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The AskHistorians 2014 Best Question of the Year Thread!

193 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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If the ancient Greeks considered women to be vastly inferior to men, why did they have such powerful female figures in their pantheon?

193 upvotes • Onomanatee

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How did people get up on time before the days of alarm clocks?

193 upvotes • BITTERSTORM

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Why are the names of so many Chinese restaurants made up of a combination of jade, dragon, garden, rose, ect?

193 upvotes • toefirefire

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What did Barcelona look like when Gaudi moved there to study architecture?

193 upvotes • Redzer11

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When was the first time there was a significant body of knowledge in Asia on civilization in Europe, and what did it say?

193 upvotes • BallsJefferson

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At the time The Book of Mormon was written did people (by which I mean “scholars & scientists”) know enough about Pre-Colombian history/archaeological for its claims (setting aside the blatantly supernatural stuff) to seem as ludicrous as they do today?

193 upvotes • grapp

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Why antiquity human statues have relatively detailed male genitalia but not female?

193 upvotes • CornPlanter

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How far apart were Germanic villages in the fourth/fifth centuries?

193 upvotes • Ichinose_Hajime

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Were the Roman citizens educated about their Empire's history?

193 upvotes • piponwa

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
The AskHistorians 2014 Best Question of the Year Thread!	193	Georgy_K_Zhukov
If the ancient Greeks considered women to be vastly inferior to men, why did they have such powerful female figures in their pantheon?	193	Onomanatee
How did people get up on time before the days of alarm clocks?	193	BITTERSTORM
Why are the names of so many Chinese restaurants made up of a combination of jade, dragon, garden, rose, ect?	193	toefirefire
What did Barcelona look like when Gaudi moved there to study architecture?	193	Redzer11
When was the first time there was a significant body of knowledge in Asia on civilization in Europe, and what did it say?	193	BallsJefferson
At the time The Book of Mormon was written did people (by which I mean “scholars & scientists”) know enough about Pre-Colombian history/archaeological for its claims (setting aside the blatantly supernatural stuff) to seem as ludicrous as they do today?	193	grapp
Why antiquity human statues have relatively detailed male genitalia but not female?	193	CornPlanter
How far apart were Germanic villages in the fourth/fifth centuries?	193	Ichinose_Hajime
Were the Roman citizens educated about their Empire's history?	193	piponwa