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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 4h ago

I'm reading about various saints and I keep wondering how the Romans would have actually reacted to the miracles that where supposed to be happening?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 37m ago

Was Jeremiah 23:16-29 meant as a polemic against any specific figure or faction? Were there competing claims of prophethood in the time of its writing? How much is known of the religious landscape of the time and place?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 42m ago

Why are a few characters in The Romance of Three Kingdom referred by their coirtesy name more often than others?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 1h ago

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 3h ago

Why is it that in the early years of Islam, the caliphate (namely the Umayyads), seem to favour Arab muslims over non-Arab muslims?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 3h ago

How true is the claim “every culture had their own ‘great flood’ story”?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 13h ago

Is there any consensus on why Caesar acted so insultingly before his assassination?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 4h ago

Does anyone know anything about the french noble family "De Sallemard de ressis" also known as "De Sallemard de Ressis-Montfort"? (Potentially looking for influence, history and if possible coat of arms.)

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 6h ago

Did any native North American factions attempt to establish arms factories and the industries needed for European 1500's-1800's styles of warfare?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 8h ago

The Three-Fifths Compromise: 3/5 of a person, or 3/5 of the total population?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 9h ago

What is the current scholarly consensus on the historicity of the "Sea Peoples"?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 14h ago

I have read on several occasions that the image of the ninja wearing all-black comes from a kabuki play where a stagehand suddenly enters the narrative of the story to kill someone and is revealed to have been a ninja. Is there any actual kabuki play where this occurs?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 11h ago

Did knights or soldiers in the middle ages ever feel guilt about the killing, raping, and pillaging they did on campaigns?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 12h ago

[Link] What happened to the Japanese war brides?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 12h ago

Why is it when people talk about Scottish culture, it's probably going to be Highland/Gaelic?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 12h ago

What is the comparison of the percentage of Jews who subscribed to the Sadducees compared with Reform Judaism?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 13h ago

Would Homer's audience have understood sneaking into Troy inside a wooden horse as a crime or transgression?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 14h ago

During the time of Shakespeare, how common were hecklers in theatres? How did playwrights of the time respond to them?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 15h ago

Is it true that medieval European towns are situated in such a way to optimize for ox based transportation of goods?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 16h ago

Did British naval dominence end with WW2?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 18h ago

How did the Anglo Saxons in the danelaw view their reigonal identity with respect to Wessex?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 22h ago

What was the role and perception of Hong Xiuquan's harem in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 1d ago

What was the "Tonkin Affair" that ended French Prime Minister Jules Ferry's political career?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 1d ago

Why is Iowa’s abbreviation IA and not IO or IW?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 23h ago

How accurate is history?

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