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6d ago
The Little Rock nine class was important, sure. But the Clinton 12 had to go
through high school without the extreme protection and 2 students graduated instead
of 1. Plus, the school was blown up and president Eisenhower refused to send any
help that time around.

track me

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15d ago
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15d ago
How did bush get permission from congress to invade Iraq, I was born in 2005 so I
can’t remember anything from the time but all I know about that was was that there
were never any weapons of mass destruction and therefore the US had no right to
invade, and from what I’ve read most people even at the time knew there weren’t any
WMDs so how did they do it?

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12d ago
he said Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and was a threat.

his team used bad and misleading intelligence to back it up.

a lot of people, including some in Congress, didn’t fully believe it but after
9/11, fear and pressure made most of them go along with it.

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17d ago
If Jane Seymour didn’t bare a son, who’d yall think Henry VIII would’ve been buried
next to if he had to chose?

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18d ago
Do people have good recommendations for Short(ish) form History content?

Im really new to wanting to get into learning about history. The super in depth
pieces and podcasts tend to be a turn off as its a bit too in depth without having
a general background on things. Are there any resources for history on a macro
level? Im specifically looking in to US history, the World Wars, and Rome. Thank
you!

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18d ago
I'm hoping someone can help me. I read a non-fiction history book when I was young,
and in it was an anecdote about a historical figure who was being served a many
course meal in a castle to celebrate him. All the food came to the table cold due
to the kitchen being too far from the dining hall. When he was served champagne at
the end of the meal, he said 'ah, finally something warm'. I have spent all of this
year so far trying to find this quote somewhere online, and rereading the books I
thought it could have been in, but I'm... never mind how old... and it's been a
long time since I read it. I think it might have been attributed to the Duke of
Wellington. I hope it's alright to ask here, I'm not the world's best Redditor and
I apologise if I'm in the wrong place.

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18d ago
I forgot to ask the question. Wow, well done. Does anyone know this quote or who it
was by?

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18d ago
Why did people historically drink ale and other alcoholic beverages instead of
water? Did they really know that their water was a cause of illness? If so, how did
they deduce that before germ theory?

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18d ago
In spite of the 'common knowledge' that these alcoholic beverages made the water
safe, they didn't as they lacked the ABV to kill bacteria. Beer* frequently lacked
a post wort boil meaning bacteria during fermentation could send it rancid with
wine being similarly affected, it wouldn't be until Pasteur that boiling during
brewing was common practice. Water, in spite of the common myth otherwise, was
generally safe to drink even in cities through a variety of means of creating
access to clean water like aqueducts, cisterns and artesian wells. Having access to
clean water was a serious matter with hefting penalties for those caught fouling or
engaging in practices considered unsanitary. Water however was generally not drank
for the same reasons as today - it's bland - with things like watered down
alcoholic drinks, water flavoured with herbs, posca (a concoction of vinegar, water
and often some sort of flavouring) filled this gap.

* Ale technically. Historically beer denoted grain alcohol brewed with hops, a
rather late addition that slowly took place over the medieval and into the early
modern period, ale meanwhile was more like a modern gruit. Hops were an important
addition as their natural anti bacterial properties meant the brew didn't go sour
anywhere near as soon.

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18d ago
Where are the oldest cacao vessels from Palanda, Ecuador?

In 2014, archaeologists found ceramic vessels near Palanda (Santa Ana–La Florida
site, Ecuador) with evidence of processed cacao—dating back over 5,000 years. These
are the oldest known cacao residues in the world.

Does anyone know where the original vessels are now? Are they in a museum in
Ecuador or kept in storage? I’ve read that replicas were sent to Penn State and a
chocolate museum in Budapest, but I haven’t found any info about public displays in
Ecuador. Any leads?

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19d ago
I’m making a scenario with monarchist France and Republican Britain, and I want a
list of french PMs post Blair. For example the Tony Blair equivalent is Francois
Hollande. Was wondering if anyone knew who could be the equivalents for the rest,
so: brown, Cameron, may, Johnson, truss, sunak, Starmer. If anyone knows any french
people/politicians who could fit these please let me know. thank you

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18d ago
Have you tried Wikipedia and just connecting the timelines?

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18d ago
I’m doing that a bit, but I wanted to see what people think first

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19d ago
How did samurai actually act?

In media samurai are shown as noble warriors who wouldnt dare do something
dishonerable. Were they actually like this? Were they just romanticised by western
media? I would imagine that they would be selfish and corrupt, like most people
with power.

