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| age | 33 | |
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| seen | May 13 at 16:40 | |
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Jun 13 |
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Is there any documentation that indicates the Aztecs were as violent as they are made out? Or looking at the incarceration rate in modern USA, they would conclude that it was a society of prison wardens... |
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Jun 6 |
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What Were the Types of Sieges? A sitting siege was not without risks. You didn't suffer the casualties from assaulting the walls, but after some time the disease took an equally great toll. |
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May 31 |
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Number of bullets used in WW2 @Canageek Actually the US was left with lots of unused ammunition after WW2. |
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May 30 |
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Is there any country(former colony) in the world that obtained independence and then again tried to join its colonist ruler? Belarus is still an independent country. The "Union State" is just a vague political concept, which is dead for all practical purposes. |
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May 22 |
answered | Was there any way to deal with infections in pre-modern times? |
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May 18 |
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Were sailing ships of the line understaffed with gunnery crews so that there were not enough for 2 broadsides? The Marines could be quite busy during the action: shooting at the sailors and officers on the enemy's deck or manning the enemy's sails, or making sure nobody deserts from their post. |
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May 15 |
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Explosive Ordinance Yield Over History It's quite easy to obtain lots of weaponry which would permit you to slaughter your population. What is difficult is to suffer the consequences of such massacres. Weaponry doesn't help you when your Swiss bank accounts get frozen. |
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May 15 |
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Why were so few Luftwaffe attacks flown against the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944? Because the Allies had air superiority, IMHO. |
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May 14 |
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What were the first “Big Banks” in the United States? Goldman Sachs has been around for quite a while. |
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May 14 |
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Why were the Prague Spring leaders treated more leniently than Nagy and his colleagues? I would object to the word "adequate", it somehow justifies Soveit actions. Perhaps "symmetric" would be a better choice. |
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May 14 |
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What precipitated the rise of social safety nets in the United States? "Yet in early American society there was a lot of basis on self-sufficiency that often is touted as coming from the Protestant roots of many who came here." -- community welfare was an important part of Protestant ethics in many countries as well. Think about Sweden or Switzerland. |
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May 13 |
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Israel/Palestine: Who really attacked first in 1948? Such questions are impossible to answer. Especially in Middle East. |
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May 10 |
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Why did the Federalist party collapse? "I would naturally think to draw analogues with the current-day Republican party, which favors the upper class" -- yes, but it adresses its message largely to lower class |
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May 10 |
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How Likely Was a French Alliance with Italy or Japan in World War I? Umm, Russia? They were France's main ally. |
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May 4 |
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What was done to improve the safety of jousts after the death of Henry II? I don't think they began by establishing of committee of inquiry tasked with preparing a whitepaper. |
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Apr 30 |
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Why did Hitler not concentrate more on North Africa? Franco was very unwilling to get actively involved in war on Hitler's side. |
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Apr 24 |
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At the end of WWII, were nazis working on any other super weapon besides V-2? Most of these designs were utter lunacy. |
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Apr 24 |
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What do the modern Japanese people think about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Is it Quadalcanal or Guadalcanal? |
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Apr 14 |
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Why Napoleon was not executed or imprisoned? "His only real "crime" was leading armies against them and losing." - If they wanted to, they could have painted him as a criminal monster. The anti-Napoleonic propaganda in Britain was already doing that with great success: stanford.edu/group/ww1/spring2000/Bogdan/Essay.html |
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Apr 6 |
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Was Russo-Polish of 1919-1920 a war of independence? There was -- Polish Army did not fight the Soviet Army. |
