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How did Pliny the Elder know about the sun not setting in the Arctic summer?

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I saw a comment about the modern American Neoconservative movement being descended from Trotskyism. Can someone go into detail and explain what, if any, influence Trotskyism still has on Neoconservative thought?

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How did WW2-era Japanese nationalists reconcile the cultural debt Japan owes China with their belief in Japanese superiority over the Chinese?

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Have there ever been regions of countries that were forcibly expelled from their parent country? Like an involuntary secession situation.

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Did ethnic identity exist before nationalism?

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Why do these Neolithic axes from China look Chinese to me?

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How realistic is the music video for "Karma Chameleon"?

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Why does this old map have a good chunk of Greece speaking Albanian?

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Has the American Presidency always been as powerful as it is today? Has the power of the office waxed and waned?

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Why was the historical language of Nepal, Newar, suppressed for Nepali?

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How did Pliny the Elder know about the sun not setting in the Arctic summer?	9
I saw a comment about the modern American Neoconservative movement being descended from Trotskyism. Can someone go into detail and explain what, if any, influence Trotskyism still has on Neoconservative thought?	9
How did WW2-era Japanese nationalists reconcile the cultural debt Japan owes China with their belief in Japanese superiority over the Chinese?	8
Have there ever been regions of countries that were forcibly expelled from their parent country? Like an involuntary secession situation.	8
Did ethnic identity exist before nationalism?	8
Why do these Neolithic axes from China look Chinese to me?	8
How realistic is the music video for "Karma Chameleon"?	8
Why does this old map have a good chunk of Greece speaking Albanian?	8
Has the American Presidency always been as powerful as it is today? Has the power of the office waxed and waned?	8
Why was the historical language of Nepal, Newar, suppressed for Nepali?	8