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When was the last time 100,000 people died in 2 months in US history?
We're just 7 months away from 2021, and with that, just 7 months away from questions about 9/11 being allowed under the current subreddit rules. Given this sub already has problems with Pearl Harbor, Holocaust, JFK, and Moon Landing conspiracy theories, I would imagine some similar problems are going to start popping up come the new year.
Does the mod team have any plans in place on how they might approach this issue, and more specifically whether they might consider changes to Rule 2?
I feel like the moderators may have already discussed this at some point but if they have, I can't find the post.
This is weird and niche enough that I'm not sure I expect an answer, but...
What's the deal with Song dynasty hats? Clicking through wikipedia, all of the emperors from this time are depicted with black headwear that has what I can only describe as lengthy 'wings' on each side.
Were these 'wings' functional? Were these hats for ceremonial use only (I imagine it'd be pretty difficult to go about your day with those protrusions)? How long were the 'wings' and how did they stay horizontal? What were they made of?
Example here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Song_Taizu.jpg/800px-Song_Taizu.jpg
Would anyone be able to point me to a book or two that might help be able to give me a good understanding of the workings of a modern or semi-modern (World War II and onward) naval capital ship or aircraft carrier?
I'm interested in what roles and responsibilities the crew had, from the bridge crew on down, and what daily life might have been/be like. Trying to understand what generally goes into allowing such a large vessel to function. Thank you!
Is this a historical quote, or did my mind just make it up? I'm a little fuzzy on the exact wording, but here it is:
"The state of Poland exists via/by treaty alone. It can be created/dismantled/created and dismantled at will." - At first i thought Goebbels, but I couldn't find it. Was it someone on the German general staff? I tried looking through Molotov's quotes but couldn't find it either.
Were there any wars that could be classed as religious before the advent of Christianity?
I am trying to write a paper on these remarkable neuroscientists. Marcelle and Louis loved each other and supported one another’s work, which obviously does not happen a lot. Louis encouraged people to read his wife’s work.
Can anyone please help me find more information on them?
Does anybody know of any WW2 operations where the allies had troops in nazi occupied France conducting sabotage/spy missions?
What are the best introductions to the Troubles in Ireland?
Was chloroform ever used by agents in WW2?
I am reading The Winter Fortress by Neal Bascomb and he states several times that agents were taught to use chloroform to knock out enemies. I thought the use of chloroform to knock people out was just a movie trope.
The South American potato revolutionized European cuisine and opened hundreds of thousands of acres to cultivation but the alpaca & llama has made no dent in European livestock;
Why was there no interest in these animals' fibers & meat in Europe or the European colonies?
Were the Spanish rodeleros developed intentionally to replicate the classic arms of the Roman legionary? It's something I hear occasionally but I'm somewhat skeptical.
What was the age of majority in America in the late 1800s? I tried googling stuff on this but I kept getting answers that were:
a) not in the late 1800s
b) not in America
c) modern-day articles on the age of majority
d) a and b
Then I remembered that reddit exists. So I decided to ask for help here.
Does anyone know what the hat that Simon Bolivar is called? Its the one that looks like the sideways Napoleon hat, and I've seen many prominent officers in Hispanic militaries wear it that were his contemporaries, but I don't know the name of it.
Why does the US have a larger population than the UK?
As the US was originally ruled by the UK, I assume that the UK initially had a much larger population (as it was the 'homeland' and people had to travel from the UK to reach the US). Given this, why does the US have a population that is almost am order of magnitude larger than the UK?
What are some of the single weeks in US history that are similar to recent events in terms of scale and variety of negative events?
I can think of single negative events that may compare but not any situations where multiple historical events occured concurrently. I can elaborate more on what I mean if need be, but I'm not sure if that would break the recent events rule.
Looking at medieval siege art I see small wooden walls used for cover by attackers and have small shooting slits in them so archers can fire at the defenders from relative safety. What is that piece of cover called?
I read that the Etruscans invented Broccoli amongst many other plants. The word ”broccoli” is however of Italian origin. Has the original word for broccoli survived in some ancient texts?
I'm watching Shoah right now and there is a scene being described that the Nazis ordered to have the Jews' hair to be cut before they were gassed. They were sent to Germany after. Why is this?
Does anyone have any book recommendations for learning about the Chinese philosopher Hu Shih? Hu Shih and the Chinese Renaissance: Liberalism in the Chinese Revolution, 1917–1937 is the only thing I can find and it was written in 1970. I still plan on reading it, but I was hoping there was something else a little more modern.
Does anyone have good documentaries about southeast Asia or East Asia ? I don't mind if they aren't in English. Or documentaries about the ethnicities of Asia ?
Which book should I read to learn about the Japanese intervention in the Russian civil war and its eventual withdrawal?
Particularly interested in Japanese post war politics
Who was the youngest mayor of philadelphia?
When was the legal drinking age in the United States established?
How come when I browse this subreddit, a post will say it has a number of responses, but only the comment from the bot is there? I’ll frequently find posts that say they have between 2-6 comments, but when I look there is only one from the bot
I’m doing a primary source analysis for my Historical Methodology course and I stumbled upon Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Address for Universal Suffrage. Are speeches considered primary sources?
The AH Booklist has a history of Juan Peron and Peronism. It recommends familiarity with Argentine history before reading it. However, there is no recommended book on Argentine history. Any suggestions? L.A. Romero's History of Argentina in the Twentieth Century seems to have very good reviews, but seems also to focus mostly on economics- and it would seem a pity to read something without Gardel or Borges.
Why were stirrups considered to be such an important invention? What impacts did they have on military and civilian aspects of life?
Is there any evidence Nazi's referred to prisoners/workers in their concentration camps specifically as 'consumers'?
Does anyone know any countries that were invaded by the USA and pretty much used the countries resources and abandoned it within the last 100 years. I know they did a lot of that in South America, but does anyone have other places or specific names for this?
French knights are often portrayed wearing light blue tunic/caparison etc. Is this from a particular order, and if so, which one? If it's not, why are they often portrayed this way?
Edit: So look a bit more, are they to do with the house of Bourbon? If so, why is this house often picked to be representative of France? Is it just because it's distinctive?
Who was Joseph Wellington "Jo" Byrns Sr. (the 41st Speaker of the House in the US) ?
Why does it seem that communism and authoritarianism are inexplicably intertwined? Has there ever been a large-scale communist society that didn't (at some point) become authoritarian?
Word on the street is that Soviets moved their industry into the Urals before the start of WWII;
Did this area remain the industrial heartland of the USSR or was industry shifted west pretty quickly after the fighting?
Has the US government ever made an official statement about the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Excluding Truman's statement in August of 1945, I'm curious if there exists an official statement from the government that maybe attempts to justify or provide an official stance on the use of the atomic bomb.
Are there any good books written about George Washington Carver? Especially his political views? Seems like he was vilified by his contemporaries as kind of the first black conservative.
How successful was Revolutionary Catalonia in terms of the worker's "seizing the means of production"? I know discussion has been made on this subreddit regarding socialism being introduced by the state. However, I'm curious whether this goal was achieved without the use of a government/state or of it resulted in a new form of group "hoarding the wealth" instead?
Are there any translated records of ancient financial scripts? It would be interesting to see how data was organized and indexed back then.
We all know about how the US interned Japanese-Americans during WW2, but what about German-Americans? Did they face a significant amount of persecution during WW2?
What were the biggest settlements outside of the Roman empire in Europe