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I'm a penniless, but free, peasant living in Italy at the beginning of the Renaissance. What can I do to start making money and rise into the bourgeoise class?

150 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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The Marshall Plan, adjusted for inflation, spent about $120 billion to rebuild West Germany. According to Brown University, the US has spent over $100 billion reconstructing Iraq. Why were efforts to rebuild so much more successful in West Germany, which had many more people?

117 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] Give me a single scene that could be taken out of context from a larger narrative, which tells me everything I need to know about who the characters are without revealing their situation.

12 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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Has the United States, or any other major government, ever completely defaulted on its national debt? How did the process of that work?

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What do we really know about pre-classical India?

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Why do European monarchs almost always have adjectives applied to their names? (i.e. Louis "the Pious" of France)

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Who beat the Mongols, and how?

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In the Capitulary de Villis, article 44, it says that two-thirds of the food products other than meat are are to be sent each year for royal use. Is this just a rule for the realms of stewards, or general law? Was this kind of large tax burden normal, and if so, what was done with all that food?

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What lasting differences did the partitions have on Poland?

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How did people outside of Russia feel after the revolutions? Was there a general worry about this huge and ancient Empire suddenly becoming the first communist state, or was the war seen as the more pressing concern?

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I'm a penniless, but free, peasant living in Italy at the beginning of the Renaissance. What can I do to start making money and rise into the bourgeoise class?	150	AskHistorians
The Marshall Plan, adjusted for inflation, spent about $120 billion to rebuild West Germany. According to Brown University, the US has spent over $100 billion reconstructing Iraq. Why were efforts to rebuild so much more successful in West Germany, which had many more people?	117	AskHistorians
[WP] Give me a single scene that could be taken out of context from a larger narrative, which tells me everything I need to know about who the characters are without revealing their situation.	12	WritingPrompts
Has the United States, or any other major government, ever completely defaulted on its national debt? How did the process of that work?	9	AskHistorians
What do we really know about pre-classical India?	6	AskHistorians
Why do European monarchs almost always have adjectives applied to their names? (i.e. Louis "the Pious" of France)	5	AskHistorians
Who beat the Mongols, and how?	4	AskHistorians
In the Capitulary de Villis, article 44, it says that two-thirds of the food products other than meat are are to be sent each year for royal use. Is this just a rule for the realms of stewards, or general law? Was this kind of large tax burden normal, and if so, what was done with all that food?	4	AskHistorians
What lasting differences did the partitions have on Poland?	3	AskHistorians
How did people outside of Russia feel after the revolutions? Was there a general worry about this huge and ancient Empire suddenly becoming the first communist state, or was the war seen as the more pressing concern?	3	AskHistorians