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I'm Dr. Adam H. Domby, author of "The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory." AMA about the Lost Cause, Civil War Memory, Confederate monuments, and any thing else about the Civil War and Reconstruction in General.

444 upvotes • AdamHDomby

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It's late 1864 and I'm a Confederate soldier who sees the writing on the wall and wish to desert. How would I go about doing so?

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Was there ever a time where breakfast cereals came directly from the cardboard boxes, without being contained in a plastic bag?

444 upvotes • Confucius3000

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History is more than battles and inventions. If you could get the History Channel to air a documentary about world history in ONE topic that was neither military nor technological history, what would you choose?

443 upvotes • Deggit

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I'll be teaching Medieval Europe for the first time this summer. What should I read, what should I not. What rookie mistakes can one make venturing into the medieval period?

443 upvotes • TRB1783

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I've heard about the Isle of Lesbos, but in general, how did lesbian relationships work in Ancient Greece? Were they tolerated/heard of?

443 upvotes • Izzhov

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How does a language "die?"

443 upvotes • Rogue_Marshmallow

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Just found a book about the war between Oceania and Eastasia (??)--HELP

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What was the Confederacy's plan for post-war if they had won the Civil War?

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Have archaeologists located the ancient Greek Oracle of Trophonius, the so-called "Cave of Nightmares"?

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I'm Dr. Adam H. Domby, author of "The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory." AMA about the Lost Cause, Civil War Memory, Confederate monuments, and any thing else about the Civil War and Reconstruction in General.	444	AdamHDomby
It's late 1864 and I'm a Confederate soldier who sees the writing on the wall and wish to desert. How would I go about doing so?	444	[deleted]
Was there ever a time where breakfast cereals came directly from the cardboard boxes, without being contained in a plastic bag?	444	Confucius3000
History is more than battles and inventions. If you could get the History Channel to air a documentary about world history in ONE topic that was neither military nor technological history, what would you choose?	443	Deggit
I'll be teaching Medieval Europe for the first time this summer. What should I read, what should I not. What rookie mistakes can one make venturing into the medieval period?	443	TRB1783
I've heard about the Isle of Lesbos, but in general, how did lesbian relationships work in Ancient Greece? Were they tolerated/heard of?	443	Izzhov
How does a language "die?"	443	Rogue_Marshmallow
Just found a book about the war between Oceania and Eastasia (??)--HELP	443	[deleted]
What was the Confederacy's plan for post-war if they had won the Civil War?	443	[deleted]
Have archaeologists located the ancient Greek Oracle of Trophonius, the so-called "Cave of Nightmares"?	443	AttalusPius