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A U.S. Civil War veteran writing about the conflict remarked that even "[i]n peace the South was a semi-military camp." What were conditions like in the South that would lead him to make this comment?

3128 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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I once heard that, even at the height of the empire, British mapmakers would draw Britain on the edges of maps, indicating they thought they were as far as one could get from the center of the Christian world, and that this played an outsize role in the British psyche. Is this a credible argument?

184 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Was there 'organized crime' in the Pre-Colombian Americas?

39 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How was the Brooklyn Bridge funded?

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Were slaves brought to America allowed any "luggage?"

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[WP] You wake up in a room where the entire floor is a giant cookie.

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[WP] You've had a minor stroke and lost the ability to fasten buttons. Because of this, our first meeting with extraterrestrials doesn't go as planned.

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How did common English people learn about the discovery of the Americas? What information would they have had for those who decided to migrate there?

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Why do some medications require you to eat food for the medicine to be fully absorbed?

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A U.S. Civil War veteran writing about the conflict remarked that even "[i]n peace the South was a semi-military camp." What were conditions like in the South that would lead him to make this comment?	3128	AskHistorians
I once heard that, even at the height of the empire, British mapmakers would draw Britain on the edges of maps, indicating they thought they were as far as one could get from the center of the Christian world, and that this played an outsize role in the British psyche. Is this a credible argument?	184	AskHistorians
Was there 'organized crime' in the Pre-Colombian Americas?	39	AskHistorians
How was the Brooklyn Bridge funded?	9	AskHistorians
Were slaves brought to America allowed any "luggage?"	7	AskHistorians
[WP] You wake up in a room where the entire floor is a giant cookie.	6	WritingPrompts
[WP] You've had a minor stroke and lost the ability to fasten buttons. Because of this, our first meeting with extraterrestrials doesn't go as planned.	3	WritingPrompts
How did common English people learn about the discovery of the Americas? What information would they have had for those who decided to migrate there?	2	AskHistorians
Why do some medications require you to eat food for the medicine to be fully absorbed?	1	askscience