One would think that after several hundred years of Ottoman rule, the population of Greece would have a substantial muslim population. Instead, muslims constitute only 2% of the population. Why is this the case?

Also are there any pictures for such armors?

Basically just the title. I saw another cool video of some present-day air-to-air refueling and thought "wow, that's super cool, that must have been really difficult to figure out."

So, how did this go from idea to reality?

how did they do it during the Vietnam war or as they call it The American War

The song's (in)famous spoken-word intro, spoken by an actress affecting a stereotypical "Valley Girl" accent:

Oh my God Becky, look at her butt

It is so big, she looks like

One of those rap guys' girlfriends

But, ya know, who understands those rap guys?

They only talk to her, because

She looks like a total prostitute, okay?

I mean, her butt, it's just so big

Uh, I can't believe it's just so round, it's like out there

I mean, uh, gross, look

She's just so... Black!

The song also contains the lyric:

I'm tired of magazines

Sayin' flat butts are the thing

Given the apparent proclivity today for larger posteriors across the board, is it true that popular culture and "magazines" in the 1990s militated against them? And was this, as Sir Mix-a-lot implies in the song, a divide along racial lines?

As the title states. Why was he sentenced to death? Did he commit war crimes or crimes against humanity? To my (fairly limited) knowledge he was the commander of the luftwaffe and a top ranking strategist, nothing that directly involved the holocaust. Please inform me if I'm wrong.

Hello AskHistorians subreddit, I am looking for some books recommendations about:

-dueling culture

-social etiquette

-social status

-development of fashion

-Trading and craftsmen guilds

I am primarly interested into europe (germany) between 1200 to 1700.

I hope the topics are not to wide spread to cover them. Thank you in advance!

Hello! I have a scan of two medieval charters from the 16th century relating to the village my grandmother lives, however it is in medieval latin... i'd struggle enough with the handwriting let alone the language. Could anyone help me out or point me somewhere to get some assistance? I would really appreciate it!

Pearl Harbor attack was December 7th during the day. War wasn't declared until the next day, a day after Canada declared war on Japan. What gives?

When Rome defeated tribes throughout the time of the empire, they never seemed to eliminate them in genocides whenever Rome won. Instead, Rome plundered them and sent them home, or even provided them with land in roman territory. How come? Was it because Rome was afraid that a large portion of the tribe, keeping themselves safe outside of Rome during an invasion, would retaliate? Or was it because they were afraid to inspire other tribes, and even inspire them to make genocides against the romans? Or was it simply because of moral / traditional reasons?

Of course it would have been horrible, especially in today's eyes, but why wasn't it a rational solution back then?

The church has always told in an apologetic way of how the first Christians were martyred in the colosseum: torn to pieces by lions under the eyes of the emperor and the Roman public, even the cinema over the years has handed down this story as for example in the film "quo vadis" , however, the most recent historians are disproving this thesis ... To date, what can be said about this story?

I was listening to a pretty well-respected Spanish philosopher -José Antonio Marina- at a recent conference and he talked about a historical episode that I'm struggling to find more information about.

In the context of valuing the importance of the rule of law, he said in the old Persian Empire -almost sure about the period-, when a king died, for 5 days all laws were suspended in order to make people understand the value of the law and order -obviously, those days were complete chaos- before the designation of the new ruler.

Has anyone any information about this fact?

Thanks in advance!!!

We all heard of the rise of Venice and how they dominated the Mediterranean but we have yet to hear from their strongest rival, Genoa.

How did Genoa rise to become a great naval empire in the Mediterranean?

I wanted to ask if we have any surviving examples from Acheamaneds body armor ???? like Iron scales, shoulder armor, or anything at all????

Disclaimer: I just started diving into the Native Americans history, I still have some confusions as I'm trying to get the chronological timeline in my head.

Thanks,

TL;DR: I don't know how to write books and need help to tell a story about recent historical events.

I've had this weird hobby for many years. I've read and studied certain sides of European post-war politics(post-colonial social democratic policy making and strategies during the cold war: what they did, why, and how they did it). I have read as much as I could, including recently declassified materials, and think that I've uncovered some interesting facts, and I want to summarize my finding for others to read. My problem is that I've never done anything similar in the past. I'm a STEM guy, not a historian.

I do know how to read and write, I have proper proof and sources, but I don't know how to present a very complex story in an entertaining and reader friendly way. I don't even know if I should write a book, a paper, article series, or something else.

The topic of my story is also a very touchy subject in today's Europe, so the result must be factually bulletproof and also readable and interesting for people who're less obsessed than I am :) At the same time, I really don't want to hype this or come across as some tin foil hat nut. So I'm reaching out for help here.

Here's what I've tried so far:

- Adding most facts to a wiki. That kinda worked OK, but people missed the point because I had very little control of the narrative. People just clicked on links they found interesting, which is good, but didn't necessarily ideal trying to stress a certain point.

- Writing everything down in chronological order. The idea was that readers would follow the time line and understand what happened and why it happened, and get that "This explains so much!" feeling I got. That was the most boring thing I've ever written, and I didn't even finish it. (There's so much material, and I don't know what to include and what to exclude, so I tried to add everything)

The last couple of years I haven't done much writing at all. Still, I think it's important to share the history with others and I want to give it another go, this time with input from professionals and experienced writers.

- Is there a textbook which describes how to write historical books? There are lots of books about "how to write your first novel," but I haven't seen any books named "Writing history books". (I'm not even sure a book is the right format, even if there's material enough for several books)

- A guy I know once wrote a book for Microsoft, who sent him a template document which he used when writing. Do similar templates exist for writing about other topics, e.g. history?

- Are there suitable online classes(YouTube, Khan) you guys recommend?

- Any other approaches, tools, literature, whatever? Anything is appreciated.

PS: Funny thing is that I don't even want to be a writer. I just feel this urge to tell people about this so they know what happened. Another motivation is to present my story so others can fact check it and find potential errors. I'm more than happy to provide all the sources and materials, credit and profits too, to anyone else interested in writing a book about this topic. (If I had any money, I'd hire a shadow writer to write it for me.)

Today, we take for granted the fact that while we can't speak every language, there's always someone who can speak it.

Historically, this obviously could not be the case.

When Columbus met indigenous Americans for example, there was no such system in place.

My question is pretty straightforward.

When two different civilizations met for the first time and had no reference for the language the other was speaking, how exactly did they go about communicating and bridging that communication?

How do you teach language to someone when you have no reference for their version of the words being spoken? What was the process of this like?