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It's been 13 years since the last new country was created, South Sudan. What's the longest period of time without a worldwide change in political geography? Also what would most likely be the next new country?

61 upvotes • r/geography

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Attila the Hun acquired massive wealth from the Eastern Roman Empire, what became of these riches?

46 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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In the early 20th century, the United States Congress passed the Apportionment Act of 1911, which limited the number of representatives to 435. Was there any pushback against this measure at the time?

44 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Our current Left-Right political world was defined after the French Revolution of 1789, what was political discourse like before then?

41 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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We are told that when Europeans encountered Native Americans they were far more advanced, but how true is this since at the time guns were a very new and shoddy piece of technology?

12 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why is the Earth not a perfect sphere? Is more gravity of a body required to become a perfect sphere?

9 upvotes • r/askscience

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[WP] A thousand years in the future men have become extinct. Thirty days after celebrating something bizarre happens that women didn't anticipate in a world without men. This leads to female scientists frantically trying to make a Y chromosome, before it's too late.

4 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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Beyond the failed colony of Roanoke in the 1580's, Jamestown in 1607 and Plymouth in 1620, what were some other early English colonies in North America?

2 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why are the 8th and 9th Ecumenical councils accepted by some but not all Orthodox?

2 upvotes • r/OrthodoxChristianity

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If deforestation can lead to desertification, can planting a lot of trees reverse the effects?

2 upvotes • r/askscience

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It's been 13 years since the last new country was created, South Sudan. What's the longest period of time without a worldwide change in political geography? Also what would most likely be the next new country?	61	geography
Attila the Hun acquired massive wealth from the Eastern Roman Empire, what became of these riches?	46	AskHistorians
In the early 20th century, the United States Congress passed the Apportionment Act of 1911, which limited the number of representatives to 435. Was there any pushback against this measure at the time?	44	AskHistorians
Our current Left-Right political world was defined after the French Revolution of 1789, what was political discourse like before then?	41	AskHistorians
We are told that when Europeans encountered Native Americans they were far more advanced, but how true is this since at the time guns were a very new and shoddy piece of technology?	12	AskHistorians
Why is the Earth not a perfect sphere? Is more gravity of a body required to become a perfect sphere?	9	askscience
[WP] A thousand years in the future men have become extinct. Thirty days after celebrating something bizarre happens that women didn't anticipate in a world without men. This leads to female scientists frantically trying to make a Y chromosome, before it's too late.	4	WritingPrompts
Beyond the failed colony of Roanoke in the 1580's, Jamestown in 1607 and Plymouth in 1620, what were some other early English colonies in North America?	2	AskHistorians
Why are the 8th and 9th Ecumenical councils accepted by some but not all Orthodox?	2	OrthodoxChristianity
If deforestation can lead to desertification, can planting a lot of trees reverse the effects?	2	askscience