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Have young people always had low voter turnout in elections?

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If modern humans have existed for 200,000 years, and the oldest known civilisations were around 6000 years old, then what stopped us progressing for 194,000 years?

501 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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If I was born in Rome in 430AD (a few decades before the fall of Rome) how different would everyday life have felt in the city by the time of my retirement?

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Why is Fidel Castro so often seen as such a villain and Che Guevara seen as such a hero when they worked side by side on the same campaign?

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Has there ever been a three-way battle? If so, what happened?

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The oldest civilisation on earth is believed to be Mesopotamia which is 10,000 years old. But humans have been around for 200,000 years. Could older civilisations have existed but evidence has just corroded away? Or is there a reason why civilisation couldn't have emerged before then?

252 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Has there ever been a notable attempt to write a Third Testament for the Holy Bible?

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Ethiopia was never colonised by Europeans during the scramble for Africa, what made their country so different/ difficult to control for the European powers compared to the rest of Africa?

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Did people swear in the victorian era, if so, what sort of swearwords were common?

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Why did West African tribes such as the Ewe adopt a Hebrew alphabet and similar language when there seems to be no other links to the Hebrew people, and no obvious colonisation by them.

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Have young people always had low voter turnout in elections?	560	AskHistorians
If modern humans have existed for 200,000 years, and the oldest known civilisations were around 6000 years old, then what stopped us progressing for 194,000 years?	501	AskHistorians
If I was born in Rome in 430AD (a few decades before the fall of Rome) how different would everyday life have felt in the city by the time of my retirement?	450	AskHistorians
Why is Fidel Castro so often seen as such a villain and Che Guevara seen as such a hero when they worked side by side on the same campaign?	368	AskHistorians
Has there ever been a three-way battle? If so, what happened?	325	AskHistorians
The oldest civilisation on earth is believed to be Mesopotamia which is 10,000 years old. But humans have been around for 200,000 years. Could older civilisations have existed but evidence has just corroded away? Or is there a reason why civilisation couldn't have emerged before then?	252	AskHistorians
Has there ever been a notable attempt to write a Third Testament for the Holy Bible?	152	AskHistorians
Ethiopia was never colonised by Europeans during the scramble for Africa, what made their country so different/ difficult to control for the European powers compared to the rest of Africa?	87	AskHistorians
Did people swear in the victorian era, if so, what sort of swearwords were common?	83	AskHistorians
Why did West African tribes such as the Ewe adopt a Hebrew alphabet and similar language when there seems to be no other links to the Hebrew people, and no obvious colonisation by them.	68	AskHistorians