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in HBO Rome the characters start talking like the Republic is just dead forever right after the Battle of Pharsalus. is it realistic they would have been that pessimistic that soon?

145 upvotes • grapp

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15 years on, what does Lawrence Wright's 2006 book 'The Looming Tower' get right and wrong about al-Qaeda and 9/11?

145 upvotes • Ganesha811

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144 upvotes • [deleted]

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What importance and roles did dogs have in Native American life? Also how did pre Colombian dogs go extinct? How did the Native Americans feel about their breeds being replaced by European dog breeds and how did Native Americans adjust to the replacement?

144 upvotes • Wes_Bugg

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Why did the Roman Empire fall in 1453, and not 1204?

144 upvotes • OddCarry1936

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Was there a period when Europeans had their guns "taken away," or were guns never widespread among European civilians?

144 upvotes • ottolouis

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It's said that the Balkans were the economic center of the Ottoman Empire, with Anatolia being more marginally populated and less important economically - however, I've heard that it was the opposite with the Byzantines. What accounts for this change?

144 upvotes • Kiyoshimo

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Has there ever been a successful treasure hunt?

144 upvotes • AlisterSinclair2002

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In 1914, Archdale Franz Ferdinand of Austro-Hungary was assassinated by Gravrilo Princip of Serbian terrorist group the Black Hand. Austro-Hungary demanded to conduct an investigation on Serbian soil. Serbia refused. Why is that?

144 upvotes • TecNoir98

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Popular narratives of the fall of communism in Europe almost totally ignore Slovenia, even though it is arguably the wealthiest, most successful post-communist state. How did Slovenia do so well?

144 upvotes • FrancesFukuyama

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in HBO Rome the characters start talking like the Republic is just dead forever right after the Battle of Pharsalus. is it realistic they would have been that pessimistic that soon?	145	grapp
15 years on, what does Lawrence Wright's 2006 book 'The Looming Tower' get right and wrong about al-Qaeda and 9/11?	145	Ganesha811
[deleted by user]	144	[deleted]
What importance and roles did dogs have in Native American life? Also how did pre Colombian dogs go extinct? How did the Native Americans feel about their breeds being replaced by European dog breeds and how did Native Americans adjust to the replacement?	144	Wes_Bugg
Why did the Roman Empire fall in 1453, and not 1204?	144	OddCarry1936
Was there a period when Europeans had their guns "taken away," or were guns never widespread among European civilians?	144	ottolouis
It's said that the Balkans were the economic center of the Ottoman Empire, with Anatolia being more marginally populated and less important economically - however, I've heard that it was the opposite with the Byzantines. What accounts for this change?	144	Kiyoshimo
Has there ever been a successful treasure hunt?	144	AlisterSinclair2002
In 1914, Archdale Franz Ferdinand of Austro-Hungary was assassinated by Gravrilo Princip of Serbian terrorist group the Black Hand. Austro-Hungary demanded to conduct an investigation on Serbian soil. Serbia refused. Why is that?	144	TecNoir98
Popular narratives of the fall of communism in Europe almost totally ignore Slovenia, even though it is arguably the wealthiest, most successful post-communist state. How did Slovenia do so well?	144	FrancesFukuyama