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Was Native American life as egalitarian as Howard Zinn claims in his book, A People's History of the United States?

335 upvotes • sexymurseman

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Was there controversy when American Presidents started making announcements on television?

335 upvotes • Thatyahoo

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What were 'Sin-Eaters'? And when did the tradition die out?

335 upvotes • Ydrahs

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Tacitus's "The Romans create a desert and call it peace" at the height of the Pax Romana seems both remarkably self-aware, and remarkably critical, for someone writing during the imperium. Was this typical for the age? How critical of state actions were Roman writers permitted to be?

335 upvotes • td4999

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Before Eisenhower ran for President in 1952 he was approached by both the Republican and Democratic Party to convince him to run as a candidate under their party. Was this unprecedented at the time? Have there been other candidates that both parties tried to recruit?

335 upvotes • TueuEnSerie

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Wikipedia says that when Constantinople fell and the Hagia Sophia was converted to a mosque, the mosiacs depicting Jesus were either covered or destroyed. Since Muslims believe in Jesus, why were these mosaics covered or destroyed?

335 upvotes • Dan888888

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Did the forefathers of the Russian miners from Chernobyl really work in the nude?

335 upvotes • q2553852

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AskHistorians at the AHA! (American Historical Association Conference, January 2020)

335 upvotes • sunagainstgold

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I'm a time traveling farmer who went from 2020 to feudal Europe. Am I an objectively better farmer because I know more about basic biology and how to optimize my farm, or would I be completely useless because I rely too much on modern tools and vehicles like tractors and combine harvesters?

335 upvotes • lgmdnss

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The word “normalcy” was popularized in 1920, when U.S. presidential candidate Warren Harding campaigned on a “return to normalcy.” What exactly was so abnormal in 1920?

335 upvotes • xSiberianKhatru

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Was Native American life as egalitarian as Howard Zinn claims in his book, A People's History of the United States?	335	sexymurseman
Was there controversy when American Presidents started making announcements on television?	335	Thatyahoo
What were 'Sin-Eaters'? And when did the tradition die out?	335	Ydrahs
Tacitus's "The Romans create a desert and call it peace" at the height of the Pax Romana seems both remarkably self-aware, and remarkably critical, for someone writing during the imperium. Was this typical for the age? How critical of state actions were Roman writers permitted to be?	335	td4999
Before Eisenhower ran for President in 1952 he was approached by both the Republican and Democratic Party to convince him to run as a candidate under their party. Was this unprecedented at the time? Have there been other candidates that both parties tried to recruit?	335	TueuEnSerie
Wikipedia says that when Constantinople fell and the Hagia Sophia was converted to a mosque, the mosiacs depicting Jesus were either covered or destroyed. Since Muslims believe in Jesus, why were these mosaics covered or destroyed?	335	Dan888888
Did the forefathers of the Russian miners from Chernobyl really work in the nude?	335	q2553852
AskHistorians at the AHA! (American Historical Association Conference, January 2020)	335	sunagainstgold
I'm a time traveling farmer who went from 2020 to feudal Europe. Am I an objectively better farmer because I know more about basic biology and how to optimize my farm, or would I be completely useless because I rely too much on modern tools and vehicles like tractors and combine harvesters?	335	lgmdnss
The word “normalcy” was popularized in 1920, when U.S. presidential candidate Warren Harding campaigned on a “return to normalcy.” What exactly was so abnormal in 1920?	335	xSiberianKhatru