/u/Paulie_Gatto's posts

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Russia has ordered journalists to not refer to there being a state of war in Ukraine, referring it always as a "special operation." During Korea, when US forces were involved in a "police action" was there pushback to anyone who called it a war? Was "police action" mocked as a description?	416	AskHistorians
How long did it take for East Germans, who had fought a brutal war with the Red Army, to embrace Communism?	409	AskHistorians
George Washington Carver said he, his sister and his mother were "Ku Klucked" when he was very young. He says it was a band of outlaws who abducted them, and sold them in Arkansas - though he was found on the road, he never saw his other family again. How common were these acts in the Missouri area?	400	AskHistorians
Public Enemy in "Fight the Power" described Elvis as a "racist" sucker "simple and plain" who "meant ****" to rapper Chuck D. What was the reception of Elvis to the African-American community from the 1950s onwards?	314	AskHistorians
Since today marks the 2000th year since the birth of Julia Drusilla (known mostly for being the incestuous sister of Caligula) how much do we actually know about her?	313	AskHistorians
In the Arabian Nights, people from sub-Saharan Africa are typically depicted as someone to laugh at, or totally inept or treacherous, with (as far as I recall) no positive roles in the story. Would this be considered racism?	303	AskHistorians
The Indus Valley Civilization is famed in part for their complex sewage system. What was the state of sanitation of other ancient urban cities around that time? How different were the sewers of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and other areas?	303	AskHistorians
On Apr 2, 1917, the US declared war on Germany. It declared war on Austria-Hungary on Dec 7, 99 years ago today. Why the long delay? Was there hope that the Central Powers could be divided? And what were US relations with Bulgaria and the Ottomans?	301	AskHistorians
Ronald Reagan was the last president to refer to killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as a genocide in his remarks on the creation of the US Holocaust Memorial Council in 1981. Was that statement controversial with Turkey at the time? Why did George HW Bush avoid the term in 1990?	293	AskHistorians
Let's say an Arab trader decides that they'd like to set up shop in China during the Tang Dynasty. Where could they settle, and what must they do to become a subject of the empire? How did locals treat non-Chinese living in China at the time?	289	AskHistorians

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