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How did Native Americans deal with bad storms/natural disasters?

229 upvotes • Zacharyth99

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How fluid was cultural identity before the advent of modern nation states? Especially in the 17th and 18th century?

229 upvotes • Fluffinowitsch

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Is the Spanish Black Legend a real thing, or just an excuse from the Spanish far right to deny any atrocities committed by the Spanish Empire?

229 upvotes • Confucius3000

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Despite having borders all the way to the Sea of Japan, why doesn't Russia have any major cities on their east coast?

229 upvotes • couturewretch

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Did well-digging technology improve or change in some way in the pre-modern period? Would a water well dug in 0BC, 1000 AD and 1500AD differ in anyway?

229 upvotes • TanktopSamurai

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Why did Athens decline so substantially as one of the major urban and political centres of Greece and fall into obscurity up until the 19th century?

229 upvotes • Kitcheneralways

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During its bankruptcy, a lot of Enron's internal communication was made public. Were historians and sociologists able to extract any useful information from them?

229 upvotes • TanktopSamurai

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Why is William immediately Prince of Wales following King Charles’ proclamation, but then-Prince Charles had to go through an investiture ceremony to receive the title in 1969? I understand that a king doesn’t need a coronation to become king, but what about Prince of Wales?

229 upvotes • Glasann

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What were the first industries to be completely annihilated by the internet (post early 90 s era) .How did they cope with the sudden disruption?

229 upvotes • 25millionusd

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Why does France still have uninhabitable places today due to world war 1 but sources claim that you can live in Hiroshima and Nagasaki now?

229 upvotes • Grinberry

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did Native Americans deal with bad storms/natural disasters?	229	Zacharyth99
How fluid was cultural identity before the advent of modern nation states? Especially in the 17th and 18th century?	229	Fluffinowitsch
Is the Spanish Black Legend a real thing, or just an excuse from the Spanish far right to deny any atrocities committed by the Spanish Empire?	229	Confucius3000
Despite having borders all the way to the Sea of Japan, why doesn't Russia have any major cities on their east coast?	229	couturewretch
Did well-digging technology improve or change in some way in the pre-modern period? Would a water well dug in 0BC, 1000 AD and 1500AD differ in anyway?	229	TanktopSamurai
Why did Athens decline so substantially as one of the major urban and political centres of Greece and fall into obscurity up until the 19th century?	229	Kitcheneralways
During its bankruptcy, a lot of Enron's internal communication was made public. Were historians and sociologists able to extract any useful information from them?	229	TanktopSamurai
Why is William immediately Prince of Wales following King Charles’ proclamation, but then-Prince Charles had to go through an investiture ceremony to receive the title in 1969? I understand that a king doesn’t need a coronation to become king, but what about Prince of Wales?	229	Glasann
What were the first industries to be completely annihilated by the internet (post early 90 s era) .How did they cope with the sudden disruption?	229	25millionusd
Why does France still have uninhabitable places today due to world war 1 but sources claim that you can live in Hiroshima and Nagasaki now?	229	Grinberry