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What's the deal with Hind bint Utbah eating Muhammad's uncle Hamza's liver? Historicity of the incident aside, was eating a defeated foe's liver (or heart) a 'thing' in pre-Islamic Arabia or any related peoples?

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How did the Protestant Reformation change peasant views of the supernatural abilities or powers of priests?

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What's the history of cookware look like? When did metal cookware start becoming common in peasant households and was there ever a precipitous decline in cooking pottery anywhere prior to the modern era?

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I've often read that the forests of New England before colonization were open and park-like without underbrush and that this was because of Native Americans regularly setting fires to clear the underbrush. Is this true or was it some other set of factors that led to the park-like appearance?

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Why was the Mughal Empire not legally dissolved until the Sepoy Mutiny? Even before British control of the subcontinent, why did the various nizams, nawabs and rajas continued to give it lip service?

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Reading Dalrymple's "The Anarchy", the chief advantages the British East India Company had in conquering India seemed to be better field artillery and drilled infantry (and lots of money). But that makes me wonder - what do undrilled musketmen look like?

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Regarding Pliny the Younger's letters to Trajan - did his other governors also write letters to consult him so frequently? Was Trajan just answering letters and petitions all day and micromanaging the empire?

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Was formal feuding reserved for nobility in the Holy Roman Empire or could a burgher or a peasant write (or ask someone literate to write them) an Abklag and start attacking someone else's friends/family/assets?

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Do eyeballs grow? Babies seem to have large eyes, and adults seem have smaller eyes. Is it because the eyes have stayed the same size?

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Is there anything known about the kahins (soothsayers) of pre-Islamic Arab paganism?

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What's the deal with Hind bint Utbah eating Muhammad's uncle Hamza's liver? Historicity of the incident aside, was eating a defeated foe's liver (or heart) a 'thing' in pre-Islamic Arabia or any related peoples?	9	AskHistorians
How did the Protestant Reformation change peasant views of the supernatural abilities or powers of priests?	9	AskHistorians
What's the history of cookware look like? When did metal cookware start becoming common in peasant households and was there ever a precipitous decline in cooking pottery anywhere prior to the modern era?	9	AskHistorians
I've often read that the forests of New England before colonization were open and park-like without underbrush and that this was because of Native Americans regularly setting fires to clear the underbrush. Is this true or was it some other set of factors that led to the park-like appearance?	9	askscience
Why was the Mughal Empire not legally dissolved until the Sepoy Mutiny? Even before British control of the subcontinent, why did the various nizams, nawabs and rajas continued to give it lip service?	9	AskHistorians
Reading Dalrymple's "The Anarchy", the chief advantages the British East India Company had in conquering India seemed to be better field artillery and drilled infantry (and lots of money). But that makes me wonder - what do undrilled musketmen look like?	9	AskHistorians
Regarding Pliny the Younger's letters to Trajan - did his other governors also write letters to consult him so frequently? Was Trajan just answering letters and petitions all day and micromanaging the empire?	9	AskHistorians
Was formal feuding reserved for nobility in the Holy Roman Empire or could a burgher or a peasant write (or ask someone literate to write them) an Abklag and start attacking someone else's friends/family/assets?	8	AskHistorians
Do eyeballs grow? Babies seem to have large eyes, and adults seem have smaller eyes. Is it because the eyes have stayed the same size?	8	askscience
Is there anything known about the kahins (soothsayers) of pre-Islamic Arab paganism?	8	AskHistorians