Hey r/askhistorians! I'm looking to see if there's a possibility of a document from 1822 existing. Here's a little back story:

On 12/22/1822, the El Salvador government formally asked the United States for annexation to the union.

I wanted to see if there any chance there are surviving documents from the request or the meeting., and where someone would look for them.

Thank you!

Hello. I hope it's OK to ask this - I've just had an older relative ask for a DVD on the Spanish Civil War for Christmas. He never asks for very much, so I'd really like to try to get him a good one. However, I'm looking at Amazon and doing some Googling, and there don't seem to be many out there on this topic - and the DVDs I'm finding have mixed reviews.

Please can you recommend the best (most interesting, balanced) DVD documentary on the Spanish Civil War?

We're in the UK and I don't think his DVD player can play NTSC, so it needs to be a PAL format DVD.

I'm curious about the number of cities medieval European countries had. With the population boom from the industrial revolution, cities became a lot more common. But how common were they in the past?

Was wall-to-wall carpeting ever used in buildings before the invention of the vacuum cleaner? If so, how was it maintained?

So, there are a lot of groups that watch bad movies by choice to make fun or laugh at. Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax are a few of the more prominent today, but hardly the only. But when did people start seeking out bad movies to make fun of?

In trying not to break the rules, I discovered this weekly post which is probably better-suited for my question than a full post.

#Is there a good archive of traditional music of non-American cultures?

Context: I enjoy the podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz. This week's episode was about Alan Lomax and his efforts to archive the myriad styles of traditional music in America, especially those that never really expanded past their initial borders. He ended up interested in plenty of other cultures' musics as well, but his work (and the podcast) focused mostly on the American music. A lot of his work ended up in the Library of Congress.

I would love to experience and study this kind of traditional music of other cultures from around the world. Do you know if there is somewhere online, or more likely multiple somewheres online, where I could experience this? Or if there is a better place to ask this question than this subreddit, could you direct me there instead?

I'm a little late this week, but I'm looking for a good book or two on John Moses Browning, and possibly on Smith&Wesson or Winchester (the people, although the companies would naturally be a part of that.) I recently read a book on Samuel Colt and enjoyed it, so now I'm looking to learn about other American firearms designers.

I did try the booklist with no success, but if I've simply been stupid and missed something I apologize.

How did people learn vastly different languages back in the day?

Like, let's say I am an Austrian/Byzantine missionary in the X century and I am put in charge of evangelizing the Hungarian newcomers. Considering the level of difficulty of the Hungarian language, how would I have to learn their language in order to preach christianity?

I recall hearing about the Carnation Revolution and decided to learn more. I had looked around and multiple sources were talking about this long war Portugal was in from 1961 to 1974. Is Portugal's colonial war a key cause of the 1974 Carnation Revolution? I recall hearing reading on Encyclopedia Britannica it wasn't a particularly deadly war, so why did it matter to the Portuguese people?

Does the advent of email and other digital technologies mess with historiography? I mean 90s onwards almost everyone using emails. Bye bye letters [ta ta coloured ink, kickass calligraphy and gift wrapping and all that shit], parcels with handwritten notes on them, etc. Also, most heads of state were articulate as hell.

Now it's all emails, isn't it? Instant, efficient prose, and best of all recallable. Will historians of the future be poring through old emails instead of paper correspondence . No more wax seals, yellow crumbling paper and delicate handling of manuscripts and Magna Cartas to view and wonder at. Does this keep ya'll up at night?

Is Jan Morris' Pax Britannica trilogy worth the read/ do they hold up academically? I'm really interested in her and her life and was wondering about her books. Thank you.

Did Galen have a daughter who was a lesbian, and/or did he develop a theory of lesbianism? According to this paper, medieval Arab writers thought so, but the author didn't say why they believed this or if it had any truth to it.

How would a musketeer light their slow match cord?

Why is the American War of Independence often called the American Revolution? What was revolutionary about it?

Hi, simple question here,

Why was the caste system still in place in India even though Ghandi had technically won the civil rights for Indians? Wouldn't it be hypocritical?

Thanks!

Has america ever been so politically divided?

Just wondering; what was the Hittite (the Anatolian, PIE-speaking people that took over after the Hatti and are known as Kheta in the Egyptian sources) endonym? I have heard Neshili bandied around, but wasn't that their name for their language, not their cultural/racial identity?

I remember reading in a history textbook for my high school class a story about a freed slave who walked hundreds of miles to reunite with his family. Is there any official account of this occurring? Like from freed slave interviews or the such?

How come we call all empires empires?

