/r/AskHistorians

Title	Upvotes	Author
META - As much as I've enjoyed r/AskHistorians for the past 10 years, I firmly believe that this subreddit should make a better effort to redirect people seeking more of a skin-deep understanding to subreddits more conducive to casual discussion. This would be a huge benefit to all.	6985	Theobromas
Machu Picchu was never discovered by the Spanish invaders, or anybody else for that matter until 1911. Why did the Incas abandon such a good secluded and strategic location in such a desperate time?	6980	GoddyofAus
I own a 5 floor apartment building in Berlin. Or better, what is left of it. It is June 1945. After the bomb raids the facade still stands, the rest is collapsed floors, burned debris and unexploded ammunition from the street fights. Who will help me rebuild and will I get compensated/subsidized?	6967	flavioeightyeight
[META] Can we stop with the hot-blooded young man questions?	6913	instantdoctor
Why has Country Music remained so white? What cultural and industry forces kept the genre that so willingly borrowed from blues, gospel, norteño, and mariachi so completely dominated by white artists and tied to white identity?	6900	F_Scott_Shitzgerald
I am a French citizen living in New Orleans in 1803. I’ve just been told that Consul Bonaparte has sold all of Louisiana to the Americans. What is likely to happen to me during the following weeks/months?	6846	LordOfDogtown9
If I were to eat 3 loaves of bread, one from Egypt in the year 2200BC, one from Rome in the year 45BC, and one from England in the year 1100AD, how much different would each one be to the modern day and/or to each other?	6840	yelloyo1
During the Waco standoff in 1993, why did large segments of the American population rally around the leader of a doomsday cult who was sexually abusing young girls, rather than their own government?	6836	debaser11
Within a period of about 15 years, from 220-235 CE, all four major Eurasian powers (The Roman empire, Parthian empire, Kushan empire, and Han dynasty) went into severe decline or collapsed completely. What happened to cause such widespread societal collapse over such a large area?	6820	jashbr
How did Sigmund Freud’s mother react to his theories?	6818	42alj

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