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In the 20th/21st century you can see multiple distinct cultural movements/esthetics ('50s, '60s, '70s, etc), but for, say, the 1500s, it all seems the same. Do we not know enough about the individual movements within these other time periods, or is popular culture actually changing faster now?

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Why didn't China splinter into different countries like Europe did?

832 upvotes • gilded_sheep

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In Count of Monte Cristo, Dantes buys the title "Count of Monte Cristo" from the Tuscan Government. How realistic was this for that time period, and was it possible to buy nobility titles with money?

832 upvotes • Naitra

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Britain in the 1970s - a hell on earth?

832 upvotes • ZealousidealFig5

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I am Peter Samsonov, author of Sherman Tanks of the Red Army. AMA about American and British armour in Soviet service.

832 upvotes • TankArchives

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Which side did the Romans walk on?

832 upvotes • DarthEdinburgh

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Historians of reddit! What career(s) did you acquire with your degree?

831 upvotes • Banny467

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To what extent was Spain colonized by Carthage?

831 upvotes • KingOfTheNorthPole

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Did Roman society have a word for what we today associate with being on the autism spectrum? How was it treated?

831 upvotes • ghostofherzl

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How did Native Americans view the American civil war?

831 upvotes • Henry-Pollard

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In the 20th/21st century you can see multiple distinct cultural movements/esthetics ('50s, '60s, '70s, etc), but for, say, the 1500s, it all seems the same. Do we not know enough about the individual movements within these other time periods, or is popular culture actually changing faster now?	832	[deleted]
Why didn't China splinter into different countries like Europe did?	832	gilded_sheep
In Count of Monte Cristo, Dantes buys the title "Count of Monte Cristo" from the Tuscan Government. How realistic was this for that time period, and was it possible to buy nobility titles with money?	832	Naitra
Britain in the 1970s - a hell on earth?	832	ZealousidealFig5
I am Peter Samsonov, author of Sherman Tanks of the Red Army. AMA about American and British armour in Soviet service.	832	TankArchives
Which side did the Romans walk on?	832	DarthEdinburgh
Historians of reddit! What career(s) did you acquire with your degree?	831	Banny467
To what extent was Spain colonized by Carthage?	831	KingOfTheNorthPole
Did Roman society have a word for what we today associate with being on the autism spectrum? How was it treated?	831	ghostofherzl
How did Native Americans view the American civil war?	831	Henry-Pollard