/u/LibraryLass's posts in /r/AskHistorians

Year:

Only show posts with narrations

When you think of traditional clothes in China and Japan, you think of silk. Did everyone wear silk, or was it only available to wealthier people? If so, what did commoners wear?

114 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

What numerals/mathematical notations did the ancient Greeks use? How would the Pythagoreans have first written down their famous works?

88 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

What was day-to-day life like for a Jicarilla Apache or a Northern (i.e., probably Tanoan-speaking, if that's a factor) Puebloan during New Mexico's territorial period?

72 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Did the Orthodox Church ever have a movement analogous to the Protestant reformation? Why or why not?

67 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Was the 1968 TV Christmas special "The Little Drummer Boy" controversial during its production?

58 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Do we know the names of every Pharaoh (or every ruler of a similarly ancient society?) Are there Egyptian/Mesopotamian "King Arthurs" that were once commonly believed to be historical, but are now thought to be just legends/confabulations?

55 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

What do we know about Indian culture and religion before the Indo-Aryan migration?

45 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Out of the hundreds of Biblical names, why did "John" in particular become so widespread in so many countries?

43 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Why do there seem to be so few (well-publicized, at least) archaeological finds from sub-Saharan Africa?

41 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

In the introduction to the Nutcracker Suite sequence in Disney's Fantasia, Deems Taylor says that while the suite is familiar, the ballet it is abridged from is no longer widely performed. When and why did it fall out of fashion, and when and why did it resurface later in the 20th century?

40 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
When you think of traditional clothes in China and Japan, you think of silk. Did everyone wear silk, or was it only available to wealthier people? If so, what did commoners wear?	114
What numerals/mathematical notations did the ancient Greeks use? How would the Pythagoreans have first written down their famous works?	88
What was day-to-day life like for a Jicarilla Apache or a Northern (i.e., probably Tanoan-speaking, if that's a factor) Puebloan during New Mexico's territorial period?	72
Did the Orthodox Church ever have a movement analogous to the Protestant reformation? Why or why not?	67
Was the 1968 TV Christmas special "The Little Drummer Boy" controversial during its production?	58
Do we know the names of every Pharaoh (or every ruler of a similarly ancient society?) Are there Egyptian/Mesopotamian "King Arthurs" that were once commonly believed to be historical, but are now thought to be just legends/confabulations?	55
What do we know about Indian culture and religion before the Indo-Aryan migration?	45
Out of the hundreds of Biblical names, why did "John" in particular become so widespread in so many countries?	43
Why do there seem to be so few (well-publicized, at least) archaeological finds from sub-Saharan Africa?	41
In the introduction to the Nutcracker Suite sequence in Disney's Fantasia, Deems Taylor says that while the suite is familiar, the ballet it is abridged from is no longer widely performed. When and why did it fall out of fashion, and when and why did it resurface later in the 20th century?	40