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How did women in antiquity deal with the stresses and traumatic events that surround war?

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What is the basis of matrilineal descent of Jewish status?

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Were there ever any attempts to raise the USS Arizona after Pearl Harbor? If not, why was the decision made to not raise it?

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/r/history will be hosting an AMA with Lillian Cunningham (WaPo) regarding her new podcast, "Constitutional", this Wednesday at 1 PM EDT.

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Did the Soviet Union perform behavioral control experiments similar to MK Ultra? Did they attempt to mind-control people in the West?

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Why is it that early erotica in Europe is linked to critiques about politicians, religion, and similar?

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Did the Tuskegee syphilis experiment have an impact on the black civil rights movement? What about the sexual revolution? Did it lead to an increase on conservative mores regarding sex in the black community?

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How did the "black" identity arise in the United States? How did the dominant power structure define blackness, and how does it compare to how they defined themselves?

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When did the scientific method become a philosophy distinct from natural philosophy?

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If you pick up any popular text of Greek mythology, you get the sense that there is one unified mythology. However, looking deeper, it seems to be more heterogenous. Why do popular texts do this?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did women in antiquity deal with the stresses and traumatic events that surround war?	35
What is the basis of matrilineal descent of Jewish status?	32
Were there ever any attempts to raise the USS Arizona after Pearl Harbor? If not, why was the decision made to not raise it?	25
/r/history will be hosting an AMA with Lillian Cunningham (WaPo) regarding her new podcast, "Constitutional", this Wednesday at 1 PM EDT.	23
Did the Soviet Union perform behavioral control experiments similar to MK Ultra? Did they attempt to mind-control people in the West?	22
Why is it that early erotica in Europe is linked to critiques about politicians, religion, and similar?	19
Did the Tuskegee syphilis experiment have an impact on the black civil rights movement? What about the sexual revolution? Did it lead to an increase on conservative mores regarding sex in the black community?	19
How did the "black" identity arise in the United States? How did the dominant power structure define blackness, and how does it compare to how they defined themselves?	16
When did the scientific method become a philosophy distinct from natural philosophy?	14
If you pick up any popular text of Greek mythology, you get the sense that there is one unified mythology. However, looking deeper, it seems to be more heterogenous. Why do popular texts do this?	14