/u/grapp's posts
Obviously what's happening to Palmyra is a loss to posterity, but is there actually anything significant further potential study of that could have told us about classical history that we don't already know?
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[Meta] is it not hypocritical to have Oral History as a theme considering this sub-reddit disallows personal anecdotes, even first hand ones, as a reliable sources?
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Pre 1492 would the people who lived in what is now New England have been aware of the existence of the Mayans and/or the Aztecs?
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How often did plains Indians (circa 1450) have to do Buffalo jumps (IE drive bison over a cliff)? How much meat did they typically get from doing it and how long did it last them?
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What’s the earliest date I could reasonably expect to find potatoes in any good sized farmer’s market in England?
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Did Roman generals/emperors really have a slave present at their triumphs to tell them "remember you are a man"? If not where does the myth come from?
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"Normal Life in 1308 & normal life in 1008 were very similar compared to the difference between normal life in 1708 & normal life in 2008. Progress has really sped up in modern history" a history teacher once said that to me, how reasonable do you think the statement is?
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"In the majority of American Indian societies however, biological sex played no part in any gender variant role" I got that from wikipedia. is it a statement you would agree with?
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did the late period Byzantines still consider themselves Romans and feel personal pride for the triumphs in Roman history?
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