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Is there a historical precedent of accusing politicians and other powerful individuals to be reptilian or otherworldly?

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How much can we "judge" past societies and individuals? At what point does it become presentism?

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What was the first recorded name(s)?

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People today can’t fathom how things like cigarette smoking and asbestos were so ubiquitous in American society 50 years ago. Did Americans in the early 1900s feel the same way about anything that was similarly popular in the mid-1800s? (Other than slavery, of course)

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Nazi Germany is commonly referred to as "The 3rd Reich". What were the 1st and 2nd Reich? And what constitutes a "Reich"?

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Why weren't ancient societies and medieval ones impressed by the pyramids in giza the same we are now?

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Why did the move of the New York (baseball) Giants to San Francisco fail to inspire the same degree of nostalgia/angst as the loss of the Brooklyn Dodgers?

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Did any ancient general ever explicitly try to copy Hannibal's tactics at Cannae? If so, how'd it turn out?

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How was wealth inequality in Nazi Germany?

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Why were Europeans were unaware of their prehistory until the mid 18th century?

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Is there a historical precedent of accusing politicians and other powerful individuals to be reptilian or otherworldly?	17
How much can we "judge" past societies and individuals? At what point does it become presentism?	17
What was the first recorded name(s)?	17
People today can’t fathom how things like cigarette smoking and asbestos were so ubiquitous in American society 50 years ago. Did Americans in the early 1900s feel the same way about anything that was similarly popular in the mid-1800s? (Other than slavery, of course)	17
Nazi Germany is commonly referred to as "The 3rd Reich". What were the 1st and 2nd Reich? And what constitutes a "Reich"?	17
Why weren't ancient societies and medieval ones impressed by the pyramids in giza the same we are now?	17
Why did the move of the New York (baseball) Giants to San Francisco fail to inspire the same degree of nostalgia/angst as the loss of the Brooklyn Dodgers?	17
Did any ancient general ever explicitly try to copy Hannibal's tactics at Cannae? If so, how'd it turn out?	17
How was wealth inequality in Nazi Germany?	17
Why were Europeans were unaware of their prehistory until the mid 18th century?	17