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Is there any evidence to support or disprove the idea that the Bronze Age Collapse caused "lost Golden Age" mythologies to arise?

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How did Roman armies move slaves from freshly sacked cities to Rome?

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When was refined sugar invented, and are the health impacts of increased sugar consumption detectable on a historical scale?

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Did ancient Roman men really accuse each other of loving their wives "too much"? If so how serious was this accusation?

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How did Medieval European (say, English) economies and populations sustain incessant warfare?

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How and why did contact between Europe/the West and Asia/the East fall apart between antiquity and the Middle Ages?

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Are there any historical examples of societies that successfully stamped out prostitution?

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What is the most historically plausible/likely explanation for how Sulla got his start on the cursus honorum?

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A lot of historical and fantasy fiction portrays medieval era warriors callously slaughtering their own allied peasants during peacetime. Is there any evidence this ever really happened?

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Much is made of the fact that Gilded Age American heiresses often married broke European nobles. Whom did the Gilded Age American heirs marry?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is there any evidence to support or disprove the idea that the Bronze Age Collapse caused "lost Golden Age" mythologies to arise?	818
How did Roman armies move slaves from freshly sacked cities to Rome?	143
When was refined sugar invented, and are the health impacts of increased sugar consumption detectable on a historical scale?	92
Did ancient Roman men really accuse each other of loving their wives "too much"? If so how serious was this accusation?	62
How did Medieval European (say, English) economies and populations sustain incessant warfare?	58
How and why did contact between Europe/the West and Asia/the East fall apart between antiquity and the Middle Ages?	52
Are there any historical examples of societies that successfully stamped out prostitution?	27
What is the most historically plausible/likely explanation for how Sulla got his start on the cursus honorum?	26
A lot of historical and fantasy fiction portrays medieval era warriors callously slaughtering their own allied peasants during peacetime. Is there any evidence this ever really happened?	25
Much is made of the fact that Gilded Age American heiresses often married broke European nobles. Whom did the Gilded Age American heirs marry?	20