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How important is it for a historian to learn the language of the time and place that they are studying?

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Has any consensus been reached among historians on where the legendary cities of the Bible like Ophir and Tarshish were actually located - or if they even existed?

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Why does the number 144,000 have so much importance in the theology, cosmology and eschatology in various sects of Christianity?

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Moses of Crete was a Jewish messiah claimant of the 5th Century who “persuaded the Jews of Crete to walk into the sea, as Moses had done, to return to Israel - with disastrous results”. What is known about this strange historical anecdote?

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What are the origins of the conflict between the Sunni and Shia sects of Islam?

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Indo-Roman relations: how much trade, communication, diplomatic envoys and missions, etcetera took place between the Roman Empire and the cultures of the Indian Subcontinent?

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Over 5,000 people died of yellow fever in Philadelphia during an epidemic in 1793. Why did so many people in temperate Pennsylvania die of a tropical mosquito-borne disease? NSFW

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What did contemporary Roman sources think of/wrote of Zenobia, the rebellious queen of the short-lived Palmyrene Empire in what is now Syria?

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How much contact and trade did the Ancestral Puebloans have with the Mesoamerican civilizations to the south?

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Is Finland traditionally considered to be a “Nordic” country? Despite the different languages, is there a shared cultural heritage between Finland and its neighbors?

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How important is it for a historian to learn the language of the time and place that they are studying?	6
Has any consensus been reached among historians on where the legendary cities of the Bible like Ophir and Tarshish were actually located - or if they even existed?	5
Why does the number 144,000 have so much importance in the theology, cosmology and eschatology in various sects of Christianity?	5
Moses of Crete was a Jewish messiah claimant of the 5th Century who “persuaded the Jews of Crete to walk into the sea, as Moses had done, to return to Israel - with disastrous results”. What is known about this strange historical anecdote?	5
What are the origins of the conflict between the Sunni and Shia sects of Islam?	5
Indo-Roman relations: how much trade, communication, diplomatic envoys and missions, etcetera took place between the Roman Empire and the cultures of the Indian Subcontinent?	5
Over 5,000 people died of yellow fever in Philadelphia during an epidemic in 1793. Why did so many people in temperate Pennsylvania die of a tropical mosquito-borne disease? NSFW	5
What did contemporary Roman sources think of/wrote of Zenobia, the rebellious queen of the short-lived Palmyrene Empire in what is now Syria?	5
How much contact and trade did the Ancestral Puebloans have with the Mesoamerican civilizations to the south?	5
Is Finland traditionally considered to be a “Nordic” country? Despite the different languages, is there a shared cultural heritage between Finland and its neighbors?	5