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What was it that made the Varangian Guard an 'elite unit' in the Byzantine army? Was their equipment better? Were the expected to train more diligently? Was it simply the fact that they were considered more loyal?

455 upvotes • heracliusIII

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How much truth is there in the claim that the average Tibetan lived miserably and in servitude before 1951?

455 upvotes • heracliusIII

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Has someone heard of a 19th century social experiment in Paris in which children were raised fully sex-neutral, collectively and chose their parents at age 7 ?

455 upvotes • Litrale

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Considering Hawaii's vote for Statehood in 1959 happened before Civil Rights of the 1960's, how free and fair was that election? Was the Asian-majority disenfranchised from voting?

455 upvotes • OceanWes

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St Augustine argued that prostitution was a necessary evil, to prevent worse vices from taking root. Did his views have an impact on how medieval societies dealt with prostitution, and, if so, how so?

455 upvotes • td4999

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During the Ming Dynasty, "Japanese pirates" (wokou) were a chronic problem. Do we have accounts of them from the Japanese perspective? How did they fit into contemporary Japanese society (eg were they sponsored by daimyo)?

455 upvotes • Tiako

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Alexander the great's conquests seemed too 'easy'

455 upvotes • krakalot

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Why did the Supreme Court decide the 2000 election and not Congress as per the 12th amendment?

455 upvotes • Montecroux

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Is there any Carthaginian account kept about the Punic Wars ?

454 upvotes • AquilaInsanis

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suppose you're a muslim merchant somewhere in (catholic) Europe in the 11th century when the pope announces the first crusade. are you at any personal risk? if so from whom and in what way?

454 upvotes • grapp

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What was it that made the Varangian Guard an 'elite unit' in the Byzantine army? Was their equipment better? Were the expected to train more diligently? Was it simply the fact that they were considered more loyal?	455	heracliusIII
How much truth is there in the claim that the average Tibetan lived miserably and in servitude before 1951?	455	heracliusIII
Has someone heard of a 19th century social experiment in Paris in which children were raised fully sex-neutral, collectively and chose their parents at age 7 ?	455	Litrale
Considering Hawaii's vote for Statehood in 1959 happened before Civil Rights of the 1960's, how free and fair was that election? Was the Asian-majority disenfranchised from voting?	455	OceanWes
St Augustine argued that prostitution was a necessary evil, to prevent worse vices from taking root. Did his views have an impact on how medieval societies dealt with prostitution, and, if so, how so?	455	td4999
During the Ming Dynasty, "Japanese pirates" (wokou) were a chronic problem. Do we have accounts of them from the Japanese perspective? How did they fit into contemporary Japanese society (eg were they sponsored by daimyo)?	455	Tiako
Alexander the great's conquests seemed too 'easy'	455	krakalot
Why did the Supreme Court decide the 2000 election and not Congress as per the 12th amendment?	455	Montecroux
Is there any Carthaginian account kept about the Punic Wars ?	454	AquilaInsanis
suppose you're a muslim merchant somewhere in (catholic) Europe in the 11th century when the pope announces the first crusade. are you at any personal risk? if so from whom and in what way?	454	grapp