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Did the Orthodox Church in Russia play the same role in learning that the Catholic Church did in Europe?

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After the Black Death, was there a period of lawlessness and anarchy?

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The Southern US tends to be prominently associated with rhetoric of individual liberty, small government, etc. Yet it also has a prominent history of plantation aristocracies, which sounds contradictory. How did these two parts of society interact?

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Was there really every a period of 'honorable' criminals?

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In the Bible, Jesus tells his followers to sell their cloak to buy a sword if they didn't have one. Could a Jewish peasant just buy a sword like that?

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Why was the Roman army of late antiquity seemingly unable to match the Republic when it came to fielding large armies?

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I am a peasant residing inside a small village during the 1400s in England. What do I know about God and the Church?

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How sanitary were Roman bathhouses?

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Is there any truth to our romanticization of the Mafia as 'gentlemen' gangsters?

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What was Soviet organized crime like?

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Did the Orthodox Church in Russia play the same role in learning that the Catholic Church did in Europe?	44	AskHistorians
After the Black Death, was there a period of lawlessness and anarchy?	43	AskHistorians
The Southern US tends to be prominently associated with rhetoric of individual liberty, small government, etc. Yet it also has a prominent history of plantation aristocracies, which sounds contradictory. How did these two parts of society interact?	43	AskHistorians
Was there really every a period of 'honorable' criminals?	41	AskHistorians
In the Bible, Jesus tells his followers to sell their cloak to buy a sword if they didn't have one. Could a Jewish peasant just buy a sword like that?	39	AskHistorians
Why was the Roman army of late antiquity seemingly unable to match the Republic when it came to fielding large armies?	37	AskHistorians
I am a peasant residing inside a small village during the 1400s in England. What do I know about God and the Church?	36	AskHistorians
How sanitary were Roman bathhouses?	34	AskHistorians
Is there any truth to our romanticization of the Mafia as 'gentlemen' gangsters?	34	AskHistorians
What was Soviet organized crime like?	34	AskHistorians