/u/st_sebastian's posts in /r/askhistorians

Year:

Only show posts with narrations

Why is the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Why not 1776 Pennsylvania? And what's so special about Pennsylvania that "the street with the White House on it" is named after it?

33 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

During the Napoleonic Wars, why did Napoleon single out Erfurt as a special principality separate from the Confederation of the Rhine? Why did he declare it to have 'imperial immediacy'? Why was it uniquely special to him?

22 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

What is the origin of the stereotypical image of the loincloth-clad caveman dragging his "bride" back to his cave by her hair while carrying a club in his other hand?

16 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

What were Prince Chram's motivations when he rebelled against his father, Chlothar, in Merovingian Gaul?

14 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

To what extent did pagan traditions contribute to the traditions of Christianity in Afro-Eurasia, or even the Americas?

9 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

To what extent did Martin Luther King Jr encourage or condone violence, theft, and destruction?

9 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Which board games were most popular in the Roman and post-Roman world - say around AD 300-600?

8 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Was the sack of Troy during the Trojan War an example of the larger "Sea Peoples" invasions during the Bronze Age Collapse that forced Mediterranean urbanites to abandon their city-states and move inland?

7 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

What is the history of fudge?

1 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Why did Romania experience so many massive, almost comically drastic border changes between 1859 and 1947? Were they nothing but a dumping ground for unwanted Balkan territory?

1 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why is the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Why not 1776 Pennsylvania? And what's so special about Pennsylvania that "the street with the White House on it" is named after it?	33
During the Napoleonic Wars, why did Napoleon single out Erfurt as a special principality separate from the Confederation of the Rhine? Why did he declare it to have 'imperial immediacy'? Why was it uniquely special to him?	22
What is the origin of the stereotypical image of the loincloth-clad caveman dragging his "bride" back to his cave by her hair while carrying a club in his other hand?	16
What were Prince Chram's motivations when he rebelled against his father, Chlothar, in Merovingian Gaul?	14
To what extent did pagan traditions contribute to the traditions of Christianity in Afro-Eurasia, or even the Americas?	9
To what extent did Martin Luther King Jr encourage or condone violence, theft, and destruction?	9
Which board games were most popular in the Roman and post-Roman world - say around AD 300-600?	8
Was the sack of Troy during the Trojan War an example of the larger "Sea Peoples" invasions during the Bronze Age Collapse that forced Mediterranean urbanites to abandon their city-states and move inland?	7
What is the history of fudge?	1
Why did Romania experience so many massive, almost comically drastic border changes between 1859 and 1947? Were they nothing but a dumping ground for unwanted Balkan territory?	1