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I'm an English peasant in the year 1200, and I want to get a dog. How would I go about doing that, and what sorts of dogs would be available?

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The United States has a long history of staging coups in foreign countries to install governments that were friendlier to the US. Did the Roman Empire or other empires of Antiquity ever do the same sort of thing?

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Anne of Green Gables, a Canadian children's novel written in 1908 and set in Prince Edward Island, is quite popular in Japan. How and why did this specific Canadian book become so popular in Japan?

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How Latinized was western North Africa before the Arab conquest of the region?

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I'm an Anglo-Saxon peasant living in England in 1066. What would I have eaten on a regular basis?

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I found a speech by Gamal Abdel Nasser in which he mentions the head of the Muslim brotherhood asking him to require all women in Egypt to wear the Hijab, provoking laughter in the audience. What was the general attitude in the middle east to the hijab at the time, and how has it changed since?

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When guns and cannons first made their way to European battlefields and sieges, did the people using them wear ear protection? If so, what did they use to do that?

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I’m a Roman soldier in the late Republic/early Empire era, and I suffer an injury that leaves me unable to fight. What happens to me? Am I removed from service early? Or will I be given some sort of non-combat role (or the closest equivalent thereof) within my legion?

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How did Brittany remain independent from France for practically all of the middle ages?

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When did advertisements first start being used? Are they a relatively recent phenomenon (as in within the last 200 years), or are there older examples of advertisements?

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I'm an English peasant in the year 1200, and I want to get a dog. How would I go about doing that, and what sorts of dogs would be available?	4024	AskHistorians
The United States has a long history of staging coups in foreign countries to install governments that were friendlier to the US. Did the Roman Empire or other empires of Antiquity ever do the same sort of thing?	2217	AskHistorians
Anne of Green Gables, a Canadian children's novel written in 1908 and set in Prince Edward Island, is quite popular in Japan. How and why did this specific Canadian book become so popular in Japan?	1288	AskHistorians
How Latinized was western North Africa before the Arab conquest of the region?	328	AskHistorians
I'm an Anglo-Saxon peasant living in England in 1066. What would I have eaten on a regular basis?	275	AskHistorians
I found a speech by Gamal Abdel Nasser in which he mentions the head of the Muslim brotherhood asking him to require all women in Egypt to wear the Hijab, provoking laughter in the audience. What was the general attitude in the middle east to the hijab at the time, and how has it changed since?	198	AskHistorians
When guns and cannons first made their way to European battlefields and sieges, did the people using them wear ear protection? If so, what did they use to do that?	124	AskHistorians
I’m a Roman soldier in the late Republic/early Empire era, and I suffer an injury that leaves me unable to fight. What happens to me? Am I removed from service early? Or will I be given some sort of non-combat role (or the closest equivalent thereof) within my legion?	121	AskHistorians
How did Brittany remain independent from France for practically all of the middle ages?	106	AskHistorians
When did advertisements first start being used? Are they a relatively recent phenomenon (as in within the last 200 years), or are there older examples of advertisements?	81	AskHistorians