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I just found out that I'm going to be teaching Texas history which I am somewhat ignorant on (yay school system). I really need some resources/books/etc to better understand the material so my students can get something better than usual.

167 upvotes • UrbanVermin

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Did Italian and Spanish fascism have an occult undercurrent like nazism did?

167 upvotes • d_varden

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Why are most of the oldest European swords we have discovered (e.g. Bronze Age) "leaf shaped"?

167 upvotes • BE20Driver

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What did Roman legionnaires actually do with the land they got after their tour of duty, and could it actually sustain their owners?

167 upvotes • Hypergrip

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Rules Roundtable #4: /R/ASKHISTORIANS WANTS YOU TO HIT THE REPORT BUTTON. Click here to learn one amazing trick anyone can do to make the subreddit better!

167 upvotes • vertexoflife

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Eric Schlosser says the USSR's first nuclear weapon was almost identical to the one used on Nagasaki because a 'network of Communist spies' at the Manhattan project 'simply took' the plans. Was the US atomic program really this compromised?

167 upvotes • eeeeeep

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Why did Adolf Hitler imprison his Communist opponent Ernst Thalman for eleven years before ordering his execution? Why wait so long, and why kill him at all?

167 upvotes • Vladith

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How does the violence and cruelty in Game of Thrones compare to medieval Europe?

167 upvotes • BaronBifford

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How did the Polish Nobility Advertise and Find the Scots, Dutch, Danes, Germans, Jews etc. who Repopulated Poland after the Mongol Attack in the 13th Century? How did this Immigration Differ from Peter the Great's Attempt Later?

167 upvotes • Veqq

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It's 1936, I'm a German watching the Olympics. I start cheering for Jesse Owens. Am I punished or called out for cheering for someone who is of a "lesser race" than me?

167 upvotes • J2quared

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I just found out that I'm going to be teaching Texas history which I am somewhat ignorant on (yay school system). I really need some resources/books/etc to better understand the material so my students can get something better than usual.	167	UrbanVermin
Did Italian and Spanish fascism have an occult undercurrent like nazism did?	167	d_varden
Why are most of the oldest European swords we have discovered (e.g. Bronze Age) "leaf shaped"?	167	BE20Driver
What did Roman legionnaires actually do with the land they got after their tour of duty, and could it actually sustain their owners?	167	Hypergrip
Rules Roundtable #4: /R/ASKHISTORIANS WANTS YOU TO HIT THE REPORT BUTTON. Click here to learn one amazing trick anyone can do to make the subreddit better!	167	vertexoflife
Eric Schlosser says the USSR's first nuclear weapon was almost identical to the one used on Nagasaki because a 'network of Communist spies' at the Manhattan project 'simply took' the plans. Was the US atomic program really this compromised?	167	eeeeeep
Why did Adolf Hitler imprison his Communist opponent Ernst Thalman for eleven years before ordering his execution? Why wait so long, and why kill him at all?	167	Vladith
How does the violence and cruelty in Game of Thrones compare to medieval Europe?	167	BaronBifford
How did the Polish Nobility Advertise and Find the Scots, Dutch, Danes, Germans, Jews etc. who Repopulated Poland after the Mongol Attack in the 13th Century? How did this Immigration Differ from Peter the Great's Attempt Later?	167	Veqq
It's 1936, I'm a German watching the Olympics. I start cheering for Jesse Owens. Am I punished or called out for cheering for someone who is of a "lesser race" than me?	167	J2quared