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What percentage of men who went to fight in medieval wars could expect to come home?

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Was there less poverty in Africa 200 years ago than there is now?

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A professor of mine told me that every instance of the word "demon", "wind", "spirit", or "illness" in the New Testament is the Greek word "pneuma", which was considered to be an invisible, fine substance. How true is this? How did Roman-era Greeks view pneuma?

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Would a 12th century English serf expect to ever meet the local earl in his lifetime?

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How did Soviet schools and universities teach competing leftist ideologies like Trotskyism, Maoism, and anarchism?

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Is the normalization of sex work in Thailand an old tradition, or the result of modern-day Western tourism?

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How would one become a mercenary in high medieval Europe or the Islamic World? What would mercenaries do, besides fighting?

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I have seen several blog posts expressing sentiments that European colonialism was more brutal and harmful than Islamic, Mongolian, or Roman expansion. Is this evidence to support this?

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How did the myth of Roman leather armbands begin?

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My history textbook references "triangular meeting places" in seventh century Anglo-Saxon culture, which were meeting places that looked like small amphitheaters or athletic bleachers. What do we know about these sites?

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What percentage of men who went to fight in medieval wars could expect to come home?	111	AskHistorians
Was there less poverty in Africa 200 years ago than there is now?	109	AskHistorians
A professor of mine told me that every instance of the word "demon", "wind", "spirit", or "illness" in the New Testament is the Greek word "pneuma", which was considered to be an invisible, fine substance. How true is this? How did Roman-era Greeks view pneuma?	109	AskHistorians
Would a 12th century English serf expect to ever meet the local earl in his lifetime?	109	AskHistorians
How did Soviet schools and universities teach competing leftist ideologies like Trotskyism, Maoism, and anarchism?	108	AskHistorians
Is the normalization of sex work in Thailand an old tradition, or the result of modern-day Western tourism?	107	AskHistorians
How would one become a mercenary in high medieval Europe or the Islamic World? What would mercenaries do, besides fighting?	104	AskHistorians
I have seen several blog posts expressing sentiments that European colonialism was more brutal and harmful than Islamic, Mongolian, or Roman expansion. Is this evidence to support this?	104	AskHistorians
How did the myth of Roman leather armbands begin?	102	AskHistorians
My history textbook references "triangular meeting places" in seventh century Anglo-Saxon culture, which were meeting places that looked like small amphitheaters or athletic bleachers. What do we know about these sites?	102	AskHistorians