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Is there any explicit evidence that premodern women had their menstrual cycle on a regular, monthly schedule?

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Did people have curtains before industrial cloth production?

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When the queen is sitting and sewing with her ladies in waiting, what are they working on?

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Do historians have a different viewpoint on why communism didn't "work" in specific places that have tried it?

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Why did Constantinople seem "defenseless" during WW1? Why did the Gallipoli campaign seem like a good idea?

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Why did European observers find India's caste system so strange?

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In Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, he depicts lower class families as decidedly matriarchal in an unofficial sort of way. Does this reflect something real about lower class families in medieval or early modern Europe?

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What's the real history of American lawn culture?

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Every so often medieval kings might "recall" the currency and "remint" it. How did this work? Like, physically?

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Slavery is complicated. Can you recommend sources to help understand it?

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Is there any explicit evidence that premodern women had their menstrual cycle on a regular, monthly schedule?	99	AskHistorians
Did people have curtains before industrial cloth production?	48	AskHistorians
When the queen is sitting and sewing with her ladies in waiting, what are they working on?	39	AskHistorians
Do historians have a different viewpoint on why communism didn't "work" in specific places that have tried it?	30	AskHistorians
Why did Constantinople seem "defenseless" during WW1? Why did the Gallipoli campaign seem like a good idea?	26	AskHistorians
Why did European observers find India's caste system so strange?	26	AskHistorians
In Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, he depicts lower class families as decidedly matriarchal in an unofficial sort of way. Does this reflect something real about lower class families in medieval or early modern Europe?	25	AskHistorians
What's the real history of American lawn culture?	24	AskHistorians
Every so often medieval kings might "recall" the currency and "remint" it. How did this work? Like, physically?	20	AskHistorians
Slavery is complicated. Can you recommend sources to help understand it?	13	AskHistorians