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I remember being told as a kid that huge areas of England were deforested between the 15th and 18th centuries to accommodate for shipbuilding, how true is this?

181 upvotes • mbeaumont1

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Are there any personal accounts written by Native Americans who visited the Old World during the early colonial period?

181 upvotes • RabidHaggis

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What exactly does it mean when sources say ancient armies "razed" a city?

181 upvotes • Paradigm240

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When Commodore Perry forced his way into Edo to open Japan up for trade, how much did the Japanese know about the United States?

181 upvotes • Momojo

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[Meta] "History buff" historians, how did you get interested in your favorite topic or era?

181 upvotes • sunagainstgold

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Was landing soldiers behind enemy trench lines ever considered by either side on the Western Front during WWI?

181 upvotes • Insendius

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Black dye and the Hospitaller Knights, Medieval Era

181 upvotes • Permanent_Sharpie

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In the History of Rome podcast, it's mentioned several times, that Caligula and Claudius were in massive debt. To whom are absolute rulers, who can kill anyone on a whim, were in debt?

181 upvotes • Cyrusas

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Would medieval nobility be noticeably larger than common men?

181 upvotes • Lann15ter

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Do we have any actual clue on what happened to the Vikings in Greenland after 1408?

181 upvotes • helembad

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I remember being told as a kid that huge areas of England were deforested between the 15th and 18th centuries to accommodate for shipbuilding, how true is this?	181	mbeaumont1
Are there any personal accounts written by Native Americans who visited the Old World during the early colonial period?	181	RabidHaggis
What exactly does it mean when sources say ancient armies "razed" a city?	181	Paradigm240
When Commodore Perry forced his way into Edo to open Japan up for trade, how much did the Japanese know about the United States?	181	Momojo
[Meta] "History buff" historians, how did you get interested in your favorite topic or era?	181	sunagainstgold
Was landing soldiers behind enemy trench lines ever considered by either side on the Western Front during WWI?	181	Insendius
Black dye and the Hospitaller Knights, Medieval Era	181	Permanent_Sharpie
In the History of Rome podcast, it's mentioned several times, that Caligula and Claudius were in massive debt. To whom are absolute rulers, who can kill anyone on a whim, were in debt?	181	Cyrusas
Would medieval nobility be noticeably larger than common men?	181	Lann15ter
Do we have any actual clue on what happened to the Vikings in Greenland after 1408?	181	helembad