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Who spoke Classical Latin? How far down the social hierarchy did it extend?

173 upvotes • TLDR_Meta_comment

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How did Georgia and Ethiopia manage to stay Christian nations while Islamic nations just about completely surrounded them?

173 upvotes • Dayzle

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What was the least expensive successful presidential campaign in American history?

173 upvotes • CalvinbyHobbes

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Is there a historical equivalent to North Korea?

173 upvotes • DoctorEmperor

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Why and in what ways was President Grant's administration so corrupt?

173 upvotes • [deleted]

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suppose I'm a Japanese school child in the 1955 and I ask my history teachers if it was America or Japan who were the aggressors in WW2. What would they most likely they say?

173 upvotes • grapp

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In 1832 Joseph Smith prophesied that a civil war would start in South Carolina. Was this commonly assumed or was it an impressive guess?

173 upvotes • brown3218

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How did the Holy Roman Empire transition from hereditary succession under Charlemagne to an elective monarchy? Was it the same institution?

173 upvotes • Lord_Bubbington

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Is commonly acknowledged that trains were largely responsible for formalizing and synchronizing time keeping in the United States, but what was responsible for doing so on a global scale and when did this occur?

173 upvotes • MissMeggo

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Why did Horus turn his back on the God-Emperor of Mankind and become a heretic?

173 upvotes • Pyro_With_A_Lighter

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Who spoke Classical Latin? How far down the social hierarchy did it extend?	173	TLDR_Meta_comment
How did Georgia and Ethiopia manage to stay Christian nations while Islamic nations just about completely surrounded them?	173	Dayzle
What was the least expensive successful presidential campaign in American history?	173	CalvinbyHobbes
Is there a historical equivalent to North Korea?	173	DoctorEmperor
Why and in what ways was President Grant's administration so corrupt?	173	[deleted]
suppose I'm a Japanese school child in the 1955 and I ask my history teachers if it was America or Japan who were the aggressors in WW2. What would they most likely they say?	173	grapp
In 1832 Joseph Smith prophesied that a civil war would start in South Carolina. Was this commonly assumed or was it an impressive guess?	173	brown3218
How did the Holy Roman Empire transition from hereditary succession under Charlemagne to an elective monarchy? Was it the same institution?	173	Lord_Bubbington
Is commonly acknowledged that trains were largely responsible for formalizing and synchronizing time keeping in the United States, but what was responsible for doing so on a global scale and when did this occur?	173	MissMeggo
Why did Horus turn his back on the God-Emperor of Mankind and become a heretic?	173	Pyro_With_A_Lighter