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How much of a surprise was it to contemporary people that the great auk went extinct ca. 1850? Was it even conceivable back in the late 1700s that a species could be hunted down to extinction?

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I’m a wealthy woman somewhere in late-Medieval Europe and I’ve just given birth to my first child (a boy, let’s say). Assuming I don’t die and the child doesn’t die, what will my life as a brand new mother be like, how will I care for the baby and what duties might I delegate to the household staff?

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The 1970 cartoon series Josie and the Pussycats (which I loved as a kid in the '90s) was the first US cartoon to feature an African American female lead character. Did it cause controversy among more "conservative" parents and did it have any direct influence on diversity in children entertainment?

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What were Karl Marx's views regarding policies we now associate with stalinism, such as purges, mass state terror, cult of personality?

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How much truth is there to the claim that if Nazi Germany hadn't waged war around 1939, its economy would've collapsed shortly after?

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The artillery bombardment before the 1917 Allied offensive at Passchendaele obliterated the drainage system in the area and left innumerable unexploded shells. When farmers returned to the area, what were their experiences like in the immediate postwar years?

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What did the life of a Sumerian or Akkadian child look like?

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In the Western world we see the Achaemenid Empire predominantly through a Greek lens. Do nations living on the other side of what once was the Persian Empire, such as India, China, Kazakhstan, have their own specific lens(es) through which they perceive Persia?

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In a late Medieval battle, would it be possible for a knight to challenge another knight to single combat amidst all the chaos of battle (for example hoping to force him to surrender and then collect ransom) and would men at arms of both sides respect their, erm, privacy?

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The Trojan War: fact or fiction? According to historians and archaeologists which is more likely and why?

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How much of a surprise was it to contemporary people that the great auk went extinct ca. 1850? Was it even conceivable back in the late 1700s that a species could be hunted down to extinction?	577	AskHistorians
I’m a wealthy woman somewhere in late-Medieval Europe and I’ve just given birth to my first child (a boy, let’s say). Assuming I don’t die and the child doesn’t die, what will my life as a brand new mother be like, how will I care for the baby and what duties might I delegate to the household staff?	483	AskHistorians
The 1970 cartoon series Josie and the Pussycats (which I loved as a kid in the '90s) was the first US cartoon to feature an African American female lead character. Did it cause controversy among more "conservative" parents and did it have any direct influence on diversity in children entertainment?	463	AskHistorians
What were Karl Marx's views regarding policies we now associate with stalinism, such as purges, mass state terror, cult of personality?	436	AskHistorians
How much truth is there to the claim that if Nazi Germany hadn't waged war around 1939, its economy would've collapsed shortly after?	157	AskHistorians
The artillery bombardment before the 1917 Allied offensive at Passchendaele obliterated the drainage system in the area and left innumerable unexploded shells. When farmers returned to the area, what were their experiences like in the immediate postwar years?	104	AskHistorians
What did the life of a Sumerian or Akkadian child look like?	94	AskHistorians
In the Western world we see the Achaemenid Empire predominantly through a Greek lens. Do nations living on the other side of what once was the Persian Empire, such as India, China, Kazakhstan, have their own specific lens(es) through which they perceive Persia?	90	AskHistorians
In a late Medieval battle, would it be possible for a knight to challenge another knight to single combat amidst all the chaos of battle (for example hoping to force him to surrender and then collect ransom) and would men at arms of both sides respect their, erm, privacy?	84	AskHistorians
The Trojan War: fact or fiction? According to historians and archaeologists which is more likely and why?	75	AskHistorians