We saw in the same period other European states suppressing languages e.g Occitanian, what made Russia different?

Was fruits less tastier 2000 years ago? Because humans have been selectively breed a lot of fruit to taste better im sure a lot of the fruits in the past did not taste as yummy. But is this true for all fruits and are there even fruits that would be more tasty in the past compared to today?

Image problem in the sense of saying that the movement has bad PR or that it's not communicating its message to the public correctly

Did abolitionists try to frame slavery abolition in a way that was agreeable to either the general public or to anti-abolitonists? Did it work in any instance?

I recently watched this video of Ryan McBeth saying that WWIII may have already started and is just in the beginnings stages, which is out of most peoples awareness
(This about WWII and not specific to his content). This started to get me thinking about this in relation to the early beginnings of WWII. It's not like some expert wakes up and is like "oh, guess what is happening now!??"

What era would you say WWII was going to happen, but was yet to be fully aware/acknowledged by the Allies?

I personally speculate that it was the beginnings of Germany mass producing and developing their Military up to the point before annexing Austria. Of course this is simply a novice guess and would love to hear input on they more experienced folk!

I have a question:

Even the USA and Canada received many Dutch, Germans and Scandinavians. The "White Australia" policy allowed only British immigrants to immigrate to Australia. Everything changed in the second half of the 20th century.

People refer all the time to the century of "relative peace between the great powers" 1815-1914 as historical fact, often as a factor leading to WW1 due to tension or unused weapons.

This is of course discounting the Greek War of Independence, the Crimean War, the Russo-Turkish War, the Italian Wars of Independence, the Brothers' War and the Franco-Prussian War to name a few.

Europe in the 19th century seems no more peaceful whatsoever than during the 18th, so what gives?

Now I want to clarify that I'm in no way a holocaust denier; i simply want to have references and evidence to counter the points raised by my antisemitic brother His points are that there was no mention of the 6 million toll before 1960,hitler wouldn't kill 6 million of his own population and he spreads the lie that only 271 000 jews were killed

Was our ancestors from year 1500 stupid for believing in witches or does witches actually exist? If witches doesn´t exist why were they so naive?

How fine were other metal tools and weapons in old/non-modern Japan? Because smiths always forged japanese swords to look smooth and perfect, but how good did they forge other tools and weapons?

I have to write an argumentative essay on who was the better rhetorican . What are some facts or where can I find facts about Malcolm on how he influenced history thanks

Has any other US president had a “wing man” similar to how Elon musk is with Donald trump? Just curious.

In watching a few of the Anne Boleyn movies, they often depict her wearing a white cap before the execution, is there any reason for this besides keeping her hair off her neck? I’ve seen others in white caps before too, typically women, and wondered if there was a reason.

The 20th century saw several mass explosions and forced population transfers like the populations exchange between Greece and turkey, the expulsion of Germans from Eastern Europe, the f@#cking partion of India and Pakistan and many many more. Well some of these did result in violence and animosity it seems in general people who where forcibly moved during these populations exchanges and expulsions mostly accepted it and moved on with their lives. Why didn’t this happened with Palestine? Why did Palestinians remained a distinct ethnic group instead of being assimilated into the other Arab nations that they fleed to?

As of 2024, Russia is around 62% Christian, 21% Atheist, 10% Muslim and 1.4% belonging to other religions (the rest were undeclared), Whereas ethnically it's only around 70% Russian. (Source: Wikipedia)

And to my knowledge it's not like Russia was historically any more tolerant towards minorities than most Western European states. Indeed, Russian history is also no stranger to mass ethnic cleansing, as the Circassians and Crimean Tatars can attest.

And yet, you still have places like Dagestan, Tatarstan, Chechnya and many other regions in Russia where Russians and Orthodox Christians are themselves a minority. This is in stark contrast to say Western Europe, which has historically basically been 100% Christian and isn't nearly as ethnically diverse.

So why is this the case? Were the minorities in Russia somehow more resistant to persecution, or did the Russian State itself functioned in way that it couldn't completely assimilate ethnic or religious minorities?

My question is about the United States. General lore is that there was a 'before and after', where before the GFC big corporates and law firms would mass hire grads with a liberal arts and sciences education, pay them decently, and put them on a clear career track. How true is that picture?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/200ru9/why_do_we_study_history_i_am_at_a_loss/

From this post, certainly I agree that there is utility in studying history. We learn how to work from cause and effect, and make inferences about the future from how the past led to today. Furthermore, trends in human behaviour can give information on the human psyche. However, I was wondering why does this apply to studying all of history? If you have a case-study of the life of 20 soldiers in some war, why should you need a 100 more (beyond pedagogy)? If we know how medicine evolved from 1000CE to today, what utility is there in learning how medicine evolved before then?

Don't get me wrong. I certainly don't think that utility is the be-all and end-all metric to why we should do something. I'm just wondering what the reason is, whether it be philosophically aesthetic reason, utilitarian etc

There's a lot of parallels between Trump and Hitler that are often espoused as clear evidence that Trump's a fascist, that I can't help but see in Julius Caesar.

Caesar used the actual powers afforded to the position he rose to legitimately, to elevate his own position beyond the original intent of those laws, with the goal of centralizing power around himself. He might not have had the support of other officials, as the ending that I won't spoil will reveal, but enjoyed a large amount of support from the public. The public's view that he was an ideal patriot was, from what I heard in history class, largely the result of his successful military campaigns, and for anyone who hasn't read how those went, let's just say he didn't treat humans of those bordering nations great.

So my question is this, by post world war II standards, is Julius Caesar just a fascist who used populism to turn a republic in to an empire?

Im looking for primary sources on a bunch of different subjects but im not being very successful. Is there some web that compiles things like testimonies, speeches, etc by period or subject?

What do we know? Do we know of found or potential artifacts from Doggerland that can tell us about what happened there?

Am I missing something? I thought it was a white supremacist state treating the native black population badly. Have its policies been misconstrued?

In videogames and in entertainment related to medieval times in general it is very common to hear Celtic music as soundtrack.

I've been wondering why is it that we relate it so much with Middle Ages and such.

In my case, If someone mentions "Medieval Music" the first thing that comes to my mind is Celtic, is it for some reason in specific?

So I am buying a homemade remake of a 1841 mountain howitzer but the carriage is not at all correct. Does anyone know of a book or resource I can find to make an accurate carriage as well as any accessories it would have had ?

I am also interested in any related historical events.