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Popular Themes in r/AskHistorians
#1
Advice Requests
: "During the Middle Ages did the Catholics church really forbid common people from reading the Bible?"
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#2
Self-Promotion
: "Hi! I'm Dr. Dana Simmons, author of ON HUNGER: VIOLENCE AND CRAVING IN AMERICA FROM STARVATION TO OZEMPIC. Let's talk about the Sell or Starve Act, food aid, hunger strikes, sugar, prison food, and weight loss drugs. AMA."
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Popular Topics in r/AskHistorians
#1
History
: "Ever wonder about the History of the cup of coffee you drink every morning? I'm Dr. Michelle McDonald, author of Coffee Nation: How One Commodity Transformed the Early United States. AMA!"
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#2
America
: "Hi! I'm Dr. Dana Simmons, author of ON HUNGER: VIOLENCE AND CRAVING IN America FROM STARVATION TO OZEMPIC. Let's talk about the Sell or Starve Act, food aid, hunger strikes, sugar, prison food, and weight loss drugs. AMA."
14 posts
#3
Religion
: "How and why did monotheistic Religions develop in the Middle East starting in the 2nd millennium BC ?"
9 posts
#4
Culture
: "Is there a historical reason certain European countries/Cultures are more associated with "sexiness" than others (Spain, Italy, France)? If so, when did it start?"
7 posts
#5
Military
: "In the colonial naval era has there ever been a mutiny on a Military vessel where the courts found the mutiny valid?"
7 posts
#6
World War Ii
: "Was Japan more militarily advanced than the United States at the start of World War Ii?"
7 posts
#7
Society
: "Did everyone have massive amounts of unresolved trauma etc back then before therapists became mainstream?"
6 posts
#8
War
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#9
Ww2
: "Why do some Southeast Asian nations not harbor as much resentment as their neighbors over the Ww2 Japanese occupation?"
5 posts
#10
Politics
: "If the Spanish Armada had been entirely successful, was the intent to have Philip II crowned King of England, or to have an English Catholic placed on the throne?"
5 posts
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