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When did the women's 'traditional' role of staying at home emerge, when there is evidence of ancient and prehistoric women performing so-called male activities like hunting, fighting/protecting and leadership?

158 upvotes • eastofflumdiddle

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How likely would a Roman legionary in the early C.E period be to survive his 25 years of promised service and be allowed to retire?

158 upvotes • ExiledToTerminus

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How did the American public react to the Burr-Hamilton duel in 1804?

158 upvotes • doubled5217

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How many blacksmiths were there to support a single medieval army and how long did it take to equip everyone sufficiently? How did they cope with the material losses after a defeat in battle?

158 upvotes • Medurion

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Nowadays it is possible to identify a time period based on the style of clothes worn down to the decade. Has style and fashion changed as often in the past as now? Can you accurately differentiate a stylish person from the 1860’s compared to 1870s?

158 upvotes • DKetchup

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Monday Methods: A Shooting in Sarajevo - The Historiography of the Origins of World War I

158 upvotes • Starwarsnerd222

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Single life/wanting to be alone in the middle ages.

158 upvotes • Successful_Ad3639

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Muammar Gaddafi is known as a despot, a murder, and a terrorist in western countries, but I've met several Libyans who loved him. Was his negative reputation in the west warranted by his actions, or the result of him bucking western preferences?

158 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Why were empires in the Americas high up in mountains (Aztec, Inca) while empires in Afro-Eurasia usually down by rivers (Nile, Yellow, Yangtze, Ganges, Indus)?

158 upvotes • mariofan366

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Did old civilizations such as the Romans have historians the studied even older societies?

157 upvotes • tigerjelly

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When did the women's 'traditional' role of staying at home emerge, when there is evidence of ancient and prehistoric women performing so-called male activities like hunting, fighting/protecting and leadership?	158	eastofflumdiddle
How likely would a Roman legionary in the early C.E period be to survive his 25 years of promised service and be allowed to retire?	158	ExiledToTerminus
How did the American public react to the Burr-Hamilton duel in 1804?	158	doubled5217
How many blacksmiths were there to support a single medieval army and how long did it take to equip everyone sufficiently? How did they cope with the material losses after a defeat in battle?	158	Medurion
Nowadays it is possible to identify a time period based on the style of clothes worn down to the decade. Has style and fashion changed as often in the past as now? Can you accurately differentiate a stylish person from the 1860’s compared to 1870s?	158	DKetchup
Monday Methods: A Shooting in Sarajevo - The Historiography of the Origins of World War I	158	Starwarsnerd222
Single life/wanting to be alone in the middle ages.	158	Successful_Ad3639
Muammar Gaddafi is known as a despot, a murder, and a terrorist in western countries, but I've met several Libyans who loved him. Was his negative reputation in the west warranted by his actions, or the result of him bucking western preferences?	158	RusticBohemian
Why were empires in the Americas high up in mountains (Aztec, Inca) while empires in Afro-Eurasia usually down by rivers (Nile, Yellow, Yangtze, Ganges, Indus)?	158	mariofan366
Did old civilizations such as the Romans have historians the studied even older societies?	157	tigerjelly