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I often see in fantasy a person being "x moons old" or "x summers old". Has this ever been the case in real life? When did it become standard to refer to someone as "x years old"?

211 upvotes • Madbrad200

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When did people of the former Roman Empire cease to consider themselves "Roman?"

211 upvotes • WarHorse80X

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I've often heard that the Middle East was "Arabized" over the course of history. Does this mean that there were other ethnic groups that were wiped out over the course of time?

211 upvotes • sergev

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Was ranged combat (Slings, Archery, etc.) seen as less honorable or more cowardly in comparison to melee combat to the Ancient Greeks?

211 upvotes • BySaintGeorge112

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Is it true that Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Tito, Freud, and Archduke Franz Ferdinand were all living in Vienna in the summer of 1913?

211 upvotes • Pa7cin

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In Flags of Our Fathers a guy falls overboard on the fleets way to Iwo Jima and no one stops for him, was this standard procedure?

211 upvotes • SureAsSteel

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Is it true that the Islamic world underwent a decline in science after the 'Golden Age'? Or were the Ottomans or Safavids just as scientifically innovating as the Abbasids or Samanids?

211 upvotes • Lithide

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Why did Charlemagne divorce the Lombard Princess Desiderata?

211 upvotes • ausAnstand

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Was Victorian flower language an actual thing people did? If you gave someone moss rose, would they know you meant "a confession of love"?

211 upvotes • fashionmagnolia

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What is /r/askhistorians take on the book "Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich"? Is it a valid source among historians?

211 upvotes • WatNxt

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I often see in fantasy a person being "x moons old" or "x summers old". Has this ever been the case in real life? When did it become standard to refer to someone as "x years old"?	211	Madbrad200
When did people of the former Roman Empire cease to consider themselves "Roman?"	211	WarHorse80X
I've often heard that the Middle East was "Arabized" over the course of history. Does this mean that there were other ethnic groups that were wiped out over the course of time?	211	sergev
Was ranged combat (Slings, Archery, etc.) seen as less honorable or more cowardly in comparison to melee combat to the Ancient Greeks?	211	BySaintGeorge112
Is it true that Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Tito, Freud, and Archduke Franz Ferdinand were all living in Vienna in the summer of 1913?	211	Pa7cin
In Flags of Our Fathers a guy falls overboard on the fleets way to Iwo Jima and no one stops for him, was this standard procedure?	211	SureAsSteel
Is it true that the Islamic world underwent a decline in science after the 'Golden Age'? Or were the Ottomans or Safavids just as scientifically innovating as the Abbasids or Samanids?	211	Lithide
Why did Charlemagne divorce the Lombard Princess Desiderata?	211	ausAnstand
Was Victorian flower language an actual thing people did? If you gave someone moss rose, would they know you meant "a confession of love"?	211	fashionmagnolia
What is /r/askhistorians take on the book "Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich"? Is it a valid source among historians?	211	WatNxt