/u/prozergter's posts in /r/askhistorians
In a rigid caste system, such as Feudal Japan and India, what happened when a son born into the warrior caste doesn't want to be a warrior?
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ASIAN-AMERICAN: Was there any kind of backlash towards Asian Americans during the Vietnam War such as during WW2 and what Muslim Americans are going through currently?
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How did Germany's economy go from "a wheelbarrow full of cash for a loaf of bread" back into a powerhouse after WWI?
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Last night's GOT had me thinking about a question I've had before: Who pulls out the dead and wounded during a melee battle?
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Many Native American Plains Indians are well known for their horsemanship, which was introduced to them relatively recent. How did they gain such a quick mastery?
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Henry Pu Yi, the last Emperor of China, went from Emperor to common gardener and had to learn how to tie is own shoe and other menial tasks as an adult. To what extend did his royal upbringing afford him (i.e. was there someone to literally wipe his ass?)
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Monuments and Memorials: Marble, why did the Greeks and Romans made extensive use of it but we hear very little about other civilizations using it on a large scale. Why?
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When Magellan's crew crossed the Pacific and was starving, why didn't they fished the ocean for food?
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During the Industrial Revolution in Britain, did they have any notion of the environmental impact industrialization has?
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