/r/askhistorians
How did "kamehameha", the main attack from the Japanese anime franchise Dragon Ball, come to be named after a Hawaiian royal dynasty?
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Why is Napoleon so revered in France, despite the fact he overthrew the government put in place by the revolution and made himself emperor?
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Budapest is often mentioned in or the setting of cold war spy movies. Is this based on historical spy activity and if so why Budapest?
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Christianity in the Roman empire went from its greatest period of persecution, under Diocletian, to legalized status, through the edict of Milan, in less than ten years. How did contemporary non-Christians react to this, and how foreseeable was it that Rome would become a Christian empire?
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During the spread of Islam and Christianity, most other faiths were crushed or eradicated. Such as the Pagans of Europe. How come India retained a lot of its faith in the face of Islamic conquests? How come they didn't suffer the same fate as those that came before?
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When Paris fell to Hitler did kaiser Wilhelm II really write to him saying "Congratulations, you have won using my troops."
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How did couples deal with cultural differences in royal intermarriages during the Medieval-Elizabethan period? Were any of their struggles documented?
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I'm a citizen in medieval Spain. I'm a good person: I pay my taxes, go to church and I keep my family away of those filthy jews and atheists. Am I scared of the Inquisition anyways? Am I in their favor, or just too scared to say something against them?
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