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How did the Qing dynasty react to the French Revolution? Did they even hear about it?

148 upvotes • Execute-Order-66

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Is the portrayal of Victorian London paralyzed in fear of the Jack the Ripper killings accurate or a product of people revisiting the killings after the fact?

148 upvotes • ShelteredTortoise

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I read that Medieval European languages do not have terms for describing women who are attracted to women unlike Arabic, Latin or Greek. This got me thinking, just how was female same-sex desire conceptualized in Medieval Europe? Did it differ from concepts of male homosexuality?

148 upvotes • cleopatra_philopater

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When/where did the (Western-style) business suit originate? Why/when did it become popular and widespread?

148 upvotes • bigfatninjacat

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How did the Untouchables come to exist as a caste in India? What would have it been like to be an Untouchable?

148 upvotes • AnnalsPornographie

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Did the Chinese and Islamic intellectual traditions get into contact with each other? If they did, how did they view each other?

148 upvotes • TanktopSamurai

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Why and how are Assyrians not Arabs?

148 upvotes • AdamCrocHunter

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Why didn't Ethiopia spread Christianity into Africa

148 upvotes • Pecuthegreat

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When Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by an Israeli court, prominent people including Hugo Bergmann, Pearl S. Buck, Martin Buber, and Ernst Simon argued for clemency. What was their reasoning?

148 upvotes • dean84921

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Was Socrates real?

148 upvotes • thatbonelessdude

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did the Qing dynasty react to the French Revolution? Did they even hear about it?	148	Execute-Order-66
Is the portrayal of Victorian London paralyzed in fear of the Jack the Ripper killings accurate or a product of people revisiting the killings after the fact?	148	ShelteredTortoise
I read that Medieval European languages do not have terms for describing women who are attracted to women unlike Arabic, Latin or Greek. This got me thinking, just how was female same-sex desire conceptualized in Medieval Europe? Did it differ from concepts of male homosexuality?	148	cleopatra_philopater
When/where did the (Western-style) business suit originate? Why/when did it become popular and widespread?	148	bigfatninjacat
How did the Untouchables come to exist as a caste in India? What would have it been like to be an Untouchable?	148	AnnalsPornographie
Did the Chinese and Islamic intellectual traditions get into contact with each other? If they did, how did they view each other?	148	TanktopSamurai
Why and how are Assyrians not Arabs?	148	AdamCrocHunter
Why didn't Ethiopia spread Christianity into Africa	148	Pecuthegreat
When Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by an Israeli court, prominent people including Hugo Bergmann, Pearl S. Buck, Martin Buber, and Ernst Simon argued for clemency. What was their reasoning?	148	dean84921
Was Socrates real?	148	thatbonelessdude