#history

According to this study, it is very difficult to predict whether an event will be historically significant while it’s happening.

This book delivers exactly what it promises — a condensed overview of Soviet history.

It seems that in places where religion and government was the biggest obstacle for feminism, communism had a massively positive impact. However, in places where the biggest obstacle was prejudice or culture, it did very little to help. In fact, it may have supressed feminist movements that would’ve otherwise taken off.

One of the main rivals of the Aztec Empire—a city-state called Tlaxcallan—was a republic ruled by an assembly of commoners & nobles.