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In light of Bernie Sanders asking for the Wisonsin primaries to be held off for a time, I am wondering what effect, if any, the "Spanish Flu" had on the 1920 presidential elections?
I am wondering if there is any precedent for how the current presidential election could be effected.
Thank you.
Age of Empires 2 just added exploding flaming camels to the Tatar civilization. This is apparently based on something Tamerlane did when he invaded India in 1398. This is mentioned on Wikipedia, but the source it cites (Encyclopedia of Islam) is a dead link. Most google hits are just forums (either history of AOE forums)...I was wondering if there was a good source for this juicy historical tidbit?
Did the Southern US get more representation in Congress after the civil war when the former slaves counted for full citizens instead of just 3/5?
My great grandfather fought in World War 1 for the United States. This helmet has been in my family for years but they story I always got was that it was from WW2. Well none of my family that served in WW2 fought in Europe, so I think the helmet came from my great grandfather and that this helmet is from WW1. Can anyone confirm if this is a WW1 helmet? Here are some pictures https://imgur.com/gallery/hQ4tfDu
In this brief article on the Akitu festival in ancient Babylonia, it says: "The people were singing all kinds of songs. Three of them can be reconstructed: a frivolous hymn to the goddess of sexuality and love Ištar, a song in which Marduk's father Enlil was ridiculed as a god in the gutter, and an antiphonal hymn in which the gods were asked why they were not in their temples and replied that they had to be with Marduk." Is there any translation of these songs anywhere? Where could I look? I have been trying to find them for years; in particular the one about the "god in the gutter". Any ideas?
Why didn't the Kings of Piedmont-Sardinia take up the title of Emperor when they unified Italy? Did later kings want to adopt it?
It was the time for Emperors; from Brazil, Mexico (twice) Austria, Germany, France (twice); you couldn't walk without tripping on an imperial crown.
I am looking to learn and understand the Political and Historical context of Latin America/South America from 1900 up to now, are there any reccommended sources for this? Books, online lectures, videos, anything will help!
Thanks
When concentration camps were first discovered, was the scope of what was going on realized?
When did iron rims become common on wagon and cart wheels?
How common/uncommon is it to only have 1 primary source for a historical event? I am surprised to learn how many bible stories have little/zero corroborating sources especially for key figures like king david, apostles, jesus, etc.
During the American Revolution was there also nonviolent opposition to the British during the war? For instance were people going on strike, refusing service to soldiers, or having protests and marches?
Is there a good one-sentence response to people who make jokes like “Stalin paid the clouds not to rain” in reference to the Holodomor?
What is the most recorded living generations ie how many greats were there after grandparent?
Around the mid 19th century a lot of flintlock firearms were converted to percussion lock, and later more percussion longarms were converted to breach-loading blackpowder cartridge guns. Since the period of percussion firearms was relatively short lived, were there any examples of a longarm undergoing both conversions starting as a flintlock, converting to percussion, and ending up a cartridge firing gun?
How did basketball become popular in Europe? Who brought it there?
Medieval infantry in Britain and France from the 10th-13th centuries: How were they equipped, were they trained and were these professional soldiers and mercenaries, or militia and levies?
Americans in the past called people who were communist well... Commies. As a sort of throw away term to define who was the enemy. So, did the people's of the Soviet Union or China or Vietnam or Cuba have a throw way term for Capitalists?
In summary, what were the dominant religions in the Middle East and North Africa in between the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of the Islamic Caliphates, especially in areas not under Byzantine rule?
Where did medieval nobles store clothes? In a closer? And where would this closet be located?
How rich was stalin? I can't info on his personal wealth.
Any good literature the on Phoenician cities in the Levante (Byblos, Tyre). I looked at the book list and there are a couple of books on Carthage, but I'm specifically looking for something on the eastern cities.
At the beginning of the Black Death, how soon did people in those times realize that the disease was as infectious?
I’m asking because I’m assuming people in those days did not know much about diseases, and that since it was before the printing press, that knowledge was rather scarce and traveled slower
I'm currently reading New England Nation: The Country the Puritans Built and page 140 describes the practice of "putting a child out". As an example, the author quotes a primary source where a parent agrees to "put her daughter into the hands of Simon Thomas and his wife of Ipswich ropemaker to be as an apprentice, until she comes to the age of eighteen years".
My question is: Did this Puritan practice of "putting children out" cause children to have stronger ties to their "foster" families compared to their actual parents? Were there parents or children who resisted this practice, and if so, what were the consequences?
Side-question: This is my first read into Puritan history and it's really fascinating, are there any other books about this period of history or Puritan history in general?
During WW2 what was the British and French equivalent to the US infantry's 'Hoorah'?
Can anyone recommend a good book covering the plague? The wiki recommends one book but it appears to be a collection of primary sources and not necessarily a starting point for learning about the topic? I've looked online but I've found most of the books that come up regularly are pretty poorly researched or it's hard to find out about the quality of the research undertaken.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/books/wwii#wiki_japan
Any books on Imperial Japan, and Hirohito in particular, that have a publishing date more recent than two decades ago?
The only one from that list in this millennium is the last.