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What was the death toll of slavery in Haiti? (www.reddit.com)
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[Link] Did Basque fishermen come across the Americas before Columbus? (www.reddit.com)
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Did Henry VIII really believe he was being punished by marrying Catherine? (www.reddit.com)
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Historians, what is your opinion on the British museum being demanded to return relics to their home countries? (www.reddit.com)
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[Link] How credible is the story of Elizabeth Báthory of Hungary and her attempts to retain her youth by bathing in their blood? (www.reddit.com)
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Why was there not any major political or domestic unrest in Britain after they lost their colonies in America after MAJOR military losses? What actually was the common people's reaction to the los... (www.reddit.com)
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Original Title: Why was there not any major political or domestic unrest in Britain after they lost their colonies in America after MAJOR military losses? What actually was the common people's reaction to the loss of such a major economic profitable source for Britain?

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Why is there almost a 100% correlation between Protestant districts and Nazi majority votes during the rise of the Nazi party? (www.reddit.com)
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Why didn't the Donner Party just go back down the mountains to the (now) Reno, NV area to wait out the winter? (www.reddit.com)
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How did the Christian samurai and nobility of pre-Tokugawa Japan conceptualize the Emperor, Imperial legitimacy, and their place in the the Shinto political theology of their country? (www.reddit.com)
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How and when did the atomic bomb come to be seen as categorically different weapon and/or paradigm shift in warfare? I know that some believe that this occurred after the bombings of Hiroshima a... (www.reddit.com)
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Original Title: How and when did the atomic bomb come to be seen as categorically different weapon and/or paradigm shift in warfare? I know that some believe that this occurred after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, e.g., Michael Gordin, but what's the consensus and evidence?

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During the Persian invasion of Greece, Why did the Persians not bypass Thermopylae when they saw it was blocked and they took heavy losses the first day? (www.reddit.com)
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How can my Jewish-German Grandmother's father have been a member of the Waffen-SS? (www.reddit.com)
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Is Napoleon the only person in history to have a war declared on them personally? (www.reddit.com)
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In Lord of the Rings the men often hold hands, kiss each other's brow, express love, cradle another's head on their lap while they sleep... were these behaviors typical of Western men from Tolkien... (www.reddit.com)
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Original Title: In Lord of the Rings the men often hold hands, kiss each other's brow, express love, cradle another's head on their lap while they sleep... were these behaviors typical of Western men from Tolkien's time? Were men acting this way seen as atypical at the time of publication? What changed?

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What are the best books on Christianity in America during the colonial era/revolutionary war and civil war? (www.reddit.com)
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If Athena was primarily worshipped in and named for Athens, what does it mean that she features so prominently in Homer? (www.reddit.com)
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It is the TWELFTH BIRTHDAY of AskHistorians! As is tradition, you may be comedic, witty, or otherwise silly in this thread! (i.redd.it)
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What is a good overview of the mythical Pashdadian Dynasty of Persia? (www.reddit.com)
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Why are turkey legs at Renaissance fairs? (www.reddit.com)
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Why is there so little footage of the Pentagon being hit on 9/11? (www.reddit.com)
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[Link] The Unmaking of India: How the British Impoverished the World's Riches Country - How True? (www.reddit.com)
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How did the Romans and the Chinese interact with so-called, "barbarians"? How were they similar? How were they different? (www.reddit.com)
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[Link] Let’s say I take Jesus of Nazareth out for a drink in a typical 2023 American bar. Which drinks on the menu are familiar to him? Which ones are recognizable but different? Which are complet... (www.reddit.com)
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How did transgender people survive throughout human history without modern transition surgeries or modern hormone therapy? No offense intended. Just asking out of curiosity. (www.reddit.com)
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Did ottoman harem women used the hijab? (www.reddit.com)
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