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Where did we get the name "Greece", for a nation that refers to itself as "Hellas" and its people as "Hellenes"?

226 upvotes • elephish

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There's several Roman Emperors (Caligula, Elagabalus, Carinus, etc) who have a reputation for being sexually perverted. In those types of cases is it usually a justified reputation, or just the result of later historians wanting to paint them in a bad light?

226 upvotes • grapp

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ISIS captured the ancient city of Palmyra today. Given that ISIS has a propensity towards destroying ancient sites, what might be lost? What is the historical significance of the site?

226 upvotes • Dtnoip30

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I'm a black soldier in the U.S. army stationed in Britain during WW2. How am I treated by the locals?

226 upvotes • J2quared

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Why is there a pom on the top of traditional stocking caps and has it ever been functional?

226 upvotes • sonnyclips

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What were the Roman mysteries like? Were they just frats, or were they actual religions?

226 upvotes • gnitiwrdrawkcab

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How was the construction of medieval mega-projects like cathedrals, castles etc managed? Was there Project Managers and foremen? Would the average mason have had an idea of what the finished product would look like?

226 upvotes • penisheart

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How common were domestic pigs in Arabia and the Middle-East before Islam? What happened to pig farmers after Islam became dominant religion in the region? Were there shortages of food/meat?

226 upvotes • giveme50dollars

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Why did Jews become monotheists when everyone around them was polytheist?

226 upvotes • tasztasz

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I've read that the German army only ever deployed 20 combat tanks in WWI, versus the British and French that used them in much larger numbers. Why didn't the Germans more aggressively pursue the use of tanks?

226 upvotes • Metaphoricalsimile

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Where did we get the name "Greece", for a nation that refers to itself as "Hellas" and its people as "Hellenes"?	226	elephish
There's several Roman Emperors (Caligula, Elagabalus, Carinus, etc) who have a reputation for being sexually perverted. In those types of cases is it usually a justified reputation, or just the result of later historians wanting to paint them in a bad light?	226	grapp
ISIS captured the ancient city of Palmyra today. Given that ISIS has a propensity towards destroying ancient sites, what might be lost? What is the historical significance of the site?	226	Dtnoip30
I'm a black soldier in the U.S. army stationed in Britain during WW2. How am I treated by the locals?	226	J2quared
Why is there a pom on the top of traditional stocking caps and has it ever been functional?	226	sonnyclips
What were the Roman mysteries like? Were they just frats, or were they actual religions?	226	gnitiwrdrawkcab
How was the construction of medieval mega-projects like cathedrals, castles etc managed? Was there Project Managers and foremen? Would the average mason have had an idea of what the finished product would look like?	226	penisheart
How common were domestic pigs in Arabia and the Middle-East before Islam? What happened to pig farmers after Islam became dominant religion in the region? Were there shortages of food/meat?	226	giveme50dollars
Why did Jews become monotheists when everyone around them was polytheist?	226	tasztasz
I've read that the German army only ever deployed 20 combat tanks in WWI, versus the British and French that used them in much larger numbers. Why didn't the Germans more aggressively pursue the use of tanks?	226	Metaphoricalsimile