Does anyone have any books or websites they'd recommend for people who are not college educated about the labour movement and history. (since labour history wasn't covered much in secondary school for me. Same with other rights movements).

What was the Ottoman empire called during the 16th century?

If the emperors titled themselves as Kaiser-i-Rum, were they still referred to as the Roman empire by other Islamic polities?

What would a commoner of the empire call it?

When did the name Osmani/Ottoman start gaining widespread use?

I'm doing some research on a Korean couple that immigrated from colonial Japan/Chosun to Hawaii in the 1910s. He was a worker on the sugarcane plantations, and he got married via the mail-order "picture bride" system. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_bride.
I am trying to locate the actual matchmaking publication in which he would have first seen her. While there is a good deal of academic and creative literature about these "picture brides," I can't seem to find any scans of the actual books/documents that then men would browse through to find their match. (turn-of-the-century dating apps, if you will.)
What archive or repository (either online or IRL) would have these documents? What keywords should I be searching for?

There were many warrior-kings of the medieval period; Henry II of England, Richard the lionheart, Frederick Barbarossa, Manfred of Sicily that I referenced in an earlier post as examples.

Do we know what weapons they preferred to use in battle? Swords are obvious status symbols but would we see Frederick or Henry wielding warhammers in battle? Spears or other poll-arms?

I think I've heard Robert the Bruce chucking a battle axe at someone with a lance during a joust in battle.

How old can a dough starter be?

So I listened to a podcast that claimed some southern swedish farmhouses using dough starters that originate from the scandinavian bronze age, thus being thousands of years old. I was quick to call bs, but it sprang a question. How old are the oldest dough starters still in use today?

I've heard that in the medieval era, church services were delivered in Latin, which was not understood by most people. Did that apply to the entire service, or were there sermons delivered in the local language too to tell people how to behave. I just think it would be weird to go every Sunday to a place where they talk to you in a language you don't know for like 3 hours and you just know nothing about the religion you're supposed to be a part of.

Why do so many posts on r/AskHistorians show multiple comments but then when you go to click on those responses there are none to be found?

Almost as though they’re ghost replies. It happens repeatedly and I don’t know why.

Finding a lot of baby name sites saying the name “Amber” has a Scottish Gaelic origin, but others just say it’s English and/or Arabic. A separate meaning, “fierce” is listed by some for the Gaelic origin than the Arabic/English Amber, which would imply separate origin. Anyone happen to know if there’s any actual connection between the name and Gaelic culture, or have advice on how I’d go about finding reliable sources for name history?

I've heard of a book on a podcast referred to as "Red Nurses, White Nurses".

The premise of the book was ”could you predict who would become a Nazi?” The conclusion the authors came to was ”yes, by looking at the journals of soldiers.”

What the authors discovered was that those soldiers who would eventually join the National Socialist Party were those who had disdain for women because the didn’t see themselves as being manly men because they could not live up to or surpass their father’s accomplishments and were shamed and felt emasculated as a consequence.

Looking on Amazon and Ebay, I could not find a book by the title ‘Red Nurses, White Nurses”, nor did Google turn up any reference by that title.

I don’t know how academic the book was, but I thought I would ask in case it’s an obscure book known in academic circles.

Do you know the exact title of the book or any information about a book like this?

What do North Koreans learn of the Buddhist monuments still preserved there? Are they aware of Buddhism’s religious precepts?

During the medieval era in Europe, religion was a major thing. Christian and muslims were constantly at war in some form or another. But during any of these war, did a christian or a muslim kingdom ever willingly or semi willingly, let their nation become vassal to a nation of the opposite religion?

What are Africa's classical languages (e.g.: Chinese, Persian, Sanskrit, Greek, Latin)? If it doesn't actually have one, which language would be its equivalent?
I ask because so many English words having Latin origins makes me wonder about Africa.

How common was it to bury your trash in maybe the 1930s? Our house was built in the 1890s - whenever we garden/plant in spring summer we find a bunch of glass, bricks, leather and other odds and ends. Today we found a Jergens milk glass (guessing from brief search it would be from approx the 1930s). I’m located in SE Michigan if that’s helpful. TIA

After WW2 when Germans were being deported from East Prussia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, etc. what were the criteria for 'germaness'? Was ethnic identity a documented thing like in a Soviet passport? Were there 'Nuremberg law' style rules?

Do we know how many people beat the nimatron?

For anyone out of the loop, the nimatron was the first ever computer game presented at the 1940 worlds fair. It was a player vs AI game of nim, a very old math based game. From what I’ve read, anyone who managed to beat it recieved a token as a prize. However, I can only find 3 listings for one and all the articles just say not many people managed to beat it. Thanks in advance for any help.

Who was the first woman executed in Montana?

