/u/RusticBohemian's posts

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I'm a citizen of a Greek city-state under siege and our aqueduct has just been cut. Time to open up the cistern. How badly is our drinking water contaminated by human and animal fecal matter and other undesirables carried in with the rainwater?	1	AskHistorians
Has there been a decrease in the number of bugs, birds, and small animals in nature in the United States from whenever you've got data from up until the year 2,000? What changed?	1	AskHistorians
I'm a wealthy aristocrat in ancient Rome, and just bought a new male house slave to be my servant. Do I lock him up at night so he doesn't bludgeon me to death while I sleep, or do I assume he's had the will to fight beaten out of him and that he'll be docile?	1	AskHistorians
Before sending Lewis And Clark west, President Jefferson told Congress that an 180-mile-long mountain of salt lay near the Missouri River (which would have been worth a ton of money). Was anything like it ever found?	1	AskHistorians
How cheap and available were music vinyl singles in the 1940s-1950s? When did multi-song albums take the lead, and how much more of a financial commitment were they? Did most people have record players and the resources to buy singles/albums?	1	AskHistorians
Were there legitimate utilitarian reasons to write about philosophy and other intellectual topics in ancient Greek instead of Latin, or was it just prestige and tradition that kept that happening?	1	AskHistorians
Were Lincoln's pantheistic or otherwise unorthodox religious/spiritual views a liability for him while seeking election as a senator or as a president?	1	AskHistorians
Historians Of Antiquity: What now-lost literary work or works do you dearly wish had survived the ages? What fascinates you about the topic or author, and what would humanity gain by the works rediscovery?	1	AskHistorians
Historically, was there a precedent of effective militaries succeeding when they tried to build up and train the military forces of less successful states?	1	AskHistorians
A high school history teacher once told my class that from 1600 through 1900 in Europe, England had the largest best trained navy while France had the largest and best trained army. Would historians agree with that generality? Were there major exceptions?	1	AskHistorians

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