What were the main social, political, and economic consequences of the industrial revolution?

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Did the admittance of California as a Free State have any impact on westward expansion?

Was there a rush from southern states to populate other territories to create a slave state?

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Critiques of historical dictionaries

I'm a lexicographer by trade, but some of my colleagues in the history department have been asked to do a historical dictionary of the country where we live. I tried a simple Google Scholar search, but what I found were critiques or analyses of dictionaries that documented languages as they have evolved (e.g. the Oxford English Dictionary), rather than dictionaries that provide information about the history of a particular place (e.g. Michael Anthony's Historical Dictionary of Trinidad & Tobago). So I was hoping that people here might know of articles that have examined or reviewed this type of reference work.

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What did Hitler have in mind for the people of Europe Post-WWII?

Did Hitler have a pre-set plan that he intended to follow after the war was over, or was he just going to look at the state of everything and go from there? Are there any specific documents that speak about Hitler's social policy and what he had in mind for the people of Europe? Hitler was a fascinating, although terrifying person, and I find it hard to believe that he went into the war without devising a plan for when it was over.

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In the world, are there more people who speak english or the ones who don't?

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Is this photo truly the last photo of Hitler?

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Sourcing Advertisements

I have been working on a thesis in theatre on gendered space. The project includes a scenic design, and a lot of my visual research is from advertisements. I now want to cite these advertisements in my thesis, but I got them all online and don't have a good academically acceptable source for them. Is there a good way to handle this or a good place to find the sources I need?

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What were the most important/impactful technical innovations of the industrial revolution?

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Why do so many countries use the colors red, white, and blue for their flags?

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What's the earliest recorded mentioning of the Black Death as "The Plague?"

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What caused Internet stocks to collapse in 2000-01, resulting in the shutdown of many startups?

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I am living in the 10th century. I have been injured in battle in Ireland,Scandinavia and England, what treatment will I receive in each of these countries?

Would the treatment change from country to country? Which country am I most likely to survive injury in?

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What are the Persian influences in Islam?

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[XPost from AskReddit] What was the day-to-day life of a teenager living in 1985 USSR?

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Today the average job is a office 9-5 Mon-Friday job, was there a medieval equivalent?

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Why do you always need an article in Romance languages?

I am currently learning German and Spanish, and found that I always need to use articles in Spanish but not in German. "Ich trinke Kaffee" is a correct sentence in German, as is "I drink water" in English, but "Bebo agua" in Spanish is not, only "Bebo el agua" is. From my understanding, ancient Latin did not have articles, and they were introduced to the language by Germanic invaders. Is there a historical reason for some languages not always requiring am article, yet modern Romance languages do?

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What reasons did nations have for living in, basing around, or ruling, inhospitalable areas?

Particularly Siberia comes to mind, the Nordic states to a point, basically what drove people far north or far south of the Mediterranean area?

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Just how true is the Book of Judges in the Old Testament?

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What do you guys think of the idea of Communism as a Christian heresy?

I have read in a few places that some think that Communism can be seen as a secular ideology that replicated many aspects of Christianity.

Perhaps Bertrand Russell was the first to make this comparison in The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism, where he says explicitly that's Communism is religion. Toynbee said the same.

The basic point, I think, is that the idea of the Classless Society is a bit like the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom never comes, but if enough people believe it, a whole political dynamic can take shape. It was belief in a radiant future, replete with miraculous harvests (Lysenko's biology etc) and perfect leaders, and Lenin put on display like saint.

So you think that this is view of Communism is correct? Or is the analogy too easy out simple?

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New Deal Era Agriculture & Housing Incentive's?

Greetings -

Can I be pointed in the direction of first or secondary sources concerning the possibility of New Deal era incentives given to white Americans to purchase land to farm? Also adjacent to that argument, what about incentives set for black Americans to move to northern/mid-western cities promising strong unions and/or affordable and reliable government housing?

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Did Spanish settlers in the Americas intermarry with the native population more often than colonialists from other countries?

And if they did, was there a particular reason why they acted differently?

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What was the logic behind letting colonial companies like the British East India Company become so powerful?

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Paleography Question, from a ca. 1220 Charter: Possible unrecorded date notation. Can you read this notation? (Link to a pic in text)

Hi, and thanks in advance. I found a few paleography questions in this subreddit, apologies if this is NOT the place for this question.

I have spent the weekend transcribing and translating a Medieval Charter dating from approximately 1220-1225, Henry III. It's been great fun. I am an amateur, but there are some amazing resources on the 'net which allowed me to make great headway.

The catalogue records associated with the charter say "no date", and there's no mention in the text of a specific date, or reference to a year of Henry III's reign. All dating (by others, not me) has been by cross referencing witness names with other deeds, by the style of the hand, types of legal clauses used, and conventions used (or not).

On the verso of the document are three (I think later) notations in what appear (to me) to be different hands. I think one may actually be a date.

The other two notations are entirely legible, and are previously catalogued place names. But no catalogue records ever mentioned the 'scrawl like' notation, and I think it may have been ignored due to illegibility.

see HERE

I edited out the two place name locations because believe it or not, they would (when googled) lead to some personal information, since this document is on the web and associated with my family name. (no "personal' info on reddit, right? ...even if it's an 800 year old document? hahaha)

Can anyone make out what the script says following what appears (to me) to be "di anno"? is it a pair of Arabic numerals followed by 'Henricus'? ...as in, "some number of years into Henry's reign"?

The script of the charter is in a very neat charter/secretary hand, where as this seems more like a scrawl. I think someone may have dated it after the fact.

This record was kept with 100+ others, dating 1190-1438, in a Parish chest, and not catalogued until 1910 or so. Very few of the earliest of these charters have dates, which I guess is in keeping with the nature of early charters.

Sorry for the length. I frankly found it fascinating, and was up til 2:30 a.m. transcribing, transliterating, and (poorly!) translating. If anyone wants more info, I can provide it.

These were the sites I used, for references' sake:

Harvard: How to Read Medieval Handwriting

Medieval Writing:Tips for Transcribing

Medieval Paleography at Anglo-Norman.org

Manuscript Studies at U Alberta

if anyone here is involved with these sites, I appreciate them very much

EDIT: spellinkness errurs

TL/DR: Can anyone make out what I think is a date, HERE

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When was the first time after the war of independence that UK and the US were on good terms?

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Was the Byzantine Empire really that bureaucratic?

I've heard "byzantine" used to describe a complex, labyrinthine bureaucracy, but does the Byzantine Empire deserve this reputation? If so, what examples are there of this tendency?

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