/r/askhistorians

Title	Upvotes	Author
In Weird Al’s “Eat it” he mentions kids starving in Japan, was this a reality and was it a common perception of Japan at that time?	1443	amnojack
The last ruler of the Shang Dynasty was legendarily corrupt, with such vices as having a lake filled with alcohol, having orgies, ripping his uncles heart out, and becoming sexually aroused by watching torture. These charges are treated factually, but how likely are they accurate simply fabricated?	1443	zachar3
How much did the loss of the American colonies affect the economy of the British Empire?	1443	Thucydides1987
In the Pre-Industrial world, China seems to have achieved a level of mass production on a scale unseen anywhere else. Is this a simple matter of population and a larger pool of labor, or did China have more advanced manufacturing processes and practices? If so, what did those look like?	1442	MolotovCollective
New York, London, Dubai, Bangalore, Singapore, Shanghai, Tokyo; our vision of "modern city" all across the world is pretty much the same today: tall skyscrapers, city lights at night, big roads, white-painted houses. What were the vision of "modern city" in 15th century world?	1441	Ikhtilaf
I'm a rural Catholic priest in England at the time of Henry VIII's break from Rome, do I know I suddenly belong to the Anglican Church and not the Catholic Church? How long before I learn this information? What ways might I react?	1441	Shadowwolfe96
As a Presidential candidate did Ronald Reagan collude with the Ayatollah Khomeini in order to get elected? Did he do a deal exchanging U.S. weapons for a delay in the release of the hostages until after the election? Or is this considered a debunked theory by credible historians?	1441	Flying-Fox
What did the Egyptians know about their rich history before the large archeological discoveries in the early 20th century?	1441	Karmmah
Are time capsules of any interest to historians? What would a historian put in a time capsule if they were designing it for future historians?	1441	glassClock
If you were to take an average citizen of Rome from 200BC and drop him into the Rome of 350AD, what would surprise him and what would still be familiar?	1440	The_Dead_See

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