I paraphrased what he said from the Ezra Klein show episode 336.

Since I was a child I wondered why is Ireland not part of the U.K. or why are there two Irelands, but since I am from latinamerica none of my questions were answered at school (since it had nothing to do with the history of my country).

I've seen many memes and jokes about Ireland hating Northern Ireland and vice versa, so I was curious of why.

So the Chinese diplomat Zhou Daguan relates that in the Khmer Empire,

“In times gone by, (...) collection of gall took place. The king of Champa annually exacted a large jar filled with thousands and thousands of human gall bladders. In dead of night men were stationed here and there in the more frequented parts of cities and villages. When they met people walking by night they threw over their heads a hood gathered together by a cord and with a small knife removed the gall bladder low down on the right side. (...) Only recently this practice of gathering gall was abandoned (...).”

Why did this practice take place? Why did Champa demand human gallbladders from the Khmer Empire?

Is this perception in American media (especially video games) the result of German accounts of WW2 and American accounts of the Korean War or is there a longer history to this stereotype?

Looking for resources about the earliest evidence of the Ku Klux Klan in northern states. Did chapters appear after the Civil War, or more in the 1920s with the KKK's resurgence? Thanks.

Hello, got an assignment coming up and I'm choosing to do a question about what policies the Nazi's implemented in order to achieve/work towards Lebensraum.

Of course the topic comes up in pretty much all histories discussing German policy in the East, but I was wondering if anyone had any particular recommendations on texts that deal specifically with Lebensraum and German deportation, resettlement etc in the East?

Thanks!

They used up fuel to transport prisoners to the camps in the first place, then again as they moved them away from the advancing Allies. Why not just leave them behind, and use all those soldiers for actual fighting?

I've seen an account that insists that the Nazis sped up the Holocaust as things got more and more dire. As bad as things were towards the end, why did they remain hyper-focused on extermination?

Never really understood this. Whenever in England there's any discussion about Catholics its kind of implicit that the Irish community is being discussed. For example the historical discrimination in England against Catholic people is tied up with ethnicity (Irish Celtic).

So does this mean Anglo-Saxon Catholicism was totally wiped out starting with Henry VII attacking it and eventually the Dissolution of the Monasteries etc etc and all of that?

Was there actually some intangible point (but a real one) where Anglo-Saxon Catholicism simply no longer existed in England, and to be Anglo-Saxon meant to be Anglican?

I was wondering why Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler weren’t prosecuted by the Catholic Church like many other astronomers of their time. I tried searching this question up on google to find no helpful articles. Does anyone know?

The quick population decay in a lot of native groups in different parts of the Americas are attributed among other things to diseases brought over by Europeans. but I haven't seen or heard much about American diseases affecting Europeans. Were there no rapidly spreading diseases in the Americas at the time? Or maybe it was related to advances in Western medicine?

Hello,

I am trying to get into the history of the Middle East outside of a cursory knowledge of it. In this, I want to start through Nasser. Would you therefore recommend this book to a beginner?

Some of the comments mention that it is hard to follow through mentioning little-known figures in large detail, and does not detail the history of major parties during that time. Can anyone confirm this?

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It would have been produced about 8 years before her death. Was she aware it existed? Did she have any thoughts on it? How would a blind and deaf person witness a play in that day and age?

Was noticing that all the Soviet states and satellite states all seemed to have changed their flag to have some form of socialist iconography. Czechoslovakia seems to be the exception. Why is this the case?

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So as someone looking from the outside and would like to be more educated on the topic, I’m curious to know, if any historian knows what this answer is.

As everyone has said and even after trying to find info (maybe someone can put me in the right direction) it always seems there’s a sort of bias depending on the outlet. Not all of course but I’m not well versed to know what’s what.

So if someone is nice enough to help me answer my question I’d appreciate it!

Tl;dr who occupied the land first out of curiosity and what are some great sources or subreddits that give factual historical information

Was armour even used by common soldiers? Which type of bows were used? Was horse archery ever a thing? Until when were the chariots used? If elephants were not effective then why were they used so commonly?

I have so many questions, answer to any one of them is appreciable.

In late July and early August 1968 a Czechoslovak delegation led by Alexander Dubček met with Soviet and other Warsaw Pact delegations to negotiate over the Prague Spring reforms. The Warsaw Pact leaders felt that any liberalization in Czechoslovakia could threaten the military and strategic position of the Pact against the West in the Cold War. As I understand, this was their primary concern. So why did Brezhnev then compromise and willingly weaken the Pact's strategic position by withdrawing Soviet troops from Czechoslovakia? That seems to me like the last thing he should have compromised on, even if he believed it would only be temporary, and it seems like after that the invasion was inevitable. According to Wikipedia, "The KSČ delegates reaffirmed their loyalty to the Warsaw Pact" during this meeting as well. How does that mesh with asking Soviet troops to withdraw? Should Brezhnev have not simply refused to withdraw troops and instead compromised in another area? It seems like he wasn't negotiating from an especially weak position. Especially considering that there was still a substantial anti-reformist wing of the KSČ.

Hello everybody, i always liked learning about history but the country im from only teach us a little bit about it, so my question is if i wanted to start learning history where should i start? Like what era was the first, i wanna learn about all of history and i dont mind buying books but i just dont know where to start