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If Jews didn't acquire last names until the late modern period, then why do Jews of Eastern European descent sometimes have German place names?

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How did people explain and treat identical twins before science explained the phenomenon?

38 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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In the many CIA-supported coups of the Cold War and beyond, how critical was CIA assistance in actually allowing those coups to succeed?

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What pirate stereotypes existed in the ancient Mediterranean world?

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Why did the Jews of Cairo toss secular writings into the Cairo Geniza? Do we know of any other genizot that contain significant amounts of secular material?

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Why are historically Protestant countries in Europe wealthier, on average, than historically Catholic countries?

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Why didn't immigrants bring their vernacular architecture to the United States to a greater extent?

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Why was there never a large, lasting Samaritan diaspora?

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If Jews didn't acquire last names until the late modern period, then why do Jews of Eastern European descent sometimes have German place names?	160	AskHistorians
How did people explain and treat identical twins before science explained the phenomenon?	38	AskHistorians
In the many CIA-supported coups of the Cold War and beyond, how critical was CIA assistance in actually allowing those coups to succeed?	22	AskHistorians
What pirate stereotypes existed in the ancient Mediterranean world?	12	AskHistorians
Why did the Jews of Cairo toss secular writings into the Cairo Geniza? Do we know of any other genizot that contain significant amounts of secular material?	5	AskHistorians
Why are historically Protestant countries in Europe wealthier, on average, than historically Catholic countries?	4	AskHistorians
Why didn't immigrants bring their vernacular architecture to the United States to a greater extent?	3	AskHistorians
Why was there never a large, lasting Samaritan diaspora?	3	AskHistorians