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| bio | website | ggvaidya.com |
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| location | Boulder, CO | |
| age | 29 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 8 months |
| seen | Feb 6 at 20:29 | |
| stats | profile views | 4 |
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Feb 14 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Feb 14 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Oct 12 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Jun 6 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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May 7 |
answered | Who ruled India when the Abbasid ruler Harun al-Rashid was the Caliph of Baghdad? |
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Mar 7 |
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How many troops died on D-day? Interestingly, roughly the same number of people were injured or killed in the first eleven hours of the last day of World War I than on all of D-Day: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_11,_1918#Last_casualties (10,000 casualties, 2,700 deaths). |
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Feb 28 |
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Why did the French insist on reclaiming Indo-China after WWII? I can't think of any example where a colonial power left a colony "unclaimed" after WWII; as far as I know, all colonies reverted to their colonial masters before becoming independent in the 1940s-60s. Why would France be any different? |
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Feb 28 |
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Why did the Western Roman Empire collapse but not the Eastern Roman Empire? So why didn't the Goths migrate into the Eastern Empire instead of the West? |
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Feb 22 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Dec 31 |
answered | Who should be the king/queen of England? |
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Dec 11 |
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Why wasn't the Republic of Ireland invaded (by either side) in WW2? Similarly, there was a German plan to invade Ireland, although it is believed to have been "designed only as a credible threat, a feint, not an actual operation": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Green_(Ireland) |
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Oct 29 |
answered | What was the life expectancy in Medieval Britain? |
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Oct 26 |
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How did Edward Misselden become a deputy-governor of a merchant company at 15? @Cerberus Thanks for the validation and the full form of "fl"! I've updated my answer and replaced the FAQ reference to point to the Wikipedia page for 'floruit'. |
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Oct 26 |
awarded | Editor |
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Oct 26 |
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How did Edward Misselden become a deputy-governor of a merchant company at 15? Updated answer based on comments by @Cerberus |
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Oct 13 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Oct 13 |
answered | Why was Caesar at the Rubicon? |
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Oct 12 |
answered | How did Edward Misselden become a deputy-governor of a merchant company at 15? |
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Oct 12 |
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Why did so many rulers want to aquire more land? I don't have time to research this properly, but I think there's a good counterexample in Imperial Roman history: after about Hadrian, the empire largely gave up expansion, and fought hard to maintain its existing lands. For instance, lands conquered in Mesopotamia would be returned in peace treaties relatively soon afterwards. In fact, a lot of diplomatic work went into making sure that Armenia stayed independent as a buffer state between Rome and Persia; the goal being peace and prosperity, not conquest. |
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Oct 12 |
awarded | Precognitive |
