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What would be day-to-day job and responsibilities of a siege engineer commandeered to a fort or castle in late Medieval Europe?

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How easy was it to forge someone's papers or assume someone's identity in the High to Late Medieval time?

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[META] Why do historians use non-accurate or non-historical country names when casually describing the events?

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What are the origins of multiple first/middle names in Christian cultures, when the baptism is supposed to give you your one true name?

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What are the views of historians on the "peplum" or "sword-and-sandal" movies widespread in the mid-20th century? Did it help popularize history in general in your opinion or did it hinder proper understanding, replacing history with pop-history? Which movie of these would be the most historical?

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Was Odysseus really smart and cunning? (For contemporary Homer readers)

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In LA Confidential, a DA character claims that he practically invented the good cop/bad cop routine. Who did invent this interrogation technique in reality?

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The idea of plainclothes detectives versus uniformed regular police officers, how did it appear and evolve in the US?

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Why was the military opposition to the Supreme Council in Russia successful in 1993 versus the previous coup attempt in 1991, when the military were refusing to shoot the civilians, and in 1993 tanks shot up the parliament?

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Was there ever an attempt to create a Romale/Gypsy state? Or is that Romania?

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What would be day-to-day job and responsibilities of a siege engineer commandeered to a fort or castle in late Medieval Europe?	1
How easy was it to forge someone's papers or assume someone's identity in the High to Late Medieval time?	1
[META] Why do historians use non-accurate or non-historical country names when casually describing the events?	1
What are the origins of multiple first/middle names in Christian cultures, when the baptism is supposed to give you your one true name?	1
What are the views of historians on the "peplum" or "sword-and-sandal" movies widespread in the mid-20th century? Did it help popularize history in general in your opinion or did it hinder proper understanding, replacing history with pop-history? Which movie of these would be the most historical?	1
Was Odysseus really smart and cunning? (For contemporary Homer readers)	1
In LA Confidential, a DA character claims that he practically invented the good cop/bad cop routine. Who did invent this interrogation technique in reality?	1
The idea of plainclothes detectives versus uniformed regular police officers, how did it appear and evolve in the US?	1
Why was the military opposition to the Supreme Council in Russia successful in 1993 versus the previous coup attempt in 1991, when the military were refusing to shoot the civilians, and in 1993 tanks shot up the parliament?	1
Was there ever an attempt to create a Romale/Gypsy state? Or is that Romania?	1