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There is a hot debate in France about the representation of the French revolution in Assassin's Creed Unity. What is your opinion on this matter? Could you expand on the history of the representations of the Revolution in France?

899 upvotes • BlatteK

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Did pockets of paganism survive in medieval Europe after Christianization?

899 upvotes • HappyDaysInYourFace

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Ancient Egyptian records including events that may be a negative portrayal

899 upvotes • skahaggus

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Ancient Egypt was clearly a highly advanced civilization, and had already existed and been well established for well over two thousand years before the high point of Athenian culture. But why is it that we take so much of our philosophy, literature, math, etc., from the Greeks, and not Egyptians?

899 upvotes • hexi329

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Queen Victoria began studying Urdu at the age of 69, carrying on for 13 years till her death at age 81. Did she have any practical reason for doing this? Did her subjects in India know or care? Was it mostly an intellectual exercise?

899 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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I want to visit a relative in Rome during the reign of Augustus Caesar. I come from the nearby countryside but I have never been in the city before. How would I go about locating my relative's house?

898 upvotes • AGaryGazAppeared

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At the beginning of the Seven Years' War, the British colonies in North America had 2 million inhabitants, the French only 60,000. Why was there such a discrepancy?

898 upvotes • EnclavedMicrostate

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Currencies often have a symbol that looks like a letter with lines through them, like ¥ or €. How did that convention start?

898 upvotes • JohannesVanDerWhales

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What were the United Arab Armies plans with Israel and the millions of jews there Should they have won any of the founding,6 day or yom kippur war and "defeated" Israel?

897 upvotes • Doncuneo

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In his book 'Supergods' by comic book writer Grant Morrison, he argues that Superhero stories are modern American mythology. He claims that Superman is the first mythological hero to solve his problems without killing. Is this true? Were there any mythological heroes from the past that didnt kill?

897 upvotes • TueuEnSerie

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
There is a hot debate in France about the representation of the French revolution in Assassin's Creed Unity. What is your opinion on this matter? Could you expand on the history of the representations of the Revolution in France?	899	BlatteK
Did pockets of paganism survive in medieval Europe after Christianization?	899	HappyDaysInYourFace
Ancient Egyptian records including events that may be a negative portrayal	899	skahaggus
Ancient Egypt was clearly a highly advanced civilization, and had already existed and been well established for well over two thousand years before the high point of Athenian culture. But why is it that we take so much of our philosophy, literature, math, etc., from the Greeks, and not Egyptians?	899	hexi329
Queen Victoria began studying Urdu at the age of 69, carrying on for 13 years till her death at age 81. Did she have any practical reason for doing this? Did her subjects in India know or care? Was it mostly an intellectual exercise?	899	RusticBohemian
I want to visit a relative in Rome during the reign of Augustus Caesar. I come from the nearby countryside but I have never been in the city before. How would I go about locating my relative's house?	898	AGaryGazAppeared
At the beginning of the Seven Years' War, the British colonies in North America had 2 million inhabitants, the French only 60,000. Why was there such a discrepancy?	898	EnclavedMicrostate
Currencies often have a symbol that looks like a letter with lines through them, like ¥ or €. How did that convention start?	898	JohannesVanDerWhales
What were the United Arab Armies plans with Israel and the millions of jews there Should they have won any of the founding,6 day or yom kippur war and "defeated" Israel?	897	Doncuneo
In his book 'Supergods' by comic book writer Grant Morrison, he argues that Superhero stories are modern American mythology. He claims that Superman is the first mythological hero to solve his problems without killing. Is this true? Were there any mythological heroes from the past that didnt kill?	897	TueuEnSerie