AskHistorians

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In the Middle Ages when horses were so important to the warrior identity, what was the relationship between knight/lord and horse?	7
Tell me about beauty ideals in the period of exploration and colonisation (~16th - 18th Century). Did the exposure to indigenous people and different cultures change them?	7
Louis XIV had dozens of illegitimate children and its likely some went unacknowledged. How did the families of these children or the children themselves know they weren’t partnering with a half-sibling?	6
What are historically effective weapons that didn't need or use metal?	6
In Shogunate Japan, aristocratic women we’re cloistered away in the Edo castle, unable to have relationships with men. What was life like for the women there? Who had to live in the palace?	6
Tutankhamun was the first pharaoh after his father, Akhenaten (the heretic pharaoh) who attempted to revolutionise Egypt under one god. What was Egypt like when Tut inherited the throne? Who really held power?	6
Cinderella’s story (Perrault and Grimm) has the protagonist go from rich and privileged to a servant in the same household. How realistic is that situation in the 17th/18th century?	5
Why didn't Augustus and Livia have any children?	5
Both Ancient (Ptolemaic) Egypt and Communist Russia attempted to micromanage their economies. Egypt seemed to be quite successful where Russia has a reputation for failure. What were the differences?	5
What was the typical way a medieval person gained their apprenticeship in financial/trade industries before the introduction of Arabic numerals? Were those people who were gifted mathematically get that opportunity?	4

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