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Why did Zoroastrianism stop spreading?, was it because the Persian Empire was conquered?

291 upvotes • Frigorifico

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How was the southern end of the Western Front in WW1 handled at Switzerland? Was it a respect for a neutral border and the front just ended?

291 upvotes • Ditka_in_your_Butkus

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How realistic is Downton Abbey when it came to servants having affairs/marrying the people they worked for? Was this common in the early 1900s?

291 upvotes • feminasty96

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In 1913, Argentina had a great economy, with the 10th largest GDP per capita in the world, in 2017 it was number 63, what happened?

291 upvotes • PabloPeublo

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Did the church in England object to the days of the week in English being named after pagan gods? We’re there ever any attempts to change the names?

291 upvotes • Why-Chromosome

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How much would the average American have known about Islam in the mid 60's?

291 upvotes • TheVeryGrumpyGinger

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Does Iraq get its name from the ancient Sumerian city Uruk?

291 upvotes • Baloko

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I just want to know the history of popcorn thank you

291 upvotes • IncidentMediocre1837

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Are there Muslim communities in Spain to this day who survived the prohibition of Islam in the 16th century/expulsion of Moriscos in the 17th century?

291 upvotes • [deleted]

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Why didn't serfdom disappear in Russia after the Black Death, like it did in many parts of Europe?

291 upvotes • Maarten2706

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did Zoroastrianism stop spreading?, was it because the Persian Empire was conquered?	291	Frigorifico
How was the southern end of the Western Front in WW1 handled at Switzerland? Was it a respect for a neutral border and the front just ended?	291	Ditka_in_your_Butkus
How realistic is Downton Abbey when it came to servants having affairs/marrying the people they worked for? Was this common in the early 1900s?	291	feminasty96
In 1913, Argentina had a great economy, with the 10th largest GDP per capita in the world, in 2017 it was number 63, what happened?	291	PabloPeublo
Did the church in England object to the days of the week in English being named after pagan gods? We’re there ever any attempts to change the names?	291	Why-Chromosome
How much would the average American have known about Islam in the mid 60's?	291	TheVeryGrumpyGinger
Does Iraq get its name from the ancient Sumerian city Uruk?	291	Baloko
I just want to know the history of popcorn thank you	291	IncidentMediocre1837
Are there Muslim communities in Spain to this day who survived the prohibition of Islam in the 16th century/expulsion of Moriscos in the 17th century?	291	[deleted]
Why didn't serfdom disappear in Russia after the Black Death, like it did in many parts of Europe?	291	Maarten2706