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There is a long tradition in the West of considering individuals to be exceptional orators (eg Cicero) . What would have made for an exceptional orator in Imperial China?

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It seems as though baseball is no longer "America's pastime" in the way that it once was. When and how did that process happen?

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The LDS church was relatively young during the US Civil War. What were they up to during this period?

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We're hearing a lot about stock market "circuit breakers" in the last week or so. How did these regulations come into being, and was there controversy over their implementation?

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How was the US Civil War perceived in Latin America?

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Chionis of Sparta supposedly jumped 7m5cm in the Long Jump at the 656BCE Olympics. How have historians/archaeologists determined this distance?

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Why were Europeans so slow to adopt fore-and-aft rigging?

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The film "judas and the black messiah", about the death of Fred Hampton, just came out recently. What does it get right? What does it get wrong?

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What is the earliest siege we have evidence of?

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How much of Herbert Hoover's anticommunism was driven by his financial stake in mining interests that were expropriated by the Bolsheviks?

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There is a long tradition in the West of considering individuals to be exceptional orators (eg Cicero) . What would have made for an exceptional orator in Imperial China?	24	AskHistorians
It seems as though baseball is no longer "America's pastime" in the way that it once was. When and how did that process happen?	23	AskHistorians
The LDS church was relatively young during the US Civil War. What were they up to during this period?	22	AskHistorians
We're hearing a lot about stock market "circuit breakers" in the last week or so. How did these regulations come into being, and was there controversy over their implementation?	22	AskHistorians
How was the US Civil War perceived in Latin America?	20	AskHistorians
Chionis of Sparta supposedly jumped 7m5cm in the Long Jump at the 656BCE Olympics. How have historians/archaeologists determined this distance?	18	AskHistorians
Why were Europeans so slow to adopt fore-and-aft rigging?	18	AskHistorians
The film "judas and the black messiah", about the death of Fred Hampton, just came out recently. What does it get right? What does it get wrong?	18	AskHistorians
What is the earliest siege we have evidence of?	18	AskHistorians
How much of Herbert Hoover's anticommunism was driven by his financial stake in mining interests that were expropriated by the Bolsheviks?	15	AskHistorians