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1yc9zg | Are there any good source material on the Warsaw Ghetto to be had online? | Hi guys, I have a project I'm working on which requires unbiased primary sources on the Warsaw ghetto (demographics, population density, supplies, mortality rates, etc.). I've been scouring the net and my library for information about it, but I mostly seem to find holocaust denialist websites and websites referring to ... | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1yc9zg/are_there_any_good_source_material_on_the_warsaw/ | {
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1j7pwx | Following the passing of the Thirteenth Amendment, were there any cases of slave-owners attempting to continue the practice illegally? | I'm curious as to whether there were any remote corners of The South where slaveowners evaded the government and continued to hold slaves for a few months or even years after the Thirteenth Amendment was passed. Black workers were still treated terribly of course, and human trafficking via criminal organisations persis... | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1j7pwx/following_the_passing_of_the_thirteenth_amendment/ | {
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3qr7uu | In medieval and pre-modern times, political entities made marriage pacts between heirs in order to secure peace. Often times, this didn't last for more than 20 years, if not even less. Why did they even bother? | this peace didn't last*... | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3qr7uu/in_medieval_and_premodern_times_political/ | {
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fvbxhi | What happened to German and Italian volunteers in the International Brigades of the Spanish Civil War after they were disbanded in 1938? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/fvbxhi/what_happened_to_german_and_italian_volunteers_in/ | {
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31qce9 | What (if anything) did Native Americans think lay beyond the Pacific and Atlantic oceans? | Were there any religious or cultural assumptions about it being the edge of the world? Was there any speculation about there being other continents and civilizations? Mostly thinking of North America but if Central and South Americans had any ideas then I'd be interested to hear those too. | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/31qce9/what_if_anything_did_native_americans_think_lay/ | {
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1nfs65 | During the Cold War period, was Able Archer and The Cuban Missle Crisis the peak of tensions? | Were there any events that normal citizens wouldn't know about that would be even more tense than those moments? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1nfs65/during_the_cold_war_period_was_able_archer_and/ | {
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230tie | Is the shield wall fighting depicted on the show "Vikings" historically accurate? | It seems like they have made an effort to depict something other than usual hollywood 1v1 fighting but is it accurate for the times with them pushing as a group and occasionally creating gaps for people behind to stab/shoot? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/230tie/is_the_shield_wall_fighting_depicted_on_the_show/ | {
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1cpgy5 | I hear a lot about rape from the Red Army in Berlin during WWII. Did the German army (and SS) rape women too? If so, why isn't it talked about as much? | Particularly in their occupation of the Soviet Union, but in the rest of occupied Europe as well. I was just kind of shocked when I searched 'rape WWII Soviet women' on google and all that came up were articles about Soviet soldiers rapes. | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1cpgy5/i_hear_a_lot_about_rape_from_the_red_army_in/ | {
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1ukppx | Just finished watching "12 Years a Slave": Was life for slaves in the southern U.S. during the 1800's really as bad as these movies depict? What was the average life like for an average slave on an average plantation? | Believe me, not trying to undermine the abhorrence of slavery but these plantations in these slavery movies (Django, 12 Years...etc.) are always depicted so horribly, where the slave masters are literally the second coming of Hitler/Satan. I wonder if this done for effect because these are movies. I find it a bit hard ... | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1ukppx/just_finished_watching_12_years_a_slave_was_life/ | {
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2qrl9b | Why are pipe organs used to play songs or jingles at hockey games? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2qrl9b/why_are_pipe_organs_used_to_play_songs_or_jingles/ | {
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efpfyw | What was the Roman Empire's opinion of the crusades, and how did they feel about the outcomes? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/efpfyw/what_was_the_roman_empires_opinion_of_the/ | {
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7pw6gm | How was the East India Company able to maintain rule over the massive subcontinent for over 100 years? Was it stable? Was it more than a loose administration? How much indigenous resistance was there? Did this change under direct British rule? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7pw6gm/how_was_the_east_india_company_able_to_maintain/ | {
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35ej48 | Do Historians studying Colonial America *need* to be fluent in Native American Languages? | I'm an undergraduate History student interested in studying Colonial America (and more specifically, relations between Europeans and Natives) as a graduate student. All programs I've looked into require reading proficiency in only one language (I'm learning French).
