states. I'm really just interested in late Ottoman history and the formation of Turkey.

I've been trawling through "The History Of Russia" Wikipedia articles and I've even looked in my library for answers but I can't find any obvious answers other than 'it was because they were hunter-gatherers'. Can anyone shed some light?

while it was obviously good for the slaves and the would-have-been slaves, we know that freeing slaves wasn't Lincoln's primary motivation. So what was it that was so repugnant about a portion of the country separating itself that it was worth plunging both regions into the instability of a civil war?

My history of science class has a final project that is very flexible. The prof is open to almost any idea. For my assignment I want to recreate an ancient discovery using similar (if not the same) materials that would have been used at the time. Does not necessarily have to be physics. Biology, Chemistry, Astronomy, ect. are all acceptable. Can Reddit think of any discoveries that would be possible to recreate?

I was just reading a cracked article where someone archeologists was talking about the fact she once had to destroy a Byzantine mosaic to get to the Roman one undernearth.

Happy Mardis Gras! I got a few fun questions for today.

How did Mardi Gras on the Gulf Coast come to be the way it was? How did they come up with the parades and costumes?

What's the history of the Mardi Gras Indians?

Why king cakes with babies/beans in them?

I am researching the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan that ended World War II. I have read some articles that mention there was an invasion planned for Japan, but based on other Pacific island battles, was scrapped for the dropping of the bombs because it saved more lives. My questions do you historians recommend any source materials that talk about this topic?

Clearly, they would have started their own efforts. I am not aware of great breakthroughs purely within the Orient.

Plus, what effect did this have on their collectively psyche and culture? In this case I am referring to China and Japan, but mostly out of ignorance.

What I'm trying to understand is: what would it have been like if the Orient had developed what we know understand as "tech" and the West trailed? What if it were all reversed?

Especially in Canada, also throughout the world.

Did they know about Europe or Africa? I know Roman glass beads have been found in an Ancient Japanese tomb, so I'm wondering if maybe they atleast knew about some of the empires in the west, or the cartography.

It seems counter intuitive to me that they would use an image of someone that was looked down upon at the time on their coinage. I'm just curious of the mindset or significance of the move.

I checked through the Early Modern and Modern Europe reading lists and didn't see exactly what I was looking for. Can anyone recommend good resources focusing on the Concert?

Since the Confederate States themselves believed their secession was legal, did the new nation reserve the right of secession for its own states?

With the last two Popes, especially, it seems that their personality (or lack thereof) has driven a lot of their popularity (or lack thereof).

If I'm a churchgoing peasant somewhere in a backwater Frankish town around 700 CE, and I get news that Sergius I (or whoever) is on his deathbed, is it likely that I hope the new Pope will implement X, and be like Y; or is it all too abstract for me to worry about? Am I upset/happy cause I liked/hated Sergius I, or do I consider the concept of liking them beyond my conception?