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Under the Tokugawa shogunate, Christianity was suppressed in Japan. What was the response of the major Christian powers (especially Portugal, given that country's involvement in Japan) and the Papacy?

168 upvotes • White___Velvet

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Why did Romania and Czechoslovakia gain territories that had Hungarian majority?

168 upvotes • khz33

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Were Caesar's campaigns during the Gallic Wars an attempt at Genocide?

168 upvotes • Crushnaut

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Which point in history most closely resembles Conan the barbarian, and where can i read more about this?

168 upvotes • Sorryaboutthat1time

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Similarities between Anglo-Saxons and early Germanic peoples in the Low Countries?

168 upvotes • trigger888

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Where did the stereotype of Germans being sexually fetishitic (i.e. "kinky") come from? NSFW

168 upvotes • grappamiel

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How come the archangel Michael is commonly referred to as a saint?

168 upvotes • deVerence

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Is there any mention of psychedelic substances such as psilocybin mushrooms around the 16th-18th centuries in Europe?

168 upvotes • tokeholdlaunch

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What happened to the Graeco-Roman religion after Christianity's rise?

168 upvotes • TheGreatImperator

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Was there ever a tradition in Asia, Africa, and the Americas of naming landmarks (rivers, mountains, etc.) after people, or has that been a strictly Western phenomenon?

168 upvotes • TGIFreyjasDay

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Under the Tokugawa shogunate, Christianity was suppressed in Japan. What was the response of the major Christian powers (especially Portugal, given that country's involvement in Japan) and the Papacy?	168	White___Velvet
Why did Romania and Czechoslovakia gain territories that had Hungarian majority?	168	khz33
Were Caesar's campaigns during the Gallic Wars an attempt at Genocide?	168	Crushnaut
Which point in history most closely resembles Conan the barbarian, and where can i read more about this?	168	Sorryaboutthat1time
Similarities between Anglo-Saxons and early Germanic peoples in the Low Countries?	168	trigger888
Where did the stereotype of Germans being sexually fetishitic (i.e. "kinky") come from? NSFW	168	grappamiel
How come the archangel Michael is commonly referred to as a saint?	168	deVerence
Is there any mention of psychedelic substances such as psilocybin mushrooms around the 16th-18th centuries in Europe?	168	tokeholdlaunch
What happened to the Graeco-Roman religion after Christianity's rise?	168	TheGreatImperator
Was there ever a tradition in Asia, Africa, and the Americas of naming landmarks (rivers, mountains, etc.) after people, or has that been a strictly Western phenomenon?	168	TGIFreyjasDay