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Were the early Middle Ages in Europe a sexual age?

657 upvotes • AnnaSici

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In 1788, Pennsylvania passed a law which called for slaves brought into the state to be freed within six months. How robust was the enforcement of this law?

657 upvotes • spinfip

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I’m reading about a reconstructed deity named Dyēus. But how do people know he existed?

657 upvotes • denial_falls

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Historically, how much did martial skill in combat matter between two armies?

656 upvotes • yerich

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Herodotus claimed that the Scythians would smoke marijuana by sitting in a tent filled with smoke. Is there any truth to this claim?

656 upvotes • Vladith

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/r/AskHistorians 'Best of 2015' Award Winners

656 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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In his landmark history manga "Showa," Shigeru Mizuki states that the Japanese high command only narrowly voted to invade China rather than the USSR in the early 1930's. What, if any, were Japan's plans for an invasion and occupation of Russia before and during WWII?

656 upvotes • TheJucheisLoose

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I have a Chinese exchange student, and he would like to learn about the Tiananmen Square protests. What resources would you recommend for him to read?

656 upvotes • sonefiler

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When the Brits left India, why didn't India split back into the many small nations?

656 upvotes • sighs__unzips

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How did we reverse the trend of Yellow Journalism the first time it occurred?

656 upvotes • callmemara

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Were the early Middle Ages in Europe a sexual age?	657	AnnaSici
In 1788, Pennsylvania passed a law which called for slaves brought into the state to be freed within six months. How robust was the enforcement of this law?	657	spinfip
I’m reading about a reconstructed deity named Dyēus. But how do people know he existed?	657	denial_falls
Historically, how much did martial skill in combat matter between two armies?	656	yerich
Herodotus claimed that the Scythians would smoke marijuana by sitting in a tent filled with smoke. Is there any truth to this claim?	656	Vladith
/r/AskHistorians 'Best of 2015' Award Winners	656	Georgy_K_Zhukov
In his landmark history manga "Showa," Shigeru Mizuki states that the Japanese high command only narrowly voted to invade China rather than the USSR in the early 1930's. What, if any, were Japan's plans for an invasion and occupation of Russia before and during WWII?	656	TheJucheisLoose
I have a Chinese exchange student, and he would like to learn about the Tiananmen Square protests. What resources would you recommend for him to read?	656	sonefiler
When the Brits left India, why didn't India split back into the many small nations?	656	sighs__unzips
How did we reverse the trend of Yellow Journalism the first time it occurred?	656	callmemara