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The Emperor Hadrian visited Britain in 122CE. Did other emperors make such visits to the far corners of the empire?

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Before the advent of photographs and film, who were the great female sex symbols and how did people find out about them?

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How did the Jesuits become so respected in China?

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What kind of drugs might an ancient Roman have been able to become addicted to?

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How and why did epithets for rulers go out of style in the west? Where are all the Greats, the Terribles, the Unreadys, etc.?

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In ancient libraries, like the one at Alexandria, who were the "librarians"? How did they get that job, and what did they actually do?

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When Gutenberg's press was developed, did he face any opposition to it? Anyone saying that it wouldn't work/wasn't worth it/shouldn't exist?

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During the age of fighting sail, many warships had figureheads of women at their bows. Were there any ships that notably went with something else? Animals, maybe? Objects?

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Edward "Blackbeard" Teach's most notorious ship was named "Queen Anne's Revenge." Were English pirates in the Caribbean hostile to the Hanovers? Were they pro-Stuart?

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During the heyday of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's career, what was the popular reaction to him bearing the name of a Shawnee war-chief who spent years fighting and killing Americans?

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The Emperor Hadrian visited Britain in 122CE. Did other emperors make such visits to the far corners of the empire?	66	AskHistorians
Before the advent of photographs and film, who were the great female sex symbols and how did people find out about them?	66	AskHistorians
How did the Jesuits become so respected in China?	62	AskHistorians
What kind of drugs might an ancient Roman have been able to become addicted to?	61	AskHistorians
How and why did epithets for rulers go out of style in the west? Where are all the Greats, the Terribles, the Unreadys, etc.?	60	AskHistorians
In ancient libraries, like the one at Alexandria, who were the "librarians"? How did they get that job, and what did they actually do?	53	AskHistorians
When Gutenberg's press was developed, did he face any opposition to it? Anyone saying that it wouldn't work/wasn't worth it/shouldn't exist?	49	AskHistorians
During the age of fighting sail, many warships had figureheads of women at their bows. Were there any ships that notably went with something else? Animals, maybe? Objects?	47	AskHistorians
Edward "Blackbeard" Teach's most notorious ship was named "Queen Anne's Revenge." Were English pirates in the Caribbean hostile to the Hanovers? Were they pro-Stuart?	47	AskHistorians
During the heyday of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's career, what was the popular reaction to him bearing the name of a Shawnee war-chief who spent years fighting and killing Americans?	47	AskHistorians