/u/Red_Galiray's posts

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Several photos of Iranian women before the Islamic Revolution circulate the internet. But I've seen people refute the view that Iran was progressive by saying this was limited to a small rich elite, and that the great majority of women had no substantial rights. Is this true?	2997	AskHistorians
[WP] You are an English peasant from the Middle Ages, whose ghost can't pass on until the monarchy falls. You're really annoyed when two teenager girls contact you through a Ouija to ask for your advice regarding boy trouble, but you end up getting a little too invested into their lives.	1011	WritingPrompts
TvTropes claims that Ancient Greeks saw Zeus as being better than in his myths, to the point that Plato thought the myths were blasphemous slander and wanted them banned. Is this true? NSFW	236	AskHistorians
What did the people in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies think about the American Revolution while it was still going on?	162	AskHistorians
In The Road to El Dorado, a guard tries to arrest the protagonists for playing with loaded dice. Was it actually illegal to cheat on games like this in 15th century Spain? What kind of trial, if any, would have awaited Miguel and Tulio had they been captured?	121	AskHistorians
In "To Kill a Mockingbird" the kids refer to their father by his name and address him as "sir". Was this level of formality normal for 1960's kids? And when did it start to change?	114	AskHistorians
How did African American intellectuals and activists like Malcolm X conciliate their view of Africa as a homeland and Africans as brothers with the fact that many African tribes, kingdoms and Empires participated willingly in the slave trade too?	47	AskHistorians
According to James McPherson, some Confederate soldiers brough their slaves to Army camps to cook and wash clothes for them. Did Southern soldiers do the same during the Mexican-American War?	41	AskHistorians
I'm a common man in West Africa in the late 19th century. How much does my life change after my home comes under European control?	29	AskHistorians
After seceding from the Union in 1861, Alabama drafted a new state constitution that seems oddly progressive. It declared that the "The humane treatment of slaves shall be secured by law" and seems to have given the enslaved certain rights. Why did the Convention include these articles?	25	AskHistorians

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