This is kind of a weird one, but bear with me: the vast majority of people in modern-day India practice cremation of the dead, with the major exceptions being Muslims and some Christians. Ergo, fewer corpses to be reanimated. How did this affect the media and depiction of zombies and vampires in India?

My understanding was that the Greek world was in awe of Spartan military prowess and leadership and this reverrence mostly traces back to the Battle of Thermopylae. Everyone thinks the Spartans are the best warriors and they are willing to die defending Greece from Xerxes.

Wouldn't taking Persian money and ships to fund their war against Athens be a betrayal of this stand? Did any contemporary Greeks remark on this, or have any thoughts about how Persia is sort of able to buy the influence in mainland Greece they weren't get through conquest?

From the kitchen, to the student, to work, to marriages, and the larger Hindu community, every segment of Hindu society experienced colonization differently. Since much of the religion is passed down via community in modern times, the different experiences must have warped the religion's interpretation significantly, causing a confusion in what is "tradition" and what is "influenced by colonizer laws". Is there any concrete historical documentation suggesting the various ways certain traditions have significantly changed pre- and post- colonization and invasion?

For ex. Are these claims true or false HISTORICALLY?

Claim1 : "Marriages- the way of arranging marriages changed significantly to mirror Victorian matchmaking. A study of the Hindu religious texts suggests that women had greater agency over who they married as well as the age at which they chose to do so pre-colonisation and invasion. Dowry too, seems to be very different than the way we know it now."

Claim2 : "Transgender community was influential and respected in the court of god which formed the heart of any fortified city and therefore any capital, and played a significant part in the study of arts and religion until they were outlawed and suffered alongside destruction of temples. Today the Hindu religion seems to have kept the Victorian views."

Claim3 : "Property rights changed during colonization era causing the Hindu-household associated Hindu traditions to be redefined. This significantly affected the organisation of Hindu communities and the way Hinduism was practised in them."

It's something that I randomly thought about this morning. During the great plague, my city's people quarantined. The gates were shut, however to stop the people inside from starvation, fishermen from another village would bring food to the gates. The people in the city placed the coins in a sort of small stone basin filled with vinegar, because they believed the plague was caused by bad odours. Putting it in vinegar didn't stop the plague, but the social distancing did, because there was no direct person to person contact and prevented the outside villagers from coming in to contact with linen etc that had been contaminated.

I don't know which sub to ask this to, so I'll check in with the historians first. Thank you for your time.

Essentially the title. Would he be disappointed at the lack of expansion from MARTA? Upset at the lack federal funding? Or would he be proud of his legacy? If the architecture in WMATA?

The Japanese offensive was typified in the Malay peninsula but probing attacks on fortified positions followed by probing attack to find and turn the enemy flanks or establishing blocking positions behind the enemy line. Then we get to Guadalcanal and then its banzai charges against machine guns for the rest of the war.

Admittedly I'm not entirely familiar with the whole world of Westminster governments, but Canada, Britain, and Australia seem to have a tendency against coalition governments that I'm not really sure of the historical basis for.

The Gemma siege howitzers originally designed for the Belgium fortress lines during WW1 were supposed to be destroyed according to the post WW1 armistice. Yet one appeared at the siege of Sevastopol in 1942. Does anyone know the history? Seems like there’s an interesting story there

I’ve come across a lot of literature about pregnancy, childbirth, and baby wearing, but I’m more interested in postpartum accounts of nursing, sleeping, and other day-to-day activities involving early childhood. I’m open to any resources you can point me to, but I’m most interested in information regarding the Northeastern US. Thank you in advance! Please let me know if you have any questions 🙏

A while ago I had a debate with some Americans about the origins of the term Blud - I am from the UK. They argued that the term comes from the Crips and the Bloods, which i think is probably true when it comes to Americans saying Blud. However, I don't understand why English people would use the term Blud referring to the American Bloods. I always thought the term came from Caribbean-English communities, as there are dialects in England that come from multicultural communities like MLE. My American friends absolutely insisted that Brits must say Blud because of the American gang -> who is right? what is is the history of the word? thanks !

What did early humans do in order to stay alive while they slept before we had homes? Did they take shifts? Were their shelter good enough to keep predators out?

I'm very curious about racism in Maine during the 1960s-1970s but I have only found so many resources. Most are books that are hard to find or archives that I need to contact the Historical Society of Maine for. I can't find much of the Portland Chapter of the NAACP either. Would like to be recommended resources because I'd love to know more. I live very far from Maine, so it's not exactly easy to get information first hand.

Please redirect me to the correct sub if this is not it, thanks.

I’m not referring to modesty in terms of fashion which is normally how it is discussed, but in terms of nudity in general. I’m assuming before the advent of modern plumbing and building design, functional nudity like changing clothes, bathing, using the bathroom, etc. were fairly routine and commonplace even in the presence of (same gendered) strangers and no one necessarily batted an eye if someone was exposed for necessary and unavoidable (non sexual) reasons. So at what point did we go from nudity being an accepted reality of life to lock the door if you’re using the bathroom or changing your clothes being the general sentiment.

To my understanding, Homer may or may not have existed, or the Iliad and the Odyssey may have been written down by separate people, or maybe there was a Homeric school of authors.

But where does the name come from? Not meaning what is the etymology of the name but instead as in, do we have manuscripts that attribute the works to Homer, or is it all just tradition passed down by word of mouth or something else? And if it was a case of people writing these stories and attributing them to Homer to give them authority, do we think a historical Homer existed, a la a historical David or Solomon?

Most people know about the North Vietnamese propaganda telling US soldiers to abandon their units and defect to North Vietnam, however, as far as I know there aren't any recorded instances of this happening.

This has me wondering though... How would any soldiers that did successfully defect likely have been treated? Both by the Vietnamese and the US?

Would the soldiers have been taken prisoner or just killed? And how would they be treated if they were taken prisoner?

Thanks for any responses

My great grandfather worked in the automotive industry in Ulm,Germany during WW2 and the only info I had gotten about this from my grandma (Who was around 13 at the time) Was "He didn't fight in the war because he made automobiles," and that one time she and her dad had to drive these cars into the forest to hide them from bombers while planes were actively flying overhead looking for them.

She told me he was against the war but I want to know if he was actually working for the nazi party actively by choice or if he as in a position of a manufacturer and didn't really have a choice.

Hi there, I’m doing a research project on Unit 731 and I’d love to speak to anyone who has an interest in the topic or is familiar with it. Im looking for a historians input, as I’ve researched the topic but I haven’t found adequate primary sources. Thanks!

I've been wondering about the connection between Roman law and medieval serfdom. Roman laws placed certain restrictions on agricultural workers called coloni, including restrictions on leaving the land in some circumstances.

But did medieval serfdom actually develop out of this Roman system, or are we connecting two institutions that only look similar on the surface?

How much of medieval serfdom was inherited from Roman law, and how much emerged later because of changing landownership and the growing power of landlords after the Western Roman Empire declined?

I'd be interested in what historians think about this, especially any good books or sources that discuss the connection.