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Imagine a typical (British) slave working in a Roman aristocrat's vineyard in AD97, Imagine a typical slave working in a Virginia plantation in AD1797. Which of them works the most hours (relative to the amount of sleep, rest or leisure they're allowed)? Which has the least calories in their diet?

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Before the Normans brought in all the laws restricting hunting, would it have been particularly normal for English commoners to supplement their diets by hunting "for the pot" (IE the same way American frontier settlers later would)?

213 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Suppose you're an English man half way through officer training when either of the world wars break out. Do you finish your course, or get sent to the front right away?

208 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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when did most people in England start thinking of the royal family as their native leaders instead of foreign invaders?

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125 years ago in both America and Europe owning a personal firearm was not particularly unusual. How unusual was personal firearm ownership in 1880s China? What was the legality of owning a personal firearm in 1880s China?

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What was the biggest city/settlement in, what is now, the United States in 1491?

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when they surrendered in 1945 did the high ups in the Japanese government know which of them selves the Americans would and would not charge with war crimes?

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Suppose you visited Kyoto in 1447, suppose you visited Kyoto 1847. What differences would you find?

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there's a scene in HBO rome where Pompey is having a portrait bust made and the artist is making a sort of rough draft in clay rather than directly carving marble. Is that Authentic to how Greek/Roman busts were made?

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At the time The Book of Mormon was written did people (by which I mean “scholars & scientists”) know enough about Pre-Colombian history/archaeological for its claims (setting aside the blatantly supernatural stuff) to seem as ludicrous as they do today?

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Imagine a typical (British) slave working in a Roman aristocrat's vineyard in AD97, Imagine a typical slave working in a Virginia plantation in AD1797. Which of them works the most hours (relative to the amount of sleep, rest or leisure they're allowed)? Which has the least calories in their diet?	218	AskHistorians
Before the Normans brought in all the laws restricting hunting, would it have been particularly normal for English commoners to supplement their diets by hunting "for the pot" (IE the same way American frontier settlers later would)?	213	AskHistorians
Suppose you're an English man half way through officer training when either of the world wars break out. Do you finish your course, or get sent to the front right away?	208	AskHistorians
when did most people in England start thinking of the royal family as their native leaders instead of foreign invaders?	204	AskHistorians
125 years ago in both America and Europe owning a personal firearm was not particularly unusual. How unusual was personal firearm ownership in 1880s China? What was the legality of owning a personal firearm in 1880s China?	202	AskHistorians
What was the biggest city/settlement in, what is now, the United States in 1491?	202	AskHistorians
when they surrendered in 1945 did the high ups in the Japanese government know which of them selves the Americans would and would not charge with war crimes?	200	AskHistorians
Suppose you visited Kyoto in 1447, suppose you visited Kyoto 1847. What differences would you find?	200	AskHistorians
there's a scene in HBO rome where Pompey is having a portrait bust made and the artist is making a sort of rough draft in clay rather than directly carving marble. Is that Authentic to how Greek/Roman busts were made?	197	AskHistorians
At the time The Book of Mormon was written did people (by which I mean “scholars & scientists”) know enough about Pre-Colombian history/archaeological for its claims (setting aside the blatantly supernatural stuff) to seem as ludicrous as they do today?	193	AskHistorians