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It's a common rebuttal to flat earthers that the Ancient Greeks proved the earth was round in the 3rd Century BC. Do we know how they conceptualised Space? What did they imagine the round earth was in?

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Boar are thought to have become extinct in Britain in the 17th Century. Did people notice the boar population was declining? Were there any Early-Modern conservationists?

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AskHistorians Podcast Episode 188 - Holocaust Perpetrators Immigrating to the US with Claire Aubin

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Why is Esperanto the most widely spoken conlang? What accounts for its dominance among constructed languages?

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The second AskHistorians Conference Roundtable, 'Using Quantitative Data to Disrupt Historical Narratives and Archives' is now available on Youtube and as a Podcast episode!

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AskHistorians Podcast Minisode - German-Japanese cooperation with Lubyak

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Did it matter where you sat in a Greek or Roman Amphitheatre? Was the closer to the action the better or did the most important people sit the highest up?

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AskHistorians Podcast Episode 176 - Catalan Art Songs with Jess Munoz

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AskHistorians Podcast Episode 175 - The 275th Anniversary of Culloden with Darren Layne

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In the 1936 Presidential Election FDR won every state apart from New Hampshire and Vermont. Why did these two states not vote for him?

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It's a common rebuttal to flat earthers that the Ancient Greeks proved the earth was round in the 3rd Century BC. Do we know how they conceptualised Space? What did they imagine the round earth was in?	39
Boar are thought to have become extinct in Britain in the 17th Century. Did people notice the boar population was declining? Were there any Early-Modern conservationists?	32
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 188 - Holocaust Perpetrators Immigrating to the US with Claire Aubin	30
Why is Esperanto the most widely spoken conlang? What accounts for its dominance among constructed languages?	30
The second AskHistorians Conference Roundtable, 'Using Quantitative Data to Disrupt Historical Narratives and Archives' is now available on Youtube and as a Podcast episode!	30
AskHistorians Podcast Minisode - German-Japanese cooperation with Lubyak	29
Did it matter where you sat in a Greek or Roman Amphitheatre? Was the closer to the action the better or did the most important people sit the highest up?	27
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 176 - Catalan Art Songs with Jess Munoz	27
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 175 - The 275th Anniversary of Culloden with Darren Layne	25
In the 1936 Presidential Election FDR won every state apart from New Hampshire and Vermont. Why did these two states not vote for him?	24