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The Classic Mayan city-states are well known for their sophisticated astronomy; to accomplish this, they would have needed equally sophisticated mathematics. What was Classic Mayan mathematics like, and do we have any surviving Mayan mathematical works?

214 upvotes • Erezen

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I need to reteach history to my teenagers. Are there any sites that could help me with a curriculum?

214 upvotes • Zphindar

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The Armenian Genocide occurred just 25 years before the Holocaust. Are there any accounts of Armenian Genocide survivors saving or attempting to save Jews from being killed by Nazis?

214 upvotes • God-bear

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How did Europeans, especially Northern, deal with settling and colonizing warm, tropical places? For example, how did a 17th Dutchman cope with the intensely different climate of Indonesia, or did they just sweat constantly?

214 upvotes • memories_torn_apart

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Did people smoke pot in the American Old West?

214 upvotes • [deleted]

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MEGATHREAD | Day Three (FINAL DAY) of the AskHistorians 2021 Digital Conference | "[Deleted] & Missing History: Reconstructing the Past, Confronting Distortions"

214 upvotes • historiagrephour

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When Joe Medicine Crow joined the U.S. Army at the beginning of World War II, he had earned a masters degree and nearly competed a Ph.D in anthropology. He was enlisted as a private, not a 2nd Lieutenant. I thought most people who had completed a college degree were selected for officer training?

214 upvotes • hatheaded

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A common strategy game trope is that spearmen counter cavalry. Historically, does this hold up?

214 upvotes • EndlessWario

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Did Colombia really try to join the United States?

214 upvotes • snappypear

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Why do Western historians use 'dynasty' to refer to political phases in certain regions (China especially), but not as often when referring to European or other regional history?

214 upvotes • seafoodboiler

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The Classic Mayan city-states are well known for their sophisticated astronomy; to accomplish this, they would have needed equally sophisticated mathematics. What was Classic Mayan mathematics like, and do we have any surviving Mayan mathematical works?	214	Erezen
I need to reteach history to my teenagers. Are there any sites that could help me with a curriculum?	214	Zphindar
The Armenian Genocide occurred just 25 years before the Holocaust. Are there any accounts of Armenian Genocide survivors saving or attempting to save Jews from being killed by Nazis?	214	God-bear
How did Europeans, especially Northern, deal with settling and colonizing warm, tropical places? For example, how did a 17th Dutchman cope with the intensely different climate of Indonesia, or did they just sweat constantly?	214	memories_torn_apart
Did people smoke pot in the American Old West?	214	[deleted]
MEGATHREAD \| Day Three (FINAL DAY) of the AskHistorians 2021 Digital Conference \| "[Deleted] & Missing History: Reconstructing the Past, Confronting Distortions"	214	historiagrephour
When Joe Medicine Crow joined the U.S. Army at the beginning of World War II, he had earned a masters degree and nearly competed a Ph.D in anthropology. He was enlisted as a private, not a 2nd Lieutenant. I thought most people who had completed a college degree were selected for officer training?	214	hatheaded
A common strategy game trope is that spearmen counter cavalry. Historically, does this hold up?	214	EndlessWario
Did Colombia really try to join the United States?	214	snappypear
Why do Western historians use 'dynasty' to refer to political phases in certain regions (China especially), but not as often when referring to European or other regional history?	214	seafoodboiler