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Why was the Khmer Empire and the Kingdom of Champa influenced by Indian culture despite being much closer to China?

141 upvotes • MaxMaxMax_05

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Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The Call for Flair Goes Out Across the Subreddit! • the /r/AskHistorians Flair Application Thread XXIII

141 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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Much of the homeless population of the United States has problems with addiction or mental health. Did the US once accommodate these people in asylums and state-run care facilities? Did that system work well? Why was it done away with?

141 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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What lead to the Christian Bible being placed in almost every hotel room across the country?

141 upvotes • surprisedropbears

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Alexander the great settled Greek and Macedonian soldiers in new cities throughout remote parts of Asia. Would this have been seen as a great deal for the soldiers? Or was Alexander dumping his veterans in poor, hostile areas in an attempt to install a loyal population base?

141 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Why did China become a permanent UN Security Council when they were an undeveloped country that had no political leverage at that time?

141 upvotes • LittleWompRat

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How were longships actually useable? How did they manage to fit their supplies in the ship?

141 upvotes • ApprehensivePiglet86

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In "Madness and Civilization" Michel Foucault cites an alleged practice where individuals with cognitive disabilities were loaded on to ships and shuffled around various ports in Renaissance Europe before the medicalization of mental conditions. Is there any verifiable historical basis for this?

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How did Italian cuisine become so conservative from the 20th century onwards?

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Why was the Khmer Empire and the Kingdom of Champa influenced by Indian culture despite being much closer to China?	141	MaxMaxMax_05
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The Call for Flair Goes Out Across the Subreddit! • the /r/AskHistorians Flair Application Thread XXIII	141	Georgy_K_Zhukov
Much of the homeless population of the United States has problems with addiction or mental health. Did the US once accommodate these people in asylums and state-run care facilities? Did that system work well? Why was it done away with?	141	RusticBohemian
What lead to the Christian Bible being placed in almost every hotel room across the country?	141	surprisedropbears
Alexander the great settled Greek and Macedonian soldiers in new cities throughout remote parts of Asia. Would this have been seen as a great deal for the soldiers? Or was Alexander dumping his veterans in poor, hostile areas in an attempt to install a loyal population base?	141	RusticBohemian
[deleted by user]	141	[deleted]
Why did China become a permanent UN Security Council when they were an undeveloped country that had no political leverage at that time?	141	LittleWompRat
How were longships actually useable? How did they manage to fit their supplies in the ship?	141	ApprehensivePiglet86
In "Madness and Civilization" Michel Foucault cites an alleged practice where individuals with cognitive disabilities were loaded on to ships and shuffled around various ports in Renaissance Europe before the medicalization of mental conditions. Is there any verifiable historical basis for this?	141	HeInquired
How did Italian cuisine become so conservative from the 20th century onwards?	141	DELAIZ