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The Trump Administration and the National Endowment for the Humanities

680 upvotes • jschooltiger

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Old generations complain about the next one since at least Socrates, but do we have similar evidence from ancient history of the reverse: younger generations complaining that old people "just don't get it"?

680 upvotes • vanderZwan

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If the eastern half of the Roman Empire was so much richer than the west, why did leaders based in the west win pretty much every civil war?

680 upvotes • occupykony

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A Brief and Unimportant Note from the Mod Team About Some Minor Bot Testing Over the Next 24 to 36 hours.

680 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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Why is Christianity commonly practiced in Korea but not other Asian countries?

679 upvotes • [deleted]

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How was prohibition in the United States viewed in other countries?

679 upvotes • TopCheesePleaseroni

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Why is Alsace-Lorraine so valuable?

679 upvotes • ayayrawn_yea

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Was there ever a serious movement politically/militarily in the U.S. to conquer all of North America?

678 upvotes • CplHickz

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I don't know much about Native American history myself, so fill me in. Is there a reason why Trail of Tears caused by Andrew Jackson gets more scrutiny than the Long Walk of the Navajo caused by Abraham Lincoln?

678 upvotes • Block-Busted

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The Gilgamesh epic mentions multiple assemblies ruling over Uruk. There were some for younger men, older men, and women. How did the division of power between these assemblies work? How much power did they have? Was there any sort of "executive figure" reigning over them all?

678 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
The Trump Administration and the National Endowment for the Humanities	680	jschooltiger
Old generations complain about the next one since at least Socrates, but do we have similar evidence from ancient history of the reverse: younger generations complaining that old people "just don't get it"?	680	vanderZwan
If the eastern half of the Roman Empire was so much richer than the west, why did leaders based in the west win pretty much every civil war?	680	occupykony
A Brief and Unimportant Note from the Mod Team About Some Minor Bot Testing Over the Next 24 to 36 hours.	680	Georgy_K_Zhukov
Why is Christianity commonly practiced in Korea but not other Asian countries?	679	[deleted]
How was prohibition in the United States viewed in other countries?	679	TopCheesePleaseroni
Why is Alsace-Lorraine so valuable?	679	ayayrawn_yea
Was there ever a serious movement politically/militarily in the U.S. to conquer all of North America?	678	CplHickz
I don't know much about Native American history myself, so fill me in. Is there a reason why Trail of Tears caused by Andrew Jackson gets more scrutiny than the Long Walk of the Navajo caused by Abraham Lincoln?	678	Block-Busted
The Gilgamesh epic mentions multiple assemblies ruling over Uruk. There were some for younger men, older men, and women. How did the division of power between these assemblies work? How much power did they have? Was there any sort of "executive figure" reigning over them all?	678	RusticBohemian