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The English ruling class set knowing Latin as a sign of their education and nobility. The Roman's used Greek in the same way. Why?

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[WP] You are your typical high school history teacher: your class sizes are large, your school has no budget, your students are slackers, and your war crimes are horrific.

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[WP] Ten years ago, over three hundred men, women and children disappeared from a small town, never to be heard from again. In the years since you are the only investigator asking questions about what happened to the people who disappeared. You drive up to the town, still empty...

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What typically happened when the Romans were setting up a new province after conquering new territory?

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Why did Lord Halifax refuse to become Prime Minister when it was offered to him in 1940, before it was offered to Churchill?

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[WP] Looking in the archives you find records for "Myst Island", a theme park where a limited number of guests would get ferried to an 11-acre island where guests would discover areas and clues non-linearly so no two guests would have the same stay. And then the reports said something went wrong...

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Did the Greeks have myths, legends, and fables about Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations like we do about Atlantis?

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Why were the US Marines deployed to the Pacific while the US Army deployed to North Africa and Europe in WWII?

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The Soviets created an intelligence network called X-Lines from the 1950s-1980s, which were used to collect technical and economic intelligence in the West. Why would these people work for the Soviets?

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[WP] Due to the authorities chasing them, the secret society only had time to grab one sacrifice to serve as an avatar for their Eldritch gods. Now that the ceremony is over, one innocent person is the vessel for five bickering occult deities who are rivals for the ultimate power in the universe...

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The English ruling class set knowing Latin as a sign of their education and nobility. The Roman's used Greek in the same way. Why?	16	AskHistorians
[WP] You are your typical high school history teacher: your class sizes are large, your school has no budget, your students are slackers, and your war crimes are horrific.	16	WritingPrompts
[WP] Ten years ago, over three hundred men, women and children disappeared from a small town, never to be heard from again. In the years since you are the only investigator asking questions about what happened to the people who disappeared. You drive up to the town, still empty...	15	WritingPrompts
What typically happened when the Romans were setting up a new province after conquering new territory?	15	AskHistorians
Why did Lord Halifax refuse to become Prime Minister when it was offered to him in 1940, before it was offered to Churchill?	15	AskHistorians
[WP] Looking in the archives you find records for "Myst Island", a theme park where a limited number of guests would get ferried to an 11-acre island where guests would discover areas and clues non-linearly so no two guests would have the same stay. And then the reports said something went wrong...	15	WritingPrompts
Did the Greeks have myths, legends, and fables about Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations like we do about Atlantis?	15	AskHistorians
Why were the US Marines deployed to the Pacific while the US Army deployed to North Africa and Europe in WWII?	15	AskHistorians
The Soviets created an intelligence network called X-Lines from the 1950s-1980s, which were used to collect technical and economic intelligence in the West. Why would these people work for the Soviets?	15	AskHistorians
[WP] Due to the authorities chasing them, the secret society only had time to grab one sacrifice to serve as an avatar for their Eldritch gods. Now that the ceremony is over, one innocent person is the vessel for five bickering occult deities who are rivals for the ultimate power in the universe...	15	WritingPrompts