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Under the Communist umbrella there are Marxists, Leninists, Trotskyites, Stalinists, Maoists, etc. Is there a TL;DR on how these groups differentiate themselves?
Which is the oldest country in the world that is still the "same" country? In other words which country has existed the longest without being taken over or experiencing a revolution?
What happened to Slovakian ice hockey?
When Czechoslovakia split, Czechia was deemed the successor of the Czechoslovakian national men's ice hockey team, because more of the Czechoslovakian team were Czech than Slovak. How much was the difference?
Was hockey more of a Czech thing than Slovak? Today, IIHF registers 129,595 total Czech players, contrasted with 10,970 Slovak players, more than 10x difference for countries with only 2x population difference. Czechia retains its big six reputation, currently IIHF rank #6, with Slovakia teetering in the bottom of top 10. Slovak representation in the NHL hockey hall of fame is Mikita, Hossa, and Šťastný, and likely Chára in a few years. For Czech there's Hašek and Nedomanský, and likely Jágr when he finally stops playing professionally. Was there a flourishing Slovak hockey culture that allowed these players to develop into NHL quality or did they ride on the coattails of a larger Czech hockey culture? What happened to the hockey culture? Today there's only 7 active Slovak players with more than 100 games played, as opposed to 23 active Czech players with more than 100 games played.
Am I basing this on a flawed premise? Should this be standalone?
I'm having trouble finding information on an obscure Slavic deity (though I fear that may be redundant), so I thought I'd ask the experts for any recommended references.
I'm trying to find data on Nemiza/Nemisa/Nemizia/Nemisia, or whatever name is preferred. However, google has yielded various websites with mild variations on the exact same sentences, seemingly pulled from a single encyclopaedia which just happened to include mythology, written in 1851. This is the quote in question, and apparently it represents the sum of the internet's knowledge of this particular deity. In english, anyway.
Nemisa was feared and worshipped as the divinity who cut the thread of life. Sometimes we find this idol in the shape of a man (fig. 13) with four beams around the head and one wing, on the front part of the body a dove with outstretched wings; at other times it is represented in the shape of a naked woman, with an eagle by her side looking up to her. Nemisa was considered as belonging to the black gods, inasmuch as death was regarded as a calamity; but on account of the beneficial office which he performed by introducing the soul through death to a new life, he was also honored as a white or good god.
Source. Page 291.
Nemiza was purportedly venerated by the Western Slavs and the Wends, per this wikipedia entry which has since been edited to no longer include any reference to Nemiza (because of course). I've found one reference to Nemiza in a modern encyclopedia, but it's similarly brief and without a citation.
Is there any good comprehensive scholarly work out there on the slavic pantheons? And why does it seem like what few references I can find in other languages are almost exclusively prior to 1870? That's all Google books has, anyway.
I'd greatly appreciate any help whatsoever.
What is the history of County and State fairs in the US?
And how does "market days" fit into them, if at all? Did I sell my harvest at the county fair and buy county wide product there? Same with the state fair?
Did the Monroe Doctrine influence European powers' involvement in the Americas? If so, how?
When was the last known occurrence of a monarch leading their troops into battle and fighting alongside them?
This might be just because my English isn't the best but I'll ask anyway. I was reading this (https://www.worldhistory.org/Egyptian_Culture/) and somewhere it said, "While the man was considered the head of the house, the woman was head of the home." The site has questionable articles (notably on Hypatia) but does any other source state the same thing of men being in charge of the house while women were in charge of the home in Ancient Egypt and was there any distinction between the home and the house in Ancient Egypt? Maybe it's just a matter of me not being able to interpret various terms in English well.
When did the Romans stop using their horsehair crest on helmets? Did the Byzantines ever use it?
So when did South Korea's Economy overtake the North's? Was it during the miracle on the Han river or after its democratization in the 80s?
Was there contact between the Holy Roman Empire and China? Particularly during the high and late middle ages but what about during the age of exploration?
Google just turns up Roman contact or the Byzantine silk worm thief Monks.
Hi everyone, I am rewatching the movie Django Unchained (2012), and am wondering about the context for various money figures in the film. The movie takes place in 1858-59 in the American south, and $12,000 is important to the plot and enough to entice the fourth largest plantation owner in Mississippi. How much was $12,000 in 1858? I have read the straightforward inflation calculators are not useful for calculations that go too far back in time, but I lack the knowledge to know whether 1858 is too far back in time.
What is the origin of the term 'Presidency' in the context of divisions within British India, e.g. the Madras Presidency? What were the distinctions between a presidency, a province, and a princely state?
Dutch history question:
Is it true that between 1688-1713 half of the navy of the UP were made up of foreign sailors?
I heard this factoid, but I haven’t been able to confirm.
Are we allowed to request book suggestions here? If so, i’d be really interested in reading about the reactions and defenses from reactionaries against the most important protest and social change movements in history.
