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Why are pirates and parrots associated? Did they really have pets in the Golden Age of Piracy?

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Hello- I'm Dan Howlett, a PhD student at George Mason University and Reddit's Salem Witch Trials expert AMA

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In Disney's 1997 Hercules, he calls Meg "More beautiful than Aphrodite." Would this be acceptable in Ancient Greece or heresy to compare a mortal to a godess? What was Ancient Greek courtship like?

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Montgomery seems to receive a lot of hate from WWII scholars. Why and what's a counter argument?

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What did MySpace do that was new?

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All Women Have a Past: Reconstructing Women in History Roundtable streaming live at 5pm ET

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AskHistorians Podcast Episode 192 - Early American Disability with Dan Howlett

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What did average people think/know of medieval illuminated manuscripts?

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What did the SeaBees do at Bikini Atoll during the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why are pirates and parrots associated? Did they really have pets in the Golden Age of Piracy?	243
Hello- I'm Dan Howlett, a PhD student at George Mason University and Reddit's Salem Witch Trials expert AMA	156
In Disney's 1997 Hercules, he calls Meg "More beautiful than Aphrodite." Would this be acceptable in Ancient Greece or heresy to compare a mortal to a godess? What was Ancient Greek courtship like?	150
Montgomery seems to receive a lot of hate from WWII scholars. Why and what's a counter argument?	111
What did MySpace do that was new?	74
All Women Have a Past: Reconstructing Women in History Roundtable streaming live at 5pm ET	57
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 192 - Early American Disability with Dan Howlett	41
What did average people think/know of medieval illuminated manuscripts?	5
What did the SeaBees do at Bikini Atoll during the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests?	1