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I’m a Medieval peasant during the Black Death outbreak, what measures am I taking to avoid catching the disease?

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Did Native Americans that didn’t have contact with Europeans yet, but had managed to domesticate horses have any stories or legends to explain where the horses came from?

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When and how did the idea of Holocaust denial come about and how has it managed to persist to the modern day?

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Did the eruption of Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum have any major consequences on the rest of the Roman Empire? How did the wider Roman world react to the destruction of these cities?

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What was like for a slave post freedom in Ancient Rome?

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Is there any historical truth in the legend of the Aeneid or was the whole story fabricated by Virgil and the Romans?

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Where did the myth that Christopher Columbus discovered that the Earth was round come from?

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Why did Ireland develop such a strong funeral culture?

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What was the reaction of the Roman world to the eruption of Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I’m a Medieval peasant during the Black Death outbreak, what measures am I taking to avoid catching the disease?	117
Did Native Americans that didn’t have contact with Europeans yet, but had managed to domesticate horses have any stories or legends to explain where the horses came from?	43
When and how did the idea of Holocaust denial come about and how has it managed to persist to the modern day?	30
Did the eruption of Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum have any major consequences on the rest of the Roman Empire? How did the wider Roman world react to the destruction of these cities?	23
What was like for a slave post freedom in Ancient Rome?	10
Is there any historical truth in the legend of the Aeneid or was the whole story fabricated by Virgil and the Romans?	9
Where did the myth that Christopher Columbus discovered that the Earth was round come from?	6
Why did Ireland develop such a strong funeral culture?	5
What was the reaction of the Roman world to the eruption of Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii?	2