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I am an Athenian citizen living in the 5th century. What is my concept of a world map? Where are its boundries? How Accurate is it to the modern world map.

332 upvotes • [deleted]

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Tuesday Trivia | History’s Greatest Nobodies

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If I took a farmer from 1066 and placed him in 1800 would he recognise the farming techniques being used?

332 upvotes • lost118

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Constantinople was sometimes called "the city of the world's desire", did it ever regain such prestige after Ottoman conquest?

332 upvotes • vhite

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The Nazis believed in conspiracy theories of Jews secretly ruling the world. Did their police or intelligence organizations ever try to capture these theoretical Jewish overlords?

332 upvotes • Feezec

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What were Argentina's "plans" with the Falklands if they had won the war?

332 upvotes • Doncuneo

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At the time how expensive was a portrait by a renaissance master?

332 upvotes • Duck_Avenger

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Are there any Asian accounts of Marco Polo's travels?

332 upvotes • astroavery

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What ever happened to the art school that Hitler got rejected from?

332 upvotes • -Cynosure-

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During the Medieval era how interaction existed between Western European Jews and Jews outside of Europe? Would a 13th century Jew from Paris or Hamburg know about Jews from Ethiopia or India?

332 upvotes • johhny-turbo

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I am an Athenian citizen living in the 5th century. What is my concept of a world map? Where are its boundries? How Accurate is it to the modern world map.	332	[deleted]
Tuesday Trivia \| History’s Greatest Nobodies	332	caffarelli
If I took a farmer from 1066 and placed him in 1800 would he recognise the farming techniques being used?	332	lost118
Constantinople was sometimes called "the city of the world's desire", did it ever regain such prestige after Ottoman conquest?	332	vhite
The Nazis believed in conspiracy theories of Jews secretly ruling the world. Did their police or intelligence organizations ever try to capture these theoretical Jewish overlords?	332	Feezec
What were Argentina's "plans" with the Falklands if they had won the war?	332	Doncuneo
At the time how expensive was a portrait by a renaissance master?	332	Duck_Avenger
Are there any Asian accounts of Marco Polo's travels?	332	astroavery
What ever happened to the art school that Hitler got rejected from?	332	-Cynosure-
During the Medieval era how interaction existed between Western European Jews and Jews outside of Europe? Would a 13th century Jew from Paris or Hamburg know about Jews from Ethiopia or India?	332	johhny-turbo