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Did Chinese empires ever make their own composite bows and train their own horse archers?

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Why did Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain give Christopher Colombus ships when they thought he was wrong about the Earth's size?

12 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Early in Venice's history were they unique in selling salt boiled from seawater?

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What caused the massive loss of population and sophistication when the Western Roman Empire fell?

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[WP] A representative from an advanced interstellar community has just made first contact with humanity. Their motivations are not peaceful, generous or outright hostile. It's about survival, both theirs and ours. (Details Inside)

11 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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This is a bit late, but what were the climate conditions in Ireland through the early Middle Ages, Medieval Warm Period and little Ice Age and how did it affect the Irish people?

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What happens if a plant is grown in soil that has none of a mineral the plant is famous for having?

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What qualities make Mauna Loa Hawaii a good location for measuring the global average CO2 levels?

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When glaciers scraped away so much soil and other material during the Ice Ages, where did it go?

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[WP] It's the future and Virtual Reality that is indistinguishable from Reality has been created and become commonplace. Someone in the real world has just knocked you out and you just woke up, now you don't know if you're in the real world or a virtual one.

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did Chinese empires ever make their own composite bows and train their own horse archers?	14	AskHistorians
Why did Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain give Christopher Colombus ships when they thought he was wrong about the Earth's size?	12	AskHistorians
Early in Venice's history were they unique in selling salt boiled from seawater?	12	AskHistorians
What caused the massive loss of population and sophistication when the Western Roman Empire fell?	12	AskHistorians
[WP] A representative from an advanced interstellar community has just made first contact with humanity. Their motivations are not peaceful, generous or outright hostile. It's about survival, both theirs and ours. (Details Inside)	11	WritingPrompts
This is a bit late, but what were the climate conditions in Ireland through the early Middle Ages, Medieval Warm Period and little Ice Age and how did it affect the Irish people?	11	AskHistorians
What happens if a plant is grown in soil that has none of a mineral the plant is famous for having?	10	askscience
What qualities make Mauna Loa Hawaii a good location for measuring the global average CO2 levels?	9	askscience
When glaciers scraped away so much soil and other material during the Ice Ages, where did it go?	9	askscience
[WP] It's the future and Virtual Reality that is indistinguishable from Reality has been created and become commonplace. Someone in the real world has just knocked you out and you just woke up, now you don't know if you're in the real world or a virtual one.	6	WritingPrompts