/u/moby323's posts in /r/AskHistorians
When Elvis did his whole Vegas comeback thing, how popular was his music? We're his original fans sold on it, or was it a Vegas circus act?
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To what extent, do you personally beleive, that we inflate or deflate the historical importance of epochs based on the volume of writing? Do we inflate Rome, deflate the Mongols because of the amount of the historical writings?
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When the Model-T came out and the automotive boom happened,how did the people who bought those cars learn to drive a car and operate manual transmission?
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In all of modern history there has been a sense that technology and discoveries are changing the world. Did people in the Middle Ages have any such sentiment? Did they view technology as something that would affect their lives?
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During the middle ages, how much did the average European know about Rome or earlier European history?
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I've read before that it wasn't until the age of chivalry that the notion of romantic love became a part of western culture. How can this be the case, if to me, it seems like romantic love is an inextricable part of the human condition. What kind of love was there before then?
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If Roman emperors had so much absolute power, why did they need so much money to build what they wanted?
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I've read a few books on the subject, but to me the water is still muddied: In the U.S. Civil War, to what extent was the average northerner fighting for or supporting abolition?
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