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San Diego Bay is one of the best natural harbors in the world, yet the Los Angeles/Long Beach, just 125 miles away, became the region's main port and the largest city on the coast. Why? Did the Navy crowd out commercial activity?

1957 upvotes • edwardtaughtme

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What was the interaction between medieval people and ancient monuments? Did they know what they were? Was there any documentation of them?

1956 upvotes • KamaraMarara

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MEGATHREAD | Day 1 of the AskHistorians Digital Conference 2020: ‘Business as Unusual: Histories of Rupture, Chaos, Revolution, and Change’

1955 upvotes • crrpit

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How many Revolutionary War Veterans were still around at the start of the Civil War on the Confederacy side? What did they think about the conflict?

1954 upvotes • Fullmetal2007

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In A Game of Thrones the kingdom's finances are nearly ruined by the king throwing lots of feasts and tourneys. Were historical royal recreations really that expensive?

1953 upvotes • Feezec

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Why does a standard computer keyboard have 12 function keys (F1 - F12)?

1953 upvotes • AH_LA_questioner

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Why was there such a sudden explosion of creativity in Rock music in the mid 1960s?

1953 upvotes • Porkadi110

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Did the semi-automatic M1 Garand give the Americans a significant advantage against the bolt-action rifles the Germans and Japanese used?

1952 upvotes • gateht

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In the 1950s did people look nostalgically on the 1890s the way we do on the 50s?

1952 upvotes • imtoophilosophical

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If I were a knowledgeable member of the financial world in, say, October of 1928, could I see the crash coming?

1952 upvotes • balonkey

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
San Diego Bay is one of the best natural harbors in the world, yet the Los Angeles/Long Beach, just 125 miles away, became the region's main port and the largest city on the coast. Why? Did the Navy crowd out commercial activity?	1957	edwardtaughtme
What was the interaction between medieval people and ancient monuments? Did they know what they were? Was there any documentation of them?	1956	KamaraMarara
MEGATHREAD \| Day 1 of the AskHistorians Digital Conference 2020: ‘Business as Unusual: Histories of Rupture, Chaos, Revolution, and Change’	1955	crrpit
How many Revolutionary War Veterans were still around at the start of the Civil War on the Confederacy side? What did they think about the conflict?	1954	Fullmetal2007
In A Game of Thrones the kingdom's finances are nearly ruined by the king throwing lots of feasts and tourneys. Were historical royal recreations really that expensive?	1953	Feezec
Why does a standard computer keyboard have 12 function keys (F1 - F12)?	1953	AH_LA_questioner
Why was there such a sudden explosion of creativity in Rock music in the mid 1960s?	1953	Porkadi110
Did the semi-automatic M1 Garand give the Americans a significant advantage against the bolt-action rifles the Germans and Japanese used?	1952	gateht
In the 1950s did people look nostalgically on the 1890s the way we do on the 50s?	1952	imtoophilosophical
If I were a knowledgeable member of the financial world in, say, October of 1928, could I see the crash coming?	1952	balonkey