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Are there any topics on which there is virtually no consensus at all among historians? If so, what are they?

254 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What events or time periods were not as bad to live through for the typical person as they are commonly depicted?

109 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How violent/peaceful was the transition of the Holy Land from predominantly Christian in the early centuries after the fall of Rome to predominantly Muslim by the middle ages? In what ways did Eastern Christian civilization influence the Islamic states that succeeded it?

84 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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In string theory, what exactly is meant by the notion of "other universes"?

28 upvotes • r/askscience

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Are there any places in the world where the geography/topography today is radically different from ancient times?

26 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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In the entire history of the human species, what is the average number of per-individual offspring who themselves lived long enough to produce children?

19 upvotes • r/askscience

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How fast does water freeze over a body of water at a constant temperature? What affects this rate? Does water continue to freeze at subzero temperatures or is an equilibrium always reached?

19 upvotes • r/askscience

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How accurate are statements like "x was the first marxist thinker" or "y was the first rationalist"? Are thoughts really exclusive to certain places, people, and times in the modern age? What is really meant by statements such as these?

10 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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In string theory, do vibrating strings have amplitude and/or frequency?

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While reading about the history of the Jews in Medieval Europe, it seems that very often, kings, nobles, and high-ranking clergymen would defend jewish communities legally and denounce anti-jewish acts. Why, then, were common Europeans still so universally brutal to their Jewish neighbors?

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Are there any topics on which there is virtually no consensus at all among historians? If so, what are they?	254	AskHistorians
What events or time periods were not as bad to live through for the typical person as they are commonly depicted?	109	AskHistorians
How violent/peaceful was the transition of the Holy Land from predominantly Christian in the early centuries after the fall of Rome to predominantly Muslim by the middle ages? In what ways did Eastern Christian civilization influence the Islamic states that succeeded it?	84	AskHistorians
In string theory, what exactly is meant by the notion of "other universes"?	28	askscience
Are there any places in the world where the geography/topography today is radically different from ancient times?	26	AskHistorians
In the entire history of the human species, what is the average number of per-individual offspring who themselves lived long enough to produce children?	19	askscience
How fast does water freeze over a body of water at a constant temperature? What affects this rate? Does water continue to freeze at subzero temperatures or is an equilibrium always reached?	19	askscience
How accurate are statements like "x was the first marxist thinker" or "y was the first rationalist"? Are thoughts really exclusive to certain places, people, and times in the modern age? What is really meant by statements such as these?	10	AskHistorians
In string theory, do vibrating strings have amplitude and/or frequency?	9	askscience
While reading about the history of the Jews in Medieval Europe, it seems that very often, kings, nobles, and high-ranking clergymen would defend jewish communities legally and denounce anti-jewish acts. Why, then, were common Europeans still so universally brutal to their Jewish neighbors?	6	AskHistorians