As far as I know, emperors (imperatores, commanders) are called what they're called in English because of the Roman political climate around two thousand years ago, and in most European languages the word for emperor and empire have a similar history (eg. German Kaiser from Caesar.)

I have also heard that later on empires took an important role in Christian theology, cf. the four kingdoms of Daniel, and the feud between the HRE and Constantinople over whether the ruler of the other state was an emperor.

Cut to now, everybody has had their own empire. Both the French and the Germans have had two more, the British and the Russians have also founded one each. There have been plenty of empires outside of Europe, such as Japan or China, even though the term seems to be very much European. When and how did we reach a point where people became comfortable with calling for example the Turkish or Mongolian states empires?

Can anybody recommend a high-quality text on the history of coastal land reclamation in the United States?

(Battle Of Thermopylae) Where did Sparta exactly die and fight in the battles? "I can't find it,please send me the name"

Who had more of an impact on the success or failures for Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh, or Vo Nguyen Giap?

Do we know who invented spit roasting whole animals (over indirect heat)? Like this? Was it Turks? Mongols? African Americans? Native Americans?

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/43/7e/fd/437efd006afcbea81021f5ecf0dc4662.jpg

Looking for a quote/more info on a situation. I’m not sure of the person who said it, but I remember an anecdote from History class in Highschool. As I recall, it had something to do with a US Admiral (Dewey?) seeing his sailors celebrate after they sunk a Spanish ship (Battle of Manila Bay?). He chastised them saying that while they celebrated, people were dying. Could anyone help me find the person, the battle, and the quote?

What are the black military uniforms used in the movie Amistad?

Has there been construction site "tourism" or paid visiting at the construction site of the Great Exhibition in 1851 in London (Crystal Palace)?

This video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzvHv9CmdKQ&list=PL8Cq9e5mLANVfH1tUGTuSTaMN2Os6DUJE&index=5 , 9:23 min is where he talks about it) states that people could visit the construction for a 5 shilling entrance fee - but try as I might, I can't find any mention about this anywhere else and I'm not sure I want to just trust a random youtube video on this.

Where might I go to learn about the movement and actions of specific American units in WWII? According to the limited information I have, my grandfather was a medic in the US Army's 34th Infantry Division during the invasion of Sicily, and during D-Day he was in the 26th Regiment. If that isn't enough info to go on, let me know and I can try to dig up some more details.

Is there any research into general human alcohol tolerance over the course of history?

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I know that we had some as monkeys, hence being able to eat fermenting fruit and getting more nutrition. And ever since the first guy accidentally made beer, we have been drinking it, as well as improving our refining techniques to the point where some people(as in a culture not an individual) just drink basically pure alcohol at this point. Would that have killed an ancient babylonian when they were just barely fermenting some barley?

I've looked through the book list and I can't find any section devoted to Ancient Greek myths. What book do you like that gives a good overview of all the Greek myths?

I'm a student of an MA in International Relations and looking to get a better framework to frame my study in, and am now looking to get an overview of the most significant historical events historians consider shaped the relationships between countries to this day, mostly focused on later 19th century up to today.

I'm looking for a book that I could use both to read continually and as a guide for quick clarification of historical facts. I can be more specific if you have suggestions how. Can you recommend me a book?

Hello! My mom recently got be a little bust statue, but it has no name or date on it, and I was wondering how I could figure out who it is.https://imgur.com/FSzwetm

The Islamic Calendar as used for Muslim religious traditions is Lunar in nature, and therefore holidays and religious observances (such as the Ramadan fast) take place at different times in the Gregorian calendar each year. But this invites a question: Did Muslim communities from, say, 900 C.E., also maintain a concurrent solar calendar for secular purposes such as agriculture?

What color was Austria-Hungarian WW1 uniforms? I keep finding mixed signals when I research it.

How did the USSR's Mi-24 helicopter earn the name 'Shaitan-Arba'?

I've heard a story about how one particular Mi-24 was deployed to evacuate a Soviet unit surrounded by mujahideen during Afghanistan, but they had run out of ammunition, so they Mi-24 pilot essentially made dangerously aggressive maneuvers that scared the mujahideen away and allowed them to evacuate their comrades without having to fight off a nearby enemy. I'm very unsure about this story, but the 'Shaitan-Arba' nickname I'm sure of.

I know this is a dumb question, but with online learning I can’t really get ahold of my teacher. When I’m writing a paper should I use the historical city name as it’s referenced in my primary source or the modern one?

[Japanese History] What are these hats? This I believe is depicting the 13th to 14th century. Could this be the folded lacquered hat mentioned in Sengoku Daimyo?