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Question about Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s early life and family background?
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Modern lockpickers can easily defeat advanced locks using very simple tools. Since historical locks were less sophisticated, was lockpicking a widespread problem in the past? Did people actually trust locks to secure their property?
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The United Democratic Front (UDF) and Inkatha were both opposed to Apartheid in South Africa. What was the major source of conflict/ideological difference between the two parties that led to events such as the violence at the University of Zululand in 1983?
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Why was there a 2000 year gap between the first city states and the first empire?
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Why did the peaceful protest fail at Tiananmen Square? And why did the CCP act so violently towards the peaceful protesters?
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Why do so many state-level governments in the US have bicameral legislatures?
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What type of musket ammunition is bolt?
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Why did Russian classical composers c. 1850-1930 often write their scores in French?
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As an American, I've always been confused at the resentment towards our cities from rural citizens. I feel like throughout history, major cities were usually seen as the pride of countries and kingdoms (ex. Uruk, Rome, Athens). Is there historical precedent for this kind of Rural/Urban rivalry?
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What are some interesting instances in history of the right person being at the right place at the right time?
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Why was the US more brutal during guerilla warfare with the Philippines than Vietnam?
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Who was Otman Calixt, the "Turkish Emperor's brother", who attended the wedding of George of Bavaria in 1475?
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What would the education of a young French nobleman under the July Monarchy look like? Was University attendance expected? How many years of study would they have, and where were the best places to attend?
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Sources about the Canterbury arrowbag?
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I was reading Ashoka by pop historian Charles Allen. In it, he makes a claim that a lot of major historical Hindu temples started out as Buddhist places of worship (excerpt in the post). He cites examples such as the Badrinath shrine and Puri Jagannath temple. Is this claim based in evidence?
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Did Natives in the Americas have a lot of walking or hiking related injuries from going barefoot or wearing simple clothing and gear like moccasins?
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My grandfather served as an Engineer Officer in Vietnam and claims a bridge his men built was blown up the same day it was finished. Are there any documented examples of this happening?
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What happened to the unidentified Black Americans whose bodies were found during the investigations of the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner?
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What do you think the most one sided war was?
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Any crossbow theories of Chinese history?
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How was Merlin seen in the medieval churches?
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Where would one find The Literary Gazette (UK), late 1852?
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What are the historical origins of declaring another groups gods as false?
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What are the most highly regarded and Informative Academic books on the history of The Celts?
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When Voltaire went to interview Quakers in England, in which language did he speak to them?
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How did we make a map pre-humanity?
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How do I get a visual idea of how Western Europe transitioned from rough barbarian lifestyle to civilized pompous looking medieval lifestyle?
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Did the French Imperial Guard carry their plumes in cardboard tubes at Waterloo?
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What was Winfield Scott like as a person?
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Historical fiction often shows people having to carry bunches of their skirts to walk around — was it ever the case that everyday dresses were *that* long and ungainly, or is that just Hollywood nonsense?
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How did the customary order of meals in the west change from the 19th century to today?
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How historical is the idea of medieval bandits?
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Why do all foundational association sports clubs appear out of nowhere during a 20 year period between 1850-70?
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Why is The Maginot Line falsely remembered as being breached and failed while it was never breached and did exactly what it was designed to do?
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Recommendations for texts or source material on Cowrie Shells (specifically but not only the slave trade)?
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How to handle old newspapers and is there a way to fix them without ruining them?
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How much knowledge did the public have about the Nuremberg Trials in the 1960's?
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Was gastronomical cannibalism practised in precolonial Africa?
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Where exactly do we get the number estimates of the Mongol Empire death toll? (both high-end & low-end) Given that both the Mongols AND their enemies would play up the brutality, is there hard archaeological evidence to back up these pretty huge claims?
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What did Romans mean by "otium" in practice, and how did its meaning change across the Republic and Imperial periods?
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how were jesters addressed?
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When did the lionization of Rommel and other Nazi figures start?
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Time magazine's list of the 100 Worst Ideas of the 20th Century included the Independent Counsel Statute. What made that so controversial/bad?
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Was Nat Turner aware of the Bussa rebellion in Barbados in 1816?
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Why did Germany film and photograph atrocities during WWII?
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Why were there so many instances of Africa in Soviet cartoons?
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How big of a celebrity was OJ Simpson at the time of his arrest, and why was that event such a massive blockbuster news story?
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What was Christmas, 1941 like in America?
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How did a man acquire a house in Ancient Sparta (900-500BC)?
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