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How much did the Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Persian and Roman civilisations know about sub-Saharan Africa?

174 upvotes • Thegreycamel

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Why did Islamic powers such as the Ottoman Empire opt not to aid the Andalusians against the Catholic Monarchs in 1492?

174 upvotes • nickcooper1991

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I am Dr. Christopher Beekman. AMA about Formative to Classic period West Mexico.

174 upvotes • dr_chris_beekman

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How seriously was an 'Operation Unthinkable' scenario taken by the Western Allies?

174 upvotes • StinksofMediocrity

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Reading "Survival in Auschwitz", I learned that the prisoners were given a ration of cigarettes. Why was this done? It seems unnecessarily generous and wasteful.

174 upvotes • thefourthchipmunk

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What other prophets were there in the Middle East between 0 and 600 AD that attracted a sizable following?

174 upvotes • kaykhosrow

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The Nazi Party had 8 million members. Didn't any of these people have Jewish spouses, Jewish best friends, etc? How did they deal with that cognitive dissonance?

174 upvotes • premeddit

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Did Abbot Arnaud Amalric really say "Kill them all, the Lord will know his own"?

174 upvotes • 124876720

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Was Silk Road a road in modern sense of the word or just collection of different cities and trading posts forming a trading route? Did cities on the way collected customs duty from trading caravans for letting them pass through?

174 upvotes • solute24

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I always read of Germans escaping to Latin America and the Middle East after WWII. Were there any Japanese officers and officials that escaped capture and ran to foreign lands?

174 upvotes • spicypepperoni

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How much did the Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Persian and Roman civilisations know about sub-Saharan Africa?	174	Thegreycamel
Why did Islamic powers such as the Ottoman Empire opt not to aid the Andalusians against the Catholic Monarchs in 1492?	174	nickcooper1991
I am Dr. Christopher Beekman. AMA about Formative to Classic period West Mexico.	174	dr_chris_beekman
How seriously was an 'Operation Unthinkable' scenario taken by the Western Allies?	174	StinksofMediocrity
Reading "Survival in Auschwitz", I learned that the prisoners were given a ration of cigarettes. Why was this done? It seems unnecessarily generous and wasteful.	174	thefourthchipmunk
What other prophets were there in the Middle East between 0 and 600 AD that attracted a sizable following?	174	kaykhosrow
The Nazi Party had 8 million members. Didn't any of these people have Jewish spouses, Jewish best friends, etc? How did they deal with that cognitive dissonance?	174	premeddit
Did Abbot Arnaud Amalric really say "Kill them all, the Lord will know his own"?	174	124876720
Was Silk Road a road in modern sense of the word or just collection of different cities and trading posts forming a trading route? Did cities on the way collected customs duty from trading caravans for letting them pass through?	174	solute24
I always read of Germans escaping to Latin America and the Middle East after WWII. Were there any Japanese officers and officials that escaped capture and ran to foreign lands?	174	spicypepperoni