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ConsitutionalHistory t1_ja39rnz wrote

Reply to Treaty of Versailles being ‘too harsh’ by -Mothman_

IMO, the rise of Hitler in Germany was the result of a two pronged problem. The Treaty of Versailles was onerous in many ways...and in some respects, against German dignity as a nation. Then the Great Depression hit and while the rest of the world was trying to recover from that the country of France insisted on Germany continue it's reparations. This allowed the rise of the extremists in German society...this 'us against the world' mentality preached by the likes of Hitler.

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ConsitutionalHistory t1_j341pp0 wrote

Reply to Was the Weimar Republic really meant to go down? by DaslolligeLol

The Weimar was against the odds from the beginning. Germany was previously just a group of principalities followed by a short term monarchy. The Weimar was foisted upon the German people by the winners of WWI so it wasn't even a government of their own choosing. Still...it may have been successful had it not be for war reparations and the Great Depression. France in particular was still exacting their pound of flesh which made life difficult, manageable but difficult. But then the Depression more or less doomed the country and made German society ripe for extremism. An extremist, in the form of Hitler, who played on age long bigotries against jews...telling the German people what's wrong and who to blame for their lot in life. Mainly...the former allies holding back German nationalism and the 'jewish problem' which was rotting German society from within.

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Reply to If the Sami are considered the only indigenous group left in the European Union, what are the Karelians? by Theworldsfuckedm8

Define indigenous and/or how many generations/centuries do a people have to live in an area before they themselves can be described as indigenous? As most people believe in the 'out of Africa' principle that human ancestry came from that continent...then technically, no Europeans are truly indigenous.

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Reply to How did new emerging religions succeed despite established pre-existing religions during ancient and/or pre-historic times? by matthewlee0165

It's worth noting that most contemporary religions, to include Christianity, promise 'heaven' after death. Almost all really old religions were based on a need...you pray to the gods for rain, for sunshine, etc. People would 'fall away' from those gods during times of famine, drought, etc. But by post-poning personal fulfillment until after death, Christianity assured itself of things to come in the after life.

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Reply to What was history class like before the modern era? by SunsetShoreline

Herodotus is frequently cited as the world's first historian. In ancient times, the study of history wasn't so much a subject as the study of philosophy with Historical events as examples in philosophical discussions. In earlier times...people had their oral histories until people such as Home collected these and assembled them into the Iliad and/or his Odyssey. Of course the earlier books of the Old Testament are codified oral histories as well. The ancient Egyptian told stories in their hieroglyphs. Someone focused on the story of history would almost always originate from the upper classes as they were the only ones with the wherewithal to expend time and energy on such things without the need for finding food.

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Reply to Why Isn’t the New Testament in Latin? by ItaloSvevo111

Google the phrase 'canon of the catholic bible'.

Most if not all of the books of the New Testament were originally written in greek but none of the books were written at the same time. And while called books, we can almost think of them as chapters in the book we now refer to as the bible. Additionally, there were quite a number of these books being passed around the Mediterranean world not all of which made it into the current bible. As the Roman Catholic church became more pronounced they eventually held a council to determine which books would belong in the official church canon. These works became the official Catholic Church canon. Important to note, that not all of the works in the catholic bible were considered the direct word of God...but the church council viewed them as inspirational enough that they did indeed belong. This is why today, a catholic bible contains more new testament books than its protestant counter-part. Very long story short...once the church finalized on its canon of scripture, the church would then release the official catholic church's version of the now Latin bible called the Vulgate. Keeping in mind, the above is approximately 1200 or so years of history compacted into a Reddit post.

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Reply to Where did the English language REALLY come from? by MagicRaptor

Forgive me but I'm not sure where you're looking. There's tremendous historical as well as archeological evidence for many migrations to the British Isles. Within recorded history there's been the Norman invasion and the introduction of early French to the indigenous language and the Vikings with King Cnut before that. From an archeological perspective, you may find the below interesting...it's an article I literally came across just today during lunch. Through the work of modern DNA research, the British Isles were visited and settled literally countless times by any number of peoples and cultures.

https://news.sky.com/story/dna-from-skeletons-reveals-where-first-people-to-call-themselves-english-came-from-12713175

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