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What is the oldest still inhabited settlement in the world?

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Knowing a ship built in the year 2000 would eviscerate a 1900 built ship and the 1900 ship a 1800 ship, what innovations in the age of sail would mean a ship from let's say the 30 years war would be easily sunk by a Napoleonic era ship?

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Would medieval nobility be noticeably larger than common men?

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What was happening in the Japanese military in the build up to the Russo-Japanese war that enabled a once backward and agricultural society to defeat a European great power?

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Why do protestors have such an impact on modern history than in earlier history?

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Could the emperor Herclius have realistically recovered the true cross from the Sassanid empire?

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What was the state of gun ownership in pre-fascist and fascist Germany and Italy?

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What led to the significantly higher levels of corruption in the Chinese Civil War era KMT compared to the Communist Party?

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Could someone give me a summary of the various french governments from the revolution to WW1?

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Why did the UK mainland convert to Protestantism but Ireland stay catholic?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What is the oldest still inhabited settlement in the world?	648
Knowing a ship built in the year 2000 would eviscerate a 1900 built ship and the 1900 ship a 1800 ship, what innovations in the age of sail would mean a ship from let's say the 30 years war would be easily sunk by a Napoleonic era ship?	366
Would medieval nobility be noticeably larger than common men?	181
What was happening in the Japanese military in the build up to the Russo-Japanese war that enabled a once backward and agricultural society to defeat a European great power?	47
Why do protestors have such an impact on modern history than in earlier history?	7
Could the emperor Herclius have realistically recovered the true cross from the Sassanid empire?	7
What was the state of gun ownership in pre-fascist and fascist Germany and Italy?	6
What led to the significantly higher levels of corruption in the Chinese Civil War era KMT compared to the Communist Party?	5
Could someone give me a summary of the various french governments from the revolution to WW1?	3
Why did the UK mainland convert to Protestantism but Ireland stay catholic?	3