/r/askhistorians
What is the wealth equivalent in today's terms for how much would be needed to finance construction of a castle during the High or Late Middle Ages? Was it more tied to your title and lands, or could any one with sufficient wealth build and maintain a castle?
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Stonewall is now portrayed as the 'start' of global gay rights, but laws around homosexuality had been liberalized in other countries by this time. How much would that have been reported and discussed in the US, what would have been the relative impact compared to local police harassment on events?
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Explorer. Governor of New York. Vice President. President. Rough Rider. It's Theodore Roosevelt, hopefully this will go better than the last time I hosted an event in Milwaukee. Ask me anything!
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The Kingdom of Chimor (900-1470) recorded that its first king arrived sailing from the west. Do historians think there is any truth to this story, and if so, where might their king have come from?
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According to Wikipedia, there was a Chinese famine in 1906-1907 that resulted in the death of 20-25 million people, rivaling the casualties of the Great Leap Forward. However, it also notes that the sourcing for this claim is dubious. In reality, how significant was this famine, if at all?
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My grandfather was a photographer during the Korean War and was stationed in Japan. I was gifted a photo album containing all his photos from this time. Does anyone know of any historical society's that would be interested in preserving these photos?
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Were the Japanese on the verge of surrender before the US dropped the atomic bombs? Also how many bombs did the US plan to drop had the Japanese not surrendered?
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