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If the Celtic Druids were not the ones who built the Stonehenge, then who? How much do we know about the culture and people of the builders of Stonehenge?

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Did ancient Egyptian culture change at all? Old Kingdom to New Kingdom is a very long time but looking at their monuments and art, their culture seems static.

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How accurate does the Swedish metal band Sabaton's song "Carolus Rex" describe the historical Carolus Rex King Charles XII of Sweden?

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What was banking and finance like in Nazi Germany? Did the Nazis ban "usury" and stock trading due to antisemitism?

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How come that the Holy Roman Empire was not able to consolidate itself when its neighbors such as France, Spain and England were able to do so?

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What kind of methods did the ancient Greek and Chinese historians Herodotus, Thucydides and Sima Qian use to gather their history? How similar it is to the methodology of modern historians today?

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Why is it that it is common to find a man named "Jesus" in Spanish-speaking countries but the practice of naming somebody "Jesus" is taboo in other European countries?

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What was Imperial Japan and Fascist Italy's reaction to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?

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A lot of centuries-old Japanese and Chinese temples are made of wood. How did they protect these against termites?

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How would living standards in ancient empires compare to modern third-world countries? Let's say, take a peasant from the Roman Empire or the Han Dynasty and compare them to a modern peasant in an African/S.E Asian third-world country. Who would have higher standards of living?

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If the Celtic Druids were not the ones who built the Stonehenge, then who? How much do we know about the culture and people of the builders of Stonehenge?	21
Did ancient Egyptian culture change at all? Old Kingdom to New Kingdom is a very long time but looking at their monuments and art, their culture seems static.	21
How accurate does the Swedish metal band Sabaton's song "Carolus Rex" describe the historical Carolus Rex King Charles XII of Sweden?	20
What was banking and finance like in Nazi Germany? Did the Nazis ban "usury" and stock trading due to antisemitism?	19
How come that the Holy Roman Empire was not able to consolidate itself when its neighbors such as France, Spain and England were able to do so?	19
What kind of methods did the ancient Greek and Chinese historians Herodotus, Thucydides and Sima Qian use to gather their history? How similar it is to the methodology of modern historians today?	19
Why is it that it is common to find a man named "Jesus" in Spanish-speaking countries but the practice of naming somebody "Jesus" is taboo in other European countries?	18
What was Imperial Japan and Fascist Italy's reaction to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?	17
A lot of centuries-old Japanese and Chinese temples are made of wood. How did they protect these against termites?	17
How would living standards in ancient empires compare to modern third-world countries? Let's say, take a peasant from the Roman Empire or the Han Dynasty and compare them to a modern peasant in an African/S.E Asian third-world country. Who would have higher standards of living?	15