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In the Netflix series 'Blue Eye Samurai' a person with blue eyes from a European father and Japanese mother is constantly ostracized and often literally demonized. Are there any historical grounds for this quasi racial stereotyping/othering in 17th century Japan?

618 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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I would like to read the Iliad, which translation/version would you (a historian) recommend?

506 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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With the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan some newspapers wrote as their heading 'Afghanistan back to Medieval times' or something alike. Now we all know that the Taliban and the Afghanistan situation are a modern fenomenon. But what was Afghan Medieval society really like?

108 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Our modern timeconception is cumulative, lineair, with a distinct emphasis on (technological) progress. Has this always been the case in the West? How would the Romans have conceptionalised time?

88 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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With the announcement of Total War: Pharaoh (which takes place during the Late Bronze Age/'Bronze Age Collapse'), which books do you recommend for a proper understanding of the time period?

45 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How reliable is the Bayeux Tapestry in depicting the Battle of Hastings and 11th Century warfare?

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Is the AskHistorians Podcast still a thing?

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Who were the Indo-Europeans? Why did they migrate?

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How did homosexual people in Late Medieval/Early Modern Europe define/see themselves?

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How were the Germanic (and other) tribes influenced by the Romans? What are the differences between the Germanic peoples of Ariovistus and the later Germanic tribes of the 4th and 5th centuries?

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In the Netflix series 'Blue Eye Samurai' a person with blue eyes from a European father and Japanese mother is constantly ostracized and often literally demonized. Are there any historical grounds for this quasi racial stereotyping/othering in 17th century Japan?	618	AskHistorians
I would like to read the Iliad, which translation/version would you (a historian) recommend?	506	AskHistorians
With the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan some newspapers wrote as their heading 'Afghanistan back to Medieval times' or something alike. Now we all know that the Taliban and the Afghanistan situation are a modern fenomenon. But what was Afghan Medieval society really like?	108	AskHistorians
Our modern timeconception is cumulative, lineair, with a distinct emphasis on (technological) progress. Has this always been the case in the West? How would the Romans have conceptionalised time?	88	AskHistorians
With the announcement of Total War: Pharaoh (which takes place during the Late Bronze Age/'Bronze Age Collapse'), which books do you recommend for a proper understanding of the time period?	45	AskHistorians
How reliable is the Bayeux Tapestry in depicting the Battle of Hastings and 11th Century warfare?	16	AskHistorians
Is the AskHistorians Podcast still a thing?	12	AskHistorians
Who were the Indo-Europeans? Why did they migrate?	11	AskHistorians
How did homosexual people in Late Medieval/Early Modern Europe define/see themselves?	9	AskHistorians
How were the Germanic (and other) tribes influenced by the Romans? What are the differences between the Germanic peoples of Ariovistus and the later Germanic tribes of the 4th and 5th centuries?	9	AskHistorians