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What family is the oldest "old money"?

1037 upvotes • [deleted]

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The AskHistorians 2014 Best Answers of the Year Thread!

1037 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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What's the difference between a tribe and an organized government in the medieval period? Why do we talk about the "Kingdom of Lombardy" or the "Duchy of Normandy", but at the same time we talk about the "Avars" or the "Aboriginal australians"?

1037 upvotes • Askaron

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What was prostitution like in the "Wild West" ? Did they shave their legs ?

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Why are there no photographs of 19th Century Chinese Emperors? Was there a rule against it?

1036 upvotes • Khysamgathys

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Did the Crusaders say anything about hamsters?

1036 upvotes • thedoogster

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Given that they lasted around 200 years did the French who settled in the Crusader states develop their own dialect unique from the French languages from the mainland? Would they have been speaking a d'òc or a d'oïl language?

1036 upvotes • Mindless-Strike8356

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Was there any public opprobrium in regards to Johnny Cash playing prison concerts at Folsom and San Quentin in the 1960s? Is he unique in these performances?

1035 upvotes • barkhangmonk

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How do historians approach topics where the information will always be lost/classified?

1035 upvotes • needbetteraltname

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Why did marxism come to dominate the international socialist movement as opposed to the works of men like Proudhon, Kroptokin, Tucker, etc?

1035 upvotes • HealthMotor8651

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What family is the oldest "old money"?	1037	[deleted]
The AskHistorians 2014 Best Answers of the Year Thread!	1037	Georgy_K_Zhukov
What's the difference between a tribe and an organized government in the medieval period? Why do we talk about the "Kingdom of Lombardy" or the "Duchy of Normandy", but at the same time we talk about the "Avars" or the "Aboriginal australians"?	1037	Askaron
What was prostitution like in the "Wild West" ? Did they shave their legs ?	1036	[deleted]
Why are there no photographs of 19th Century Chinese Emperors? Was there a rule against it?	1036	Khysamgathys
Did the Crusaders say anything about hamsters?	1036	thedoogster
Given that they lasted around 200 years did the French who settled in the Crusader states develop their own dialect unique from the French languages from the mainland? Would they have been speaking a d'òc or a d'oïl language?	1036	Mindless-Strike8356
Was there any public opprobrium in regards to Johnny Cash playing prison concerts at Folsom and San Quentin in the 1960s? Is he unique in these performances?	1035	barkhangmonk
How do historians approach topics where the information will always be lost/classified?	1035	needbetteraltname
Why did marxism come to dominate the international socialist movement as opposed to the works of men like Proudhon, Kroptokin, Tucker, etc?	1035	HealthMotor8651