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Did British criminals in the 1700s and 1800s really worship a deity called the Tawny Prince? If so, what were the origins of this deity?

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Did the neighbors of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth actively pursue its demise as national policy? If so, why?

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In the Iliad, Bellerophon delivers a letter. Does this indicate during the period that writing was lost in ancient Greece that people still knew about writing? That is, no one knew how to write, but still knew it existed because of contacts with civilizations like Egypt?

107 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How integrated was Hanover with Britain during their personal union?

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Are humans instinctually inclined to forming dominance hierarchies?

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What military innovations allowed Napoleon to easily defeat military-obsessed Prussia?

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Not sure if this violates the 20 year rule, but when I was a kid I remember police departments in the US start hiring psychics. When did this practice start and when did it stop? Was it ever a common phenomenon or was it limited to high profile cases?

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At what age were men usually knighted? At what age would a given knight's skill peak? At what age did knights retire?

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Holland is famous for its windmills. Did flour prices in medieval and early modern Holland fluctuate based on how windy a month was? Did millers mill more grain when it was windy and build stockpiles?

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Genghis Khan has just been born. How many people are within a given number (twenty? thirty?) miles of him? How dispersed were Mongol tribes?

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Did British criminals in the 1700s and 1800s really worship a deity called the Tawny Prince? If so, what were the origins of this deity?	118	AskHistorians
Did the neighbors of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth actively pursue its demise as national policy? If so, why?	108	AskHistorians
In the Iliad, Bellerophon delivers a letter. Does this indicate during the period that writing was lost in ancient Greece that people still knew about writing? That is, no one knew how to write, but still knew it existed because of contacts with civilizations like Egypt?	107	AskHistorians
How integrated was Hanover with Britain during their personal union?	90	AskHistorians
Are humans instinctually inclined to forming dominance hierarchies?	81	askscience
What military innovations allowed Napoleon to easily defeat military-obsessed Prussia?	80	AskHistorians
Not sure if this violates the 20 year rule, but when I was a kid I remember police departments in the US start hiring psychics. When did this practice start and when did it stop? Was it ever a common phenomenon or was it limited to high profile cases?	77	AskHistorians
At what age were men usually knighted? At what age would a given knight's skill peak? At what age did knights retire?	74	AskHistorians
Holland is famous for its windmills. Did flour prices in medieval and early modern Holland fluctuate based on how windy a month was? Did millers mill more grain when it was windy and build stockpiles?	74	AskHistorians
Genghis Khan has just been born. How many people are within a given number (twenty? thirty?) miles of him? How dispersed were Mongol tribes?	73	AskHistorians