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How was Depression seen in the High Middle Ages? Was this different from Classical Greece/Rome?

259 upvotes • jogarz

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What's the real reason Tenochtitlán, Mexico City, was built in the middle of a lake?

259 upvotes • ivebeenhereallsummer

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In 1542, Bartolomé de las Casas wrote "A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies" advocating against the Mistreatment of Natives. How popular were his opinions in Spain, and how much of an effect did his publication actually make in the Americas?

259 upvotes • TheAmazingPatriot

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During WWI, what were popular tattoos?

259 upvotes • tactics14

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What was it like to run for parliament in the fourteenth century? What did 'campaigning' involve?

259 upvotes • vonstroheims_monocle

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How would a couple living in a time and place such as Ancient Rome go about proving to someone skeptical that they were, in fact, legally married to each other? Was there some kind of ancient marriage registry office issuing licenses and doing annulments and divorces back then?

259 upvotes • Adrian_Bock

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Why did no complex Amazon River basin civilization emerge?

259 upvotes • DrOlivero

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Did Stalin ever express sadness or guilt with regards to the fate of one or more of his subjects?

259 upvotes • [deleted]

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Since Sweden was traditionally the most left-wing leaning Western nation and not in NATO, why didn't the West stage a coup or something similar like they did with Mohammad Mosaddegh?

259 upvotes • Skirtsmoother

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Did the Ottoman Empire really tell their enemies that, if they surrendered, they'd all be killed anyway? If so, why?

259 upvotes • throwaway861046

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How was Depression seen in the High Middle Ages? Was this different from Classical Greece/Rome?	259	jogarz
What's the real reason Tenochtitlán, Mexico City, was built in the middle of a lake?	259	ivebeenhereallsummer
In 1542, Bartolomé de las Casas wrote "A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies" advocating against the Mistreatment of Natives. How popular were his opinions in Spain, and how much of an effect did his publication actually make in the Americas?	259	TheAmazingPatriot
During WWI, what were popular tattoos?	259	tactics14
What was it like to run for parliament in the fourteenth century? What did 'campaigning' involve?	259	vonstroheims_monocle
How would a couple living in a time and place such as Ancient Rome go about proving to someone skeptical that they were, in fact, legally married to each other? Was there some kind of ancient marriage registry office issuing licenses and doing annulments and divorces back then?	259	Adrian_Bock
Why did no complex Amazon River basin civilization emerge?	259	DrOlivero
Did Stalin ever express sadness or guilt with regards to the fate of one or more of his subjects?	259	[deleted]
Since Sweden was traditionally the most left-wing leaning Western nation and not in NATO, why didn't the West stage a coup or something similar like they did with Mohammad Mosaddegh?	259	Skirtsmoother
Did the Ottoman Empire really tell their enemies that, if they surrendered, they'd all be killed anyway? If so, why?	259	throwaway861046