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yannis

Member for 11 years
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Athens, Greece

15 Questions

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27 votes

3 answers

4k views

Why did the clocks go back in Shanghai on December 31, 1927?

asked Apr 7, 2013 at 21:23

26 votes

2 answers

10k views

What is the origin of the "wheat and chessboard" legend?

asked Dec 18, 2012 at 18:33

15 votes

3 answers

3k views

What did the letter theta symbolize in ancient Greece?

asked May 11, 2015 at 1:15

13 votes

4 answers

5k views

What was El Greco's relationship with the Spanish Inquisition?

asked Oct 14, 2013 at 9:21

10 votes

2 answers

3k views

Prominent examples of scientific racism in ancient Greece

asked Dec 1, 2013 at 14:47

10 votes

2 answers

489 views

Was there a Spanish plan to retake Malta, had the siege of 1565 been succesful?

asked Oct 13, 2013 at 15:33

9 votes

3 answers

748 views

What language was the Charter of Liberties written in?

asked Oct 16, 2012 at 12:12

8 votes

1 answer

966 views

What is the archaeological evidence for the Aztecs' use of entheogens?

asked Nov 7, 2012 at 11:29

8 votes

2 answers

3k views

What evidence support the theory that the killing of unwanted children was practiced in ancient Athens?

asked Jan 17, 2013 at 13:35

6 votes

1 answer

498 views

Is there a historical basis for the "day of the false King" described in The Egyptian?

asked Oct 12, 2020 at 13:28

5 votes

3 answers

593 views

What was the reason for the near-mutiny on the Georgios Averof in 1911?

asked Jun 19, 2013 at 6:47

5 votes

1 answer

1k views

Was Julius Caesar a hippie?

asked Jul 29, 2014 at 21:18

5 votes

1 answer

1k views

When did Japan and the Three Kingdoms of Korea first meet?

asked Aug 31, 2014 at 14:57

4 votes

0 answers

309 views

How long before someone was declared dead in ancient Greece?

asked May 1, 2019 at 18:47

3 votes

1 answer

257 views

Is the story of Plato's arrest at Aegina plausible?

asked Apr 16, 2017 at 21:16