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Can anyone here speak to the reliability of "Understanding Russia: A Cultural History," which is currently airing on Amazon prime hosted by Dr Lynne Ann Hartnett?	15
Is there a field of legitimate history or specific books that study the origins and the narrative of pseudohistory and conspiracy theories?	15
What methods did the pre-Columbian American Indians use to gather precious metals and stones, and were there any surprising materials they prized the way Europeans prized precious metals and gems?	13
I am trying to find good information about the time of the divergences of the P.I.E. language into various subgroups and how that changed the material cultures and religions between the new subgroups. Specifically the Indo-Iranian split and the European offshoots.	13
Just re-watched "The Right Stuff." Are there any particularly notable omissions or fabrications in that film? Particularly interested in the in-group dynamics among the Mercury Seven.	10
What were relations like between the all black towns in Indian Territory and the Native Americans?	8
What would have been Thomas Jefferson's education have been like as a child and adolescent? Was he tutored, did he attend a formalized school? What languages would he have studied, and what were some of the main texts he would have studied?	7
What is the current best evidence we have for how long humans have lived in the Americas?	7
How common was intermarriage between separate pre-Columbus American Indian tribes? What strategies if any were used by the tribes to prevent inbreeding?	7
A friend of mine says that a big part of the reason scientific and philosophical terms were put into Greek and Latin is because during the Renaissance only the educated wealthy learned Greek and Latin, and they were trying to keep knowledge and power out of the hands of commoners. Any truth?	6

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