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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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Eastern and Southern Europe in the medieval time period? As you're interested in knights and castles, you could perhaps confine this question to military structure. You can always post a new question about peasant life, commerce, etc. |
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May 17 |
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Why didn't the Arab states industrialize? @JoeCoderGuy Can you provide sources to back your claim and perhaps turn it into an answer? |
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May 3 |
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What was done to prevent electoral fraud in Texas following the controversial 1948 election? No worries. I've tried cleaning up a bit. Please edit if you think there are still problems. |
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Feb 26 |
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Why and how did some Germans choose to join the Stasi (Staatssicherheit)? What are your sources? |
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Feb 25 |
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Who kept noble prisoners captured in battle? This goes against what I have read on the topic (basically Juliet Barker's books). What are your sources? |
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Jan 23 |
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Historical examples of secessionist movements fighting alongside their de jure governments Sure, they had exclusive power over some territory, but the intent was to take over all of China rather than to secede and in the meantime, no one (including themselves) recognised that territory as being a separate country, so to classify them as secessionist would be very tenuous and doesn't address what the questioner is asking. |
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Jan 22 |
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Historical examples of secessionist movements fighting alongside their de jure governments The CCP wasn't secessionist. |
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Jan 22 |
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Are the Neanderthals a subspecies of Homo sapiens or not? Perhaps biology.stackexchange.com would be a better fit. |
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Jan 9 |
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What is considered to be the pivotal battle between Caesar and Pompey? @Drux Can't help you out with any modern literature on this period, unfortunately, as I haven't read any myself. Of the ancient sources, I found Caesar's to be the most detailed and interesting. |
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Dec 24 |
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Why China was able to unify and not Europe How does the ability to expand allow for easier reunification? I would have thought it was the other way around. Also, China has plenty of mountains. If you want to make the claim that they're in unimportant places, I'd like to see some citations. Off the top of my head, I can cite the case of the mountains in Hanzhong as a huge barrier to reunification during the three kingdoms period. |
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Dec 6 |
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Internal customs in the Roman Empire Import of goods from other parts of the empire, presumably. |
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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? 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 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? 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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Sep 8 |
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Why is King Henry V regarded as such a great King? I'm assuming that by "public", you mean the English public. I doubt the French would have as positive an impression of him. |
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Aug 19 |
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When and why China started to make a difference in the superpower arena? I don't think China's entry to the WTO explains by itself China's current economic strength, as GDP growth was already pretty strong well before that. |
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Aug 19 |
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Farming societies without calendars I thought tropical areas typically have a dry season and a wet season. Don't these need to be taken into account for farming? |
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Aug 15 |
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Which have been the most and least successful Olympics in terms of economic impact? Thanks for your answer. While a full analysis of the lasting impact would be awesome, I'd be happy to accept this as the correct answer if you can provide some reasons for the successes. |
