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Why did anarchism seemingly disappear from American discourse around the 1930's, especially given the major public events (the Sanco and Vanzetti Trial, the Wall Street Bombing, etc) it was involved over the past decade?

224 upvotes • currentmadman

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Did Nixon resign for the good of the country, or because the Watergate Commission had some sort of evidence that he didn't want released...or both?

224 upvotes • FishFollower74

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Was the Russian Far East colonized in a similar manner as to the American West, through the displacement of Native peoples?

224 upvotes • 10z20Luka

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Would a black slave in the US of the mid-1800s have considered him/herself "African?"

224 upvotes • DGBD

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Could Shakespeare understand the works of Chaucer without a translation?

224 upvotes • [deleted]

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The Renaissance and Islam's Golden Age are both heavily associated with the revival of old Latin and Greek texts. Why were these texts so important? and how did they shape intellectual thought?

224 upvotes • [deleted]

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I have only the vaguest understanding of Aboriginal Australians. What was their traditional social organization like? Did they have larger settled polities?

224 upvotes • lcnielsen

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What were the rules for Americans who were neither white or black during segregation?

224 upvotes • libertyprime17

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Did ancient cities have street names and house numbers?

224 upvotes • informationtiger

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We all hear about snipers making mile long shots with rifles, were there medieval bowman “snipers” who specifically practices for accuracy and distance? If so do we know what their ranges were?

224 upvotes • Quinnthespin

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Why did anarchism seemingly disappear from American discourse around the 1930's, especially given the major public events (the Sanco and Vanzetti Trial, the Wall Street Bombing, etc) it was involved over the past decade?	224	currentmadman
Did Nixon resign for the good of the country, or because the Watergate Commission had some sort of evidence that he didn't want released...or both?	224	FishFollower74
Was the Russian Far East colonized in a similar manner as to the American West, through the displacement of Native peoples?	224	10z20Luka
Would a black slave in the US of the mid-1800s have considered him/herself "African?"	224	DGBD
Could Shakespeare understand the works of Chaucer without a translation?	224	[deleted]
The Renaissance and Islam's Golden Age are both heavily associated with the revival of old Latin and Greek texts. Why were these texts so important? and how did they shape intellectual thought?	224	[deleted]
I have only the vaguest understanding of Aboriginal Australians. What was their traditional social organization like? Did they have larger settled polities?	224	lcnielsen
What were the rules for Americans who were neither white or black during segregation?	224	libertyprime17
Did ancient cities have street names and house numbers?	224	informationtiger
We all hear about snipers making mile long shots with rifles, were there medieval bowman “snipers” who specifically practices for accuracy and distance? If so do we know what their ranges were?	224	Quinnthespin