/u/Vladith's posts in /r/askhistorians
In his novel "V", Thomas Pynchon suggests mass rape and sexual slavery were part of an expressed German policy in the 1904 genocide of the Herero and Namaqua. Is this accurate? NSFW
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Why did African slavery and plantation agriculture not dominate colonial Mexico the way that it ruled nearby regions of Cuba, Brazil, and the American South?
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Is urban gentrification a new phenomenon, or were poor families in Ancient Rome, medieval Cairo, and 18th century London regularly pushed out by wealthier young people?
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Are "king" and "sultan" completely analogous titles? How would a high medieval king differ differ from a sultan of the time?
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In the video games Crusader Kings 2 and Europa Universalis 4, monarchs often "fabricate claims" to justify the seizure of small territories. Did this ever actually happen?
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Jim Morrison's father was Rear Admiral George Morrison, commander of US forces during the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Did Jim Morrison or other members of the Doors ever comment on this connection to the Vietnam War? How did George Morrison react to his son's antiwar lyrics and countercultural legacy?
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How did African Americans get out west? Did wagon trains generally permit black people, or did they have to form their own caravans?
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How did the Frisians, a people known for their naval dominance in the early middle ages, become so irrelevant in later medieval and early modern history?
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