!/u/amayo20!< answered Yan, tan, tethera, pethera, pimp - why did English shepherds keep celtic numbers while the rest of the language adopted the one, two, three, four, five that we're more familiar with today?

!/u/Bem-ti-vi!< answered The preservation of Pompeii seems like an absolutely absurd bit of luck for archaeologists and historians studying the Roman empire at its height, are there comparable sites for other Ancient civilizations in places like China, India or the Middle East?

!/u/PartyMoses!< answered I am a Condottieri captain in the Middle Ages - Let's say the 13th century. How do potential employers hear about my company? What kind of agreements are put in place - Do I sign a contract? What happens if I break those agreements (because of a bribe, or to avoid putting my company at risk)?

!/u/textandtrowel!< answered According to the Domesday Book census in 1086 slaves comprised 5-25% of England's population. Who were these enslaved people?

!/u/Valkine!< answered Why didn't the crossbow replace the bow as the primary ranged weapon in medieval europe? Why did they co-exist? Did the crossbow fill a different niche than the bow?

!/u/CapriciousCupofTea!< answered Why did the US favour a multi-lateral defense alliance in Europe but a series of unilateral alliances with individual countries in East Asia?

!/u/jelvinjs7!< answered Were there memes or meme like jokes in society before the inventions of mass communication like radio and tv?

!/u/lord_mayor_of_reddit!< answered Bacon

!/u/Lubyak!< answered The Red Army had Deep Battle and the Wehrmacht had bewegungskrieg/kesselschlact (“blitzkrieg”)...what did the Imperial Japanese Army have?

!/u/MaharajadhirajaSawai!< answered Medieval and/or Ancient History. Your Army has just lost a battle. What happens now?

!/u/Myrmidon99!< answered Halsey acted foolishly

!/u/Takeoffdpantsnjaket!< answered What happened to the Roanoke colony?

!/u/xeimevta!< answered Why, in art in the Middle Ages and renaissance, was Mary, Jesus’ mother often show in religious paintings, but Joseph, is never shown?