I have had extensive discussions about origins of Judaism and Islam with artificial intelligence and it told me quite interesting persperctive, which I want to verify regarding consistency with the mainstream views and historical sources. First of all, it introduced me to the Documentary Theory. ...

There is plenty of anecdotal evidence regarding Jews and Germans (and possibly other stigmatized ethnic groups) in the USSR trying to dissimulate their ethnic origins: e.g., children issued from mixed marriages would adopt the last name and/or the ethnicity of their parent that they considered le...

Vinegar merchants in 17th and 18th northwestern Europe sold door-to-door and to people on the street. In these two images (from the Rijksmuseum) it shows the wheelbarrow they used to transport the barrel(s) of vinegar. In each image there are two cups as part of the equipment. Why would a vinegar...

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In his letter of 03 May 1888 to Heinrich Reuß, Otto von Bismarck stated: Durch einen Angriff auf das heutige Rußland würden wir seinen Zusammenhang festigen; durch Abwarten seines Angriffs aber können wir seinen inneren Verfall und seine Zersetzung möglicherweise früher erleben als seinen Angrif...