Sorry for my bad grammar, english is my 2nd language

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19d ago
Pretty much like anywhere else in the world, the majority of samurai and warrior
class were calculated in their political maneuvering. Betrayals occurred often and
violations of the law were pretty common (gambling, political critique, "roadside"
executions of commoners). This isn't to say there weren't honorable samurai (there
are plenty examples of those as well), but they are human as well; and humans with
plenty of power at that.

As for how this romanticized perception came about, a lot of it comes during a
period of Japanese nationalism in the late 1800s. The term "Bushido" ("the way of
the warrior") wasn't even used until after 1600 when samurai were largely peaceful
and focused on self-cultivation for meaning rather than combat. And even then, it
was barely used. The term was repackaged and popularized during the 1890s to
demonstrate the "warrior spirit" of the Japanese at the time

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20d ago
So, I teach history. It’s amazing and the best job ever. However, I am wanting to
know what reignited your love and passion for history? This could be podcasts,
websites, books, films or tv series. I am really struggling to come home from work
and enjoy my passion.

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19d ago
It's hard to say, but reading up on the Constitution has probably had the biggest
impact. Most of my historical reading is trying understand the conflict about the
14th Amendment, how the 2nd founding played out, why the Const failed so utterly in
1860, the impact of FDR's admi on the 14th amendment and incorporation, and the
attempt to reverse that since Nixon.

That's not super helpful for high school students, but just the idea of the 2nd
Founding was a huge revelation and has probably been the biggest driver of my
interest in history.

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19d ago
Winston Churchill's "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples"

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20d ago
Question about Mixed marriages at the beginning of colonization of the americas
I’ve been looking into genealogy for a while and I’ve noticed something in North
America(Canada, USA and Mexico). Why did many men when they immigrated or settled
in americas marry Indigenous women. Mostly at the beginning of colonization.
They’re are a few mi’kmaq women in my tree and I’ve been curious to why marriages
between white and native people were so common back then. In Quebec it was common
for white people to marry indigenous to the point where some villages were mostly
made of mixed people. If those mixed ancestry person married where other mixed or
white people did they lose their indigenous identity? Where most marriages forced
or were they out of love? Due to the immense discrimination against native people
in the 1600-1700-1800 and even today!

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19d ago
There's a bunch of reasons, and if you're interested in Canada specifically I'd
check out Stephen Brown's The Company. If your interested in Anglo America more
generally I'd look at Anne Hyde's Born of Lakes and Plains.

Because of the legal relationship with Indigenous communities in English law,

basically the various Indian groups were sovereign, you needed to have some sort of
relationship with an Indian group to access their resources. The easy way to do
that was through intermarriage. So, a English or French colonist would marry into a
group and then could access their fishing ground/hunting grounds/trapping grounds,
etc. They would also gain access to that group's trading network and translators.
In return the indigenous group would get access to trade goods, hatchets and
kettles and later guns, powder, and ammunition and unfortunately alcohol. This
would give them power over other indigenous groups in the area. The marriages
usually weren't forced b/c there were enough practical reasons to make it
beneficial to both sides.

The settlers would do this until the power imbalance changed enough and then they
could dictate terms of trade, land, or resources. Then the whole process would move
west and repeat.

For various positions in the Hudson Bay Company it was encouraged and the network
of metis offspring were essential to the company's functioning until the late
1800s.

The mixed ancestry thing depends. You didn't want to lose that identity so long as
it gave you access to trade networks and resources. The identity was your access.
You would need that indigenous identity until the indigenous people no longer
controlled whatever resource you were after. HBC specifically relied on their metis
people. People like Kit Carson relied on his native wives and children to establish
his reputation. Mountain men in the US west relied on their indigenous relatives to
travel freely throughout the west. Only after there was settler control of an area
and that need faded, was there a reason to lose indigenous identity. And in the US
you would need to lose that identity to participate in settler society. Indigenous
people weren't eligible to be US citizens until 1916. You could be shipped of to
residential schools in both countries. So in a place like Oregon, it was useful up
until about 1850 and you would see the early HBC employees changing how their
children were raised, having them educated by Sisters of Mercy, changing their
dress to be more like the settlers, etc so that they could take part in local
society, especially after the Dart treaties in 1851.

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19d ago
There is a simple explanation - a shortage of European women. I think that the
typical emigrant to N. American was a single man rather than single woman.

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20d ago
Did some vikings stay in vinland (modern day newfoundland) after 1066?

