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[WP] A year ago, you realized you were the star in your own version of the Truman Show. Rather than escape, you pretended you hadn't figured it out and now use it to your advantage.

510 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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The Islamic period of India gets portrayed as a dark age for Hindus. Was it?

89 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What was life like for a Greek Orthodox Christian living in a Catholic Crusader State like the Kingdom of Jerusalem or the Knights of St John?

68 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Do language groups within Indigenous North American languages really point to three separate migration waves into the Americas?

30 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[Rome] Did a Roman emperor ever actually ban marriage of soldiers, and if so, why?

24 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How did families take care of infants and toddlers during the industrial revolution?

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One of the theories behind the origin of the term 'black Irish' is that they began as shipwrecked sailors from the Spanish armada. Is there any truth to this, and if so, did the Spanish ever make an attempt to rescue them?

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How much of the Roman road network was still in use by the Renaissance?

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Would it have been possible for a Regency era noble man to take his wife's family name when he married her?

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When did (English) people stop giving descriptive names to people and places?

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[WP] A year ago, you realized you were the star in your own version of the Truman Show. Rather than escape, you pretended you hadn't figured it out and now use it to your advantage.	510	WritingPrompts
The Islamic period of India gets portrayed as a dark age for Hindus. Was it?	89	AskHistorians
What was life like for a Greek Orthodox Christian living in a Catholic Crusader State like the Kingdom of Jerusalem or the Knights of St John?	68	AskHistorians
Do language groups within Indigenous North American languages really point to three separate migration waves into the Americas?	30	AskHistorians
[Rome] Did a Roman emperor ever actually ban marriage of soldiers, and if so, why?	24	AskHistorians
How did families take care of infants and toddlers during the industrial revolution?	19	AskHistorians
One of the theories behind the origin of the term 'black Irish' is that they began as shipwrecked sailors from the Spanish armada. Is there any truth to this, and if so, did the Spanish ever make an attempt to rescue them?	18	AskHistorians
How much of the Roman road network was still in use by the Renaissance?	16	AskHistorians
Would it have been possible for a Regency era noble man to take his wife's family name when he married her?	15	AskHistorians
When did (English) people stop giving descriptive names to people and places?	14	AskHistorians