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Ancient DNA reveals that southwest Asian migrants from Persia intermingled with African people along the Swahili coast, around 1000 CE — findings that align with the oldest Swahili oral stories

hms.harvard.edu

Submitted by marketrent t3_126hwvo on March 30, 2023 at 9:43 AM

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r/history live voice discussion event

Submitted by [deleted] t3_1140bov on February 16, 2023 at 8:33 PM

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Are there any busts and sculptures found from the Byzantine empire that are post Arab invasion?

Submitted by gayfantasia t3_y2e44t on October 12, 2022 at 8:11 PM

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How did people store their writings in Ancient Greek and Rome?

Submitted by petalised t3_yl2qxa on November 3, 2022 at 1:22 PM

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"Imperialism" Before ~16th century?

Submitted by ImperatorScientia t3_znu954 on December 17, 2022 at 1:00 AM

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Ancient Ukrainian “megasites” may have been the world’s first cities, challenging long-held views on the beginnings of urbanism

blog.degruyter.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_z2p7b4 on November 23, 2022 at 1:31 PM

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Historical factors in the 1950s and 60s that made the Cuban revolution and its leaders(Castro and Che) popular in the developing world that I think should be appreciated more.

Submitted by Anglicanpolitics123 t3_y0nrhy on October 10, 2022 at 7:33 PM

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Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday!

Submitted by AutoModerator t3_ymt9g3 on November 5, 2022 at 1:00 PM

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American Serial Killers and the Vietnam War: A Table of Draft Dodgers and Military Service

Submitted by [deleted] t3_y0ukit on October 11, 2022 at 12:22 AM

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Hurrem Sultan: The Sultan’s Concubine Who Became Queen

thecollector.com

Submitted by TheMDNA t3_yn5r0g on November 5, 2022 at 8:50 PM

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Why did Neo-Nazi organisations emerge in Eastern Europe?

Submitted by xanderbollocks t3_119x3r9 on February 23, 2023 at 12:59 PM

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How did Stanley Baldwin survive as Tory Party leader for so long?

Submitted by Radical_GRD t3_xxkbtz on October 7, 2022 at 12:05 AM

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Scientists Reconstruct Face of 19th-Century Man Accused of Being a Vampire

smithsonianmag.com

Submitted by That-Situation-4262 t3_z2qla8 on November 23, 2022 at 2:30 PM

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How did reinforcements join a battle?

Submitted by AbdelZn t3_yzf3l7 on November 19, 2022 at 3:58 PM

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What is the oldest tribe or clan that has been existing throughout history? And also, the oldest ethnicity?

Submitted by sheerwaan t3_z4iwwm on November 25, 2022 at 5:26 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

10 comments

Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday!

Submitted by AutoModerator t3_yght7v on October 29, 2022 at 12:00 PM

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Why Isn’t the New Testament in Latin?

Submitted by ItaloSvevo111 t3_z3h2tn on November 24, 2022 at 11:00 AM

27 comments

Marching songs of the simple Redcoat?

Submitted by BigSwein t3_zun8vf on December 25, 2022 at 1:03 AM

6 comments

How common was a having a horse?

Submitted by UM_Chapter_Champ t3_y79irn on October 18, 2022 at 3:03 PM

31 comments

How did slavery work in imperial China?

Submitted by War_Hymn t3_yl4mx3 on November 3, 2022 at 2:42 PM

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How do countries that lack long, ancient histories and myths (or feel they lack it), or have lost all records of them, compensate for this loss or absence? Can these invented ancient myths become as "legitimate" as the truly old histories/myths of countries that have them?

Submitted by raori921 t3_zltns8 on December 14, 2022 at 3:18 PM

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The difficulties of translating gender in ancient texts

kiwihellenist.blogspot.com

Submitted by MeatballDom t3_11fm7qk on March 1, 2023 at 11:43 PM

25 comments

If the Sami are considered the only indigenous group left in the European Union, what are the Karelians?