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20d ago
There's not any evidence to support that they did. The Norse were adept to a
certain climate and eco-system. Their crops and agricultural styles did not blend
right away with Vinland/Newfoundland soil, and they also did not have knowledge of
native fauna (what plant is poisonous and which is going to make a nice stew). The
climate and weather patterns were also different, making agriculture difficult as
well. For most communities, this would simply be a matter of time to resolve and
adapt, but they had a limited population, were faced with a hostile indigenous
community, and it took time for additional resources to arrive from Greenland.

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20d ago
I was just reading the letters from Christopher Columbus, describing his first
discoveries of the Caribbean Islands. It sounded like a truly magical land from his
description, and must have seemed like they had landed on a different world
compared to Europe and northern Africa. A thought came to me, that it wouldn't have
been THAT difficult to navigate across the Atlantic if one had a little ingenuity
and knew a bit about ocean navigation. I imagine people would build all kinds of
rafts or boats and set off, living on fish and rainfall, or distilling sea water,
until they landed somewhere on the other side. We just don't know about it because
it wasn't state sanctioned so we never heard about it.

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19d ago
I think this kind of suffers from "people in the past are dumber than us", but you
need a huge amount of information to sail back and forth across the Atlantic. You
need to understand how the trade currents and winds work and where they are. You
can't just sail across the ocean anywhere. There are very specific areas where the
winds and currents are right and they move at different speeds at different parts
of the year. Sailors after Columbus still dreaded the Doldrums, even with the
knowledge he provided. Columbus got lucky in that there was such a current at the
furthest point west that the Spanish controlled. That current carried him to the
right place and at the right time to sail back.

But storing 30 days of water and keeping it potable is a huge expense that makes
the trip risky and unprofitable b/c you can't store trade goods if your hold is
filled up with water.

Some people like Pedro Alvares Cabral were able to make the journey through shear
luck and with the knowledge that Columbus had already sent back about how to get
back.

But sailing wasn't easy or intuitive. People started their sailing careers in
childhood, sometimes as young as 8 or 9 years old, at the time. It took decades of
knowledge just to sail in places that were already well known.

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20d ago
thought came to me, that it wouldn't have been THAT difficult to navigate across
the Atlantic if one had a little ingenuity and knew a bit about ocean navigation.

It would be relatively difficult. Since European and African sailors werent aware
of the existence of Americas. That’s why Columbus voayge discovered America. Other
explorers believed that the way west to India was way too long to be survivable.
Columbus was convinced that Earth was actually much smaller than it is and decided
to sail west.

I imagine people would build all kinds of rafts or boats and set off, living on
fish and rainfall, or distilling sea water, until they landed somewhere on the
other side. We just don't know about it because it wasn't state sanctioned so we
never heard about it.

So can you explain the thought process of "non-state sanctioned" meaning basically
some poor farmer or fisherman just decided to leave his whole life behind to go and
find ... what exactly?

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20d ago
We agree it would be difficult, but not impossible. As long humans have existed
they have banded together in small tribes to accomplish crazy things. They were
still doing that in medieval Europe. As absolute at as the churches influence
seemed, there were still wacky little cults and secret clubs of people doing weird,
unapproved of stuff. I just think one of them probably had some believe that they
needed to go west, built a big raft and went for it.

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20d ago
We agree it would be difficult, but not impossible

We definitely do not.

As long humans have existed they have banded together in small tribes to accomplish
crazy things.

Accomplish as in achieve something with goal in mind.

They were still doing that in medieval Europe. As absolute at as the churches
influence seemed, there were still wacky little cults and secret clubs of people
doing weird, unapproved of stuff

Religious movement is so far removed from people abandoning their lies and sailing
west with no purpose.

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20d ago
Furthermore, the ships were not built for it. It would have been extremely
difficult to navigate the Atlantic -- and it still is today, which is why we have
ships fitted with all sorts of emergency gear, safety stuff, and ability to call
for help. You get none of that in the pre-modern era. People point to the lunatic
Thor Heyerdahl but fall to mention that when he first tried he had to call for the
coast guard to rescue him.

Furthermore, you need the ability to store food and water for the journey. How
much? No one would know. It would have to be a lot to even have a chance at making
it and the more supplies the more storage needed and this increases with every
person involved.

It's also really difficult to catch fish in the middle of the Atlantic. There's a
lottttt of just emptiness in the middle. Or you have to go really really deep. Deep
sea fishing just wasn't a thing then.
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20d ago
I still think its likely that it happened. I'm not saying they lived long once they
made it, but I think they went. I consider the theory that's a solid one of how
plants and animals made it to remote islands in the pacific and Indian ocean, on
natural rafts of organic material. If a group went at just the right time on a big
raft, with a bit of sea craft and prep, they probably could have made it to the
Caribbean or further south.

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20d ago
They really couldn't.

