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| bio | website | DontHaveOne.com |
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| location | Asia | |
| age | 93 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 3 months |
| seen | 18 hours ago | |
| stats | profile views | 29 |
Thank you all for visiting my profile. (As long as you hand no sinister purposes in doing so.)
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Jul 27 |
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Were the 19th century decades referred to as 40s, 50s back then? Hang on, anyone have grandparents to ask? |
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Jul 23 |
accepted | Why did non prosecuted craftsmen go to the new world in the Roanoke era? |
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Jul 23 |
asked | Why did non prosecuted craftsmen go to the new world in the Roanoke era? |
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Jul 21 |
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How far into the past was significance ascribed to the Golden Ratio? @Joe, We have many questions like that though. (Many questions in a question) |
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Jul 19 |
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Why did Spain not participate in World War I? No one goes to war for the heck of it. +1 |
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Jul 19 |
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Were there many instances when an “overaged” commander was at odds with a much younger second in command? @Canageek, we've had several questions like this, such as, history.stackexchange.com/questions/1678/… history.stackexchange.com/questions/2221/…. |
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Jul 18 |
awarded | Organizer |
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Jul 18 |
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Early history of prime numbers Created the tag, hope you like it:) |
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Jul 18 |
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Early history of prime numbers edited tags |
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Jul 18 |
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Why did civilisation/city states never take root in Australia and North America? It's not exacally the same (so I wont vote to close it), but the answers can be reused. Welcome to Historyoverflow. |
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Jul 18 |
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Why did civilisation/city states never take root in Australia and North America? Ever read guns, germs, and steel? They try to explain it, but they put little focus on shipping, we have a question like this already, here: history.stackexchange.com/questions/94/… |
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Jul 18 |
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What made Alexander great? So the Romans wouldn't have been as great if they didn't have the Greeks to defeat. |
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Jul 16 |
answered | What made Alexander great? |
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Jul 16 |
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What made Alexander great? He wouldn't have. When Perseus of Macedon fought the Roman army, the Macedonians found it hard to keep the line strait and their ranks unbroken, so once there was a gap, the Romans would rush in and massacre the people left and right. |
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Jul 14 |
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What is the secret behind the economic success of ROC(Taiwan)? @T.E.D. Guess who America supported...Taiwan. I'd guess, though I've not no real evidence to back it up, that is why Taiwan grew faster in the short run. |
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Jul 12 |
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When was the African National Congress added to the US terror list? Is the list public? I cant find it. I've been on aclunc.org/cases/landmark_cases/asset_upload_file371_3549.pdf but much of it has been blacked out. |
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Jul 11 |
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At what point did mapmaking begin to accurately reflect what we now know about the earth? It also depends on where. European maps on Europe were very good by the 1700s euratlas.net/antique/cartography/index.html, but maps of Asia were not as good geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Asia-martineau-1700 It also depended on the cartographer. An other map of Asia from the same period by a famed cartographer Guillaume de L'Isle is far better than the one above. worldmapsonline.com/historicalmaps/kr-1700-asia.htm To answer your question, it depends, but I'd tend to agree with your statement on satellites. |
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Jul 11 |
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What is the origin of the English Ship Building Philosophy? I've found a good book (I think) books.google.com.hk/… |
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Jul 11 |
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Why does Europe have so few skyscrapers compared to East Asia? @Anixx, no, what I mean is Europe has no city that has grown at the rate of Singapore or Hong Kong, nor has it found it necessary to build them. Take for example, Hong Kong, it has a huge problem with housing. It's gotten so big that all the Chief Executive (president of Hong Kong) candidates have addressed it. In a city with little space, the government has solved the problem before using huge sky scraper residential blocks, and, in the future are solving it the same war. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kin_Ming_Estate.jpg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:King_Lam_Estate.JPG |
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Jul 9 |
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Why does Europe have so few skyscrapers compared to East Asia? added 21 characters in body |
