Sorry, I can't get answer on my main thread so I'm trying my luck here.

Color Yellow was strongly associated with the Emperor in Puyi's biography. TV dramas set in Ming and Qing also have Emperors in yellow. But when you see dramas set in earlier era such as Qin and Han, the Emperors didn't always wear yellow.

How did the color of the Chinese Emperor changed across the time? And why did they chose Yellow for quite a long time?

When Russia was westernizing under Peter the Great or other reform focused monarchs/regimes; Was converting from Cyrillic to Latin alphabet considered?

Since so many of the Nobility had already studied foreign languages like french and german, and that the population was majority illiterate, seems like a good point to convert your writing system.

Like Turkey did in the late 1920s.

Was Charlemagne ever interested in conquering Britain as an extension of his conquest of all the Saxons, reclaiming former Roman territory, or turning it into a vassal?

What was their diplomatic relations as Christian Germanic realms?

What is the earliest record of the idea that slavery is bad and immoral. Were there any ancient philosophers, figures or civilisations that condemned it?

Did I figure out the unknown exchange rate of currency during the 11th century, late Heian period?

Japan's Heian period during the 11th century was known to use rice as its currency, there is no evidence we have that supports any knowledge on how the exchange rate was like for the rice currency apart from probably lots of haggling and negotiations. But after 4 days of researching because l want to write a story based around the era of knight, samurai and "Viking", l found out a potential answer from these links.

https://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/units.html

https://www.japanese-wiki-corpus.org/history/Shaku%20(a%20unit%20of%20length%20defined%20by%20the%20traditional%20East%20Asian%20system%20of%20weights%20and%20measures).html

https://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/volume/jshaku/jshaku-to-drygallon.html?u=jshaku&v=1%2C000

The answer also required me using references to japan's 17th-century koku, which l found on Reddit roughly a horse was equivalent to 1 koku to 5 koku. Which is 181kg to 724kg. Now if we are to base off shaku which was a form of measurement from china and carried over to japan around the 8th century. Since this was the main unit before koku, I'm assuming Shaku was the way of currency measuring rice.

1000 Shaku is apparently 4 gallons, which to kg is 15kg, you would 12000 shaku for a horse as 1000 x 12 = 180kg

So a horse is worth a minimum of 12000 shaku. Then based off the horse value compared to normal items such as basket we can determine the exchange rates for items.

If you have found any errors or better answers please do tell! I doubt this is the right answer since professional historians are unable to determine the answer and I'm not sure if the links are credible but this was the best answer l found.

In what sense did ancient Greek and other pre-guttenberg authors "publish" books? For example, Caesar famously wrote accounts of his conquests for public relations purposes, and the extant writings of Aristotle are lecture notes, not his "published" dialouges. But what does it mean to "publish" a book without a press? Were all these manuscripts copies by hand? Why does the term "publish" pop up, then, in writing about the classical era, if in reality that doesn't make sense?

How long did women of the last few centuries actually spend just getting ready for a typical day? Some garments and hairstyles are very complex. Were these actually everyday things or do we have a survivors bias for special occasions?

I have two 200 year old real Nihonga style japanese paintings, and i need help on which subreddit i should use to translate/get information on these.

Why can't father's be in the delivery room when women are giving birth in Russia?

Are there any historians here who would know a way to get physical film developed from an American military camera used during the Korean War? We are willing to donate the physical items (camera, case, film etc) in exchange for copies of the images if a museum or other institution is able to help us.

When were screws invented?

Could you recommend some movies/tv shows set in the early or high Middle Ages, that are historically accurate?

I'm sure its been asked before, but Reddit's search is being as useful as a wet musket cartridge on a mud soaked battlefield.

Waterloo seems a very compact battlefield, from Hougoument, thru La Haie Saint to the farm of Mount St. Jean seems to be only a few miles (maybe 4 or so kilometres) and from La Belle Alliance to Braine L'Alleud about 2 kilometres)

Was the density of the battle considered unusual for the time? Or am I misreading the maps? and did it have any impact on future battle tactics?

I want to know whether Jews were under-represented or over-represented in the German parliament in 1930. Is there a list of Reichstag members I can consult somewhere?

