/u/[deleted]'s posts in /r/askhistorians
Do Scottish people play an outsized role in British history (such as holding Military commands or being lucrative merchants) relative to the their population within the British isles?
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More Historiography than History but; Why is there such a large misconception on why Christopher Columbus was looking for a sea route to Asia?
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Was/Is 'Anti-Japaneseism' a legit thing? Japanese Red Army & the plan to 'extinguish Japanese ethnicity'
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My father was deployed to Saudi Arabia after the 9/11 attacks. He would help feed pilots enforcing the no-fly zone over Iraq. He said planes would come back empty. What were they shooting at?
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Maria II was born in Rio and lived there until she was inaugurated Queen of Portugal: (1) do we know if she had a Brazilian accent? (2) did anyone back in Portugal see her as a Brazilian “foreigner”?
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In Total War games, infantry equipped with spears/long weapons is weak against infantry units equipped with blunt weapons/swords. How accurate that would be historically? Weren't spears a commonplace of medieval battles?
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Is there any consistency in the conception of the "ideal body type" for men and women in ancient, medieval and industrialized societies?
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