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During the first phases of the French Revolution everybody was accusing everybody else of "wanting to be Oliver Cromwell". What was the opinion of the enlighted French revolutionaries of what had happened in England during Cromwell's time?	172
Why was the Amazon River, in Brazil, named after the ancient Greek island of women?	122
The Byzantine Empire is filled with stories of usurpation, lack of legitimacy and frequent civil war. Was this a Roman/Byzantine characteristic? is this trait shared by other Western medieval Kingdons? Are conflicts like these also frequent in islamic nations during the same period?	36
What was the status of women in ancient China before Confucianism took root?	34
Why is it called "Missionary position"? Where does the term come from?	29
In the 15th century, what would tutors for the French prince, the British prince and a prince of the Spains teach in common to their students?	28
One of the reasons that led to the French Revolution was the bankruptcy of the Ancien Régime. With their State in collapse, how did the French hold their ground during the first half of the 1790's while simultaneously at war against Austria, Prussia, England and Spain?	22
When Augustus died there were no guarantees that Tiberius would be respected as maximum authority over the Empire, what measures did he take to secure power?	20
Trying to understand medieval economical logic in Roman Empire, I was wondering: how well would an Emperor or Nobleman in the 11th century be expected to know how to do math?	18
What happened in Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 A.D. that a hundred years later people thought the aqueducts and roman walls were built by giants?	8

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