Meta question: is there a sub where people discuss answers from this sub in a more informal, less moderated setting? I mean, for example, reflections that an answer brings up in my mind that has no relationship to the question asked really, but might be fun to chat about. Or sometimes I see answers that I feel like I'd like to add to (or even dispute) but certainly not in a way that would meet the rules of the sub. Just curious if there's something akin to r/bestoflegaladvice for this sub.

What happened in the Kosovo war in 1998-1999? Why was there an exodus?

How did the Oak leaf become such an entrenched german symbol/decoration?

Has a sacrifice of a person ever led to a bigger change in political system (or anything similarly important)?

What was the economic system of Serbia and Montenegro following the breakup of Socialist Yugoslavia? Did they remain with a socialist economic system or did they turn towards capitalism?

Were the Normans basically Vikings who settled in France and became Christians? Or is this a gross oversimplification?

Where is that post i read recently about the history of asian racism on here?

At what point did the US military stop using the "T" prefix for their prototype and pre-production equipment (T6 became M4 Sherman, T43 became M103 heavy tank, T44 became M14 rifle), and switch to the "XM" prefix (XM16E1 rifle became M16A1, XM60 became M60)?

Were there any pilots who became aces in both World Wars?

What books would you recommend for learning about life in Indonesia during Dutch colonial rule (1600s-1950s), especially Chinese Indonesians? Would A Brief History of Indonesia be helpful? (Some of the books and sources I've seen have been in Indonesian but I can only speak English.)

Best book to read to get an idea of christianity and its influences between 76-276 AD?

The Nazi regime was Aryan supremist, and considered other non-Aryan europeans (and any non-europeans) as "inferior races". But today when we talk about neo-nazis we usually refer to them as "white-supremists". Did hate groups became more inclusive or is the term we use had changed? When and why did it happen?

Did other countries besides the USA and the USSR try to recruit Nazi scientists and did they have any success?

Is "A Peace to End All Peace" by David Fromkin outdated or is it still a useful resource?

Any recommendations for a good chunky book focused on the Capetian dynasty (and France during that period)? Preferably not too dry, but with good historical accuracy?

A simple yes-or-no question: Did ancient natives of Caribbean islands have armor?

What did Zpliny the Elder mean thst silphium mixed with wine causes serpents to burst?

I'm reading "Land Without Justice" by Milovan Djilas. Is this book in any way skewed? Is he a biased person or is he portraying Yugoslavia accurately?

Could anyone direct me to a good map of the Fens of the East of England before they were drained? I'm mostly interested in the islands - all the maps I can find on Google show roughly the same islands in the same positions, but the only ones I can identify are Ely and March. I'd like to know more about what settlements were on the smaller islands.

Hello,

I was watching 7 years in Tibet by Jean-Jacques Annaud, and when China invades Tibet, there is a woman speaking (in Chinese I believe, or else in Tibetan) through speakers.

I would like to know if anyone could send me a link or a way to search for audio files like that.

(You can hear what I'm talking about at this time stamp in the movie: 1:53:05)

Thank you in advance

Looking to see if there’s book recommendations for the history of Latvia, more specifically in the WWII period? My late grandmother came from there and survived during WWII living in a Soviet displaced person camp. I do a lot of reading on Nazi Germany but realized after having a conversation with my mom the other day I haven’t done much reading on Latvia during WWII.

why is the western border of ohio straight?

Hey guys, just wondering if you could point me in the direction of the very best history podcasts in your mind? Authenticity means a lot to me, as I'm trying to derive information from sources that are unbiased as possible.

Any subject is fine as long as it's authentically represented but I'm most interested in: Seljuks, Ottomans, Ancient Rome

How would I go about reading the headstamp on this casing? I assume navy and during WWI, but nothing matches the resources I've checked so far. Thanks.

I'm reading Michael Kater's "Culture in Nazi Germany" which explores how culture was reformed in order to align with the NSDAP's gleichschaltung, and he mentions an all-inclusive censorship law passed on 16 February 1934. Tried googling it but only the Enabling Law and the Civil Restoration Act really come up. Anyone know what this law was called or how I can find it to look more into this? Thanks :)

What other ways do historians use to know about the past of a certain culture/ society without written sources?

How many calories would crusaders during the first crusade have gotten per day?

Are there any sources on tornadoes and other natural disasters in ancient times?

Were double-barrel shotguns ever used by any professional army?

Say I want a laymen's run through of a country's history, is there a good book series that caters to this idea?

