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Can anyone recommend a good layman-oriented video to give my coworkers an intro to Pompeii?

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Good historical survey of women in art (i.e. women artists)?

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What evidence is there beyond the religion's own tradition that Azor Ahai actually existed?

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Were European-Pacific interactions really "friendly" prior to Captain Cook's murder in Hawaii, and "unfriendly" (i.e. violent and exploitative) after?

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Good books on the history (and pre-history) of the Pacific Islands?

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Best book/good book on the War of the Spanish Succession?

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Does the Cyrus Cylinder have anything to do with the return of the Jews from the Babylonian exile and the construction of the second Temple? If not, what's the history behind that interpretation?

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Looking for a book on the Zulu kingdom and Shaka

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Were there any efforts on the part of pro-slavery contingents of the U.S. to get Canada to "extradite" escaped slaves in accordance with the Fugitive Slave Act?

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Is there a historical reason that English speakers refer to the ancient city as "Troy" and not "Ilium" or a derivation of that root?

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Can anyone recommend a good layman-oriented video to give my coworkers an intro to Pompeii?	4
Good historical survey of women in art (i.e. women artists)?	3
What evidence is there beyond the religion's own tradition that Azor Ahai actually existed?	3
Were European-Pacific interactions really "friendly" prior to Captain Cook's murder in Hawaii, and "unfriendly" (i.e. violent and exploitative) after?	3
Good books on the history (and pre-history) of the Pacific Islands?	3
Best book/good book on the War of the Spanish Succession?	3
Does the Cyrus Cylinder have anything to do with the return of the Jews from the Babylonian exile and the construction of the second Temple? If not, what's the history behind that interpretation?	3
Looking for a book on the Zulu kingdom and Shaka	2
Were there any efforts on the part of pro-slavery contingents of the U.S. to get Canada to "extradite" escaped slaves in accordance with the Fugitive Slave Act?	2
Is there a historical reason that English speakers refer to the ancient city as "Troy" and not "Ilium" or a derivation of that root?	2