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Did medieval monks think that everyone should be a monk?
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Was Ba'al related to the act of infanticide/child abandonment in the ancient world?
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According to the chronicler Peter von Dusburg, the starving defenders during the 1264 siege of Bartenstein were so desperate "even children's food would have tasted good to them then." What was so horrible about 13th century children's food?
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How many people died due to complications from the fall of the USSR?
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So ... who won the 30 year war...?
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Why does so many axis-victory scenarios always have Finland annex the Kola Peninsula (Murmansk)? Was this an actual territorial ambition goal that was planned?
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Are there sources for soldiers guarding potatoes?
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With so many older song recordings ending in fade-outs, how did they end those songs live?
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How progressive was Herman Melville?
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Was Eugenics Considered "Good Science" Back Then?
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In "Under the Moons of Mars", Edgar Rice Burroughs depicts Earth human John Carter struggling to walk properly with the lower gravity of Mars. This story was first published in 1912. When did people first begin to know enough about Mars to allow such speculation?
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Why didn't the Japanese just bypass the Philippines and invade the Dutch East Indies for oil to avoid war with the US?
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What are the earliest/oldest known examples of someone keeping a diary or personal journal? Do we know anything about how this practice originated?
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I know the “Dark Ages” is now considered a misnomer, but there was SOME darkness, right?
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In Medieval England, by law anyone witnessing a crime must raise the "hue and cry" and keep doing so until the criminal's apprehension (from county to county, if need be). Do we have any idea what this hue and cry sounded like?
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After McCarthyism and/or COINTELPRO, was there any legislation passed that meaningfully reduced the likelihood that such a witch-hunt could happen again?
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How Did Medieval People View the Romans and Their Ruins?
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Were all Native American religions that we have record of Animists??
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Is a Middle Eastern superpower TL possible?
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How was exile enforced in ancient world?
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Dr. Sveinn Jóhannesson on the Scientific-Military State in the early United States - Ask Me Anything!
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During the Cold War, why did East Germany not produce their own armaments while West Germany did?
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What's so important about Doric, Ionic & Corinthian Columns?
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How were the leaders and key figures of the Fourth Crusade viewed and treated in contemporary society after the crusade and its subsequent controversies(e.g. excommunication by the Pope, sacking of Constantinople)?
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How did the British tradition of sending children to boarding school impact British culture and social norms?
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When and why did vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry become the de facto most basic flavors that every ice cream vendor/company must have?
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Historiography or history theory recommendations?
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Did the Nazis ever publicly address the glaring weakness of Fuhrerprinzip?
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Can anyone help me find the pension documents for two Union Civil War soldiers?
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What was politics like before the "invention" of realpolitik?
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What's the history of DJ-ing? How did they come to be seen as artists of their own rather then just playing other people's music?
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What are some good books to read about the end of the Cold War?
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Any noteworthy chefs in history?
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What is the history of the energy drink? How did extra caffeinated drinks go from multiple espresso shots to 300 mg of caffiene in 16oz cans?
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How did anti-blackness become so prevalent in East Asian countries despite the relative non-existence of black people there?
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Did endemic ergot contamination enable the visionary experiences of Hadewijch, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and Meister Eckhart?
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Why did some European countries see a steeper decline in Christianity than others recently?
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When did the use of archery such as the longbow completely phase out of warfare? Seems like it would complement musketry based on fighting formations of the 1700s…
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Why is anti-blackness so prevalent in East Asian countries despite the relative non-existence of black people there?
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Which other regions had developed the conditions for industrialisation by the mid-eighteenth century, and what specific factors delayed their actual industrialisation relative to Britain?
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Why are there no continuously inhabited cities from ancient times in Iraq like there are in the Levant? (such as Damascus, Tyre, tc)
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What exactly was the logic behind letting people purchase a military rank with money? Didn't this seem like a bad idea even at the time?
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Were (painted) Classical Statues ever repainted radically, or how often were they updated/repainted/touched up and by whom?
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When does early modernity become modernity?
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Were javelins used for warfare at any point in time in the Middle Ages, anywhere from Europe to North Africa and the Middle East? Why/why not?
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Gothic vs Germanic successor kingdoms: why did the Goths fail where the Germans succeeded?
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Why do so many older office desk lamps have the same green rectangular look?
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Was Spain viewed as a “backwards” country in the 1400s? How did other European countries basically view Spain during this time?
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How exactly were guns counted on Napoleonic warships (e.g. British Merlin-class)?
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