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Why did Syrians basically sit out the entire Six-Day War?

1112 upvotes • Skirtsmoother

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Did soldiers and Knights in the Middle Ages experience PTSD?

1111 upvotes • Snowchill

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Has it ever ended "well" for Aboriginals / Natives / Indigenous people who allowed / couldn't stop colonists from settling?

1111 upvotes • ChuunibyouImouto

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In Unbroken, a movie about America POWs in Japan, they offer the main character more food & comfort in exchange for lying on the radio about how the Japanese are treating prisoners. Did that really happen to people? If "yes" what happened to guys who went along with it?

1110 upvotes • grapp

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If I were a small landholder in 700CE Europe, how would I get places? Am I walking through people's land? Were there commonly tread areas that people considered 'roads' and thus not part of someone land? If I live in a rural area, am I just cutting across open land and hoping to find paths?

1110 upvotes • manfrin

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What happened to Buddhism in Indonesia?

1110 upvotes • _----_-_-_-__

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How would one enroll in a Medieval University, and how did they pay for it?

1109 upvotes • [deleted]

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I'm a low class, low income citizen of the roman empire and I want to keep my spare coin safe without carrying it everywhere I go. How would I do it? Were banks an option for the storage of smaller sums, or were they a luxury of the elite? Perhaps I hid it under the floorboards or in a locked chest?

1109 upvotes • TheMeanCanadianx

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Several ancient polytheistic religions (like in Greece or Egypt) included female deities responsible for areas, that were traditionally men's jobs in the respective cultures (warfare, hunting, etc). How did deities like Athena for instance come to be?

1109 upvotes • PassionateRants

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Did witchfinders ever find anyone innocent?

1109 upvotes • Cheeseanonioncrisps

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did Syrians basically sit out the entire Six-Day War?	1112	Skirtsmoother
Did soldiers and Knights in the Middle Ages experience PTSD?	1111	Snowchill
Has it ever ended "well" for Aboriginals / Natives / Indigenous people who allowed / couldn't stop colonists from settling?	1111	ChuunibyouImouto
In Unbroken, a movie about America POWs in Japan, they offer the main character more food & comfort in exchange for lying on the radio about how the Japanese are treating prisoners. Did that really happen to people? If "yes" what happened to guys who went along with it?	1110	grapp
If I were a small landholder in 700CE Europe, how would I get places? Am I walking through people's land? Were there commonly tread areas that people considered 'roads' and thus not part of someone land? If I live in a rural area, am I just cutting across open land and hoping to find paths?	1110	manfrin
What happened to Buddhism in Indonesia?	1110	_----_-_-_-__
How would one enroll in a Medieval University, and how did they pay for it?	1109	[deleted]
I'm a low class, low income citizen of the roman empire and I want to keep my spare coin safe without carrying it everywhere I go. How would I do it? Were banks an option for the storage of smaller sums, or were they a luxury of the elite? Perhaps I hid it under the floorboards or in a locked chest?	1109	TheMeanCanadianx
Several ancient polytheistic religions (like in Greece or Egypt) included female deities responsible for areas, that were traditionally men's jobs in the respective cultures (warfare, hunting, etc). How did deities like Athena for instance come to be?	1109	PassionateRants
Did witchfinders ever find anyone innocent?	1109	Cheeseanonioncrisps