I've had it mentioned to me that as a Historian of ... | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/35ej48/do_historians_studying_colonial_america_need_to/ | {
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3j5hm7 | What role did pike phalanxes play in late 16th and 17th century warfare? | With the prevalence of firearms and artillery, it seems to me like dense formations of pikemen would be slaughtered on a battlefield in the late 1600's. My question is: How would a typical commander of the time deploy and utilize his pike infantry effectively? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3j5hm7/what_role_did_pike_phalanxes_play_in_late_16th/ | {
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2vmvdt | Did fighting cease at night during the Battle of Stalingrad, or did soldiers fight 24 hours a day? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2vmvdt/did_fighting_cease_at_night_during_the_battle_of/ | {
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1hi562 | Homophobic slurs in turn-of-the-century/WWI Britain? | This is for the subject of writing research. Obviously the topic of homosexuality was not discussed openly in polite society, but I'm thinking impolite society, or soldiers at war. I'm familiar with the term ponce but I was wondering about the existence of something equivalent to the way "faggot" is used in the US, wit... | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1hi562/homophobic_slurs_in_turnofthecenturywwi_britain/ | {
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1jsssx | How big were vegetables 2,000 years ago? | I've read that carrots were much smaller in early history. Is that true of all fruits and veggies? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1jsssx/how_big_were_vegetables_2000_years_ago/ | {
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3u6z3m | Was the fear of communists in the US mostly about the military threat, or the fear of the idea and it leading to a revolution from within? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3u6z3m/was_the_fear_of_communists_in_the_us_mostly_about/ | {
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28qfjj | Did medieval cities have street names?/ How did people in urban areas tell each other where they lived? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/28qfjj/did_medieval_cities_have_street_names_how_did/ | {
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4zb3d1 | In Classical-age Europe, how pervasive was the ability to speak Greek? | For example, I know the bible isn't to be considered a reliable source and all but there are other examples of this phenomenon. In the bible, Jesus and Pontius Pilate were seemingly able to understand one another. Jesus, the son of a carpenter, doesn't exactly strike me as someone whose education extends much beyond th... | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4zb3d1/in_classicalage_europe_how_pervasive_was_the/ | {
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1w7ei1 | I have a few questions regarding colonial-era naval battles. | [I found this image](_URL_0_) while satiating my curiosity over old naval battles.
Can someone tell me a little about the processes of a battle like this? Were there set methodologies for taking a ship, strategies that were trained onto the crewmen for this kind of event?
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drzr5f | How did people "optimise" crops for better yields in ancient civilizations or in the middle ages? | What I'm more curious about is how they started creating more iterations of the same crop. | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/drzr5f/how_did_people_optimise_crops_for_better_yields/ | {
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1tomsr | Can someone describe with good detail how exactly the sacking of a major city by Roman troops would occur? | What happened to people inside the city, what happened to soldiers and officers still alive (the enemy of Romans), what happened to commerce, trade and daily routine in the city. How long would the Romans stay in a city, is there a reason to raise the city, or keep the city? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1tomsr/can_someone_describe_with_good_detail_how_exactly/ | {
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4usx5s | Why did Standard Oil continue to drop prices as their monopoly went on? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4usx5s/why_did_standard_oil_continue_to_drop_prices_as/ | {
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1mnsvi | What would a standard English soldier during the late 1300s be composed of? | I'm thinking during the 100 Years war, late 1300s. In the movies I've seen, it seems like most of the standard grunt soldiers were pretty well equipped with mail, a helmet, a sword and a buckler perhaps. How accurate is this? What would the average grunt be equipped with? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1mnsvi/what_would_a_standard_english_soldier_during_the/ | {
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12xnh5 | Did Vikings or pirates ever develop moral codes limiting what they could do to their victims? | I'm curious both about legal or social rules in the case of Vikings, and moral decrees from pirate captains. | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/12xnh5/did_vikings_or_pirates_ever_develop_moral_codes/ | {
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cvh80l | Why did the IWW decline so much by the early 1920s? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/cvh80l/why_did_the_iww_decline_so_much_by_the_early_1920s/ | {
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3hovx6 | What other dating systems were widely used other than B.C. and A.D.? When were those systems replaced? | Particularly how did they measure time in China and Japan before European influence. | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3hovx6/what_other_dating_systems_were_widely_used_other/ | {
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42ujob | By the 15th century, was the army of the Holy Roman Empire, an army of the empire, or of the emperor's own vassals and land? | After reading multiple different documents about the Italian Wars, the army of Holy Roman Emperors Maximilian the first and Charles the fifth are referred to as "the Imperial Army". Was this army actually an empire drawn from across the empire, and thus truly the army of the Holy Roman Empire, or was it the army that t... | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/42ujob/by_the_15th_century_was_the_army_of_the_holy/ | {
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5un7d5 | Did nations/national identity exist before the modern age? | An anthropologist told me they national identity did not exist before the modern age, but I did read in some articles that many historians do not think that this is true.
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2t36il | How did the USSR tackle the issue of employment during the decade following WWII? | Were many returning veterans kept on as soldiers, or were they expect to return to their families and farms?
What was the largest source of employment for veterans (obviously the state, but what do they have them doing?)?
