/u/envatted_love's posts in /r/AskHistorians

Year:

Only show posts with narrations

Did the UN/US use germ warfare against China in the Korean War?

3 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

"Stoic opposition": Is there evidence that people like Thrasea Paetus, Barea Soranus, and Helvidius Priscus were motivated by their interpretation of Stoic philosophy in their opposition to emperors like Nero, Vespasian, and Domitian?

3 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Herodotus says Xerxes invaded Greece with 5 million people. I know this is unlikely; but did he intend this to be taken literally? Did his readers believe this number?

3 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

As part of Operation Ajax (1953 overthrow of Iran's prime minister), the CIA repeatedly managed to incite protests and crowd actions. How exactly did this work? Did thousands of protesters each receive cash?

3 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Did Paris newspaper headlines really grow more pro-Napoleon as he approached from Elba?

3 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

How did the German government react to the Japanese invasion of Indochina in 1940?

3 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

How did the Crusades influence European cuisine?

3 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

How did American independence from Britain affect indigenous people living in the eastern part of North America?

3 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Viking gods had their own gods. Did any Vikings object to Christianity on the grounds that its deity was an atheist?

3 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Why haven't comedy films evolved to have laugh tracks the way sitcoms have?

3 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did the UN/US use germ warfare against China in the Korean War?	3
"Stoic opposition": Is there evidence that people like Thrasea Paetus, Barea Soranus, and Helvidius Priscus were motivated by their interpretation of Stoic philosophy in their opposition to emperors like Nero, Vespasian, and Domitian?	3
Herodotus says Xerxes invaded Greece with 5 million people. I know this is unlikely; but did he intend this to be taken literally? Did his readers believe this number?	3
As part of Operation Ajax (1953 overthrow of Iran's prime minister), the CIA repeatedly managed to incite protests and crowd actions. How exactly did this work? Did thousands of protesters each receive cash?	3
Did Paris newspaper headlines really grow more pro-Napoleon as he approached from Elba?	3
How did the German government react to the Japanese invasion of Indochina in 1940?	3
How did the Crusades influence European cuisine?	3
How did American independence from Britain affect indigenous people living in the eastern part of North America?	3
Viking gods had their own gods. Did any Vikings object to Christianity on the grounds that its deity was an atheist?	3
Why haven't comedy films evolved to have laugh tracks the way sitcoms have?	3