/u/RusticBohemian's posts

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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	AskHistorians
In what ways had Hungary changed to allow it to fend off the second Mongolian invasion of 1285, while it had been trounced by the first one in 1241?	22	AskHistorians
Date fruits are found in Roman ruins like Pompeii, and apparently were widely available. Were they expensively imported from North Africa or grown locally? Could the average Roman plebeian afford them?	21	AskHistorians
New Roman Emperors often canceled all debts when they came to power as a popularity move. Who stood to gain from these debt cancelations, and who was being hurt?	21	AskHistorians
Nonsexual male touch / physical affection are taboo in western society. Have we always been so standoffish?	21	AskHistorians
When Vanilla Ice rapped in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, was this considered selling out, or a perfectly normal thing for a rapper of the era to do? Was he considered in the same league, and did he share the same fan base, as contemporary black rappers?	21	AskHistorians
Practitioners of Islam generally learn a fair amount of Arabic to practice their religion, but English or French often serves as the lingua franca between two Islamic countries. Why didn't Islam become a lingua franca when it would seem ideally set up to do so?	21	AskHistorians
A minority of modern western people don't identify with the male/female dichotomy and embrace an intermediate space, or third gender. Beyond the west and through prior ages of history, how common were such orientations? How did societies deal with nonbinary genders?	21	AskHistorians
China had a democratic government for two decades before the communists overthrew it. How well did it function? Did its citizens appreciate it, and did its economy grow?	21	AskHistorians
Modern elites and the rich separate themselves from the "riffraff" in gated compounds and unconnected developments of McMansions. Did Roman elites build their mansions next to the apartment towers of the poor? Was the exclusive Palatine Hill an exception or the rule?	21	AskHistorians

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