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Is it true that during the medieval era, the Islamic world was the home of science and research?

1806 upvotes • Dragonslayer_Yvonne

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How obvious and well-coordinated were volleys of fire in 17th century warfare? Could well-trained troops reliably learn to just duck when the other guys all shot at once?

1806 upvotes • metallicagross

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In my history class we learned that algebra was created by the Arabs, if this is the case then how previous were Greek mathematicians such as Pythagoras able to come up with complex mathematical formulas/proofs such as a^2 + b^2 = c^2 ?

1805 upvotes • Da_dank_knight_rises

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I was reading US Civil War-era newspapers from Tennessee and the papers seem to imply that secession was a decision made by public referendum. Did ordinary citizens cast their vote to secede from the Union? I always thought it was politicians.

1803 upvotes • TueuEnSerie

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What happened in the 70s that caused such a large increase in serial killers/murderers?

1803 upvotes • ivegotaleg

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With its comparable range and much higher rate of fire over smoothbore muskets, why weren't crossbows ever reintroduced in European battlefields after the disappearance of armor?

1802 upvotes • Logalog9

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How was FDR's decision to run for a third term received by the Democratic Party? By his 4th election was there "Roosevelt Fatigue"?

1802 upvotes • cheftlp1221

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I'm Dr. Scott Johnston, author of THE CLOCKS ARE TELLING LIES: SCIENCE, SOCIETY, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF TIME. Ask me anything about the history of global timekeeping!

1802 upvotes • DrScottAJohnston

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The Moroccan traveler Ibn Battutah visited Oman around 1330 and wrote that the sultan (Abu Muhammad Ibn Nabhan) would regularly give his blessing and protection to young women who wanted to engage in “debauchery.” Do we know any more about this practice? What was really going on here?

1801 upvotes • thethingandi

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If a childless king died, and his wife was pregnant, would that child become the ruler when it was born?

1798 upvotes • thnye664

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is it true that during the medieval era, the Islamic world was the home of science and research?	1806	Dragonslayer_Yvonne
How obvious and well-coordinated were volleys of fire in 17th century warfare? Could well-trained troops reliably learn to just duck when the other guys all shot at once?	1806	metallicagross
In my history class we learned that algebra was created by the Arabs, if this is the case then how previous were Greek mathematicians such as Pythagoras able to come up with complex mathematical formulas/proofs such as a^2 + b^2 = c^2 ?	1805	Da_dank_knight_rises
I was reading US Civil War-era newspapers from Tennessee and the papers seem to imply that secession was a decision made by public referendum. Did ordinary citizens cast their vote to secede from the Union? I always thought it was politicians.	1803	TueuEnSerie
What happened in the 70s that caused such a large increase in serial killers/murderers?	1803	ivegotaleg
With its comparable range and much higher rate of fire over smoothbore muskets, why weren't crossbows ever reintroduced in European battlefields after the disappearance of armor?	1802	Logalog9
How was FDR's decision to run for a third term received by the Democratic Party? By his 4th election was there "Roosevelt Fatigue"?	1802	cheftlp1221
I'm Dr. Scott Johnston, author of THE CLOCKS ARE TELLING LIES: SCIENCE, SOCIETY, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF TIME. Ask me anything about the history of global timekeeping!	1802	DrScottAJohnston
The Moroccan traveler Ibn Battutah visited Oman around 1330 and wrote that the sultan (Abu Muhammad Ibn Nabhan) would regularly give his blessing and protection to young women who wanted to engage in “debauchery.” Do we know any more about this practice? What was really going on here?	1801	thethingandi
If a childless king died, and his wife was pregnant, would that child become the ruler when it was born?	1798	thnye664