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Did Asian cultures have myths and legends about the land bridge? Anthropology

194 upvotes • greeneyedgirlll

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Popular history of the Byzantine Empire has the empire fracturing after the 4th Crusade and then being reformed by the Palaiologos Dynasty in 1261. How exactly was it reformed? What gave the Empire of Nicaea the authority to declare a new empire? How was this revival viewed by contemporary nations?

194 upvotes • derstherower

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Immediately after the end of WW1, to whom did the job of clearing debris, filling trenches and recovering bodies fall to?

194 upvotes • CoffeeInMug

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Why Did It Take So Long For Women In Switzerland To Get The Right To Vote?

194 upvotes • Zeuvembie

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When did the Norman identity cease to exist in Britain?

194 upvotes • [deleted]

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During the heights of the East India Company it took around a year to travel by ship from Britain to Bengal, yet officials regularly wrote home. Did they have a means of transporting mail quicker than people?

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How did the world recover from the Bronze Age collapse?

194 upvotes • MaxMaxMax_05

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What are the causes of American society's fear of juvenile delinquency in the 1950s?

194 upvotes • OnlyDeanCanLayEggs

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We often hear about how the Columbian exchange profoundly changed European cuisines (such as tomatoes in Italy). But how far did the introduction of Old World foodstuffs to the Americas change indigenous cuisines in the immediate aftermath of colonisation and contact?

194 upvotes • crrpit

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How surprised were the USSR officials after Hitler started invading the country? Like, did they really think that the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact would last despite what Germany already did with Czechoslovakia?

194 upvotes • VictorSpengler

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Did Asian cultures have myths and legends about the land bridge? Anthropology	194	greeneyedgirlll
Popular history of the Byzantine Empire has the empire fracturing after the 4th Crusade and then being reformed by the Palaiologos Dynasty in 1261. How exactly was it reformed? What gave the Empire of Nicaea the authority to declare a new empire? How was this revival viewed by contemporary nations?	194	derstherower
Immediately after the end of WW1, to whom did the job of clearing debris, filling trenches and recovering bodies fall to?	194	CoffeeInMug
Why Did It Take So Long For Women In Switzerland To Get The Right To Vote?	194	Zeuvembie
When did the Norman identity cease to exist in Britain?	194	[deleted]
During the heights of the East India Company it took around a year to travel by ship from Britain to Bengal, yet officials regularly wrote home. Did they have a means of transporting mail quicker than people?	194	[deleted]
How did the world recover from the Bronze Age collapse?	194	MaxMaxMax_05
What are the causes of American society's fear of juvenile delinquency in the 1950s?	194	OnlyDeanCanLayEggs
We often hear about how the Columbian exchange profoundly changed European cuisines (such as tomatoes in Italy). But how far did the introduction of Old World foodstuffs to the Americas change indigenous cuisines in the immediate aftermath of colonisation and contact?	194	crrpit
How surprised were the USSR officials after Hitler started invading the country? Like, did they really think that the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact would last despite what Germany already did with Czechoslovakia?	194	VictorSpengler