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During the Crusades, the Crusaders saw the Muslim world as a “Great Other”, an enemy to all Christendom. Did the Muslims see the Crusaders similarly, or were they more of a political then religious enemy?

179 upvotes • conbutt

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How deep was sixteenth-century Maya knowledge of history? The Maya encountered by the Spaniards knew of Chichen Itza, of course, but how much did they know of their Late Classic or Preclassic ancestors?

179 upvotes • PangeranDipanagara

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During the Persian invasion, Themistocles at one point threatened to move the entire population of Athens to Italy. Was this a real option, or just a bluff? Was there a realistic location in Italy that they were planning to evacuate?

179 upvotes • crowjr

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What do people do back then when ancient or medieval walled towns/cities have to inevitably expand? Tear down the old wall and build a new one with a larger area?

179 upvotes • bluerobot27

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Are there any nations other than America that experienced a non-religious Civil War in the past 2 centuries in which the losing faction is still obsessed with its iconography?

179 upvotes • [deleted]

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In Machiavelli’s “The Prince” Machiavelli states that it was far more cost efficient and effective for princes to send out colonies rather than armies, was this a common practice, even in well populated areas like Italy? How would this work? Does this colonization differ from new world colonization?

179 upvotes • Loopdeloopandsuffer

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How successful was the missing children information on milk cartons at finding those missing? Why is it no longer done?

179 upvotes • illberyback

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In Miles Davis' autobiography, Miles, he writes that former slaves, who had played classical music on plantations before the civil war were henceforth restricted to "gin houses and honky-tonks." Do we have any information on the lives of these musicians?

179 upvotes • dudeofgoodtimes

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Ancient Horror Stories

179 upvotes • Chimerical_Entity

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Is there any evidence of music that sounds similar to modern or classical rock, that was created prior to 1900s, or earlier, even if it wasn't mainstream at the time?

179 upvotes • Poopy_Dildo

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During the Crusades, the Crusaders saw the Muslim world as a “Great Other”, an enemy to all Christendom. Did the Muslims see the Crusaders similarly, or were they more of a political then religious enemy?	179	conbutt
How deep was sixteenth-century Maya knowledge of history? The Maya encountered by the Spaniards knew of Chichen Itza, of course, but how much did they know of their Late Classic or Preclassic ancestors?	179	PangeranDipanagara
During the Persian invasion, Themistocles at one point threatened to move the entire population of Athens to Italy. Was this a real option, or just a bluff? Was there a realistic location in Italy that they were planning to evacuate?	179	crowjr
What do people do back then when ancient or medieval walled towns/cities have to inevitably expand? Tear down the old wall and build a new one with a larger area?	179	bluerobot27
Are there any nations other than America that experienced a non-religious Civil War in the past 2 centuries in which the losing faction is still obsessed with its iconography?	179	[deleted]
In Machiavelli’s “The Prince” Machiavelli states that it was far more cost efficient and effective for princes to send out colonies rather than armies, was this a common practice, even in well populated areas like Italy? How would this work? Does this colonization differ from new world colonization?	179	Loopdeloopandsuffer
How successful was the missing children information on milk cartons at finding those missing? Why is it no longer done?	179	illberyback
In Miles Davis' autobiography, Miles, he writes that former slaves, who had played classical music on plantations before the civil war were henceforth restricted to "gin houses and honky-tonks." Do we have any information on the lives of these musicians?	179	dudeofgoodtimes
Ancient Horror Stories	179	Chimerical_Entity
Is there any evidence of music that sounds similar to modern or classical rock, that was created prior to 1900s, or earlier, even if it wasn't mainstream at the time?	179	Poopy_Dildo