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Did the United States have a plan should they have lost the Second World War?

1880 upvotes • MrOaiki

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In Chinese Feng Shui buildings must be built with doors facing south for bedrooms, west for kitchens, and other very specific rules for how buildings can be designed. Is there a historical reason for this?

1880 upvotes • Chicano_Ducky

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How much of the traditional story of the birth of Jesus is accepted as historicaly accurate?

1879 upvotes • jcooli09

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In his book 'Devil in the White City' Erik Larson mentions that, for the 1893 World's Fair, entire villages from around the world were brought to Chicago 'including their inhabitants' to be used as exhibits. Assuming this is true, what would have happened to those people at the end of the Fair?

1879 upvotes • Campmoore

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We often hear of the Black Death mentioned in the context of destruction it caused Europe. A video I had to watch for homework stated at least 25 million people in Asia died before the bacteria even reached Constantinople. What were the effects like on the Asian societies afflicted by the disease?

1879 upvotes • Gildedsapphire7

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Why Was "Roman Concrete" Not Used for Centuries After the Fall of the Empire?

1878 upvotes • Aetius_Princeps

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Did Alexander Hamilton have a noticeably different accent than the other founding fathers?

1877 upvotes • caeasw

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Why is the 'pizza delivery guy' such a classic part of American culture and not, for example, the 'McDonald's delivery guy'? How and why did delivery become such a ubiquitous part of how pizza restaurants work in a way that (at least until recently) it seemingly wasn't for any other kind of food?

1876 upvotes • Laturnich

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The Iron Confederacy was a highly multicultural Great Plains polity that dominated Western Canada, and at its height, controlled the trade coming out of many British forts. Yet little information is available about them online. What was their history, & what are some good sources to learn about it?

1875 upvotes • Cacotopianist

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Announcing the Best of AskHistorians 2021 Winners!!

1875 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did the United States have a plan should they have lost the Second World War?	1880	MrOaiki
In Chinese Feng Shui buildings must be built with doors facing south for bedrooms, west for kitchens, and other very specific rules for how buildings can be designed. Is there a historical reason for this?	1880	Chicano_Ducky
How much of the traditional story of the birth of Jesus is accepted as historicaly accurate?	1879	jcooli09
In his book 'Devil in the White City' Erik Larson mentions that, for the 1893 World's Fair, entire villages from around the world were brought to Chicago 'including their inhabitants' to be used as exhibits. Assuming this is true, what would have happened to those people at the end of the Fair?	1879	Campmoore
We often hear of the Black Death mentioned in the context of destruction it caused Europe. A video I had to watch for homework stated at least 25 million people in Asia died before the bacteria even reached Constantinople. What were the effects like on the Asian societies afflicted by the disease?	1879	Gildedsapphire7
Why Was "Roman Concrete" Not Used for Centuries After the Fall of the Empire?	1878	Aetius_Princeps
Did Alexander Hamilton have a noticeably different accent than the other founding fathers?	1877	caeasw
Why is the 'pizza delivery guy' such a classic part of American culture and not, for example, the 'McDonald's delivery guy'? How and why did delivery become such a ubiquitous part of how pizza restaurants work in a way that (at least until recently) it seemingly wasn't for any other kind of food?	1876	Laturnich
The Iron Confederacy was a highly multicultural Great Plains polity that dominated Western Canada, and at its height, controlled the trade coming out of many British forts. Yet little information is available about them online. What was their history, & what are some good sources to learn about it?	1875	Cacotopianist
Announcing the Best of AskHistorians 2021 Winners!!	1875	Georgy_K_Zhukov