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To what extent do differences in pottery throughout time reflect broader cultural changes?
From my decidedly non-expert view on the subject, it seems like pottery forms the main basis for dividing, say, the Funnelbeaker Culture from the later Globular Amphora culture, or between Linear Pottery Culture and Roessen culture. Do we think that such changes represent linguistic, technological, and/or population shifts as well, or are these mostly just terms of convenience?
Did medieval carpenters use any kind of wood glue or was everything done by the tightness of the fittings?
How did American farmers end up so reliably Republican?
I grew up on a farm, and back in the 70s and 80s all of the farmers I knew were all super Republican.
So we condemn what Canadians did to the First Nations, what Americans did to Indians, what Spaniards did to the Mexicans, what Russians did to Siberian’s, what Australians did to Aborigines, etc.
It seems like the modus operandi is to destroy the language and the culture. This was done by taking children from parents and putting them in occupier schools. It was done by banning the language. It was done by destroying their cultural history.
It seems like every occupier does this. So the question is: Does it work? And what are they trying to do?
In the concluding months of European part of WW2, was there any concern or possibility of rapidly advancing Red Army getting bombed by RAF/USAAF unaware of detailed Soviet advances?
In light of the recent events: has there ever been a British Prime Minister who would loose every single vote in House of Commons during his or hers tenure?
What exactly is "Great Man" Theory?
Who was Secretary of the interior under Martin Van Buren?
What is the history of the concept of 'NSFW' and a watershed separating 'respectable' public content and more controversial private content?
What was the first non-European / non-western expedition to circumnavigate Earth?
Given that the J didn't come till centuries after his rule what would have King John of England been called during his reign?
W. E. B. Du Bois makes a reference to “Danish blacks”. Would that mean an Afro Caribbean person coming from the Danish West Indies?
Was Charles XII the first person to attempt a major invasion of Russia?
Why did Napoleon call himself the Emperor of the French and not Emperor of the French Empire?
What was the Eastern Orthodox Church’s thoughts on the catholic Monastic Military Orders? Since they also had an intense Monastic tradition, did they ever consider arming the monks? Or did they shun clergy shedding blood?
Were British soldiers during the second half of the 19th c. up to WW1 actually required to grow moustaches if they were able to? If so, what is the origin of this regulation?
Is there a good list of Abbasid-era governors and what provinces they ruled over?
What was the thickness of the hulls of Roman quinqueremes/triremes around 200 BCE
Looking for two book recommendations.
Something on France between around 1960 and 1970. I am really interested in how France went from the brink of a right-wing/OAS insurrection and attempts on De Gaulle's life to the events of May 1968 just a few years later. I already have A Savage War of Peace on hold at the library.
Something on the lighter/readable/introductory side of the Seven Years War, focused particularly on what was happening in North America and France's more or less expulsion from the continent as a result.
Thanks!
Anthropology Vs History.
What's the difference?
Do musical pieces undergo the same gradual change across the ages as stories do?
What would the average height of an Arabian in around the 600s have been? Descriptions of Muhammad (PBUH) say that he was a little above average height, and I was curious what that would've been in modern day units.
In the course of research for my senior thesis, I found the statement that, in general in the European Neolithic, stone circles/non-funerary megalithic monuments are aligned on the summer solstice, while tombs are aligned on the winter solstice. Does this observation bear weight?
What were/are secret society members referred to as. To put it simpler, if you were on the Boston Celtics, you’d be a player, an athlete, a Celtic, or so on. In that same vein, what would you call a member of a secret society. Or if it’s group specific, like the Freemasons, what would they be?
In the novel "The Steel Wave" by Jeff Shaara, Gen. Gavin taps a sergeant from the 505th PIR to be his aid when he is reassigned to assist in the planning for Overlord. Shaara has stated that everything that happens to his composite characters (Sgt Jesse Adams in this case) actually happened to a real person. Who, if anyone, was the basis for this particular story arc? Did Gavin bring more than one NCO as an aid?
What was so controversial about the trial of Masaharu Homma? I recently read that the verdict was opposed by both the first president of the philippines and a US Supreme Court justice.
I am really looking forward to studying history next year at university, but I can't wait. Is there a book or something that I should read so that I am better prepared for university?
There is a common trope in fiction when one army suddenly and unexpectedly arrives and routes another army which is engaged at battle with former army ally. Did such situation ever happened at remarkable scale during Middle Ages (or New Age)?
Can someone direct me to a source with the documents of the NSDAP? I'm looking for a particular memo from the RuSHA. Thanks.
It seems like a lot of historical artifacts have gone missing in one way or another. Is there ever a systematic search for specific items or is it generally assumed they're stashed away somewhere and will turn up eventually?
Why are Anglican religious orders in the Global North* lacking teaching orders, in stark contrast to Roman Catholic religious orders? I know when Anglican religious orders were first permitted, many of the original orders were teaching orders, but they have disappeared - certainly in Anglican schools today you don't usually get nuns or monks teaching like you would in a Catholic school. Why did they disappear? Is it because Anglicans don't have historic teaching orders like the Dominicans?
*I know this is not the case elsewhere
When were mandatory education laws passed in New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania?
Can anyone explain to me why my history 1301 class would be taking more of an anthropological/argumentative approach? Professor made it clear that we wont be tested on what we read from our books, but to use it as a reference as we learn to build arguments based around those things.
What are the main primary sources used for the ancient Egyptian gods?
Did the German national socialists pursue or intend to pursue telepathy as a biological alternative to technological communication?
Do/did banks profit from war?
If so, on what scale? And why is it accepted ?