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Why did the publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls create such a controversy in the early 1990s?

174 upvotes • Flyingskwerl

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When Japan took on modern military modernisation, the Imperial Army followed German military culture while the Imperial Navy followed British military culture which led to a culture clash and became a source of tension. What were the core differences in the cultures?

174 upvotes • runswithpotatoes

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Was Marcus Aurelius the first ruler to try to build a state centered around "free speech," "equality before the law," and government "which respects most of all the freedom of the governed", or merely someone carrying a torch of earlier reformers?

174 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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The suns out and joggers and bikers are everywhere in the metropolitan city that I live. Would someone in ancient times, say a Roman in metropolitan Rome, have been surrounded by joggers and other pedestrians in various stages of exercise routine outside as they went about their day?

174 upvotes • twins10251995

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[1307] Why did the templars allow themselves to be arrested by the French king? They only answered to the pope and were the richest and most powerful order at the time.

174 upvotes • ME_OP

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What happened to Lincoln’s bodyguard after the assassination?

174 upvotes • beefstewforyou

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Why were the Japanese so sadistic in WW2?

174 upvotes • tom3433456

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After Henry VI was murdered, Afonso V, King of Portugal became the rightful heir to the House of Lancaster. Were Afonso or any of his descendants aware of this claim to the throne of England?

174 upvotes • TinyDKR

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Hildegard of/von Bingen was a nun in the 1100s. She wrote guides on the use of herbs, composed music, and left behind hundreds of letters. She claimed that her “visions” were from God. Was she a genius who used migraine-optics to make her observations more palatable to the hierarchy of her time?

174 upvotes • 3--2--1--BOOM

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, written in late 1980s Japan, has an arc in which a Nazi SS unit is depicted as unethical, but end up allies of the protagonists. How did the average Japanese in the 70s-80s view the Nazis/SS? Would a sizeable minority actually think they were unethical allies?

174 upvotes • LBJSmellsNice

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did the publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls create such a controversy in the early 1990s?	174	Flyingskwerl
When Japan took on modern military modernisation, the Imperial Army followed German military culture while the Imperial Navy followed British military culture which led to a culture clash and became a source of tension. What were the core differences in the cultures?	174	runswithpotatoes
Was Marcus Aurelius the first ruler to try to build a state centered around "free speech," "equality before the law," and government "which respects most of all the freedom of the governed", or merely someone carrying a torch of earlier reformers?	174	RusticBohemian
The suns out and joggers and bikers are everywhere in the metropolitan city that I live. Would someone in ancient times, say a Roman in metropolitan Rome, have been surrounded by joggers and other pedestrians in various stages of exercise routine outside as they went about their day?	174	twins10251995
[1307] Why did the templars allow themselves to be arrested by the French king? They only answered to the pope and were the richest and most powerful order at the time.	174	ME_OP
What happened to Lincoln’s bodyguard after the assassination?	174	beefstewforyou
Why were the Japanese so sadistic in WW2?	174	tom3433456
After Henry VI was murdered, Afonso V, King of Portugal became the rightful heir to the House of Lancaster. Were Afonso or any of his descendants aware of this claim to the throne of England?	174	TinyDKR
Hildegard of/von Bingen was a nun in the 1100s. She wrote guides on the use of herbs, composed music, and left behind hundreds of letters. She claimed that her “visions” were from God. Was she a genius who used migraine-optics to make her observations more palatable to the hierarchy of her time?	174	3--2--1--BOOM
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, written in late 1980s Japan, has an arc in which a Nazi SS unit is depicted as unethical, but end up allies of the protagonists. How did the average Japanese in the 70s-80s view the Nazis/SS? Would a sizeable minority actually think they were unethical allies?	174	LBJSmellsNice