(I have searched Google nine ways from Sunday trying to find the answer to this question. I really would have thought this would be easy to find, thinking there would be court documents of state executions. Weirdly enough...no).

What difference is there between galleys in ancient times and in the middle ages or early modern era? In most courses on Greek history we learned that rowers were explicitly not slaves but free men (except in emergencies) as you'd need them to be pretty well trained to properly row a ship.

In the middle ages however I remember reading about several powers using convicts or slaves. Did their performance then suffer in comparison? Was it just more convenient? Or was there a (technological) difference that made up for it?

"Seppuku was used by warriors to avoid falling into enemy hands and to attenuate shame and avoid possible torture" - Wikipedia

In this context of samurai's seppuku, what is "shame"? It's easy to understand the "avoid torture" part, but I'm not sure what shame means here.

If it's more complicated for SASQ, I'll try to post it as its own question later

Anyone have any info on this magnet? Only thing I found was that it was a souvenir from the 1904 world's fair. And I seem to only have half of it.

https://i.imgur.com/9XGKh9D.jpg

So far I found it says 1803 to commemorate 100 years of the world's fair. And that's it. Lol

Only link I found that was this piece is this:

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1904-st-louis-worlds-fair-souvenir-404005331

Other ones I found werent as a magnet but inlaid in wood or other trinkets.

Any info would be awesome!

Humans have been gathering resources through mining for most of recorded history. Why do we not see that many "ancient mines" laying around?

What titles that are in the British Peerage are of origin not from the British Isles.

Example: The Duchy of Beaufort takes its name from Beaufort Champagne, France.

This might sound weird, but I've decided to try and read as much as I possibly can about Native Americans in the US Northeast, especially agriculture. Any suggestions for where to start?

At what point can it be said with a reasonable degree of certainty that the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire? I understand that term was invented by historians well after the demise of Byzantium. Furthermore, I get that—at some point—those eastern provinces transitioned from being culturally Latin and religiously Catholic to culturally Greek and religiously Orthodox. I'm just curious as to when that point arrived.

Is the Schism of 1054 a good candidate?

Why did early Dreadnoughts have turrets on the wings of the ship instead of all being on the centerline, like the USS Texas.

Does anyone have evidence that bartering was the beginning of a value exchange as a precursor to the invention of money?

which ship in history had the largest number of torpedo tubes?

2 kuma-class IJN cruisers (5500t) were modernized with 40 tubes for long lance torpedoes. broadside of 20, no reloads.

anything that can top it?

What is a Crumthear? Where did the name come from? I found it in O’Halloran’s introduction to the history of Ireland but I’ve found nothing else

Do you have any recommendations for the Meiji Restoration in Japan?
I've read a bit about the Matthew Perry trip and would like to continue.

When was the last time a feudal lord used an army to tale land or title from another feudal lord?

What did the Grianan of Aileach Originally Look Like?

During which Chinese emperor's reign, 1/7th of the whole Chinese population was reduced?

Is anyone here familiar with the work of Richard Eaton? I have a series of questions I would like to ask regarding what he has written

Who were the signatories of the Japanese Declaration of War on the United States during World War 2?

I know already that Nobusuke Kishi, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's grandfather, then Minister of Commerce and Vice Minister of Munitions, was a co-signer. Who were the other signatories of the declaration? Did they include Emperor Hirohito or PM Hideki Tojo?

When did the emperor of Japan become that last emperor in the world?

How did the Soviets name "Operation Barbarossa" at the time of invasion?

I was wondering if the Soviets, knowing they were going to be invaded or
at the time of invasion, prepared a defensive operation with a
different name?

What are the names of the U.S presidents that had budgets surpluses, preferably mention ones that are not infamously corrupt?

What does "dekonkion" mean?

What was the name of a 19th Century French politician that spent his life in North Africa and converted to Islam later in his life and even received important titles?

Has there ever been “militias” in the US? What were the regulations they were supposed to abide by?

Do we have any estimates for the total number of baptized Jewish children kidnapped by agents of the Catholic Church?

Did the soviets ever a win against the germans while being outnumbered ?

When did pride/arrogance lead to a ruler’s downfall and what’s the story behind it ?

What goods did europeans use to get spices, besides just taking it by force?

Did pre-modern irreligious societies exist?

What was the Pay like for Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the First World War? I'm especially interested in that of Austria-Hungary, Germany and the Ottomans i.e. the Central Powers as there isn't much in the way for them online.

What's the difference between an armed forces controlled by a political party and an armed forces controlled by the state aside from being loyal to the party?

what are some pieces of investigative journalism that has made history/created a mass-scale effect? I'm thinking things like The Panama Papers and All The Presidents Men, and it's sequel The Final Days. I can only think of western pieces from the top of my head, but please give me examples of eastern pieces, too.

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this might feel weird but why are first human's name Adam and Eve because the language wasn't invented until like some centuries later?