Does anyone know of empirical macro-historical studies of entropy and contingency as they relate to improvements in medicine? Basically imagining a study that examines possible connection between improvements/declines in sophistication of medical science to rates of political upheaval caused by sudden death due to curable illness and injury.

Sorry if I'm going to ask a really weird question. Once I heard that you can read all of the ancient graeco roman literature in only six months. I know that only 1-10% has survived, but that seems an exaggeration. Now, has any scholar ever calculated how many pages of a medium sized paperback book would the entire non-Christian Greek literature (not translated) fill? And the same with Latin literature (not translated)?

Did Mongols used horses in invasion of Japan?

How did medieval English shepherds keep track of whose sheep were whose when they brought them back from grazing on common land?

Were there any Red Army soldiers who fought in both the Eastern and Western fronts?

why did it take humanity so long to invent belt loops on pants

Can anybody recommend a book on the transatlantic telegraph cables?

Where can I find an engaging video or documentary about Operation Arc Light and/or Operation Rolling Thunder? My girlfriend's grandfather was a navigator and bombardier on B-52s in these campaigns and wants to know more but finds reading about these things difficult.

Why did the throne of England pass to Anne of the House of Stuart after the death of William of Orange instead of someone else in the house of Orange?

When did official divination cease in the Roman empire (east and west), and did any Christian practices replace it?

Throughout pre-Christian and into early Christian Roman history it's clear that divination is super super important and augurs, haruspexes, the Sibyllene books, etc. are maintained and consulted by the kings, senate and emperors. Other divination practices are used by private citizens. By the time of Procopius (6th century AD) it seems like the official divination methods are all gone and private divination is persecuted.

Anyone know of a book/article/paper on the history of drugs (opium, cannabis and the sort, not medicine) ?

Can't seem to find a good book.

What does the word "arbitrage" mean in the context of this scholarly article about Henry Ford?

I am preparing for a debate in history class about Henry Ford. This article I found is explaining Ford's motives in hiring more black workers than any other corporation at the time. I can't figure out what this term means though. It is also phrased "arbitrage profit" and "arbitrage strategy". I have obviously tried googling and the only thing I see is about stocks and shares being the same or something. Idk exactly, but it doesn't seem to have any connection to what is being explained in this article. Article details below, but here are some excerpts as well:

"An implication was that blacks quit Ford jobs less often than whites, holding working conditions constant. Arbitrage profit came from exploiting this non- wage margin, as Ford placed blacks in hot, dangerous foundry jobs where quit rates were generally high."

"A standard tenet of labor economics is that profit maximization min- imizes racial discrimination. If some employers are unwilling or unable to hire qualified black workers, then other nondiscriminatory employers have an incentive to “arbitrage” the labor market by hiring black workers at low wages in order to raise profits."

The article:

Arbitraging a Discriminatory Labor Market: Black Workers at the Ford Motor Company, 1918–1947

Christopher L. Foote, Harvard University. Warren C. Whatley, University of Michigan. **Gavin Wright,**Stanford University.

The Argonauts sailed the Danube and Rhône Rivers to get between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. Historically, was this a route used for trade/transport, or just a fictional route that wouldn't be practical?

I'm currently having to read the Malleus Maleficarum as part of a university assignment. There are multiple translations of the piece, with the one provided to us being the Montague Summers edition. Although, upon researching, I found this translation: http://malleusmaleficarum.org/downloads/MalleusAcrobat.pdf

Does anyone know how legit this translation is and whether the author (Wicasta Lovelace) is reliable? Thanks

Did any known German spies get to the mainland UK via the Dunkirk evacuation?

Salt mined or harvested using different historical practices around the world sometimes have different chemical compositions or physical properties (e.g., fluer de sel vs. Himalayan pink salt vs. kala namak).

What would the characteristics of salts mined around Lueneburg in Germany during the Hanseatic League and later have been? I know it's a rock salt, but would it have a lot of sulfur? Some weird color? Was it prized for any culinary characteristics? What was it primarily used for?

How much was a Portuguese Real worth in the 1730s? And what would the price of some common items be in Real?

I’ve yet to be able to find a source for the answer, which is making it difficult to finish a report on the fishing industry in Portugal in the early 18th century.

I’ve been able to find prices for items in pounds, livres, and crowns, but I’ve yet to be able to see how much things like bread, wool, and furniture would cost. Can anyone lend a hand?

Good documentaries about the UK royal family?