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The NRA was founded by Union Army veterans who thought the North could have done better if the average recruit was better at shooting. Was individual marksmanship that significant a factor in the American Civil War?
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Let’s say I’m a Swede during the viking age who just inherited a piece of land. What crops will I plant to harvest and feed my family with? What meals will I make with those crops? What animals would I raise?
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As I understand it, Romans of the Augustan period regarded the Republic as a failed state that resulted in incessant civil wars; what led the American founding fathers to hold the Roman Republic in such high regard? Would they have taken imperial Roman critiques of the Republic seriously?
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How connected were the Muslims in the southern Philippines to the rest of the Islamic world at the time of the Spanish arrival? Did they know Europe and the Middle East existed? Did they go for the Hajj?
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[META] The editors (moderators) and authors (flairs) are overlapping groups: Does not this practically ensure that editorial oversight is not exercised impartially, or even at all?
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RENT is supposed to take place in NYC's East Village during the 1980s. How much would rent have cost back then? Would it have been possible for struggling artists to pay rent?
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