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How would you design a gradeschool history curriculum and why?

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While officers of the Roman Legions wore their gladius on their left side, the lower rank soldiers had it on their right. Why was this the standard?

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After the enormous losses of men during WW1 and WW2, how did German society (and others) deal with this dramatic loss of men from their society? (e.g. the lack of workers, the lack of fathers and grand fathers, the lack of future husbands, etc.)

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What prevented Britain to join the Axis as a "junior partner" like Germany wanted?

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How common was it to lose teeth as an adult in medieval Europe? Was it seen as an inevitable fact if life, or was it something that was fought against?

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In Ancient Greece, how did women become oracles? What was the criteria?

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I read once that anti-black racism was imported into Europe from the Arab world, via al-Andalus--that the anti-black racism in the Trans-Atlantic and Arab slave trades shared a common root. Was there truth in that?

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Istanbul was Constantinople, now it's Istanbul not Constantinople. Why did Constantinople get the works?

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Why are black people in Brazil not as sensitive about slavery, even thought slaves were treated in worst conditions.

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What was Stalin's personal reaction upon learning the full extent of the Holocaust?

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How would you design a gradeschool history curriculum and why?	141
While officers of the Roman Legions wore their gladius on their left side, the lower rank soldiers had it on their right. Why was this the standard?	141
After the enormous losses of men during WW1 and WW2, how did German society (and others) deal with this dramatic loss of men from their society? (e.g. the lack of workers, the lack of fathers and grand fathers, the lack of future husbands, etc.)	141
What prevented Britain to join the Axis as a "junior partner" like Germany wanted?	141
How common was it to lose teeth as an adult in medieval Europe? Was it seen as an inevitable fact if life, or was it something that was fought against?	141
In Ancient Greece, how did women become oracles? What was the criteria?	140
I read once that anti-black racism was imported into Europe from the Arab world, via al-Andalus--that the anti-black racism in the Trans-Atlantic and Arab slave trades shared a common root. Was there truth in that?	140
Istanbul was Constantinople, now it's Istanbul not Constantinople. Why did Constantinople get the works?	140
Why are black people in Brazil not as sensitive about slavery, even thought slaves were treated in worst conditions.	140
What was Stalin's personal reaction upon learning the full extent of the Holocaust?	140