AskHistorians

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The goddess Athena was claimed as the civic god of Athens. After being marked with this association, did other cities downgrade their worship of her, or in any way discriminate against her?	23
What happened to the gale-force winds surrounding NYC's Flatiron Building?	23
Pierre Poivre described Vietnam as being ruled by "philosopher princes" in the 1700s. What did he mean by this? Was there anything particularly philosophical in the actions of the Vietnamese ruling classes?	23
Red means stop. Green means go. How far back in time would you have to travel for these assumptions to no longer hold?	23
How important was England's "Royal Society," for spreading the scientific method/ scientific thinking around Europe in the 1600s?	22
When the Han dynasty fell in China and the state broke into warring factions for 46 years, did it cause a lot of damage to the Roman's profitable eastern trade routes/the silk road? How much economic impact was there?	22
Medieval scholars at Baghdad's grand library — The House of Wisdom — translated into Arabic the masterworks of Greek philosophy and mathematics, many of them lost in the west. Did Christian or Jewish scholars travel there to recapture their lost intellectual heritage?	22
How bad was the American diet from 1850 to 1900?	22
The Black Death killed an estimated 30-50% of the population of Europe. Were any surrounding unaffected populations able to take advantage of Europe's weakness to seize territory, muscle in on trade routes, etc?	22
Were settlers "going native," a significant problem among European colonies in the Americas? Was any attempt made to punish those who joined native communities? Were any policies put in place to dissuade people from "going over to the other side?"	22

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