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Is there a "Lost Cause" mentality present in Germany?

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Confused about diseases: did they decimate native populations or not?

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Is it possible to get work published in academic journals without a PhD? Where is the future of professional Historians going, given that fewer and fewer PhDs are being offered?

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Martin Luther King Jr. was said to have been: "39 when he died, [but to have] had the heart of a 60-year-old man, which was most likely stress-related". This is then attributed to his role in the Civil Rights Movement and the stress on him that it caused. Is there truth to this statement?

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A significant amount of history in Western monarchies was driven by desire for, or lack of, a male heir. In the Ottoman Empire, however, the use of a harem made this far less of an issue. Did this difference have any significant impact on the development of these countries/cultures?

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The "history of knowledge acquisition" and learning; When did we start to see notetaking as indespensible to learning?

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With the Greeks and Romans always wishing to claim descent from the gods, did women ever link themselves to Pandora, made by the god Hephaestus (Vulcan)?

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Magic in Don Quixote and the Catholic Church in the 16th-17th centuries

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is there a "Lost Cause" mentality present in Germany?	251
Confused about diseases: did they decimate native populations or not?	120
Is it possible to get work published in academic journals without a PhD? Where is the future of professional Historians going, given that fewer and fewer PhDs are being offered?	60
Martin Luther King Jr. was said to have been: "39 when he died, [but to have] had the heart of a 60-year-old man, which was most likely stress-related". This is then attributed to his role in the Civil Rights Movement and the stress on him that it caused. Is there truth to this statement?	15
A significant amount of history in Western monarchies was driven by desire for, or lack of, a male heir. In the Ottoman Empire, however, the use of a harem made this far less of an issue. Did this difference have any significant impact on the development of these countries/cultures?	10
The "history of knowledge acquisition" and learning; When did we start to see notetaking as indespensible to learning?	7
With the Greeks and Romans always wishing to claim descent from the gods, did women ever link themselves to Pandora, made by the god Hephaestus (Vulcan)?	7
Magic in Don Quixote and the Catholic Church in the 16th-17th centuries	3