Naomasa298
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- Apr 2010
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Common Historical Misconceptions/Myths
Hey, it could be fun to post/discuss some of those big historical misconceptions or myths out there! There are plenty aboud, so I'll start with a few of my favourites! Captain James Cook was the first European to discover Australia - False, nearly 100 years before Cook 'discovered' Australia...
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your historical misconceptions
just post some old misconceptions and other disproved ideas that you as an individual used to have about something in history. i'll start us off: I used to think that the Ottoman Empire had been started by Otto von Bismarck. :D this was way before i learned that the ottomans were turks and...
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Irritating historical misconceptions
There are a lot of irritating historical misconceptions that people believe/promote. The one that makes me nearly livid is when someone says: "Julius Caesar was the first emperor!" It shouldn't get to me, but it does. What are some historical misconceptions that you find to be irritating?
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