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What was the State of Arabic Language Literature in the Ottoman Empire?

Submitted by McGillis_is_a_Char t3_10a3uri on January 12, 2023 at 4:31 PM

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I think that the term Byzantines is rightly used for adressing the Eastern Roman Empire.

Submitted by VipsaniusAgrippa25 t3_10bp7ru on January 14, 2023 at 2:05 PM

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Why was Marcus Aurelius loved by the people?

Submitted by Artistic-Memory-277 t3_10l6qgq on January 25, 2023 at 7:07 PM

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Reassembling a 15th century ship: "The world's largest 3-D puzzle"

cbsnews.com

Submitted by ArtOak t3_10j6ui9 on January 23, 2023 at 7:33 AM

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‘Which sites should be saved, and which sites should be allowed to decay?’ — Climate change is accelerating, amplifying existing risks and creating new ones, the consequences of which could be devastating for the global archaeological record

cambridge.org

Submitted by marketrent t3_10i8gyk on January 22, 2023 at 2:17 AM

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How donkeys changed the course of human history

bbc.com

Submitted by Vailhem t3_10fzgor on January 19, 2023 at 11:33 AM

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Archaeologists Discover 3,000-Year-Old Ritual Wishing Well Filled With Over 100 Well-Preserved Artefacts

ananova.news

Submitted by UAVet t3_10fwj6f on January 19, 2023 at 8:26 AM

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How Did Japan's National Identity Emerge?

Submitted by Preyinglol t3_10412ti on January 5, 2023 at 3:03 PM

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US pilot shot down four Soviet MiGs in 30 minutes -- and kept it a secret for 50 years

cnn.com

Submitted by Eagle4523 t3_10hus3r on January 21, 2023 at 4:15 PM

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Prehistoric Fashion: Cut Marks On Ancient Bones Reveal The Trends 320.000 Years Ago - Archaeology Magazine

archaeology-magazine.com

Submitted by mikaelnorqvist t3_10g3gku on January 19, 2023 at 2:45 PM

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Why did the Safavids pursue brutal methods to forcibly convert Iran to Shia Islam?

Submitted by ChickFleih t3_107pbc6 on January 9, 2023 at 8:39 PM

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Intact 16 meter ancient papyrus scroll uncovered in Saqqara

egyptindependent.com

Submitted by MeatballDom t3_10hh88f on January 21, 2023 at 3:12 AM

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World’s oldest rune stone found in Norway, archaeologists believe

sciencenorway.no

Submitted by danishistorian t3_10ebe4w on January 17, 2023 at 12:44 PM

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Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology

smithsonianmag.com

Submitted by MeatballDom t3_107ufbb on January 9, 2023 at 11:53 PM

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New archival findings on the earliest ownership of the Voynich Manuscript

theartnewspaper.com

Submitted by stegu2 t3_10b7t47 on January 13, 2023 at 10:37 PM

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‘If you had money, you had slaves’: how Ethiopia is in denial about injustices of the past

theguardian.com

Submitted by sedentary_position t3_10febzc on January 18, 2023 at 6:13 PM

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Bookclub and Sources Wednesday!

Submitted by AutoModerator t3_109308i on January 11, 2023 at 12:00 PM

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Conservation of Spanish Armada invasion maps reveals red ink details were added hundreds of years later

theartnewspaper.com

Submitted by ArtOak t3_10apbtk on January 13, 2023 at 8:25 AM

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A question/debate I don't see answered about German WW2 war economy

Submitted by KingHunter150 t3_10agrj9 on January 13, 2023 at 1:08 AM

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Why were granades unused during the 15th and 16th century?

Submitted by Hunter7695 t3_1089c5c on January 10, 2023 at 1:04 PM

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Contemporary Reactions to Colonialism

Submitted by J1m1983 t3_109zfnr on January 12, 2023 at 1:17 PM

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When Did Rape Become Considered a Criminal Act in Western Civilization?

Submitted by Keith502 t3_10e8n67 on January 17, 2023 at 10:05 AM

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When did government departments and government budgets become invented?

Submitted by megamindwriter t3_106ib3i on January 8, 2023 at 12:39 PM

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Was the Weimar Republic really meant to go down?

Submitted by DaslolligeLol t3_1045lx5 on January 5, 2023 at 6:06 PM

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‘When something like this comes up where we’re both excited, but also that sorrowful that we lost so much.’ — A Māori tribe in New Zealand is calling for the return of treasured artefacts listed for sale by the auction house Sotheby’s

theguardian.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_10bg2qg on January 14, 2023 at 5:05 AM

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