/u/10z20Luka's posts in /r/AskHistorians

Year:

Only show posts with narrations

Have owls in Europe (or anywhere, really) always been understood as inscrutable, mysterious, knowledgeable creatures?

20 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

How accurate are such reconstructions of ancient music, such as the Seikilos epitaph?

20 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Did the US fund and support the 1973 trucker's strike in Chile?

19 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Did the US military go to great lengths to uphold the Sole Survivor Policy, such as portrayed in Saving Private Ryan?

18 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Does the Yarmouth Runic Stone confirm that a Magyar travelled with the Norse to North America before Columbus?

18 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

What do historians today think of the "Century of Humiliation" in Chinese history? How has the historiography on this subject changed? How valid is this term for periodizing Chinese history?

17 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

To what extent did the Armenian minority in the Ottoman Empire cooperate with the Russian empire in any kind of potential insurgency/rebellion? Was this merely baseless Turkish paranoia?

17 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Were there Transgender people in the Middle Ages?

17 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

What happened to the Dorset peoples when the Inuit settled Canada's North? Was there violence or hostility? How dissimilar were the two peoples, culturally or genetically?

17 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

How much was Henry Ford himself responsible for the development of the modern assembly line? Was he a businessman who just took credit from a team of employees, or was he really spearheading the technical innovation?

16 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Have owls in Europe (or anywhere, really) always been understood as inscrutable, mysterious, knowledgeable creatures?	20
How accurate are such reconstructions of ancient music, such as the Seikilos epitaph?	20
Did the US fund and support the 1973 trucker's strike in Chile?	19
Did the US military go to great lengths to uphold the Sole Survivor Policy, such as portrayed in Saving Private Ryan?	18
Does the Yarmouth Runic Stone confirm that a Magyar travelled with the Norse to North America before Columbus?	18
What do historians today think of the "Century of Humiliation" in Chinese history? How has the historiography on this subject changed? How valid is this term for periodizing Chinese history?	17
To what extent did the Armenian minority in the Ottoman Empire cooperate with the Russian empire in any kind of potential insurgency/rebellion? Was this merely baseless Turkish paranoia?	17
Were there Transgender people in the Middle Ages?	17
What happened to the Dorset peoples when the Inuit settled Canada's North? Was there violence or hostility? How dissimilar were the two peoples, culturally or genetically?	17
How much was Henry Ford himself responsible for the development of the modern assembly line? Was he a businessman who just took credit from a team of employees, or was he really spearheading the technical innovation?	16