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21d ago
History Gift Ideas for Teenager

Hi everyone... looking for some cool/educational gift ideas.

My nephew is turning 16 an he's really into history stuff. He loves history and
it's a frequent conversation at the dinner table. He's usually teaching his Dad
something new. He enjoys video games that have to do with war and factions like
Bannerlords. We recently went to see Medieval Times and he enjoyed it. I've already
ordered him a new game but I'm looking for something educational or cool/different.

He says he wants to be a history teacher when he gets older and I'd like to nurture
what interests him.

Any ideas would be appreciated. I'm okay with spending around $50 to $80 (cad) if
that helps.

Thanks in advance! Figure this group would be a good place to ask. (?)

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20d ago
Does you nephew like books? That's the most obvious route, but I know at 16 that's
a toss up haha

It sounds like he really enjoys medieval European history though. Maybe tickets to
a Renaissance Fair? Intro to archery/sword fighting classes?

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18d ago
We have some archery stuff nearby, good call. He does like books. I got him books
last year. I think your suggestion is great. You reminded me we also have a war of
1812 reenactment (Battle of Stoney Creek) nearby, maybe I'll dig into that a bit.
Thanks!

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20d ago
maybe some coins from the world wars or 1700s

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21d ago
So I find history really fascinating, but I don't really want to do it as my
career. How can I contribute to historical research or cultural preservation as a
hobby or volunteer? I'd love to help read archives for historians or record sounds
of old languages and help analyze them but I'm not really sure how to go about
actually doing that. My bad if this is the wrong place to post and if so, where
should I ask this?

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21d ago
It depends on what you're interested in, and maybe to an extent where you live. An
easy way that most people get involved like this is through genealogical research.
Tracing back your own family, collecting oral history, identifying people in old
photos, etc are common entry points.

Another common thing is historical cemeteries. There's groups that work on

preservation and they usually also get involved in researching grave sites and the
histories of the people. The good thing about getting involved this way is you work
with a pool of people who have experience and can teach you about how different
archives work, what resources are fruitful and have done the work before so they
know how to help you build skills.

There's simples stuff, like digital archives will ask for transcribers. You usually
have to be plugged into a specific community to find out about it though. Like,
last February the LoC had a big "transcribe-a-thon" of USCT enlistment records. All
you needed was a web browser and some familiarity with 19th century penmanship.

Your state or local historical society also will have opportunities. You can
volunteer, it usually starts with learning enough to give tours, and as you
establish skills the reference library or researchers will give you more
challenging tasks.

But this stuff takes a lot of work. Some of what you're talking about requires
significant linguistics training and social and cultural training to even begin to
do. A lot of those communities would rather do that work themselves. Reviewing old
documents takes a lot of knowledge. Words change meaning over time. You have to
understand context, which means knowing a lot about the day to day life at the time
people are writing. Archival work is very difficult and highly skilled. It takes
several years of research to be able to do it well. You're more likely to follow
through if it's something your interested in. So start with that and learn as much
about the topic as you can. Familiarize yourself with the current research field
and professional organizations around it and then make yourself available to be
useful.

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21d ago
You won't be doing any direct research, evidence handling, analysis, etc. without
at leassst a BA, but in reality an MA.

But archaeologists are always looking for volunteers to help with digs (you'll
often have to pay your way though).

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22d ago
what do you think about linear objects and purposes that they have realistically
served?
found this article recently on new objects found in bialovieza forest but not sure
if implications are right
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22d ago
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is it true hitler stated he wishes that germany was a muslim country rather than a
christian country because apparently he admires the discipline islam preaches and
its unquestionable loyalty?

if this is all true, where can i find a reliable source stating this?

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19d ago
pg 96, Albert Speer, Inside the Third Reich is the closest i know

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19d ago
thank you!

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19d ago
Becareful with this. Speer was a notorious liar and just kind of made up whatever
would 1) make him look less bad and 2) keep attention on himself.

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19d ago
how would saying what hitler had to say about islam/christianity make him look less
bad in any way? generally speer lies about his knowledge of the holocaust, not
random religious matters

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19d ago
It depends. Is he saying it during the Suez Crisis? Is he saying it during June War
of 1967? It might make him look less bad, or it might get him invited to write for
newspapers or to say something on BBC or invited to parties.

If Speer said this happened, you have to kind of know all this sort of stuff around
it. That's why I wouldn't recommend him as a source for anything. You need to have
so much context to assess what he's saying that you probably have to be someone
like Richard Evans/Volker Ulrich/Ian Kershaw or studied the period as much as they
have to really know if it has any merit.

