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What meals would students eat while they were taking classes at a medieval university? If I am a student at the Oxford University or the University of Sankore at 1200 AD, will I see a canteen with many students eating meals? What it is like?

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In the USSR comedy "Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession", some guy from the USSR time-travels to 16th-century Russia. This made me think: will someone from USSR/Russia today be able to converse fluently in Medieval Russia?

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How was the United States of America able to have a population of 300 million, the 3rd largest in the world in just a period of over 200 years?

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How did the United Kingdom go from being one of the United States's most hated enemies to being one of its most trustworthy allies?

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How was Genghis Khan viewed in Communist Mongolia?

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Napoleon planned an invasion of Great Britain. What did he plan to do with Britain after successfully invading it? And did the British expect him to fail or succeed?

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[META] Would it be possible and polite to want to know the real names of flaired users here (professionally published names) so we can cite them and see their published works?

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Compared to Europe, Asia and the Middle East, why is it that Africa has fewer kingdoms, empires and political centralization in its history?

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When and why did we stop calling scientists "natural philosophers"?

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What was the context of Katsushika Hokusai's the Dream of the Fisherman's Wife in Japanese culture? Is this woodblock a forerunner of Japanese tentacle hentai today or are they unrelated? NSFW

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What meals would students eat while they were taking classes at a medieval university? If I am a student at the Oxford University or the University of Sankore at 1200 AD, will I see a canteen with many students eating meals? What it is like?	58	AskHistorians
In the USSR comedy "Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession", some guy from the USSR time-travels to 16th-century Russia. This made me think: will someone from USSR/Russia today be able to converse fluently in Medieval Russia?	54	AskHistorians
How was the United States of America able to have a population of 300 million, the 3rd largest in the world in just a period of over 200 years?	49	AskHistorians
How did the United Kingdom go from being one of the United States's most hated enemies to being one of its most trustworthy allies?	49	AskHistorians
How was Genghis Khan viewed in Communist Mongolia?	47	AskHistorians
Napoleon planned an invasion of Great Britain. What did he plan to do with Britain after successfully invading it? And did the British expect him to fail or succeed?	44	AskHistorians
[META] Would it be possible and polite to want to know the real names of flaired users here (professionally published names) so we can cite them and see their published works?	43	AskHistorians
Compared to Europe, Asia and the Middle East, why is it that Africa has fewer kingdoms, empires and political centralization in its history?	43	AskHistorians
When and why did we stop calling scientists "natural philosophers"?	42	AskHistorians
What was the context of Katsushika Hokusai's the Dream of the Fisherman's Wife in Japanese culture? Is this woodblock a forerunner of Japanese tentacle hentai today or are they unrelated? NSFW	41	AskHistorians