/u/spermwhalejail's posts in /r/AskHistorians
"Herodotus says the ancestors of the Etruscans were forced to emigrate from Lydia because of 18 years of hard times." How plausible is this?
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Did the Sumerian nobility generally view Sargon and his line as northern barbarians even after they conquered Sumer?
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To what extent did people in Medieval England, Germany and France between the Dark Ages and the 1500's recognize distinct rock types?
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What were the unique responsibilities the Carolingian kings would have vested in first the counts they placed beyond the Pyrenees, at the edge of Muslim Moor territory?
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Did Medieval peasants use human excrement as fertilizer in a widespread sense, and is that why they had to boil everything picked from the field?
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Why did Pope Gregory VII's first excommunication of Henry IV succeed in toppling him, as opposed to the second excommunication which didn't?
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Based on historical analysis, how did Chinese architecture (the characteristic style that has mostly only had decorative alterations over the centuries) take shape from basic vernacular architecture in China's early history?
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Why did Alaric and Ataulf (Visigothic kings) constantly. switch. allegiances. with Western Rome? I understand they were repeatedly provoked and had personal gain in mind, but why wasn't this seen as downright unhealthy after a while?
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Is there a lack of legendary human heroes (like Beowulf/Perseus/Gilgamesh/Fionn mac Cumhaill) who are not Pharaohs or viziers in Egyptian myth? If so, why?
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