askhistorians

Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why and how did the ancient Olympics cease? Are there any similarities with the shrinking list of countries interested in hosting the modern Olympics.	8
What effect, if any, did the Cuban revolution have on the supply and price of sugar in the US and the use of high fructose corn syrup?	7
In antiquity, how did breakdowns in the communications with Imperial power centers affect the conduct of warfare, especially with regards to the cessation of hostilities.	7
When Europeans adopted Tobacco from American natives, how did they change they way in which they used it compared to traditional native methods. And how did the cigarette come about?	7
How is it that harvesting and eating wild mushroms is such a marginal and recent activity in North America when so many of the colonists came from cultures where these activities were deeply ingrained?	7
During the Roman Empire, what was the status of the amphora? Might one be proudly displayed during a formal meal, a bit like showing off an expensive bottle of wine today; or might a secondary vessel be used to present the wine to guests and the amphora be on par with an empty Coke bottle?	7
I’m a Roman artist at the time of the Republic’s expansion throughout the Italian peninsula, and I wish to cast a work in bronze. Where do I get the metal, and in what form do I get it?	7
I'm a late 19th centure french canadian Nun on my way to my missionary mission in Ruperts Land. Yet I ask which part of this land is the HBCs and the locals tell me "Nunavut". Help!	6
To what extent did Iceland attain autonomy in matters of farm production within the first 2 centuries of the colony. Did some staples, such as the honey for mead production, have to be imported? If so, how did that work?	6
What was the prevalence of poverty in the Soviet Union?	6

« < > »