/u/RusticBohemian's posts in /r/askhistorians

Year:

Only show posts with narrations

The UN was founded to end wars, but has been only marginally effective at doing so. Did the founders not anticipate security council vetos? Did they think things would play out differently?

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

The rationality of The Enlightenment gave way to the unbridled emotion of Romanticism. Why were people so fed up with reason that they felt they needed the polar opposite?

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

What factors made terrace farming common in much of Asia and Peru but less popular in mountainous area of Europe?

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Did the US have the money or projected revenues to fund the Marshall Plan? Or was it mostly a plan built on debt that officials passed on to future generations?

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Did the Romans believe cities or quarters of cities with access to sewers and/or aqueducts had lower incidences of disease? If so, what did they attribute this to? And how did baths play in?

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

The Soviets famously lionized math and science. Did this lead to more talent and accomplishment in science and engineering?

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

How many more nuclear bombs was the US prepared to drop on Japan if it had not surrendered? What was the plan after those first two?

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Were the stories in "The Grimms' Fairy Tales" recorded for posterity in other written sources, or were the Brothers Grimm responsible for saving most of them from being lost?

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Did the Japanese find it odd that all their cities had been firebombed into oblivion except Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Did they realize that the other shoe was about to drop?

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Was inflation a significant economic problem before the invention of fiat currency? Was coinage made from gold and silver just as problematic because it could be debased?

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
The UN was founded to end wars, but has been only marginally effective at doing so. Did the founders not anticipate security council vetos? Did they think things would play out differently?	4
The rationality of The Enlightenment gave way to the unbridled emotion of Romanticism. Why were people so fed up with reason that they felt they needed the polar opposite?	4
What factors made terrace farming common in much of Asia and Peru but less popular in mountainous area of Europe?	4
Did the US have the money or projected revenues to fund the Marshall Plan? Or was it mostly a plan built on debt that officials passed on to future generations?	4
Did the Romans believe cities or quarters of cities with access to sewers and/or aqueducts had lower incidences of disease? If so, what did they attribute this to? And how did baths play in?	4
The Soviets famously lionized math and science. Did this lead to more talent and accomplishment in science and engineering?	4
How many more nuclear bombs was the US prepared to drop on Japan if it had not surrendered? What was the plan after those first two?	4
Were the stories in "The Grimms' Fairy Tales" recorded for posterity in other written sources, or were the Brothers Grimm responsible for saving most of them from being lost?	4
Did the Japanese find it odd that all their cities had been firebombed into oblivion except Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Did they realize that the other shoe was about to drop?	4
Was inflation a significant economic problem before the invention of fiat currency? Was coinage made from gold and silver just as problematic because it could be debased?	4