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How did explorers of the past create such intricate maps?

285 upvotes • jmaca90

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The Arab world around the 10th century is known by many as the(/an) Intellectual Golden Age. What made this area so fertile in scientific advancements, and what happened at the end of the period that may have led the area away from such a reputation?

285 upvotes • ShermanIsland

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Why did women dominate the coffin making trade in 13th century Paris?

285 upvotes • Hergrim

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According to Wikipedia, the now-Duke of Bavaria, Franz and his family were sent to a number of concentration camps, including Dachau. What do we know about the family's time in the camps? Would their lives have differed significantly from others there?

285 upvotes • dweebs12

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What happened to the temperance leaders after the repeal of prohibition in the US? Did they still try to ban alcohol? Move onto other causes? Give up and have a drink?

285 upvotes • arkham1010

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Tolkein was opposed to Nazism's racial ideology, but in LOTR there are very distinct races with distinct good/evil features. Was Tolkein's use of the term "race" here different from what would been used by contemporary scientists or Nazis?

285 upvotes • El_Capitan_man

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Why is Alexander the Great considered the first to conquer the known world considering the fact that the Persians held, more or less, the same territory some 200 years earlier? Is this just a "Greek/Western bias," or is there a different explanation?

285 upvotes • MachoManPettingZoo

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When do the Jews become Monotheistic, and when do they see themselves as separate from other Semitic tribes and cultures?

285 upvotes • tjkool101

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Before germ theory there was miasma theory, which ran on the belief that all illness infects someone after they breathe in "bad air" and that "bad air" could be identified through bad smells. If this is true, why did people throw their urine and faeces on the city streets? And not bathe more often?

285 upvotes • TueuEnSerie

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If I bought meat or honey at a medieval market would I be given a container or expect to bring my own?

285 upvotes • NutSackHarvesterr

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did explorers of the past create such intricate maps?	285	jmaca90
The Arab world around the 10th century is known by many as the(/an) Intellectual Golden Age. What made this area so fertile in scientific advancements, and what happened at the end of the period that may have led the area away from such a reputation?	285	ShermanIsland
Why did women dominate the coffin making trade in 13th century Paris?	285	Hergrim
According to Wikipedia, the now-Duke of Bavaria, Franz and his family were sent to a number of concentration camps, including Dachau. What do we know about the family's time in the camps? Would their lives have differed significantly from others there?	285	dweebs12
What happened to the temperance leaders after the repeal of prohibition in the US? Did they still try to ban alcohol? Move onto other causes? Give up and have a drink?	285	arkham1010
Tolkein was opposed to Nazism's racial ideology, but in LOTR there are very distinct races with distinct good/evil features. Was Tolkein's use of the term "race" here different from what would been used by contemporary scientists or Nazis?	285	El_Capitan_man
Why is Alexander the Great considered the first to conquer the known world considering the fact that the Persians held, more or less, the same territory some 200 years earlier? Is this just a "Greek/Western bias," or is there a different explanation?	285	MachoManPettingZoo
When do the Jews become Monotheistic, and when do they see themselves as separate from other Semitic tribes and cultures?	285	tjkool101
Before germ theory there was miasma theory, which ran on the belief that all illness infects someone after they breathe in "bad air" and that "bad air" could be identified through bad smells. If this is true, why did people throw their urine and faeces on the city streets? And not bathe more often?	285	TueuEnSerie
If I bought meat or honey at a medieval market would I be given a container or expect to bring my own?	285	NutSackHarvesterr