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| location | Melbourne, Australia | |
| age | 28 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 7 months |
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Data warehousing/ETL developer, specialising in Teradata but now mostly working with DataStage. Had a brief foray as a Ruby on Rails developer. Also making iPhone games in my spare time (Objective-C is a terrible language).
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Nov 14 |
awarded | Custodian |
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Nov 14 |
reviewed | Leave Open Which country was the first one, in which the Christian Church was separated from the state? |
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Nov 8 |
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Why did Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng receive different punishments for their role in the Xi'an Incident? edited tags |
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Nov 2 |
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What kind of heavy horses did the Manchu use? And while we're on the topic of Chinese classic novels, there's a mention of chained cavalry in Shui Hu Zhuan, a Yuan dynasty novel based on legends about a bunch of bandits during the Song. Huyan Zhuo, a Song general, leads chained cavalry to attack the bandits, who eventually defeat him with the help of Xu Ning, a master in wielding lances with hooks. I would not be surprised if some of the tactical elements or weapons mentioned did have a basis in history, even if the storyline itself is intended to be pure fiction with a slight smattering of historical backdrop. |
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Nov 2 |
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What kind of heavy horses did the Manchu use? @Russell Whether there are plenty of lies or not in Chinese history, the cited examples are poor ones. They hail from San Guo Yan Yi, which as a historical novel is expected to be full of fantastical things. The history San Guo Zhi has a far more sober assessment of these men and their feats. I'd also like to see citations for the claim that pre-Ming Chinese history is unreliable. I've only seen this said of history about eras prior to Qin. |
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Oct 20 |
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To what extent was China unified? Typo |
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Oct 20 |
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Why China was able to unify and not Europe added 144 characters in body |
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Oct 20 |
answered | Why China was able to unify and not Europe |
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Oct 20 |
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To what extent was China unified? Haven't read it and haven't heard of it. I hope this is the book you're referring to, since it has awesome pictures. books.google.com.au/… |
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Oct 20 |
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To what extent was China unified? Added sources, plus detail on commandery and central armies |
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Oct 19 |
answered | To what extent was China unified? |
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Oct 19 |
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To what extent was China unified? Any period in particular that you're interested in? |
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Oct 16 |
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Has the resignation of a political leader in a Westminster style parliament ever forced an election call? Added Barton |
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Oct 16 |
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Has the resignation of a political leader in a Westminster style parliament ever forced an election call? Yes, Harold Holt, who disappeared on a swim (and had a swimming pool named after him). There have also been two more who died in office and two who lost their seats at election, one of whom subsequently regained his seat. |
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Oct 16 |
answered | Has the resignation of a political leader in a Westminster style parliament ever forced an election call? |
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Oct 12 |
awarded | Custodian |
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Oct 12 |
reviewed | Leave Open How many Samurai killed themselves? |
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Oct 11 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Oct 3 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Sep 25 |
awarded | Enlightened |
