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When and where did the practice of frying food first develop?

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The Ancient Persians ruled over diverse empires - did their cities reflect this? At Ctesiphon or Susa, would one have seen Greeks, Egyptians, and Indians intermingling?

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Where did the Christian concept of knighthood originate? And did non-European cultures have their own equivalent?

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In the film 1917, two Sikh soldiers are shown as part of an otherwise all-English unit. Would Indian and English soldiers on the Western Front have fought together in integrated units, or would they have been separate?

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When did Greeks stop calling themselves "Romans?"

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In films set in Medieval times, we often see commanders giving rousing speeches to their entire armies before battle. How common, or even feasible, was this practice truly?

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In what ways were pre-Viking Scandinavians (6th, 7th, 8th centuries) culturally distinct from their 9th century descendants? In the areas of language, religion, economics, military tactics, technology, social structure, etc.

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The Achaemenid Persians ruled a diverse empire. Would their cities have reflected this? If you went to Susa or Babylon, could you see Greeks, Egyptians, and Indians intermingling?

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What were the dominant languages in modern-day Iraq prior to the Muslim conquest? And, how much of Iraq's Arabization was due to population replacement vs. assimilation?

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When and where did the practice of frying food first develop?	140	AskHistorians
The Ancient Persians ruled over diverse empires - did their cities reflect this? At Ctesiphon or Susa, would one have seen Greeks, Egyptians, and Indians intermingling?	121	AskHistorians
Where did the Christian concept of knighthood originate? And did non-European cultures have their own equivalent?	16	AskHistorians
In the film 1917, two Sikh soldiers are shown as part of an otherwise all-English unit. Would Indian and English soldiers on the Western Front have fought together in integrated units, or would they have been separate?	8	AskHistorians
When did Greeks stop calling themselves "Romans?"	7	AskHistorians
In films set in Medieval times, we often see commanders giving rousing speeches to their entire armies before battle. How common, or even feasible, was this practice truly?	6	AskHistorians
In what ways were pre-Viking Scandinavians (6th, 7th, 8th centuries) culturally distinct from their 9th century descendants? In the areas of language, religion, economics, military tactics, technology, social structure, etc.	4	AskHistorians
The Achaemenid Persians ruled a diverse empire. Would their cities have reflected this? If you went to Susa or Babylon, could you see Greeks, Egyptians, and Indians intermingling?	3	AskHistorians
What were the dominant languages in modern-day Iraq prior to the Muslim conquest? And, how much of Iraq's Arabization was due to population replacement vs. assimilation?	1	AskHistorians