/r/AskHistorians
Nowadays, Hitler is widely regarded as the most evil human to ever live. But who was used as the standard of comparison for evil before Hitler?
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Back in Ancient Greece homosexuality was allowed. During the 17th century people had sex quite freely. Why is it that during the Victorian times, that suddenly changed and sex was deemed a very private affair? And why was homosexuality made illegal?
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How is it that I can mostly read "The Canterbury Tales" in the original, but "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," written at roughly the same time and in the same country, is mostly unintelligible?
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I'm a well regarded prostitute in Pompeii in 20 CE with a solid clientele, and have just realised that I'm pregnant. What are my options?
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Anton Wilhelm Amo Afer was brought from modern-day Ghana to Germany in 1707, educated at a duke's court and became an eminent philosopher. How did contemporaries react to this first African professor in Europe? What is known about his own teachings?
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I’ve seen photos purporting to be women wearing strap-ons in the 1920s. What’s the history of strap-on dildos? How old are they? [NSFW] [Serious] NSFW
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Are there any disagreements between English and U.S historians on any facts/aspects of the American Revolution?
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After playing Red Dead Redemption 2, I've just now realized they didn't have any way to dispose of garbage systematically. In the old West did everyone in every town really just throw their waste wherever they stood?
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