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What was going on in ancient Europe outside of the Roman Empire? Where there no large realms or big cities?

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How did Switzerland end up housing the United Nations decades before they even joined them?

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Somebody told me that there used to be an organization that supported equal rights for native americans, but wouldn't actually admit native americans as members. Is that true?

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I've recently found out that there is a conspiracy theory asserting that nuclear bombs are a fraud. How far back can this assumption be traced? Where there people in 1945 already who thought that the bombs where just propaganda?

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Where the italian maritime republics vulnerable by land? Was any of them sacked by land forces during the middle ages?

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What's the history of the concept of honour in western society? Notions of honour seem to have been of great importance in the past, yet in the present the idea basically seems to no longer exist.

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Did ancient mystery cults successfully take their mysteries with them, or do we know what they were?

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Did ancient mystery cults successfully take their mysteries with them, or do we know what they were?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What was going on in ancient Europe outside of the Roman Empire? Where there no large realms or big cities?	248
How did Switzerland end up housing the United Nations decades before they even joined them?	210
Somebody told me that there used to be an organization that supported equal rights for native americans, but wouldn't actually admit native americans as members. Is that true?	22
I've recently found out that there is a conspiracy theory asserting that nuclear bombs are a fraud. How far back can this assumption be traced? Where there people in 1945 already who thought that the bombs where just propaganda?	4
Where the italian maritime republics vulnerable by land? Was any of them sacked by land forces during the middle ages?	3
What's the history of the concept of honour in western society? Notions of honour seem to have been of great importance in the past, yet in the present the idea basically seems to no longer exist.	3
Did ancient mystery cults successfully take their mysteries with them, or do we know what they were?	1
Did ancient mystery cults successfully take their mysteries with them, or do we know what they were?	1