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What would the average persons life be like living in Machu Picchu?

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Ive noticed a LOT of public parks in Britain are from the Victorian era, why were the Victorians so crazy for pubic spaces?

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If the English longbow was so feared by the other great european powers, why didn't they use longbows also?

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If I took a farmer from 1066 and placed him in 1800 would he recognise the farming techniques being used?

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How common was friendly fire during WW1 and 2?

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When armies used to march hundreds of miles, would they have marched in silence or would the soldiers have talked to each other?

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We all hear about the bad sides of Imperialism, did the imperial empires ever do any good for the countries they colonised?

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How much was the French revolution influenced by the American revolution?

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Why did the Europeans (and north Americans) use African slave labour and not slaves from other parts of the world?

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Why did the United Kingdom never manage to truly absorb Ireland to the same extent as Scotland and Wales?

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What would the average persons life be like living in Machu Picchu?	530	AskHistorians
Ive noticed a LOT of public parks in Britain are from the Victorian era, why were the Victorians so crazy for pubic spaces?	488	AskHistorians
If the English longbow was so feared by the other great european powers, why didn't they use longbows also?	458	AskHistorians
If I took a farmer from 1066 and placed him in 1800 would he recognise the farming techniques being used?	332	AskHistorians
How common was friendly fire during WW1 and 2?	129	AskHistorians
When armies used to march hundreds of miles, would they have marched in silence or would the soldiers have talked to each other?	85	AskHistorians
We all hear about the bad sides of Imperialism, did the imperial empires ever do any good for the countries they colonised?	68	AskHistorians
How much was the French revolution influenced by the American revolution?	57	AskHistorians
Why did the Europeans (and north Americans) use African slave labour and not slaves from other parts of the world?	39	AskHistorians
Why did the United Kingdom never manage to truly absorb Ireland to the same extent as Scotland and Wales?	31	AskHistorians