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There’s scene in HBO Rome with an Indian trader in it. The Indian man is wearing a turban, either a waistcoat or a jerkin make of hide, leggings and boots. He also seems to have arm jewellery. Is it authentic for an Indian in the first century BCE to be dressed like that?

2136 upvotes • grapp

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I'm a duke/count in western Europe: What would I need to do to call myself King and not get laughed at?

2136 upvotes • nandugrinsekatze

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I'm a resident of 16th century England who is wealthy enough to afford an estate and several servants. As I understand, grass lawns as we know them did not proliferate until the 18th-19th centuries. What then does the area surrounding my house look like, where there would be a lawn in the future?

2136 upvotes • Jarl_Ace

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Just how "good" to the modern palate was food at c. 1900 restaurants like New York City's Delmonico's?

2136 upvotes • Kochevnik81

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Was Queen Victoria reacting to a specific group when she said that "feminists ought to get a good whipping"? Why did she have so much hatred for feminists?

2135 upvotes • YellowFlowerRanger

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Nowadays, when making a sizeable trip, it takes a good amount of reading: road signs, train tables, etc. How did rising literacy change the way people move across their own countries and beyond?

2135 upvotes • HyalopterousGorillla

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When did the American tradition of children selling lemonade start?

2134 upvotes • TheTallestOfTopHats

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How come Cortes described the Mexican cities and towns as having mosques and built in a moorish style?

2134 upvotes • [deleted]

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The US federal government grants far more money to some states than it collects in tax revenue from them, effectively redistributing the nation's wealth from the wealthiest states to the poorer ones. When did state-to-state redistribution become a major outcome of federal tax/spending policy?

2134 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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The Titanic carried some of the wealthiest people in the world. What impact (if any) did their deaths have on global economics, politics, and culture?

2134 upvotes • spacemanaut

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There’s scene in HBO Rome with an Indian trader in it. The Indian man is wearing a turban, either a waistcoat or a jerkin make of hide, leggings and boots. He also seems to have arm jewellery. Is it authentic for an Indian in the first century BCE to be dressed like that?	2136	grapp
I'm a duke/count in western Europe: What would I need to do to call myself King and not get laughed at?	2136	nandugrinsekatze
I'm a resident of 16th century England who is wealthy enough to afford an estate and several servants. As I understand, grass lawns as we know them did not proliferate until the 18th-19th centuries. What then does the area surrounding my house look like, where there would be a lawn in the future?	2136	Jarl_Ace
Just how "good" to the modern palate was food at c. 1900 restaurants like New York City's Delmonico's?	2136	Kochevnik81
Was Queen Victoria reacting to a specific group when she said that "feminists ought to get a good whipping"? Why did she have so much hatred for feminists?	2135	YellowFlowerRanger
Nowadays, when making a sizeable trip, it takes a good amount of reading: road signs, train tables, etc. How did rising literacy change the way people move across their own countries and beyond?	2135	HyalopterousGorillla
When did the American tradition of children selling lemonade start?	2134	TheTallestOfTopHats
How come Cortes described the Mexican cities and towns as having mosques and built in a moorish style?	2134	[deleted]
The US federal government grants far more money to some states than it collects in tax revenue from them, effectively redistributing the nation's wealth from the wealthiest states to the poorer ones. When did state-to-state redistribution become a major outcome of federal tax/spending policy?	2134	RusticBohemian
The Titanic carried some of the wealthiest people in the world. What impact (if any) did their deaths have on global economics, politics, and culture?	2134	spacemanaut