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Popular Themes in r/AskHistorians
#1
Advice Requests
: "The theory that dinosaurs went extinct to an asteroid impact was only first proposed in 1980. What were the established theories about their extinction until then?"
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Popular Topics in r/AskHistorians
#1
History
: "Hi, I am Oz Frankel, Professor of History at the New School for Social Research in New York City, here to discuss and answer questions about my recent book, Coca-Cola, Black Panthers, and Phantom Jets: Israel in the American Orbit, 1967-1973 (Stanford UP)"
23 posts
#2
Europe
7 posts
#3
Military
: "Did the Pinkerton Agency at one point actually have more men and guns than the US Military?"
6 posts
#4
Ww2
: "During decolonization after Ww2, some nations gained their independence through wars, but others were granted independence "voluntarily" by France and Britain. What motivated them to do this, and how did the deliberations within those governments actually go?"
6 posts
#5
Slavery
: "Was there anyone that condemned Slavery in classical antiquity (pre-Christian, Rome, Greece and adyacent regions)?"
5 posts
#6
Culture
: "How realistic was it for a late empire Roman legionnaire to complete his term of service and retire?"
4 posts
#7
Wwii
: "What was life like for German/Austrian Jews in the immediate decades following Wwii?"
4 posts
#8
Religion
: "Why did Judaism survive as a Religion in Europe while every other Religion in Europe died out?"
4 posts
#9
Dinosaurs
: "The theory that Dinosaurs went extinct to an asteroid impact was only first proposed in 1980. What were the established theories about their extinction until then?"
3 posts
#10
Ancient Civilizations
: "Why did the term Caesar became popular among germanic people to mean emperor?"
3 posts
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