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Did shortened names or nicknames exist in ancient Greece?

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How historically accurate are Shakespeare's histories?

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How do we have so much detailed information about Roman military history?

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What would life have been like for average citizens in a medieval city under siege? Would they be expected to help out with the war effort? Or just keep going about their normal daily tasks?

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How would a thief in early modern Europe offload goods? Would they use a fence, or just resell stolen goods themselves? Was there much of a risk of being caught in the act of selling stolen goods?

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Why did the industrial revolution only happen once?

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How did the sale of false religious relics work in the middle ages? Were fraudsters ever caught and punished? Did they operate in secret, or openly?

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How did the discovery of magnetism and magnetic north change the way people oriented maps? Were maps oriented differently before people discovered magnetic compasses?

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In movies you frequently see a main character with a fringe idea get laughed and scolded by mainstream academics, only for it to later turn out that he was totally correct. Has this ever actually happened in the study of history?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did shortened names or nicknames exist in ancient Greece?	7
How historically accurate are Shakespeare's histories?	6
How do we have so much detailed information about Roman military history?	5
What would life have been like for average citizens in a medieval city under siege? Would they be expected to help out with the war effort? Or just keep going about their normal daily tasks?	3
How would a thief in early modern Europe offload goods? Would they use a fence, or just resell stolen goods themselves? Was there much of a risk of being caught in the act of selling stolen goods?	2
Why did the industrial revolution only happen once?	2
How did the sale of false religious relics work in the middle ages? Were fraudsters ever caught and punished? Did they operate in secret, or openly?	1
How did the discovery of magnetism and magnetic north change the way people oriented maps? Were maps oriented differently before people discovered magnetic compasses?	1
In movies you frequently see a main character with a fringe idea get laughed and scolded by mainstream academics, only for it to later turn out that he was totally correct. Has this ever actually happened in the study of history?	1