To fast during a war would put you at a massive disadvantage. Did Muslim armies make an exception for war?

Why did religions like islam,Christianity, Judaism,catholicism get so many followers while religions like greek,Egyptian,Norse die out

I've heard that there was some debate during the war of independence about how to name the new nation, and that the two most popular options where Anahuac and Mexico

What strikes me is that both names are nahuatl words, but few leaders of the movement were natives, and those who were spoke other native languages and not nahuatl

So, why where those the most popular options? And why the Mexico end up winning?

During WW2, Croatia created a deathcamp system under fascist Ante Pavelic. Due to the extreme polarization and political bias that inevitably pops up when researching any conflict from the Balkans an accurate death count is hard to pin down (at least for a college kid like me). How many people died in Jasenovac? Any suggestions on sources on this subject?

From my understanding, this group worked for the Ephors as a sort of Spartan "secret police" to keep tabs on the helots. I was reading Plutarch recently, and he expresses doubt that such an institution existed.

That leads to my question: Is there a consensus among modern historians on the existence of the Crypteia? How much evidence do we have that it existed?

So, there are two regions in Poland which, in English, they are referred to as Greater Poland and Lesser Poland. This, unsurprisingly, leads to many jokes.

I was curious just what makes the two different. Why is one "Greater" and one "Lesser"?

When does what we would consider to racism start to be written down and recorded in some way? We're the Babylonians, Egyptians, and Shang Dynasty peoples including racism in some of the first pieces of writing or did that emerge later?

We all know Columbus was last or second to discover the "American" Continents. We also know the Vikings discovered the American continent before him, be it way more north. We also know that Thor Heyerdal experimented and succeeded in Sailing to America with an Papyrus boat ancient egypt style. Does that suggest that it was possible for the egyptians? Or was Thor Heyerdals experiment a hoax or mistaken? Are there any chances of like egyptians or Phoenicians to have discovered the American continent before the Vikings by sea travel.

Edit1: to clarify, I am interested in Europeans or people from the region of the Mediterranean sea (maybe ancient ones) to have reached America by crossing the atlantic ocean. But if possible I am also interested in Non-european civilizations to have reached the Americas by Sea/Ship/Boat. Also the question shall not suggest that I think the indigenous people of the continents America were not civilizations with highly developed cultures. If this question is too broad and not fit for this subreddit, I wish to apologize.

The “Native American flute,” often made and played by white people with no connection to an actual indigenous community, is a somewhat popular instrument in New Age music. Go into any New Age-y shop and you’ll see dreamcatchers and supposedly “Native American” herbal remedies and such. Spirit animals and “Native American” sayings/proverbs/blessings/etc. find their way into New Age-y belief systems.

None of it seems to be very well-grounded in actual indigenous practice or belief, and again it’s often espoused by people with little to no connection to an indigenous community. So what factors led all this “Native American” stuff to become so prevalent in the New Age movement?

Hi everyone, I know that the "I want to learn all of history, how do I start?" question has already been posed on this sub, but I have a specific version of it that should sound less ambitious.

I am a 28 yo mexican International Relations graduate, and I decided to devote some of my free time in the next few years to studiying history, since I recall loving history exams during my college studies. So I do not start entirely from scratch, especially for what regards contemporary history and international relations history.

My goal would be to gain a general understanding of global history from ancient Greece onwards, so that later on I can see what period I like the most, so that I can focus on it. What I lack is a "framework" for me to interpret the books that I read in a structured way, making sense of history itself and not just of the notions.

My plan right now is to contact someone from the college I graduated and ask suggestions on what courses they would find appropriate for this task, and read the books in the syllabus of said courses. However, reading is not always possible to me, so I would like to add a video counterpart. Is there any YouTube Channel with great and somewhat in depth content (don't wanna sound cocky, but 30 mins videos about WWII aint gonna cut it, I studied some popular topics in depth) that covers the whole history at least of the western world? Or maybe some specific channels for historical periods? I would like to start chronologically, in Order to have the basis for the "next" historical period in line Thank you.

TL;DR: Looking for in depth history video content that ranges from ancient times to contemporary history

It would be an extremely bizarre and possibly unconstitutional thing today for instance to imagine Joe Biden asking John Roberts to go negotiate a treaty with the EU High Representative. Why then were judges used for this purpose, being this involved in political negotiations of such significance, in 1794? Was it a reasonably accepted practice then? And when and how did it stop?

I was wondering this when I was reading the Makioka sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki, in it the main characters are friends with a German family that move back to Nazi Germany. There is mention of "the czech problem" and the Hitler youth but no mention of Germany's anti Semitism which seems strange to me. What was public opinion of Germany's actions during this time? Was the public indifferent to anti semitism?

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For this round, let’s look at: Decolonization! What does it mean to remake that which has been broken? To restore which was stolen? To reclaim land, power, and culture that was taken by force? This week is about exploring the concept decolonization - the thinkers behind the concept, evidence of it in practice, and anything else you'd like to teach us.

In Crusader Kings 2, there's an alt-history expansion where the Aztecs discover how to sail via the ocean and invade Europe.

This is obviously quite far from reality, but how remote was the possibility of this ever happening. Could this have ever realistically been a possibility?

I see the The blazing world (1666) cited often as being 'the first sci-fi book ever', and lots of works mentioned n the modern literary cannon like Frankenstien and War of the Worlds - but im sure that there must have been ancient equivalents of 'in 50 years there will be flying cars' types of thoughts existing in society.

I'm writing a murder mystery story for my wife as a Christmas present and need a profession for my main red herring. I had originally wanted him to be a doctor as that would give him the knowledge of human anatomy and history with scalpels but it seems that, after a few hours of research, that this would not be a realistic profession for a man of the gentry. So, are there any other good professions that would work? He can't be idle rich as then there would be no way for the lead to meet him?

Thank you for your time :)

Edit: if you're curious, the murder mystery is about Jack the Ripper starting up again a few decades later. I know it's pulpy but my wife adores this kind of thing

Rome and Persia had a long history with each other, which varied from neutral to negative depending on which period is being discussed. This culminated in a final conflict between the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanid Empire in the early 600s; both empires were weakened afterward, and the emergence of islam afterward completely conquers the Sassanid Empire for good.

My question is; is there any record of the Byzantines having any awareness of the Persians after that final war? To the best of my knowledge, anything mentioned afterward is almost exclusively through the periphery of islam, wherein the persians, if they ever interacted with the romans, seemingly identified themselves as islamic rather than persian. The khwarazmian empire, a decidedly more persian-esque empire, doesn't even have any mention of byzantine relations as far as I could see. The measurable roman-persian relations just seem to cease following the war, with the last possible reference being the Battle of Firaz.

I get that this is probably poorly worded, but I haven't a clue where to look, given how the conversation could get awkward.