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In “Surviving Genocide”, historian Jeffrey Ostler claims that the reason for Seminole removal & the 2nd Seminole War was their practice of harboring escaped slaves, & fears by southern slave owners that Seminole lands would be used to instigate a slave rebellion. Is this accurate?

794 upvotes • Damned-scoundrel

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Why did the Crusaders name their new territory the "Kingdom of Jerusalem", when the city itself had no precedent for denoting the larger area? Why was it not named after the Roman province of Palestine or the biblical Kingdom of Israel?

793 upvotes • Oedium

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What was the reaction to President Lincoln's assassination from governments and leaders outside of the US?

792 upvotes • bedroom_bedouin

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Did celebrity efforts like Band Aid's "Do they know it's Christmas?" and USA for Africa's "We Are The World" actually help alleviate famine in the 1980s?

792 upvotes • shinosa

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A common question on this sub asks "who was history's Big Bad before Hitler?" That's interesting and all, but I want to know the inverse: who was history's Good Guy before Dr. King, Ghandi, or Mother Theresa?

792 upvotes • Catfishbandit999

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For Native peoples in the extreme northern parts of America (IE: the Inuits, Menik), how did they live in such extreme temperatures, and why did they decide to live in these areas instead of migrating elsewhere?

792 upvotes • lyube-enjoyer

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How often was the term "Here Be Dragons" really used in texts or maps, and where did it originate from?

791 upvotes • Legere

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What do non-Islamic historical accounts say about Mohammed?

791 upvotes • InfernoBA

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What would a day at the University of Oxford look like back in 1096?

791 upvotes • Genesis1522

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At the start, "Cheers" is about a group of people in their early 30s who spend all their free time at a bar. Did young adults in the late 1980s really socialize this way?

791 upvotes • _st_sebastian_

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In “Surviving Genocide”, historian Jeffrey Ostler claims that the reason for Seminole removal & the 2nd Seminole War was their practice of harboring escaped slaves, & fears by southern slave owners that Seminole lands would be used to instigate a slave rebellion. Is this accurate?	794	Damned-scoundrel
Why did the Crusaders name their new territory the "Kingdom of Jerusalem", when the city itself had no precedent for denoting the larger area? Why was it not named after the Roman province of Palestine or the biblical Kingdom of Israel?	793	Oedium
What was the reaction to President Lincoln's assassination from governments and leaders outside of the US?	792	bedroom_bedouin
Did celebrity efforts like Band Aid's "Do they know it's Christmas?" and USA for Africa's "We Are The World" actually help alleviate famine in the 1980s?	792	shinosa
A common question on this sub asks "who was history's Big Bad before Hitler?" That's interesting and all, but I want to know the inverse: who was history's Good Guy before Dr. King, Ghandi, or Mother Theresa?	792	Catfishbandit999
For Native peoples in the extreme northern parts of America (IE: the Inuits, Menik), how did they live in such extreme temperatures, and why did they decide to live in these areas instead of migrating elsewhere?	792	lyube-enjoyer
How often was the term "Here Be Dragons" really used in texts or maps, and where did it originate from?	791	Legere
What do non-Islamic historical accounts say about Mohammed?	791	InfernoBA
What would a day at the University of Oxford look like back in 1096?	791	Genesis1522
At the start, "Cheers" is about a group of people in their early 30s who spend all their free time at a bar. Did young adults in the late 1980s really socialize this way?	791	_st_sebastian_