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Do we have any record of royal honorifics (e.g., "Your Highness") from Bronze Age civilizations?

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Does the hacking, slashing broadsword fighting seen in many medieval movies have any basis in actual practices?

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Did any pre-Industrial European societies offer horse rentals for people of limited means?

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Why did medieval / Renaissance European artists depict Biblical events as happening in medieval Europe?

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I'm a middle-class European merchant in the 1600s, and I want to see the Ottoman lands for myself. Is this even possible? How do I make the arrangements? What are my survival odds?

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Stalls

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Why did the peoples of so many regions that had battled the Roman Empire suddenly convert to Roman Catholicism after the Empire's disintegration?

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Does "intelligence dimorphism" exist in any known species?

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What are the best books on overall Native (North) American history/cultures before 1700?

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Could private consumers hire "human computers?" Were there specific places that provided this service? Were some known for more accurate computing than others?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Do we have any record of royal honorifics (e.g., "Your Highness") from Bronze Age civilizations?	20	AskHistorians
Does the hacking, slashing broadsword fighting seen in many medieval movies have any basis in actual practices?	16	AskHistorians
Did any pre-Industrial European societies offer horse rentals for people of limited means?	16	AskHistorians
Why did medieval / Renaissance European artists depict Biblical events as happening in medieval Europe?	15	AskHistorians
I'm a middle-class European merchant in the 1600s, and I want to see the Ottoman lands for myself. Is this even possible? How do I make the arrangements? What are my survival odds?	15	AskHistorians
Stalls	13	nosleep
Why did the peoples of so many regions that had battled the Roman Empire suddenly convert to Roman Catholicism after the Empire's disintegration?	12	AskHistorians
Does "intelligence dimorphism" exist in any known species?	12	askscience
What are the best books on overall Native (North) American history/cultures before 1700?	8	AskHistorians
Could private consumers hire "human computers?" Were there specific places that provided this service? Were some known for more accurate computing than others?	6	AskHistorians