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Why are ancient musical modes (dorian, phrygian, lydian, etc.) named after certain Hellenic ethnicities?

216 upvotes • mousylion

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In the Medieval II Total War Crusades expansion prologue video, it shows an army of Crusaders marching through the desert in a formation creating the cross from a bird's eye view. Did this ever actually happen?

216 upvotes • Zodo12

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Ancient ruins with secret traps / hidden dangers. Is that trope based on anything that really existed, or is it only attributed to adventure writers and film?

216 upvotes • methamp

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Do we have texts of Asian countries exploration of the Middle East and Europe pre 1600's? If so, how did they discribe people from the Middle East and Europe?

216 upvotes • Lankshire

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Statistics about slavery in the Antebellum South show that around 90% of southern blacks were enslaved. What was life like for those few who were free in the south?

216 upvotes • Xxxn00bpwnR69xxX

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Is there a period in history when swordplay was as common and well practiced as it tends to appear in popular fiction?

216 upvotes • dovetc

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Why did Tibet's population massively decrease in 1928

216 upvotes • saor-alba

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Why was Africa unsuccessful in resisting European colonisation?

216 upvotes • Jens_Jeremies

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Is there an accurate count of how many Soviet infantrymen survived from the very beginning of Stalingrad to the end?

216 upvotes • cokevanillazero

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Why did Anatolia become Turkish and Islamic while Greece itself stayed Greek and Christian while both were conquered by the Turks?

216 upvotes • HenkWaterlander

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why are ancient musical modes (dorian, phrygian, lydian, etc.) named after certain Hellenic ethnicities?	216	mousylion
In the Medieval II Total War Crusades expansion prologue video, it shows an army of Crusaders marching through the desert in a formation creating the cross from a bird's eye view. Did this ever actually happen?	216	Zodo12
Ancient ruins with secret traps / hidden dangers. Is that trope based on anything that really existed, or is it only attributed to adventure writers and film?	216	methamp
Do we have texts of Asian countries exploration of the Middle East and Europe pre 1600's? If so, how did they discribe people from the Middle East and Europe?	216	Lankshire
Statistics about slavery in the Antebellum South show that around 90% of southern blacks were enslaved. What was life like for those few who were free in the south?	216	Xxxn00bpwnR69xxX
Is there a period in history when swordplay was as common and well practiced as it tends to appear in popular fiction?	216	dovetc
Why did Tibet's population massively decrease in 1928	216	saor-alba
Why was Africa unsuccessful in resisting European colonisation?	216	Jens_Jeremies
Is there an accurate count of how many Soviet infantrymen survived from the very beginning of Stalingrad to the end?	216	cokevanillazero
Why did Anatolia become Turkish and Islamic while Greece itself stayed Greek and Christian while both were conquered by the Turks?	216	HenkWaterlander