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Monday Methods: On why 'Did Ancient Warriors Get PTSD?' isn't such a simple question.

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US Presidents and the Dept. of Justice MEGATHREAD

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When I hear Chaucer spoken in Middle English, it almost sounds more like Dutch than English. But though Shakespeare is closer in time to Chaucer than the present, his English is much easier to understand. What happened to English in between, and why?

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Tolkien's Rohirrim, whose culture revolved around horses, were apparently heavily based on the Anglo-Saxons. Were horses that big a part of pre-Christian Germanic culture?

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One of the most prominent images associated with the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia in the West is a pile of skulls, often in a cave. Why and when did this image become prominent in Western imagery of Cambodia, and what were the reasons that people's remains were arranged in this way?

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Were British politicians of the 18th and 19th centuries ever involved in or caught with pornography? What consequences did they face? NSFW

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[Meta] Become a FAQ Finder! (details on our new FAQ Finder flair application process, and some search tips)

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Did the medieval English word 'yellowred' mean exactly the same thing as the modern word 'orange'? And did medieval people also call things, for instance 'bluegreen'?

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Pandemics and Quarantine History - Megathread II

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How common was homosexuality (or what we'd now see as homosexuality) in Ancient Greece?

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Monday Methods: On why 'Did Ancient Warriors Get PTSD?' isn't such a simple question.	3881	AskHistorians
US Presidents and the Dept. of Justice MEGATHREAD	3035	AskHistorians
When I hear Chaucer spoken in Middle English, it almost sounds more like Dutch than English. But though Shakespeare is closer in time to Chaucer than the present, his English is much easier to understand. What happened to English in between, and why?	1498	AskHistorians
Tolkien's Rohirrim, whose culture revolved around horses, were apparently heavily based on the Anglo-Saxons. Were horses that big a part of pre-Christian Germanic culture?	912	AskHistorians
One of the most prominent images associated with the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia in the West is a pile of skulls, often in a cave. Why and when did this image become prominent in Western imagery of Cambodia, and what were the reasons that people's remains were arranged in this way?	282	AskHistorians
Were British politicians of the 18th and 19th centuries ever involved in or caught with pornography? What consequences did they face? NSFW	265	AskHistorians
[Meta] Become a FAQ Finder! (details on our new FAQ Finder flair application process, and some search tips)	122	AskHistorians
Did the medieval English word 'yellowred' mean exactly the same thing as the modern word 'orange'? And did medieval people also call things, for instance 'bluegreen'?	90	AskHistorians
Pandemics and Quarantine History - Megathread II	74	AskHistorians
How common was homosexuality (or what we'd now see as homosexuality) in Ancient Greece?	66	AskHistorians