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Do clay tablets written by people who were probably angry or frustrated have deeper indents?

167 upvotes • General_Urist

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Was there any real chance that the American Revolution could have achieved representation rather than independence?

167 upvotes • Deported_By_Trump

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Has anyone read “Debunking Howard Zinn” by Mary Grabar?

167 upvotes • ambientskeptic

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Why was there no civilization with permanent structures around the Great Lakes region and St. Lawrence Seaway prior to Colonization in the Americas?

166 upvotes • ReleeSquirrel

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I am interested in sea-faring Native American nations on the East coast of the Americas. I found an ask on this sub-reddit's faqs about watercraft in the pre-Colombian Americas, but it only mentions examples from the west coast. There must have been seafaring nations on the east coast?

166 upvotes • Individual-Trade756

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Why Analyzing Myths Is Bad History

166 upvotes • AncientUrsus

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I randomly came across hundreds of newspaper accounts of "sea serpent" sightings from the 1800s, some of which go into very precise detail. But by 1910 it had become a joke. What changed? Was this just a weird phenomenon of the era?

166 upvotes • [deleted]

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I've read "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov was written in response to the aggressive censorship of art by the Russian Government. Was the book itself subject to any censorship and if so, what was censored and why?

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At the turn of the 20th century, my great, great grandfather - a butcher - moved his family of about 10 people from a small town in Galicia in Austria-Hungary - one of the poorest areas in Europe - all the way to New York City and then to Philadelphia. What would this journey have looked like?

166 upvotes • TadpoleAngel

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It's time to vote for the Best of AskHistorians, 2021!!! Make your voice heard!!!

166 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Do clay tablets written by people who were probably angry or frustrated have deeper indents?	167	General_Urist
Was there any real chance that the American Revolution could have achieved representation rather than independence?	167	Deported_By_Trump
Has anyone read “Debunking Howard Zinn” by Mary Grabar?	167	ambientskeptic
Why was there no civilization with permanent structures around the Great Lakes region and St. Lawrence Seaway prior to Colonization in the Americas?	166	ReleeSquirrel
I am interested in sea-faring Native American nations on the East coast of the Americas. I found an ask on this sub-reddit's faqs about watercraft in the pre-Colombian Americas, but it only mentions examples from the west coast. There must have been seafaring nations on the east coast?	166	Individual-Trade756
Why Analyzing Myths Is Bad History	166	AncientUrsus
I randomly came across hundreds of newspaper accounts of "sea serpent" sightings from the 1800s, some of which go into very precise detail. But by 1910 it had become a joke. What changed? Was this just a weird phenomenon of the era?	166	[deleted]
I've read "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov was written in response to the aggressive censorship of art by the Russian Government. Was the book itself subject to any censorship and if so, what was censored and why?	166	[deleted]
At the turn of the 20th century, my great, great grandfather - a butcher - moved his family of about 10 people from a small town in Galicia in Austria-Hungary - one of the poorest areas in Europe - all the way to New York City and then to Philadelphia. What would this journey have looked like?	166	TadpoleAngel
It's time to vote for the Best of AskHistorians, 2021!!! Make your voice heard!!!	166	Georgy_K_Zhukov