How did the Ministry of Propaganda fail to hide it from them?

I am a history nerd from the UK and I am planning to road trip the USA. I am interested in the Wild West, probably from watching westerns as a kid, and I would like to know what states are considered the epitome of the Wild West?

was going to fly into Colorado (Denver) drive down to NM, over to AZ, up to Utah and back to Denver. Would this give me the authentic experience of the Wild West?

Sorry if this is the wrong subreddit, it kind of borders or r/travel.

thanks!:)

Were there any cultures who held up women as messengers from God? How were these cultures viewed by others who had messiah who were men?

I am fascinated by the prohibition era of American history, there is just so much to learn about that time!

I was wondering if anyone knew what would be being driven by the people of the time, was there a preference for fast cars or were people worried about status and appearances over performance? If I recall correctly Al Capone's car was bullet proofed and once seized by the government was used to protect the president!

In 1925 Phan Boi Chau was arrested upon arriving in Canton, to which he had been invited by Ho (or as he was then known Nguyen Ai Quoc). As Phan was a childhood friend and mentor of Ho's as well as a fellow supporter of Vietnamese independence what was the motivation behind Ho organising the arrest of Phan at the hands of the French? Am I missing some kind of context? I would very much appreciate if anyone could explain this.

Thanks in advance.

Today while visiting some used book shops I was browsing and came across P.V. Glob's book The Bog People. I did a flip through the whole thing, and while I believe I'd heard of this practice having been identified in Scotland I had never heard of Tollund Man, and all the other mummies.

But one thing struck me while scanning the book and after having done some searching online - the primary work here is concerned with manner of death and general historical knowledge gained from having a preserved human body from that age (Suebian knots in perfectly preserved hair, etc). While interesting and chilling, I am surprised that I have found no inquiries into the religious practices associated with the supposed sacrifices.

There must be very little to go on, but surely someone has to have been curious - why are there bog bodies? It seems to be neatly summed up by saying "Ah, it was probably a sacrifice to Mother Earth in the spring" - but I'm looking for some more well-defined thinking on the subject. Are there later rituals that are similar to this, that we have more knowledge of?

I have trouble imagining the circumstances which would lead people to pick someone, have them eat a ritual last meal, and then hang them and throw them in a bog. Firstly, I wonder: what is the importance of the bog? The wiki entry on Tollund Man identifies the man's last meal as having been composed of seeds from plants around the bog. I am very curious as to what sort of nature-bound importance a bog would have to these people, that would make them pick it out as a place for rituals.

Secondly, is there any evidence that this sort of behaviour would be tied to periods of poor harvest? ie do we have examples of sacrifice to the harvest from other cultures which follow the pattern of occurring during hardship (or any other).

I realize the evidence is scarce, but I'm interested in what sort of informed speculation there's been.

So I heard that this book was banned (or ceased publication due to pressure) in India.

I assume most historians would be for free speech and discourse, so I'm not asking about the ban itself. Is the history presented in the book legit? What exactly in the book pissed people off?

Were there any obese cavemen?

How was music written back then? How does it compare to what we see today? Are there any examples of what sheet music looked like back then compared to how we write sheet music today? When did sheet music start to look like the traditional sheet music we see today?

In the documentary, "Vietnam in HD," a caption states that over 1 million diplomats, ex-servicemen, their families, etc. were left behind when the NVA took Saigon. What happened to them? Were they killed? Did many manage to escape?

There are a lot of ancient societies that worshiped the affects or thought alcohol was somehow supernatural. Is this a mostly universal agreement of people.

beer is good, ya?

Any politicians? Authors? Was hatred for the natives universal?

I ask because (as far as I know) Switzerland has been a republic for a very, very long time, has never had a major regime change, and has stayed out of most European conflicts throughout its history. Does the modern Republic have anything in common (in regards to its laws, political institutions, and structure) with the state that existed in the Renaissance? Or was it 'modernized' at some point?

Its always been maintained that the Germans were unaware that enigma had been cracked, yet surely statistically they must have believed that something was up? Is the story more likely that they didn't want the higher command to think it had been cracked?

I hope its alright to ask something like this. /r/art is a wasteland in regards to discussion of technique and what not.

I want to know how the weaponry development stalled from 1400 to WW1, from what i know after the tercios units there were no further significant progress, they only improved the standard version raising the efficiency and the accuracy.

However from WW1 to WW2 there was a boom to this development, did the industrial revolution play the main role in this matter?

Does any of you have some good books or papers to read regarding this matter?

P.S. sorry for the bad english i tried to keep the question as simple as possible.

P.S.S: This was my first post and I want to thank all the people that made (are making) me clear all my doubts (reducing a little bit my ignorance).

I've always had a soft spot for this war in so much as the concept of Paraguay versus most of the rest of South America seems like a conflict too odd to ever have happened. How did it actually happen and did Paraguay, upon realising they'd gotten themselves into a war with all of their neighbours actually carry on fighting?

Specifically the Chola's overseas expeditions.