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Was Marcus Aurelius unique among Roman emperors for his philosophical interests?

322 upvotes • White___Velvet

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How did liberalism come to mean left-wing in the US when in Europe liberalism is center-right?

322 upvotes • Roqxwalker

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Why did the French decide to defy the Germans by scuttling their fleet at Toulon in 1942, rather than setting sail to territory controlled by the Free French?

322 upvotes • FlorisV

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Did Martin Luther only become rabidly antisemitic later in life? If so, what prompted it?

322 upvotes • lcnielsen

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How did the Vietnamese react upon discovering the Killing Fields, extermination camps, etc during the Cambodian War?

322 upvotes • [deleted]

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What were Native American wars and battles like in precolonial North America? Do we have any records of inter-tribal conflict, oral or otherwise?

322 upvotes • S133py

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Did Romans bow or kneel before the Emperor?

322 upvotes • enlightendark

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Five years after the Mexican-American war ended, the US purchased almost 30000 square miles of territory from Mexico. How was this received? Had relations normalized by this point? What motivated the US to buy, and Mexico to sell? Do we know how the inhabitants of the territory felt about it?

322 upvotes • td4999

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We often hear that Hitler did not listen to his Generals. But how true is this statement?

322 upvotes • alexkon3

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In English we have names for historical figures like "Alexander the Great"/"Catherine the Great", "Ivan the Terrible", or "Suleiman the Magnificent". Are these always directly translated the same way or are their titles different depending on the culture/language?

322 upvotes • SolarGorillaTortoise

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Was Marcus Aurelius unique among Roman emperors for his philosophical interests?	322	White___Velvet
How did liberalism come to mean left-wing in the US when in Europe liberalism is center-right?	322	Roqxwalker
Why did the French decide to defy the Germans by scuttling their fleet at Toulon in 1942, rather than setting sail to territory controlled by the Free French?	322	FlorisV
Did Martin Luther only become rabidly antisemitic later in life? If so, what prompted it?	322	lcnielsen
How did the Vietnamese react upon discovering the Killing Fields, extermination camps, etc during the Cambodian War?	322	[deleted]
What were Native American wars and battles like in precolonial North America? Do we have any records of inter-tribal conflict, oral or otherwise?	322	S133py
Did Romans bow or kneel before the Emperor?	322	enlightendark
Five years after the Mexican-American war ended, the US purchased almost 30000 square miles of territory from Mexico. How was this received? Had relations normalized by this point? What motivated the US to buy, and Mexico to sell? Do we know how the inhabitants of the territory felt about it?	322	td4999
We often hear that Hitler did not listen to his Generals. But how true is this statement?	322	alexkon3
In English we have names for historical figures like "Alexander the Great"/"Catherine the Great", "Ivan the Terrible", or "Suleiman the Magnificent". Are these always directly translated the same way or are their titles different depending on the culture/language?	322	SolarGorillaTortoise