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| location | Massachusetts | |
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| visits | member for | 1 year, 7 months |
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I got my BA in History even though I haven't used it for employment, I have pursued my studies more for enjoyment. While I work in tech I still spend time researching and studying history, concentrating in the Colonial American period and Asian cultures.
I pursue an interest in other topics as they come up, the more you learn the more you want to know is my general theme of topics. As a historian I try to see both sides of the question, in general History is written by the winners so one often needs to look deeper into the subject to get a balanced view. Much of what I have learned growing up has already changed which goes to prove the axiom - nothing is constant but change.
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Mar 18 |
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How would Eastern European emigres have traveled across Eastern Europe to Warsaw in the early 20thC? Very indepth, thank you. The rails is an interesting fact I did not know, seems to be a similar condition to American railways of the 1800's which were different gauges at one point (especially the American south). Gdansk is what we were told, and I have nothing to refute it at this time, maybe there was a change in ports for 1917? |
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Mar 5 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Mar 5 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Feb 23 |
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Why did George H. W. Bush select Dan Quayle as his running mate in 1988? Quayle had tons of gaffes, some more memorable than others. I'd have to find something concrete but if I remember he was chosen to appeal to younger voters under the impression that GWH Bush was too old and unable to do so. |
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Feb 23 |
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How did the “Forty Niners” get to California in 1849? More on the Chagres River route and the Forty Niners - trail2.com/embera/history3.htm |
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Feb 23 |
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How did the “Forty Niners” get to California in 1849? @T.E.D. Actually there was significant passage through the Canal road, which was not all impassible jungle. The Chagres River road up to Panama City was a well known and used road, that the Fourty Niners used as an alternate path. Henry Morgan even used it in his supposed sacking of Panama City, which is where I saw the reference to the Forty Niners as they used the same path later on. |
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Feb 20 |
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Who were the elites in ancient China ( 1200 - 1800 AD )? The scholarly class were looked upon with respect from the Confucianists, but I suppose it depends on how you define elites. Merchant families often tried to have their children take the civil service exams, since it was a point of pride to have a relative who took and passed them. Those who passed and were in civil service had their children take the exams as well, that is how meritocracies are built. |
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Feb 18 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Feb 2 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jan 25 |
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Why were the British so reluctant to allow Jewish migration to Palestine? @JimThio Although the land was purchased many of the Arabs felt that the process was against them as land was purchased from absentee landlords or those who lived there were out of work and felt they had no recourse but to sell to the only buyers who happened to be Israeli Jews. Rightly or wrongly, I don't have a position on it one way or another, to them it seemed the land was slipping from Arab hands to Jewish ones. |
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Jan 24 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jan 4 |
awarded | Necromancer |
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Dec 22 |
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Were there weapons that a private citizen could not legally own in 1789 in the US? Removing pro-gun friend comment since it doesn't add to the question |
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Dec 21 |
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Were there weapons that a private citizen could not legally own in 1789 in the US? I recently got into this discussion and a friend of mine noted that some cannon at the time were privately owned, though I have not looked into it deeper. Not sure about other weapons, though considering we were still a frontier/colony/country its doubtful there were laws regarding who owned what. |
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Dec 20 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Dec 20 |
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Who is responsible for the partition of Palestine? Titles need to be reflective of the question as often that is what people will first see, please keep them consistent and not a two word placeholder. This is an ok question but you could easily find this elsewhere and in some of the other answers on Israel, I think I touched on this once on another answer. |
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Dec 20 |
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Who is responsible for the partition of Palestine? Updating title to be more descriptive |
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Dec 18 |
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What exactly was the Philby Plan? Nice find, my Middle East history books don't mention the plan at all, an interesting omission considering they are fairly balanced otherwise |
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Dec 18 |
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When did songs extolling leaders of companies go out of fashion? +1 for the nice question and bringing up something that is sort of forgotten when looking back at industrialism in America |
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Dec 17 |
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What exactly was the Philby Plan? Yes, much more so. It's always better to give more detail in the question to point out only what you are looking for to keep the answers from meandering |