Recently in the UK (actually really only in England), football players have been taking the knee before kickoff as an anti-racism gesture, and some fans have been booing them, and explaining their resentment of the kneeling by vaguely referencing BLM and the fact they think its Marxist. Essentially, they are trying to obfuscate their racism behind a « we support civil rights in theory, but not when it’s done like this » type argument.
And I have a feeling that this type of objection has been common throughout the history of protest, in response to e.g. the suffragette movement, the civil rights movement in the US in the 60s etc…
So yeah, i hope that’s clear enough. Are there any books that look at the kind of mental gymnastics and obfuscation that reactionaries used in the past to justify defending an unfair status quo?
What books/sources can I read in order to have a greater understanding of the situation of the city of Rome around the time of Marcus Aurelius, with perhaps population data?
I've from the user u/kovchenik86 that peasants in the soviet union killed about 25% to 55% of all livestock in about three months.
How do historians know about this? And why do estimates for this sole event vary that widly?
Can anyone tell me the definition of "straffe"? It's something to do with punishment and POWs in WWI.
Did Lenin ever use an airplane?
Another question about book recommendations: I've just started James Mooney's The Ghost Dance Religion and Wounded Knee. I feel it's been a good introduction to the topic of native people's recent history, though clearly of its' time. I'm planning a trip next month to New Mexico and would like to learn more about the Pueblo people's history and their predecessor cultures from a similar sociological/cultural viewpoint from the archaic to Columbian periods. I'm especially interested by works authored and compiled by native authors. If anyone has any recommendations I'd appreciate it. Thanks!
Was slow burning fuse devised specifically for matchlock guns or was it already used for other purposes? In this case, when was it invented and how was it made (chemical substances etc.)?
I live in Italy (Macerata) and yesterday I visited a castle which belonged during the middle age and the renaissance to the Varano family from Camerino (Central Italy). At the castle, there was a brief discussion on how the Varano had to built a circle of fortified forts and castles to protect their territory from rival families in the area.
Would you be able to suggest me books or articles on the history of Marche and Umbria (or more generally Central Italy) during the late middle age and the Renaissance? I am interested in how those feudal families came to power, hold it and eventually come to confrontation with each other.
I can find plenty of books and article on Florence and the Medici, but nothing on smaller families such as the Varano from Camerino or the Montefeltro from Urbino. Thank you!
I'm looking at one of the Hindenburg Disaster's photos and am wondering what exactly is that radio tower thing?
Is there an Ethiopian equivalent to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle? Did they record their own history or write down exploits of this king or that one?
How medieval fights really looked like? Were they long? Were they as flashy as they show in the movies? Would typical medieval sword pierce typical medieval armor?
In Achaemenid times, did Persian Nowruz, Babylonian Akitu, and Jewish Passover all take place at the same time?
In Gladiator the movie, Oliver Reed says Marcus "Aur-el-is" several times. He does also say Marcus Aurelius. My question is, was this simply mispronunciation by Reed or are there different ways to say the name.
Who made up the electors to the 1910 and 1911 Mexican presidential elections? The numbers suggest some kind of very restricted suffrage or possibly an electoral college but I can't find which it was.
Were there any plans to establish the state of Israel on territory ceded by Germany after WW2?
What is the best term to describe the vibe of 1950s, 1980s, and 1990s America?
Capitalist? Consumerist? Industrialized? Corporate? Reductionist? Non-biomimetic? Synthetic?
This kind of stuff:
Ads That These Videos Poke Fun At
Office Jobs and Workplaces Like These
Commercials That This Video Parodies
Marketing-Heavy, Plastic-Heavy Products Like These
Blockbuster Mentality (applied to TV shows too)
Plastic-Heavy Household Products Like These
Disposable, Plastic Products and Packaging Like These
How long did people live, and then died of a natural death due to old age (natural lifespan), excluding those that died of diseases or injuries, in pre-industrialisation times before there was a major increase in pollution?
Do we know how and why did bolster pillow come to be known as "Dutch wife" in Southeast Asia?
Bolsters are colloquially known as Dutch wife here, for some reason. Mothership.SG published an article that seems like an urban legend concerning its history. They didn't cite any sources.
I know that Mayan women did not get tattoos over the "breast area" as I've seen a few sources explain, but would they get them just above there? Such as across their collar bone?
What was the approximate division of labor in mid-late 18th century England? As in what percentage of people were farmers vs skilled craftsmen vs other jobs?
What was the point at which a German victory in WW2 was impossible?
Is Eugen Weber’s video series The Western Tradition still worth watching? Does the history approach still hold up?
Did the test in 2015 NHK where the Kiso-uma can run at 30 km/h change anything in the field regarding the military use of the cavalry during the Sengoku era?
What are the best books/videos/resources to learn about feudalism in France, especially from economic or cultural points of view?
