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Given strong Mongol taboos around blood and the body, what was battlefield medical care like for Genghis Kahn and his successors

175 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Are there any foods (wild foods, crops, animal products) from past civilizations that have totally disappeared today? Why?

46 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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American election angst leads European clean energy firms to delay or abandon US projects

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The Mongols had powerful taboos around blood and the body. So, what was medical battlefield care like for Genghis Kahn and his successors?

21 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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I really enjoyed Neal Stephenson's trio of speculative fiction novels "The Baroque Cycle." How accurately did the books portray the Europe of the time?

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I've heard about white Christian slave owners in the antebellum American South. We're there slave holders of other religions/ethnicities in American history?

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Are there any historical ideas, movements, or concepts "on their way out"?

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What are the historical trends that have led us to modern "Florida Man"?

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Light travels so fast that, for all intents and purposes, it's either there or it's not. So what am I seeing when I turn a light off and slowly watch the bulb or housing dim and glow faintly in the dark?

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Light travels so fast that, for all intents and purposes, it's either there or it's not. So what am I seeing when I turn a light off and slowly watch the bulb or housing dim and glow faintly in the dark?

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Given strong Mongol taboos around blood and the body, what was battlefield medical care like for Genghis Kahn and his successors	175	AskHistorians
Are there any foods (wild foods, crops, animal products) from past civilizations that have totally disappeared today? Why?	46	AskHistorians
American election angst leads European clean energy firms to delay or abandon US projects	31	energy
The Mongols had powerful taboos around blood and the body. So, what was medical battlefield care like for Genghis Kahn and his successors?	21	AskHistorians
I really enjoyed Neal Stephenson's trio of speculative fiction novels "The Baroque Cycle." How accurately did the books portray the Europe of the time?	15	AskHistorians
I've heard about white Christian slave owners in the antebellum American South. We're there slave holders of other religions/ethnicities in American history?	12	AskHistorians
Are there any historical ideas, movements, or concepts "on their way out"?	7	AskHistorians
What are the historical trends that have led us to modern "Florida Man"?	6	AskHistorians
Light travels so fast that, for all intents and purposes, it's either there or it's not. So what am I seeing when I turn a light off and slowly watch the bulb or housing dim and glow faintly in the dark?	2	askscience
Light travels so fast that, for all intents and purposes, it's either there or it's not. So what am I seeing when I turn a light off and slowly watch the bulb or housing dim and glow faintly in the dark?	1	askscience