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Floating Feature: Join in and share the history of 1698 through 1840! It's Volume X of 'The Story of Humankind'!

1656 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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Meta question: why do so many questions here have a ‘role play’ element?

1656 upvotes • JH0190

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Did the Romans have a concept of technological progress? Would they have been aware of the fact they they had better weapons than Trojans would have had?

1655 upvotes • Pandalicious

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Were medieval people aware of cavemen? Have we always known that humans have progressed from a more primative (technological, engineering) state?

1655 upvotes • HoppsB

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In the 1967 film, You Only Live Twice, 007 slept with multiple Japanese women, and Japanese intelligence officers were depicted as dependable allies. Was this movie controversial at the time, given WWII was such a recent memory?

1655 upvotes • darien_gap

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In ancient Greece, did the audience pay to watch the famous tragedies, or were they performed for free or at common/public expense?

1655 upvotes • kstanman

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Why was chess forbidden at Oxford in the 1400s?

1655 upvotes • Dafarmer1812

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What was Indian food like before contact with the New World?

1654 upvotes • [deleted]

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How close was France to a socialist revolution around 1968?

1654 upvotes • Queermmunist

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Why is Japan not as vilified as Germany by historians?

1654 upvotes • Applejack244

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Floating Feature: Join in and share the history of 1698 through 1840! It's Volume X of 'The Story of Humankind'!	1656	Georgy_K_Zhukov
Meta question: why do so many questions here have a ‘role play’ element?	1656	JH0190
Did the Romans have a concept of technological progress? Would they have been aware of the fact they they had better weapons than Trojans would have had?	1655	Pandalicious
Were medieval people aware of cavemen? Have we always known that humans have progressed from a more primative (technological, engineering) state?	1655	HoppsB
In the 1967 film, You Only Live Twice, 007 slept with multiple Japanese women, and Japanese intelligence officers were depicted as dependable allies. Was this movie controversial at the time, given WWII was such a recent memory?	1655	darien_gap
In ancient Greece, did the audience pay to watch the famous tragedies, or were they performed for free or at common/public expense?	1655	kstanman
Why was chess forbidden at Oxford in the 1400s?	1655	Dafarmer1812
What was Indian food like before contact with the New World?	1654	[deleted]
How close was France to a socialist revolution around 1968?	1654	Queermmunist
Why is Japan not as vilified as Germany by historians?	1654	Applejack244