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Do we know of anyone specifically who participated in both the battle of hastings and Dyrrhachium?
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In the 19th century, ballet was perceived as a debased art form and often associated with prostitution. How did it come to be seen as an upper class and elite activity today?
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Osama bin Laden spoke Arabic in a calm, literary, almost poetic style. Is this usual among extremist or militant leaders in other cultures?
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John V of Armagnac forged a letter from the Pope that he was allowed to marry his sister Isabelle, Lady of the Four-Valleys. Was Papal permission for a incestuous marriage a believable lie at the time, or would it have been obvious to everyone that the Pope would never have approved of such a thing?
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What are the best academically rigorous but accessible books for a non-historian looking to build a serious reading list across history and science?
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Holocaust denial. If millions of Jews weren't murdered, where did they go?
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Would the idea of de-Confederatization have existed in 1865 at the end of Civil War?Like the idea of destroying/reeducation a population from a certain ideology?
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How did people in the past deal with the much greater purchasing power of money?
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Awkward moments so notable, it’s been documented in history?
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Despite having very different styles, by the 1950s both Walt Disney and Dr. Suess had become celebrated cultural icons. What did they think of each other? And what was going on in the US that led to such enthusiasm for the creators of illustrated stories aimed at children?
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From about 1000 CE to the 1700s how much did the distinction between Mahayana & Theravada Buddhism matter to the average Buddhist? Or even kings etc. in their relations with leaders nominally of the opposite school? Did anyone care that much besides religious scholars & lifelong monks?
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Before the advent of reliable clocks, how did people wake up before sunrise?
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Can you recommend books on the christianization/colonization of islands in the Pacific and its effects on the people?
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When did people voting for their leaders first start describing the process as "voting for the lesser evil"?
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What are the origins of the four classical elements?
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Were the New York and New Jersey mafia still involved with local labor disputes in the late 1990s and early 2000s?
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Where did the emphasis on discipline, self-discipline, obedience, and punishment when it came to kids in the 1900s and 2000s in the US come from?
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Best/Most reliable websites to find accurate historical information?
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Did Animal Trials Continue After the Middle Ages?
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Why did Khrushchev back down in the Cuban missile crisis?
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Is this part of Diodorus Siculus' Bibliotecha accurate?
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When did historians start taking into account bias in their sources?
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What are some of your favorite lesser known historical events or individuals that you think deserve more of a spotlight?
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In 1691, Engelbert Kaempfer wrote that Japan’s Tōkaidō Road was, “…more crowded than the public streets in any of the more populous towns in Europe”. Is this accurate, and how did that play out?
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Why Is Indonesia Largely Left Out of Global History if Its One of the Most Populous Countries in the World?
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Why did the Luftwaffe really shoot down the plane carrying British film star Leslie Howard in 1943? Did they really think it was Churchill? Or was Howard covertly serving as a spy/diplomat for the Allies? Or was it really simply an "error in judgment" as the many German sources said?
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Where did Americans first get the idea that work, suffering, hardship, adversity, pain, or misery build character, and why did people start saying "It builds character!" to everything?
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How did horses gain so much religious or spiritual importance to Native American tribes if they were only reintroduced to the Americas relatively recently?
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Were there any professional assassins on royal payroll in the medieval Europe and how were they called?
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(META question) Why doesn’t R/AskHistorians have a Documentaries list?
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Have US prison conditions gotten worse over the last 50 or so years?
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How quick-witted was Winston Churchill in reality?
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Did Tito ever thought about having a successor?
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What was Hitler's view on the berber people?
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Office Hours May 25, 2026: Questions and Discussion about Navigating Academia, School, and the Subreddit
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What was the timeline of slavery decline in Europe Late Antiquity/Early Middle Ages?
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Is there evidence that ancient Egyptian female mummies were allowed to decompose to avoid necrophilia?
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Was there an especially concerted effort to "whitewash" Qianlong?
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What jewelry did men wear in 1st century B.C. of Ancient Rome? Did freedmen ever wear anything like bracelets to cover up former scars of slavery? Did this differ in Roman controlled territories such as Greece?
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Why are the Celtic people often associated with Ireland despite sprawling across much of Europe?
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What was temperance/teetotalism like in the 16th century?
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Were there people in Europe before the PIE speakers?
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What are some modern examples of major cities that were fully abandoned?
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What are the historical inaccuracies you find most interesting ?
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Was Heligoland an important spot in British naval strategy after it had been given to Germany in 1890 to 1945? Any publications about it? I've seen something about operation ,,Big Bang" in April 1946, but I'm not sure about its real aim.
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What are the chances of new Roman texts being rediscovered?
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Why did Joop Piller, a Jewish resistance hero, become Han van Meegeren's protector and help rehabilitate his image after WWII?
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Were there any Aztec on Mayan philosophers?
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