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How did the average American patriot colonist view the Continental army's use of guerrilla tactics to fight the British in the American Revolutionary War?

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We now know the Israelites were indigenous to the Southern Levant and emerged peacefully out of the local Canaanite population, but do we have any guess as to why the ancient Jews when creating their origin myth would say Abraham came from Ur (Iraq), instead of just the Land of Israel?

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During the First and Second Barbary Wars, what goods were American merchant ships primarily transporting, and where were the most common destinations of these ships?

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The people who tasted food and drinks for royalty to make sure they weren't poisoned, were these people typically slaves or were they actually paid?

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How long was it until the US started to implement automobile traffic laws after the first consumer vehicles hit the road, especially in cities?

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Why do batteries in electronic devices typically alternate which way they need to be inserted?

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Is there any leading theory on what exactly happened to the Philistines?

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Is there any non-Quranic evidence that the events tha between the Jewish Banu tribes and Muhammad described in the Quran actually happened? Or is the Quran the only piece of evidence that it happened?

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How did sunflower seeds become the go-to snack for professional baseball players?

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Kissinger privately said to Nixon: "If they put Jews into gas chambers in the Soviet Union, it is not an American concern. Maybe a humanitarian concern." Did Kissinger say this to just appease Nixon? What was Kissinger's real feelings about Jews as he was a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany himself?

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How did the average American patriot colonist view the Continental army's use of guerrilla tactics to fight the British in the American Revolutionary War?	15	AskHistorians
We now know the Israelites were indigenous to the Southern Levant and emerged peacefully out of the local Canaanite population, but do we have any guess as to why the ancient Jews when creating their origin myth would say Abraham came from Ur (Iraq), instead of just the Land of Israel?	15	AskHistorians
During the First and Second Barbary Wars, what goods were American merchant ships primarily transporting, and where were the most common destinations of these ships?	13	AskHistorians
The people who tasted food and drinks for royalty to make sure they weren't poisoned, were these people typically slaves or were they actually paid?	12	AskHistorians
How long was it until the US started to implement automobile traffic laws after the first consumer vehicles hit the road, especially in cities?	11	AskHistorians
Why do batteries in electronic devices typically alternate which way they need to be inserted?	11	askscience
Is there any leading theory on what exactly happened to the Philistines?	10	AskHistorians
Is there any non-Quranic evidence that the events tha between the Jewish Banu tribes and Muhammad described in the Quran actually happened? Or is the Quran the only piece of evidence that it happened?	10	AskHistorians
How did sunflower seeds become the go-to snack for professional baseball players?	10	AskHistorians
Kissinger privately said to Nixon: "If they put Jews into gas chambers in the Soviet Union, it is not an American concern. Maybe a humanitarian concern." Did Kissinger say this to just appease Nixon? What was Kissinger's real feelings about Jews as he was a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany himself?	10	AskHistorians