AskHistorians

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How did they package food before plastic?	3
The year is 1400 and I am in the area surrounding Prague. I am traveling from one town to the other and a group of bandits come out of the woods to stop me on the road. What would be my options? How would I have prepared for this and what would I have done to give myself the best chance of survival?	3
Where do the different spellings of Muslim/Moslim come from? Is there a reason why the majority of people (at least in America) spell it Muslim while other people spell it Moslim?	3
Memes aside... How effective were Trebuchets as siege engines? Did they live up to their reputation when they were utilized? How long did their use last for and what caused their use to end?	3
Where did the idea of salary and hourly come from? When did the difference in the two forms of pay start?	3
How come it seems that whenever somebody is a bigot they spell "Muslim" as "Moslim." Where is this alternative spelling coming from and why does the spelling keep coming up from bigots?	3
What is the history of the fire poll? Did using a poll to slide down from one level to another quickly ever get applied to other buildings?	3
What sort of (if any) technological changes were there in the Roman Legion from when Caesar was General to when Scipio was? What differences were there in equipment, weapons, and other tools?	3
What are some of the earliest documented examples of cultures coming into contact with meteorites? Where they saw it come from the sky and physically picked it up. What did they view it as? What did they do with it?	3
How much did Prohibition era alcohol cost compared to today's alcohol prices? How much did the prices change in alcohol prices compared to before, during, and after Prohibition? If you could also cite today's dollars that would be nice.	3

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