/u/[deleted]'s posts in /r/AskHistorians

Year:

Only show posts with narrations

How did the stereotype about Russians being hard, cold, tough savages originate?

7 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Are there any accounts of personal "Rosetta Stone"-type documents maintained by early writers/courtesans to help decipher foreign language?

7 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Books on Pythagoras

7 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Old fortress in Khost, Afghanistan

7 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Economic ties between belligerents in both World Wars, was the U.S. Japan's largest trading partner in 1940?

7 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Did Romans really drink as much wine as portrayed in shows and movies?

7 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Is it true in ancient Greek, physicians put snakes under the beds of the sick to cure them?

6 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

What happened to the NVA prisoner captured by LTC Hal Moore during the Battle of the Ia Drang?

6 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

1064 was the first Aztec Solar year, but where did these people originate? Did they from from east Asia/ Russia and cross the Bering Strait and migrate south to eventually settle in present day Mexico?

6 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Why is it so many British Soldiers and Officers sported Beards during the Crimean War? Is it as simple as trying to combat cold weather or was there a greater reason?

6 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did the stereotype about Russians being hard, cold, tough savages originate?	7
Are there any accounts of personal "Rosetta Stone"-type documents maintained by early writers/courtesans to help decipher foreign language?	7
Books on Pythagoras	7
Old fortress in Khost, Afghanistan	7
Economic ties between belligerents in both World Wars, was the U.S. Japan's largest trading partner in 1940?	7
Did Romans really drink as much wine as portrayed in shows and movies?	7
Is it true in ancient Greek, physicians put snakes under the beds of the sick to cure them?	6
What happened to the NVA prisoner captured by LTC Hal Moore during the Battle of the Ia Drang?	6
1064 was the first Aztec Solar year, but where did these people originate? Did they from from east Asia/ Russia and cross the Bering Strait and migrate south to eventually settle in present day Mexico?	6
Why is it so many British Soldiers and Officers sported Beards during the Crimean War? Is it as simple as trying to combat cold weather or was there a greater reason?	6