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I just got back from North Korea. AmA.

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The Byzantine Empire often gets remarkably little attention in the history of civilization. Are there any notable advances in science or culture that can be directly traced back to Byzantine innovators?

140 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why didn't the Romans build castles? Why did castles emerge as the thing to build in medieval times?

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The Fertile Crescent was evidently fertile enough to support the rise of early civilization, but today that area is associated with dry, barren deserts. What happened?

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I just got back from visiting Burma (Myanmar) as a tourist. AMA.

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So if the universe is infinite in extent and contains and infinite amount of matter, is it therefore a near mathematical certainty that intelligent life exists somewhere?

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I just got back from making a secular pilgrimage to the Holy Land. AMA.

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If the universe is expanding, where does the new space come from?

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Was the Vietnam War winnable? If so, what would the US have needed to do differently in order to prevail?

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Why does quantum weirdness only occur at very small levels? Why, when you cross a certain threshold of size, does the universe begin to act in a very different way?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I just got back from North Korea. AmA.	303	IAmA
The Byzantine Empire often gets remarkably little attention in the history of civilization. Are there any notable advances in science or culture that can be directly traced back to Byzantine innovators?	140	AskHistorians
Why didn't the Romans build castles? Why did castles emerge as the thing to build in medieval times?	113	AskHistorians
The Fertile Crescent was evidently fertile enough to support the rise of early civilization, but today that area is associated with dry, barren deserts. What happened?	98	AskHistorians
I just got back from visiting Burma (Myanmar) as a tourist. AMA.	20	IAmA
So if the universe is infinite in extent and contains and infinite amount of matter, is it therefore a near mathematical certainty that intelligent life exists somewhere?	18	askscience
I just got back from making a secular pilgrimage to the Holy Land. AMA.	18	IAmA
If the universe is expanding, where does the new space come from?	14	askscience
Was the Vietnam War winnable? If so, what would the US have needed to do differently in order to prevail?	3	AskHistorians
Why does quantum weirdness only occur at very small levels? Why, when you cross a certain threshold of size, does the universe begin to act in a very different way?	2	askscience