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Where did European nobility come from? Were they really just descended from bandits and robbers?

511 upvotes • ShamelessDistraction

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Why did European Emperors adopt the title 'Caesar' instead of 'Augustus'?

511 upvotes • EgoEstoyGood

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Russia reconquered Chechnya in 2000 and then squashed the local insurgents. Chechnya has been surprisingly quiet since. What did Russia do to so effectively quell guerillas on their (mountainous) home turf? How did it differ from Russia's failed counterinsurgency operation in Afghanistan?

511 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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It's 90 BCE in the Roman Empire. What stops me from kidnapping a random traveler and selling that person in the nearest slave market?

511 upvotes • Frigorifico

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Why does Latin America have fewer wars than other continents?

511 upvotes • finalfinial

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Movies always make out ancient warriors to be these huge guys with huge muscles that you'd have to get in gyms. Basically what I'm asking is, on average how buff or big were spartan warriors or a knight in the crusades?

510 upvotes • Beiber_h0le69

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What were Arab nations doing during the conflicts of WW2? Why is there virtually no mention of them?

510 upvotes • [deleted]

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Is there any record of what happened to the wealth from the East India Company?

510 upvotes • Laruae

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Before Commodore Perry showed did many/any people in Japan know the United States existed?

510 upvotes • grapp

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Was there an objective to Apartheid in South Africa? Did it merely wish to establish a permanent underclass along racial lines or did it intend to ethnically cleanse areas for an exclusive white presence/nation? Or something else?

510 upvotes • CptBuck

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Where did European nobility come from? Were they really just descended from bandits and robbers?	511	ShamelessDistraction
Why did European Emperors adopt the title 'Caesar' instead of 'Augustus'?	511	EgoEstoyGood
Russia reconquered Chechnya in 2000 and then squashed the local insurgents. Chechnya has been surprisingly quiet since. What did Russia do to so effectively quell guerillas on their (mountainous) home turf? How did it differ from Russia's failed counterinsurgency operation in Afghanistan?	511	RusticBohemian
It's 90 BCE in the Roman Empire. What stops me from kidnapping a random traveler and selling that person in the nearest slave market?	511	Frigorifico
Why does Latin America have fewer wars than other continents?	511	finalfinial
Movies always make out ancient warriors to be these huge guys with huge muscles that you'd have to get in gyms. Basically what I'm asking is, on average how buff or big were spartan warriors or a knight in the crusades?	510	Beiber_h0le69
What were Arab nations doing during the conflicts of WW2? Why is there virtually no mention of them?	510	[deleted]
Is there any record of what happened to the wealth from the East India Company?	510	Laruae
Before Commodore Perry showed did many/any people in Japan know the United States existed?	510	grapp
Was there an objective to Apartheid in South Africa? Did it merely wish to establish a permanent underclass along racial lines or did it intend to ethnically cleanse areas for an exclusive white presence/nation? Or something else?	510	CptBuck