/u/megami-hime's posts in /r/AskHistorians

Year:

Only show posts with narrations

Everyone knows about Roman slavery, and the Transanlantic Slave Trade. But how about slavery in Medieval times?

4394 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

In 797, Charlemagne sent an embassy to the court of Harun al-Rashid. 5 years later, the embassy would return with numerous exotic gifts from Baghdad, including an elephant. Do we know of the Abbasids' side of this tale?

4378 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Where are all the Indian maps?

2233 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Islamic tradition states that the Prophet was born on "the Year of the Elephant", the year that an Aksumite army armed with war elephants tried to destroy the Kaaba and was stopped by divine intervention. What is the secular interpretation of this event? What "really" happened?

1902 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

An Lushan, famous rebel against the Tang Empire, was an ethnic Sogdian. Sogdia at the time was an eclectic mix of religions including Nestorianism, Manichaeism and Iranian polytheism. Do we know anything about An Lushan's religious beliefs?

986 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

How did the inhabitants of Byzantine Africa react to their conquest by the Arabs? What did they feel about their new masters?

853 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Did the concept of military, monastic orders (e.g. Teutonic Knights, Knights Templar, Knights Hospitallier) exist outside Catholicism/Christianity?

710 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

When the Russian Revolution happened, how many working-class Russians actually knew what Communism is?

427 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

AFAIK, one of the reasons for Mecca's opposition to Muhammad was the importance of the pilgrimage business. Was the development of the Hajj as a very important act in Islam a compromise for the needs of the Meccans?

358 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Was Prussia really as uniquely militarised as popularly imagined?

328 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Everyone knows about Roman slavery, and the Transanlantic Slave Trade. But how about slavery in Medieval times?	4394
In 797, Charlemagne sent an embassy to the court of Harun al-Rashid. 5 years later, the embassy would return with numerous exotic gifts from Baghdad, including an elephant. Do we know of the Abbasids' side of this tale?	4378
Where are all the Indian maps?	2233
Islamic tradition states that the Prophet was born on "the Year of the Elephant", the year that an Aksumite army armed with war elephants tried to destroy the Kaaba and was stopped by divine intervention. What is the secular interpretation of this event? What "really" happened?	1902
An Lushan, famous rebel against the Tang Empire, was an ethnic Sogdian. Sogdia at the time was an eclectic mix of religions including Nestorianism, Manichaeism and Iranian polytheism. Do we know anything about An Lushan's religious beliefs?	986
How did the inhabitants of Byzantine Africa react to their conquest by the Arabs? What did they feel about their new masters?	853
Did the concept of military, monastic orders (e.g. Teutonic Knights, Knights Templar, Knights Hospitallier) exist outside Catholicism/Christianity?	710
When the Russian Revolution happened, how many working-class Russians actually knew what Communism is?	427
AFAIK, one of the reasons for Mecca's opposition to Muhammad was the importance of the pilgrimage business. Was the development of the Hajj as a very important act in Islam a compromise for the needs of the Meccans?	358
Was Prussia really as uniquely militarised as popularly imagined?	328