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Do we know anything about what pre-Colombus Native Americans would do during a large hurricane? What they thought they were and how they reacted?

216 upvotes • jc3ze

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[Meta] I’m back with the final post summarizing my PhD dissertation work on AskHistorians! This post describes the visible and invisible work of AskHistorians moderators (and why they do it)

216 upvotes • SarahAGilbert

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Seeing as Egypt was under British patronage for most of the last two centuries, why is the majority of ancient Egyptian research primarily in French?

216 upvotes • hirst

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What was Roman body language like? How would they communicate without speaking? Did they swagger, gesture a lot, etc., or were they more subtle?

216 upvotes • TitanBrass

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In the second temple period, could Jews and Samaritans easily tell each other just by looking? How?

216 upvotes • The_Manchurian

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AMA: Tank Archives and Designing the T-34

216 upvotes • TankArchives

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In the Old West, where did brothel workers sleep? NSFW

216 upvotes • dabunbun

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Was there a javelin industry in ancient Rome? Where did the soldiers get all their javelins from?

216 upvotes • just_the_mann

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During the Russo-Japanese War, it seems most land battles were in China. Did the Qing simply just let a war go on in their country or were they in no shape to protest armies marching in Manchuria?

216 upvotes • Myfy

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Caesar destroyed the Veneti, a Gaulic tribe on the coast of France that had huge sailing ships. How far could the Veneti sail and did they discover any uncharted lands in their travels?

216 upvotes • shallowblue

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Do we know anything about what pre-Colombus Native Americans would do during a large hurricane? What they thought they were and how they reacted?	216	jc3ze
[Meta] I’m back with the final post summarizing my PhD dissertation work on AskHistorians! This post describes the visible and invisible work of AskHistorians moderators (and why they do it)	216	SarahAGilbert
Seeing as Egypt was under British patronage for most of the last two centuries, why is the majority of ancient Egyptian research primarily in French?	216	hirst
What was Roman body language like? How would they communicate without speaking? Did they swagger, gesture a lot, etc., or were they more subtle?	216	TitanBrass
In the second temple period, could Jews and Samaritans easily tell each other just by looking? How?	216	The_Manchurian
AMA: Tank Archives and Designing the T-34	216	TankArchives
In the Old West, where did brothel workers sleep? NSFW	216	dabunbun
Was there a javelin industry in ancient Rome? Where did the soldiers get all their javelins from?	216	just_the_mann
During the Russo-Japanese War, it seems most land battles were in China. Did the Qing simply just let a war go on in their country or were they in no shape to protest armies marching in Manchuria?	216	Myfy
Caesar destroyed the Veneti, a Gaulic tribe on the coast of France that had huge sailing ships. How far could the Veneti sail and did they discover any uncharted lands in their travels?	216	shallowblue