GOLDIEM_J
GOLDIEM_J t1_ja440e5 wrote
Reply to Treaty of Versailles being ‘too harsh’ by -Mothman_
Another thing is no one thinks about Versailles logically, nor do the education systems ever encourage this. Compare it to Saint Germain, Trianon, Serves, Brest Litovsk, all of which are never taught in Western history classes but were arguably harsher than Versailles. Your teacher will never reveal to you that Russia LOST World War I. It's all "Germany lost the war, and they got blamed for everything." Versailles was actually quite lenient for its time. What made Versailles so difficult for the Germans to swallow is that it deprived them of their pride.
GOLDIEM_J t1_j9sv5os wrote
Reply to comment by Doctor_Impossible_ in Weekly History Questions Thread. by AutoModerator
So do you believe that the issue was entirely a moral one for the British? Or was it just for the international PR?
GOLDIEM_J t1_j9m52pm wrote
Reply to Weekly History Questions Thread. by AutoModerator
Did the British gain anything from pressuring others into abolition?
GOLDIEM_J t1_j3whv4p wrote
Who was responsible for popularising the usage of Hangul?
GOLDIEM_J t1_j1fp2x7 wrote
How far would you agree that Henry VIII's marriages are over-discussed in comparison to other aspects of his reign?
GOLDIEM_J t1_j13lz63 wrote
Did the Romans notice linguistic similarities between Latin and the Celtic and Germanic languages in the same way the Portuguese did when they reached India?
GOLDIEM_J t1_j11tqwd wrote
Reply to comment by MeatballDom in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator
I am fully aware that medieval Christians would've considered people from classical antiquity, such as Xerxes or Augustus, to have been historical as we do today. Are you saying that they would've thought of Iliad characters the same way? Did they consider the Trojan war to be a historical event only with theological/supernatural embellishments? Would they not have thought of it as a fringe religious text?
GOLDIEM_J t1_j118z5x wrote
Reply to comment by en43rs in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator
During the Middle Ages, many in Europe considered the Iliad to be a historical account (just as the ancient Greeks and Romans did.) The epic cycle is a pagan tradition, whereas most of Europe was Christianised throughout the middle ages. Why would Christian Europe hold this view of the pagan Iliad and Odyssey?
GOLDIEM_J t1_j0zpqll wrote
Reply to comment by LaoBa in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator
Which one was that?
GOLDIEM_J t1_j0zpnqy wrote
Why was the Iliad considered to be historical in medieval times despite everyone being Christian (aka not pagan) back then?
GOLDIEM_J t1_iz9mwh4 wrote
Reply to comment by en43rs in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator
My predicament is that during the first taifa period, Alfonso VI conquered Toledo and was quite close to unifying Spain under a tolerant and harmonious rule. But then came in the radical Almoravid and even more radical Almohad caliphates who practiced forced conversions and fed into the "us vs them" concept stereotypical of the reconquista. It could've been a unified, tolerant kingdom but instead turned out as the one religion "winning" over another one. How far do you agree with this?
GOLDIEM_J t1_iz97wq1 wrote
Was the Almohad caliphate to blame for the Spanish inquisition?
GOLDIEM_J t1_iz5h7az wrote
Reply to comment by ImOnlyHereCauseGME in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator
So when then did the idea of reunification fall out of fashion?
GOLDIEM_J t1_iz5gvs3 wrote
When people talk about the population of Rome declining, they're usually talking about after the Western empire fell; but in fact, it appears to have been on the dole for virtually since the empire began with Augustus. Why is this?
GOLDIEM_J t1_ixlsqve wrote
How far do you agree that most British people hold a very Anglocentric view of the world wars?
GOLDIEM_J t1_ixd5xg6 wrote
Is there a term used to refer to the period of the French Revolution and Napoleon as a whole?
GOLDIEM_J t1_ivj2c7t wrote
How did the colonies react to the English Civil War?
GOLDIEM_J t1_iv7gamt wrote
What research methods did Herodotus use?
GOLDIEM_J t1_it4r6p6 wrote
What did the nine years war have to do with the Salem witch trials?
GOLDIEM_J t1_iswqp96 wrote
Does anyone know any good YouTube videos that describe the nine years war? Literally seems like no one's covered it!
GOLDIEM_J t1_iskh87h wrote
Reply to comment by Thibaudborny in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator
I guess socio-political changes through time is practically all history is in the educational sense rather than historical events as a whole.
GOLDIEM_J t1_iskagtb wrote
Reply to comment by Thibaudborny in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator
You may have heard the statement that everything Henry VIII did and how he asserted his authority on those around him has come to be viewed as the epitome of the word "king." Dictator-like kings, as exemplified in the examples provided, is more or less what I mean. I remember looking at John, Henry VIII and the Civil War in history class, but other than that, I mean I can't help but feel that the curriculum is selectivist in what they prefer to teach. Not much about the Anglo-Saxon period or even that the Plantagenets also held large sways of France. But anyway, back to my question, do you understand it better now?
GOLDIEM_J t1_isjjz81 wrote
Reply to comment by AmosLaRue in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator
By definition, "ancient" means everything before the Middle Ages, commonly understood as everything before 500 CE. So that includes ancient Egypt, Sumer, the Hittites, China, Greece and Rome, etc. On the other hand, when people mention "antiquity," they're generally talking about the period of ancient history circa 800 BCE to 500 CE. This is defined as the period coinciding with the Greco-Roman period, but it's important to note that there were other important developments going on in other parts of the world during this time as well.
GOLDIEM_J t1_isjc6lb wrote
How far do you agree that in the English educational system, kings who generally fit in with the stereotypical "king" epitome (eg John, Henry VIII, Charles I) are given an unfair precedent?
GOLDIEM_J t1_jc2mx4v wrote
Reply to Weekly History Questions Thread. by AutoModerator
How does the bronze age collapse compare to the crisis of the late middle ages?