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MAPS & ANCIENT HISTORY: When drawing ancient political maps (e.g. maximum extent of Roman/Greek/Persian control, from a time before national borders), how does the historian know just where to lay the boundaries?

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Why did so many confederate americans decided to emmigrate to Brazil after the civil war?

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What histoic documentaries available on Netflix would you recommend as historically accurate? (Pre-Industrial era ideally)

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Why do so many people refuse to believe the Armenian Genocide happened?

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Does anyone have any suggestions of an historically significant interesting Renaissance character? By "interesting" I mean for a seventh grader.

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Is colonialism always justified by/linked to racism? Thinking of examples such as Qing China, Japan, or the British and Irish

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Why are so many contemporary (1970s to present) African warlords fundamentalist christian?

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When did it become practically impossible to build a house anywhere you like?

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To what degree, if any, did Roman provinces vary in their relative costs of living? For instance, was life in Gaul any more or less expensive than life in North Africa or Anatolia? How do we know?

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How did the Finnish folklorists come to be so important in the history of folklore as a discipline?

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MAPS & ANCIENT HISTORY: When drawing ancient political maps (e.g. maximum extent of Roman/Greek/Persian control, from a time before national borders), how does the historian know just where to lay the boundaries?	29
Why did so many confederate americans decided to emmigrate to Brazil after the civil war?	29
What histoic documentaries available on Netflix would you recommend as historically accurate? (Pre-Industrial era ideally)	29
Why do so many people refuse to believe the Armenian Genocide happened?	29
Does anyone have any suggestions of an historically significant interesting Renaissance character? By "interesting" I mean for a seventh grader.	29
Is colonialism always justified by/linked to racism? Thinking of examples such as Qing China, Japan, or the British and Irish	28
Why are so many contemporary (1970s to present) African warlords fundamentalist christian?	28
When did it become practically impossible to build a house anywhere you like?	28
To what degree, if any, did Roman provinces vary in their relative costs of living? For instance, was life in Gaul any more or less expensive than life in North Africa or Anatolia? How do we know?	28
How did the Finnish folklorists come to be so important in the history of folklore as a discipline?	28