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

Year:

Only show posts with narrations

My Belgian grandfather is convinced king Albert I was murdered. Is there any evidence for this?

29 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Why wasn’t Bruce Ismay charged with negligent manslaughter after the Titanic sunk?

29 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Slavery in the Wild West

29 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Aristotle was the first person to study biology systematically on the basis of empirical observation. What might have inspired him to do something so unprecedented? What was the status of empirical observation in his period?

29 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Accents in old England

29 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

How did people in the old days deal with constant food poisoning before modern plumbing and hygiene standards?

28 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

How did german veterans of WW1 feel about WW2?

28 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Was it strange to anyone that the Germanics leaders like Odoacer used the word “Rex” to describe themselves, given that they ruled over a Roman population and given the tabooness of kingship in the Roman world?

28 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Why did Mughal armies not destroy the Maratha forces?

28 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Did traders from the Indian ocean try to reach Europe in Medieval and somewhat later times?

28 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
My Belgian grandfather is convinced king Albert I was murdered. Is there any evidence for this?	29
Why wasn’t Bruce Ismay charged with negligent manslaughter after the Titanic sunk?	29
Slavery in the Wild West	29
Aristotle was the first person to study biology systematically on the basis of empirical observation. What might have inspired him to do something so unprecedented? What was the status of empirical observation in his period?	29
Accents in old England	29
How did people in the old days deal with constant food poisoning before modern plumbing and hygiene standards?	28
How did german veterans of WW1 feel about WW2?	28
Was it strange to anyone that the Germanics leaders like Odoacer used the word “Rex” to describe themselves, given that they ruled over a Roman population and given the tabooness of kingship in the Roman world?	28
Why did Mughal armies not destroy the Maratha forces?	28
Did traders from the Indian ocean try to reach Europe in Medieval and somewhat later times?	28