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Why did Hitler maintain good relations with Muslims despite his belief in Aryan racial superiority?

He personally met with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and appeared to treat him respectfully in footage released by the Nazi authorities. He permitted the formation of Muslim SS units which were allowed to follow Muslim practice freely. Shortly before the Battle of Kursk, he invit…

Posted by /u/Reebok_MF_classics

Why are Māoris considered indigenous but Falklanders aren’t?

As I understand it, the Māori were originally a people from across the sea who sailed to New Zealand, an uninhabited island at the time, and then began settling it. They formed a bond with the land when it was empty, and, as such, are correctly and universally considered the ind…

Posted by /u/fuzzus628

Gaming historians, I know you're out there -- where did the "three pillars" RPG game design (tank, healer, DPS) originate, and how has it evolved from its earliest incarnations?

I was thinking about how homogenized a lot of modern MMORPG classes have become into these three roles, and remembering how things used to feel different way back when. When I realized that WoW is over 20 years old now, I knew to turn to this sub for an answer! When and with wha…

Posted by /u/CaptainMikul

Why did it take so long to invent the T Shirt?

I was watching a video of a guy putting on a chiton, and it's basically just a square, turned into a tube, and then stitched to make a neck hole. A lot of ancient garments seemed quite involved to put on. Even early modern period, buttons are on everything. What is it about a t-…

Posted by /u/nationalgeographic

I’m Tom Hiddleston. Join me and the crew from ‘Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston' live on the red carpet at the series premiere on July 16th and ask us anything!

https://preview.redd.it/baz1088ym7dh1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57bbbba6e20c0aecf5b32ab740fa09e7876ce23e I’m Tom Hiddleston and I am taking a journey back in time in my new series ‘Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston’ on National Geographic. The ancient world h…

Posted by /u/volumeofatorus

Did knights or soldiers in the middle ages ever feel guilt about the killing, raping, and pillaging they did on campaigns?

One of the ways people in the past feel alien to me is that it seems like they had far fewer moral qualms with non-defensive violence against others, especially if they were of a different region or religion. This got me wondering whether my impression is accurate. Do we have an…

Posted by /u/NWCtim_

Did novels originally published chapter by chapter in periodicals (such as The Count of Monte Cristo) get affected by 'fan feedback' in the same way that modern TV shows often do?

Posted by /u/mlky30

Anyone know the actual truth behind Louis XIV's hot chocolate baby?

Hi, so i just heard about how King Louis XIV’s wife(Maria Theresa of Spain) gave birth to a dark skinned baby in 1664 and then the court literally blamed it on her drinking too much hot chocolate(did she tell the king that she ate too much chocolate?) I know the baby allegedly d…

Posted by /u/StrawberryPatient307

How empty (of population) was the ancient world?

When I look at Bronze Age maps, I see states and civilizations around the major rivers, not far from those areas the map appears completely empty. How should this be interpreted? Does it mean there simply weren’t many humans overall, or were humans living everywhere but not in t…

Posted by /u/Arthur-reborn

How common was it in Vietnam to avoid being drafted by the Army by joining the Navy/Air force first?

My dad came from a poor family and turned 18 right at the height of the Vietnam era drafts. He knew he was most likely going to be drafted and there wasn't much he could do about it. So him and his brother both signed onto the Navy before he could get a draft notice. He ended up…

Posted by /u/snugglebunny822

Of the roughly 1.6 million Homestead Act patents issued between 1862–1934, is there any data or academic estimate on what percentage of that land remains in the hands of the original family line today?

Posted by /u/LurkingTamilian

Have there examples in history of a society forgetting how a particular technology is created but only know about maintaining it?

It is a common trope is Sci-fi for an ancient advanced civilization to collapse leaving behind artifacts that newer people can use and maintain but not develop themselves. Do we have documented cases of this in real-life? I am not counting cases like the pyramids which might hav…

Posted by /u/Playergh

Did Italian soldiers in the Second World War consume more water than other armies because they had to boil pasta?

The notorious board/war game The Campaign for North Africa has, among its numerous small details, the rule that the Italians consume more water than the others because they use it to boil pasta. Is this increased water consumption supported by sources, and did the Italians even…

Posted by /u/RecordSignificant124

How did ancient Romans deal with boners when they didn't wear underwear?

From what I read in Garret Ryan's book Naked Statues, Greeks and Romans usually didn't have underwear underneath their tunics. So how did men deal with erections?

Posted by /u/J2quared

Comedian Steve Harvey claimed that state lotteries were created as successors to the “numbers game,” a lottery popular in many Black communities. Is this historically accurate? To what extent did state lotteries replace or draw inspiration…

Posted by /u/Old_Temperature_5667

Is there a survivorship bias affecting the understanding of the lethality of "tarring and feathering," in Colonial America?

Help me settle a debate about the potential lethality of "tarring and feathering" in Colonial America. Because the science doesn't seem to match the records. I'm discussing (read: getting into an argument regarding) the "tarring and feathering" scene in the miniseries "John Adam…

Posted by /u/rroowwannn

Did victory gardens have any effect whatsoever on the food supply?

Every month in gardening subs someone posts wanting advice on growing their own food to reduce grocery bills, and everyone responds with pessimism, saying it's not practical for a beginner to grow a substantial amount of food on the average suburban lot, and that it's not a chea…

Posted by /u/labarge3

AMA about the history of goblins from their folkloric origins in the Middle Ages all the way to the Covid-19-era phenomenon of going “goblin mode”

Hi all – my name is Matt King. I am an associate professor of history at the University of South Florida, and my latest book is A History of Goblins, which was published by Palgrave Macmillan this May. It considers the history of these fascinating creatures (and their many deriv…

Posted by /u/Impressive_Jello_909

When was 'Space' first called 'Space ', and what was it called before?

Who actually coined the term 'Space'? I find it weird to think that there was a time when people looked at the sky and would call it something other than space. I assume that in different cultures it was called different things, but when did it become more universally known as '…