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7q26cj | Is it true that Vikings let women handle their finances because they thought it was witchcraft? | I keep seeing this statement "Vikings made their women take care of their finances because they thought math was witchcraft" and can't find any proof to back it up. Does any one know about this? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7q26cj/is_it_true_that_vikings_let_women_handle_their/ | {
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1rea1r | Why is the "Water Erosion on the Sphinx Theory" Not Correct or More Popular? | I have a friend who really really believes this theory. Schochs and West and a couple of other Egyptologists have been trying to convince historians that the sphinx is older than previously thought, using evidence of water erosion in the monument as their proof.
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42icnn | Why has the south of Germany been richer than the north? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/42icnn/why_has_the_south_of_germany_been_richer_than_the/ | {
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343yc8 | Have there been riots in history that sparked the change they asked for? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/343yc8/have_there_been_riots_in_history_that_sparked_the/ | {
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1ge3zx | How could a country like Afghanistan change from being a fairly liberal country to very strict religious? | After seeing [pictures of women from Afghanistan in the 1950s](_URL_0_), I became curious of how this could happen. Which elements needed to be there? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1ge3zx/how_could_a_country_like_afghanistan_change_from/ | {
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3g3ja3 | Why don't Japanies swords have crossguards? | Simply question really. All of the Japanese swords I have seen or heard of have a tsuba, or some variation of disc guard. Disc guards have always struck me as offering very limited hand protection, especially on a two-handed sword, so why didn't Japanese swords evolve beyond the tsuba? Was there any real advantage or r... | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3g3ja3/why_dont_japanies_swords_have_crossguards/ | {
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27ah4j | Was oral hygiene, or lack thereof, ever a deterrent for people to kiss before contemporary methods became available? | Whenever I'm watching Game of thrones or think about times where, presumably, oral hygiene is not near where it is today, and I can't help but think how horrible it must be to kiss someone at the time. Am I seeing this accurately? Has kissing always been a part of people's love lives? And, if so, has this ever been an ... | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/27ah4j/was_oral_hygiene_or_lack_thereof_ever_a_deterrent/ | {
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26e82d | Did people in British colonies (eg. Canada, Australia, New Zealand) consider themselves British or did they moreover identify with the colony? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/26e82d/did_people_in_british_colonies_eg_canada/ | {
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39xjh9 | How widespread was anarchism as a political movement? | I'm trying to figure out: how relevant was anarchism as a political movement? (I'm thinking primarily of the period of time between when Proudhon was writing in the mid-19th century and the Russian Revolution in 1917.) Was it ever seen by large numbers of people as an alternative to whatever the current state of politi... | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/39xjh9/how_widespread_was_anarchism_as_a_political/ | {
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601a4c | Why is the Bering Strait never mentioned in the Cold War? | [deleted] | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/601a4c/why_is_the_bering_strait_never_mentioned_in_the/ | {
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g2uthz | In Ancient Rome, who would act as the police detectives? Who would try to figure out who’s guilty for murders so they could have a trial? What methods for investigation would they use? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/g2uthz/in_ancient_rome_who_would_act_as_the_police/ | {
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4zqe1r | How common was interfaith marriage on the medieval ages? | Also, how unstable was a Christian-Muslim alliance as opposed to a normal union between European christian lords?
And finally, how likely was a lord of a specific religion to give millitary support to their Interfaith friends? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4zqe1r/how_common_was_interfaith_marriage_on_the/ | {
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5vc22s | How much did the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front know about the German atrocities and the holocaust? For those that were aware of these events (or even participants), how did they rationalize these actions? | I know that the Wehrmacht, though technically separate from the Nazi Party, were instrumental in carrying out the Holocaust on the Eastern Front. But not every soldier of the Wehrmacht could have been an active participant. How much did they know, and how much did they care? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5vc22s/how_much_did_the_wehrmacht_on_the_eastern_front/ | {
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15qie7 | How often did people trade in money for gold? | Economics has always been an interest of mine. Today, all (most?) countries use a fiat monetary system, but for much of civilization the money system was backed by precious metals (gold or silver, usually).
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epzwgf | Literary Works on European Attire/Fashion | Hello, I have been looking around for good scholarly works on the history of European attire (all aspects of life military, sleeping etc..) and i'm wondering if there is considered a great work for somebody who wants to start reading on the subject.
Thank you for reading. | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/epzwgf/literary_works_on_european_attirefashion/ | {
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496gjq | How did outsiders view the relationship between the emperor and shogun of Japan? | In particular, I'm interested in how it was seen by the Europeans and the Chinese. Did they remark on the unusual nature of this arrangement? Would official correspondence be addressed to the emperor or the shogun? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/496gjq/how_did_outsiders_view_the_relationship_between/ | {
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u1nof | Why No American Aristocracy? | Why was it that the British Crown did not attempt to create an indigenous aristocracy in colonial North America by dispensing land grants with titles? In other words, why no American Peerage? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/u1nof/why_no_american_aristocracy/ | {
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c51soh | Are Palestinians to a significant extent Arabized Jews? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/c51soh/are_palestinians_to_a_significant_extent_arabized/ | {
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