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Why are the 'Sea Peoples' lumped together in historical references? Who first categorized them thusly and why haven't we stopped?

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What was "The Fire Nation" listed on old maps of what is now the US Midwest? What became of it?

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The Most Intelligent Conversation You Can Find

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Why was the National Liberation Front of Algeria so effective in holding off the French, and was their structure really the origin of modern "terrorist cell" command chains?

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Is there visible evidence that early writing systems were "right-handed" in any way? Slant or formation of glyphs especially?

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Why did the French have so much difficulty fighting the National Liberation Front in Algeria?

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Did Justinian I really love his wife, Theodora, too much, or were people just scandalized that he married an 'actress'?

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What sort of national identity would cause emigrants to list their country of origin as Galicia, Lodomeria, or Schleswig-Holstein in the same years as others list Poland, Germany, Holland, or Denmark?

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You're never more than six feet from a spider.

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How reliable are the translations into English of the history of your specialty's documentation?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why are the 'Sea Peoples' lumped together in historical references? Who first categorized them thusly and why haven't we stopped?	466	AskHistorians
What was "The Fire Nation" listed on old maps of what is now the US Midwest? What became of it?	448	AskHistorians
The Most Intelligent Conversation You Can Find	7	nosleep
Why was the National Liberation Front of Algeria so effective in holding off the French, and was their structure really the origin of modern "terrorist cell" command chains?	7	AskHistorians
Is there visible evidence that early writing systems were "right-handed" in any way? Slant or formation of glyphs especially?	3	AskHistorians
Why did the French have so much difficulty fighting the National Liberation Front in Algeria?	2	AskHistorians
Did Justinian I really love his wife, Theodora, too much, or were people just scandalized that he married an 'actress'?	2	AskHistorians
What sort of national identity would cause emigrants to list their country of origin as Galicia, Lodomeria, or Schleswig-Holstein in the same years as others list Poland, Germany, Holland, or Denmark?	1	AskHistorians
You're never more than six feet from a spider.	1	nosleep
How reliable are the translations into English of the history of your specialty's documentation?	1	AskHistorians