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Did Russians in very remote areas in Siberia even bother to pay taxes and participate in politics before the advent of faster transportation methods than horses? Did some of the more self-sufficient populations even know they were part of Russia or some sort of state?	29
The area that the Kievan Rus/Russians held doesn't seem big compared to modern-day Russia. There is so much more to the east of Moscow that didn't belong to them according to maps. Was this simply uninhabited land or was there another country or people in Siberia that got integrated or conquered?	28
How xenophobic were medieval peasants? Would they really chase off strangers because they looked, spoke or acted differently, or is this just an invention of Hollywood because "haha medieval people dumb-dumb"?	26
In the tv series Vikings, a prince of the Kievan Rus informs another character (and the audience) that their people used to be Vikings too but then chose to settle there and convert to Christianity and what not. How long did this big, cultural change take? Were there still some pagans among them?	26
I am a wealthy Roman citizen. I could live my life without ever working anymore. Alas, I have mental issues: I am, if I were diagnosed today, clinically depressed. What are my options? Do I talk to a philosopher and use him as some sort of therapist? Would my physician prescribe me some weird herbs?	24
Did any Anglo Saxon kings take the fight against vikings to Scandinavia? Why not/How'd it go?	22
How was the morale for allied soldiers (especially WW1 veterans) at the beginning of WW2? Did they think it'd be over quickly, or have some attitude like "we've beaten you Germans once, we can do it again"?	21
How were dogs trained in roman and medieval times? Were they a lot harsher on these dogs? Did they (to our current-day standards) abuse them? How effective were these dogs?	20
In The Witcher, we see people committing mass suicide because they were facing certain defeat. Did people in medieval (or before) times really sometimes choose suicide over being conquered? Did their reason to do so even make sense in many cases, or was their prospect of brutality overexaggerated?	19
What do we know about Caesar and his strokes or epileptic seizures? Do we know what they were, specifically, and if he got any treatment for it? Or was it, as depicted on "Roman Empire" on Netflix, just blamed on the gods?	14

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