I have seen arguments that the revolutionary war primarily served the interests of America's wealthy land owners, but have recently come across a lot of material that constantly references a sense of responsibility towards the sacrifice of revolutionaries that was widespread in the 19th century. Were average Americans swept up by propaganda to serve an interest not their own, or did winning independence produce tangible positive changes in the daily lives of the middle and working classes?
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Obviously there has been plenty of drugs and other things banned in the U.S. without an act of Congress and an amendment to the Constitution. Just curious as to why this route was taken with alcohol.
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If so, how would the Vikings have interacted with these dwarves if they had stumbled upon them?
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I mean like Napoleon Bonaparte kinda was an enemy of Germany's grandfather right? Did he appreciate history or what?
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Even hot countries such as India observe this custom.
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Given the region he probaly wasn't white. Who was he modeled after? Why change it in the first place?
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Thanks for the input.
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There's a lot of "OMG the Maya sailed to Egypt" or "OMG the Phoenicians sailed to Mexico" stuff going on, which I'm assuming is all crazytalk. Reading the Wikipedia article it sounds like much of this has been debunked already, but I wanted to ask you folks: What is the academic community's view on all this? How are these outlying "discoveries" explained? Scientific error? Some alternate source for these materials we didn't know about?
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I am doing a school project and one of the questions ask who my leader of choice (Lincoln) looked up to as a "hero". Thanks!
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http://nextstopmagazine.com/article/2014/1/12/How-the-Pyramids-Were-Really-Built-A-Working-Theory
I have been an avid reader of this subreddit for some time but have never asked a question. I saw this video and found it both plausible and interesting but, as I am not an expert, I do not know if it is, in fact, a realistic theory on the building of the pyramids. I apologize if I have broken a rule by posting a video. I did not see anything here telling me not to but I am genuinely interested in reading your scholarly responses and nothing more. And thank you all for this very interesting page.
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Hello r/Askhistorians, last semester I took a survey course of the Ancient Near East. I was very interested with the topics on the Hittite Empire, 1600 BCE- Approximately 1200 BCE, and would like to research the topic further. Does anybody have some recommendations for further research on this subject?
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What led to Bloody Kansas?
How bloody was bloody kansas?
When did the violence subside?
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Any info you can give would be helpful, pulled it out of a drawer while moving so thought I'd get some wisdom from Reddit wisdom.
http://i.imgur.com/eTDyNvX.jpg - Back
http://i.imgur.com/mncOQyR.jpg - Front
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The end of the republic is, in most things I've read, was/is seen as a sort of tragedy, and some authors have portrayed Caesar (or others) as villainous for their part in ending it. I'm reading The Agricola, and Tacitus basically opens the book by mourning the lost intellectual spirit of the republic!
However, I've always gotten the impression that the republic was as violent, unpredictable and bigoted as many of the 'bad' emperors who were to come.
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