/u/grapp's posts

Year:

Only show posts with narrations

300 years ago do you think most people in England believed the King had been literally chosen by God to rule?

63 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

suppose you live in constantinople in 1414. why do you still live there? why haven't you (or one of your ancestors) left with many other thousands of people who abandoned the city as the eastern Roman empire shrank in wealth and territory?

63 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

how commonly known would the story of the Iliad, have been in the second century BC classical world?

62 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

suppose you were a Mongolian horse nomad in 1150, suppose you were a Mongolian horse nomad 1290. how (if in any way at all) would your life be different as a result of the Mongol empire having come into being?

62 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

I’ve been listening to Mike Duncan's Rome podcast. I'm getting the impression that turmoil in the empire only affects life in Rome (aside from few times the city was directly attacked) is when it disrupts the African gain supply. Is that a fair impression? If "yes" how often did this happen?

62 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

before Blair's era The Labour Party was (sort of) officially socialist. Did that negatively effect US UK relations during the periods of the Cold War when labour was in power?

61 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

is it true that until the early 19th century the muslim population of Eygpt were largely indifferent to their ancient monuments viewing them as "just pagan ruins" (I once saw a TV documentary that said something to that effect)?

61 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

do you think you should put them right when children (or any one for that mater) believe historical inaccuracies?

61 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

besides Shakespeare's stuff, who's plays would have been staged in the (original) Globe Theatre?

61 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

In 1314 would the upper classes of the Byzantine Empire have believed they were literally descended from the ancient Romans of almost 2000 years earlier, or were they aware it was just a cultural inheritance?

60 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
300 years ago do you think most people in England believed the King had been literally chosen by God to rule?	63	AskHistorians
suppose you live in constantinople in 1414. why do you still live there? why haven't you (or one of your ancestors) left with many other thousands of people who abandoned the city as the eastern Roman empire shrank in wealth and territory?	63	AskHistorians
how commonly known would the story of the Iliad, have been in the second century BC classical world?	62	AskHistorians
suppose you were a Mongolian horse nomad in 1150, suppose you were a Mongolian horse nomad 1290. how (if in any way at all) would your life be different as a result of the Mongol empire having come into being?	62	AskHistorians
I’ve been listening to Mike Duncan's Rome podcast. I'm getting the impression that turmoil in the empire only affects life in Rome (aside from few times the city was directly attacked) is when it disrupts the African gain supply. Is that a fair impression? If "yes" how often did this happen?	62	AskHistorians
before Blair's era The Labour Party was (sort of) officially socialist. Did that negatively effect US UK relations during the periods of the Cold War when labour was in power?	61	AskHistorians
is it true that until the early 19th century the muslim population of Eygpt were largely indifferent to their ancient monuments viewing them as "just pagan ruins" (I once saw a TV documentary that said something to that effect)?	61	AskHistorians
do you think you should put them right when children (or any one for that mater) believe historical inaccuracies?	61	AskHistorians
besides Shakespeare's stuff, who's plays would have been staged in the (original) Globe Theatre?	61	AskHistorians
In 1314 would the upper classes of the Byzantine Empire have believed they were literally descended from the ancient Romans of almost 2000 years earlier, or were they aware it was just a cultural inheritance?	60	AskHistorians