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19d ago
that is also very interesting. thank you for telling me. i will look more into that

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19d ago
speer is known to lie about his involvement and knowledge of the holocaust but i
struggle to see how it would benefit him to lie about hitlers opinion of islam,
especially since it both adds up with his ideology and practice (working with hajj
amin al husseini). but here is the wikipedia page on his religious views.
[Link]

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21d ago
I can't find a reference to it, but Hitler would have almost nightly dinner parties
where he would monologue late into the night and say all sorts of vapid things. A
lot of people went to these parties and would write things that he said, or that
they thought he said. There's no shortage of these kinds of remarks. But it doesn't
really mean anything about what Hitler thought. It also doesn't mean Hitler knew
anything about Islam, Muslims, or their societies except the most common white
supremacist stereotypes.

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20d ago
oh wow that’s very interesting. thank you!

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21d ago
I have never heard this. The Nazis wanted to roll back to a pagan culture free from
the moral restraints of monotheistic religions, so it would be strange if he really
wanted Germany to be Muslim. I think this story might have come about because of
Hitler's well-known friendship and meetings with the Mufti of Jerusalem who had led
a rebellion against British rule in Palestine. The friendship is a historical fact,
but I suspect what you have heard is incorrect.

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20d ago
thank you for your response! where can i find more on their friendship?

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20d ago
Icon of Evil: Hitler's Mufti and the Rise of Radical Islam by David G. Dalin and
John Rothmann (2008) discusses the ideological common ground that they found.

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20d ago
thank you so much

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22d ago
How does one prove to a doubter that the sphinx was built 4500 years ago

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21d ago
Depends on what kind of doubt he has. You can refer to the thousands and thousands
of documents and historical works dealing with the Sphinx.

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22d ago
Ok now i am supposed to ask you a question i guess.

1)Who was the founder of the republic of turkey?

2)the terms left wing and right wing originate from which historical event?

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22d ago
Kemal Atatürk

French revolution. Originally in the French parliament, deputies who wanted to

discard the privileges of the aristocracy sat to the left in the parliament
chamber, those who wanted to keep them sat to the right.

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22d ago
Hi, which dynasty in the world can be traced furthest back in time?

A few notes:

I am referring to monarchies only (either sovereign or sub-sovereign). Not a

republican presidential office that has been occupied by various unrelated holders.

By "trace" I mean there must be an unbroken chain of legitimacy claims based on

blood relations. For example there is not deemed to be a break between Queen Anne
and King George I of Britain because George I's claim is based on blood relations.
But there is a break between the Ming and Qing dynasties of China because the first
Qing emperor had nothing to do with the last Ming emperor.

The current dynast doesn't have to actually be on the throne; they can be a
pretender (e.g. Georgia). Likewise, the dynasty could have been out of power for a
while in the past (e.g. British interregnum and Spanish republics) and it still
counts.

Only trace back to the earliest ancestor who was monarch, not a random civilian.
But it's fine for the monarch's realm back then to be much smaller than the current
country and have a different name (e.g. Wessex instead of England/Britain).

By these rules, I think the British dynasty can be traced back to Cerdic, the
Spanish dynasty can be traced back to Pelayo and the Japanese dynasty can be traced
back to some Jimmu guy. But I am not sure if there may be some relatively unknown
sub-sovereign princely state in Africa/Asia/Oceania that has an even older dynasty.

Thank you for your answers!

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21d ago
The King of Morocco claims descent from Mohammed, the founder of Islam. If you can
count him as a ruler, that should make the Moroccan dynasty one of the oldest.
Perhaps Thailand monarchy also goes back many centuries?

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23d ago
Were there any religious knightly orders in the Muslim world comparable to the
Templars?
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20d ago
I don't know if there's a direct comparison, but maybe the Ribat network found
through the Islamic world? These were fortified monasteries that combined religious
devotion and military service. Usually they were there to protect the borders.

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23d ago
When did the moon is cheese thing begin?

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23d ago
Reformation period, IIRC it was a satire.

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23d ago
I believe its a mediaval joke about simpletons. There probably isnt precise date
when somebody wrote it down.

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24d ago
In Western Europe during the Black Plague, if a whole guild, like the ferrier
guild, or cobblers, or whoever, died of plague did the equivalent guild from a
nearby town send members to reestablish the town guild to assure some sort of
continuity of standards and rules? Or were there any similar mechanisms in place?

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22d ago
I have read of oral histories of this happening in the Pacific. Some disaster leads
to the loss of a skill set and it is later relearned from travelers from other
islands. Or an expedition was sent to another island to find people who can teach
it again.

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