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American history education has a quirk where it "jumps" from the earliest settler colonies (Jamestown, Plymouth, etc.) to the Colonial Era and the Revolutionary War. What exactly happened in between these two major "episodes"? Explanations on native peoples, slaves, etc. are greatly appreciated.

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How central was Homeric literature to Classical Greek life? Was the reverence for Homeric poems comparable or wholly different to that of Abrahamic books and religions?

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How did Chinese Emperors choose their official wife (the Empress, not concubines)?

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Were the Pelasgians a real native people of "Greece"? Or were they a cultural construct? Were the Spartan helots Pelasgians? Were Pelasgians the original "Anatolian" farmer settlers of the Eastern Mediterranean?

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To what extent is it advisable to incorporate modern psychology into our studies of historical figures and events?

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What city in history would've been the first to be visible from space at night?

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Was there any form of cultural contact between the "Old and New Worlds" before 1000 AD? For instance, did a bizarre sculpture or art piece from one world drift across the oceans to the other?

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American history education has a quirk where it "jumps" from the earliest settler colonies (Jamestown, Plymouth, etc.) to the Colonial Era and the Revolutionary War. What exactly happened in between these two major "episodes"? Explanations on native peoples, slaves, etc. are greatly appreciated.	3141	AskHistorians
How central was Homeric literature to Classical Greek life? Was the reverence for Homeric poems comparable or wholly different to that of Abrahamic books and religions?	21	AskHistorians
How did Chinese Emperors choose their official wife (the Empress, not concubines)?	16	AskHistorians
Were the Pelasgians a real native people of "Greece"? Or were they a cultural construct? Were the Spartan helots Pelasgians? Were Pelasgians the original "Anatolian" farmer settlers of the Eastern Mediterranean?	8	AskHistorians
To what extent is it advisable to incorporate modern psychology into our studies of historical figures and events?	4	AskHistorians
What city in history would've been the first to be visible from space at night?	3	AskHistorians
Was there any form of cultural contact between the "Old and New Worlds" before 1000 AD? For instance, did a bizarre sculpture or art piece from one world drift across the oceans to the other?	2	AskHistorians