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Why does the ethnonym 'Saxon' seem to persist in continental Europe after the migrations to Britain, but those of the 'Angles' or 'Jutes' do not?

233 upvotes • [deleted]

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Did archers shoot blindly over the walls to hit the enemy? How did they see?

233 upvotes • Verinio

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How was carrying weapons regulated in Ancient Greece in Classic period? Were hoplites allowed to carry their weapons in public places at the peacetime? And was it possible for non-hoplite to buy sword/spear?

233 upvotes • s_lv

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There's been several mass suicides in the past 100 years - people's temple, solar temple, heaven's gate - are these a fairly recent phenomena? Or have they been occurring for centuries or more?

233 upvotes • Yazman

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During the late Medieval and Renaisance period, when Kings derived their right to rule from divine mandates, how did people view republics & elective monarchies? Were they seen as less legitimate than herditary monarchies?

233 upvotes • AWildBugHasAppeared

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When Henry VIII issued the Act of Supremacy in 1534, how would smaller-town priests have reacted? Would they have actively taken a position for/against the Act, or would they have considered it "above their pay grade" and carried on with their duties as normally as possible?

233 upvotes • EternalNewGuy

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How did San Francisco get the reputation as America's "gayest" city?

233 upvotes • TroubleEntendre

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Before the Civil Right Act were businesses who served both blacks and white more profitable than those that only served whites?

233 upvotes • limewiredotcom

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The Last Samurai led us to believe that the United States played a huge role in the Satsuma Rebellion and presumably the Boshin War, is there any truth to this and did the U.S provide that many foreign advisors and weaponry?

233 upvotes • Uncle_Washington

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King James wrote the "Counterblaste to Tobacco" against the use of tobacco in the mid-17th century. What was King James's motivation in writing this and was this a common perspective?

233 upvotes • mrpeabodyscoaltrain

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Why does the ethnonym 'Saxon' seem to persist in continental Europe after the migrations to Britain, but those of the 'Angles' or 'Jutes' do not?	233	[deleted]
Did archers shoot blindly over the walls to hit the enemy? How did they see?	233	Verinio
How was carrying weapons regulated in Ancient Greece in Classic period? Were hoplites allowed to carry their weapons in public places at the peacetime? And was it possible for non-hoplite to buy sword/spear?	233	s_lv
There's been several mass suicides in the past 100 years - people's temple, solar temple, heaven's gate - are these a fairly recent phenomena? Or have they been occurring for centuries or more?	233	Yazman
During the late Medieval and Renaisance period, when Kings derived their right to rule from divine mandates, how did people view republics & elective monarchies? Were they seen as less legitimate than herditary monarchies?	233	AWildBugHasAppeared
When Henry VIII issued the Act of Supremacy in 1534, how would smaller-town priests have reacted? Would they have actively taken a position for/against the Act, or would they have considered it "above their pay grade" and carried on with their duties as normally as possible?	233	EternalNewGuy
How did San Francisco get the reputation as America's "gayest" city?	233	TroubleEntendre
Before the Civil Right Act were businesses who served both blacks and white more profitable than those that only served whites?	233	limewiredotcom
The Last Samurai led us to believe that the United States played a huge role in the Satsuma Rebellion and presumably the Boshin War, is there any truth to this and did the U.S provide that many foreign advisors and weaponry?	233	Uncle_Washington
King James wrote the "Counterblaste to Tobacco" against the use of tobacco in the mid-17th century. What was King James's motivation in writing this and was this a common perspective?	233	mrpeabodyscoaltrain