/u/grapp's posts in /r/AskHistorians
during the periods of peace between the Punic wars was their much peaceful trade between Rome & Carthage, or was their too much mutual animosity for that?
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a while back someone on here told me that Han Era Chinese cities had strict curfews for the population, and marketplaces were only allowed to be open for a portion of the daylight hours. if that is accurate (tell me if its not) I'm curious as to whether or not Han cities had taverns & bars in them?
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What sort of things were the earliest commercially available computers used for? What could they do that made up for tens (hundreds, adjusted) of thousands of dollars companies had to pay to get them?
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were things Beethoven and other products of German culture especially unpopular in England during the wars?
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Assuming you were Chinese (as opposed to British) how did living conditions in Hong kong 1905 compare to those in any given Chinese City run by the Chinese Empire?
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What is the earliest known text that tries to make the argument that the young are morally bankrupt because of their (supposed) disregard for old ways of doing things?
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It's 1825, suppose I asked an (English) military historian if Waterloo is a significant battle in human history. What will they (likely) say?
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