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When did togas move out of Byzantine/Roman fashion?

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Do we know archaeologically where the Abbasid Round City of Baghdad is located relative to the modern city?

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What were the medieval legends about the roman empire?

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What do we know about late Roman or early medieval birth control/abortion/infanticide?

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How "green" was the fertile crescent back in biblical times? Was it a land of lush green farmland like the US Midwest, or was it in fact not too different from modern day Iraq, which is a bit scrubby, but not exactly all desert.

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During the height of the cold war, how integrated were the Soviet bloc and other communist countries to the global economy, or were they completely separate from western economies?

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Friday Free-for-All | May 1, 2015

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What did the Welsh know about their Roman heritage during the Anglo-Saxon era?

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"May he luckier than Augustus and better than Trajan." What exactly was so lucky about Augustus?

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[META] What about adding to the schedule a day for discussion of major factional/ideological splits within the current-day historical and academic community? Sort of a more informed SubRedditDrama for history academia?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
When did togas move out of Byzantine/Roman fashion?	63
Do we know archaeologically where the Abbasid Round City of Baghdad is located relative to the modern city?	61
What were the medieval legends about the roman empire?	50
What do we know about late Roman or early medieval birth control/abortion/infanticide?	50
How "green" was the fertile crescent back in biblical times? Was it a land of lush green farmland like the US Midwest, or was it in fact not too different from modern day Iraq, which is a bit scrubby, but not exactly all desert.	45
During the height of the cold war, how integrated were the Soviet bloc and other communist countries to the global economy, or were they completely separate from western economies?	43
Friday Free-for-All \| May 1, 2015	36
What did the Welsh know about their Roman heritage during the Anglo-Saxon era?	35
"May he luckier than Augustus and better than Trajan." What exactly was so lucky about Augustus?	33
[META] What about adding to the schedule a day for discussion of major factional/ideological splits within the current-day historical and academic community? Sort of a more informed SubRedditDrama for history academia?	32