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This mural from East Germany depicting scenes of everyday communist life has a picture of the Zodiac on it. How common was astrology or astrological ideas in Eastern Bloc life?

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Just… how did the British Empire get so powerful exactly?

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To this day, Latin American and Caribbean countries retain strong influences from West African folk magic traditions. Why did this disappear in the United States?

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Just how "backward" was life for a Medieval peasant?

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How did common medieval people feel about war?

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How did the Greeks view the Romans before and during the empire?

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How does historical scholarship keep getting "updated?"

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How common was knowledge of which year it was before the Industrial Revolution?

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Just how on board was your average Soviet citizen on board with the "communist project" by the time the USSR collapsed in the 80s/90s?

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My daughter has always been a sensitive child; when she told me she’d “never let go” of her security blanket, I believed her.

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This mural from East Germany depicting scenes of everyday communist life has a picture of the Zodiac on it. How common was astrology or astrological ideas in Eastern Bloc life?	61	AskHistorians
Just… how did the British Empire get so powerful exactly?	17	AskHistorians
To this day, Latin American and Caribbean countries retain strong influences from West African folk magic traditions. Why did this disappear in the United States?	12	AskHistorians
Just how "backward" was life for a Medieval peasant?	6	AskHistorians
How did common medieval people feel about war?	4	AskHistorians
How did the Greeks view the Romans before and during the empire?	2	AskHistorians
How does historical scholarship keep getting "updated?"	2	AskHistorians
How common was knowledge of which year it was before the Industrial Revolution?	2	AskHistorians
Just how on board was your average Soviet citizen on board with the "communist project" by the time the USSR collapsed in the 80s/90s?	2	AskHistorians
My daughter has always been a sensitive child; when she told me she’d “never let go” of her security blanket, I believed her.	1	TwoSentenceHorror