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Why are sheep so prominent in the Bible, which comes from a hot Mediterranean climate?

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In America, "middle class" is a humble term for the average family. In Britain, it's a subtly deprecating term for families with a little too much disposable income. How did this come to be?

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How accurate is Ken Follet's historical fiction Pillars of the Earth? I had some questions re: historical accuracy and architecture.

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There's a lot of hand-wringing today about the decline of blue-collar manufacturing jobs in Western countries. Was there a similar angst about the rise of factory jobs at the expense of agricultural jobs during the 19th century in North America + Western Europe?

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"galicia" refers to multiples places (presumably) because of how widespread celtic peoples were; iberia also refers to multiple places. what other examples are there?

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A bunch of questions about sex, combat, etc. regarding the historical accuracy of the History Channel's Vikings show

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Why did East Asian cultures never incorporate dairy into their diets? Lactose intolerance seems like an effect, not a cause

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How radical exactly was the US Constitution at the time?

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How much of today's understanding of Proto-Indo-Europeans was already developed by Hitler's time? Was the domination of most of Europe and much of Western and South Asia by PIE-descendants what formed the basis of Aryan racial theories?

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how accurate is this article's claim that france is still exploiting 14 former african colonies by, among many schemes, controlling most of their national reserves?

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Why are sheep so prominent in the Bible, which comes from a hot Mediterranean climate?	937
In America, "middle class" is a humble term for the average family. In Britain, it's a subtly deprecating term for families with a little too much disposable income. How did this come to be?	671
How accurate is Ken Follet's historical fiction Pillars of the Earth? I had some questions re: historical accuracy and architecture.	42
There's a lot of hand-wringing today about the decline of blue-collar manufacturing jobs in Western countries. Was there a similar angst about the rise of factory jobs at the expense of agricultural jobs during the 19th century in North America + Western Europe?	24
"galicia" refers to multiples places (presumably) because of how widespread celtic peoples were; iberia also refers to multiple places. what other examples are there?	12
A bunch of questions about sex, combat, etc. regarding the historical accuracy of the History Channel's Vikings show	11
Why did East Asian cultures never incorporate dairy into their diets? Lactose intolerance seems like an effect, not a cause	8
How radical exactly was the US Constitution at the time?	7
How much of today's understanding of Proto-Indo-Europeans was already developed by Hitler's time? Was the domination of most of Europe and much of Western and South Asia by PIE-descendants what formed the basis of Aryan racial theories?	6
how accurate is this article's claim that france is still exploiting 14 former african colonies by, among many schemes, controlling most of their national reserves?	5