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What were the circumstances that prevented metal tool and weapon working techniques from becoming widespread in the pre-Columbian Americas? Metallurgy for vanity items existed en masse, and some evidence of utilitarian metallurgy exists in western Mexico, but why did it stop there and not spread?	5	AskHistorians
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife was formed in 1870 as the Board of Fish Commissioners. How did game wardens operate in these and earlier times? Were there fishing or hunting "licenses"? If so, how were they kept track of? Was a game warden's authority at all respected back then?	4	AskHistorians
[WP] A thousand years in the future, all of humanity's planets have been conquered by a tyrannical, genocidal empire. You are one of the lucky few who managed to escape Earth before it was locked down, and you now seek refuge amongst an alien republic that has offered human refugees shelter.	4	WritingPrompts
After Europeans initially contacted the periphery of the New World and the diseases they brought with them began to spread, how were societies of interior, non-contact native peoples affected by these epidemics, aside from the obvious issue of depopulation; i.e. culturally, religiously, politically?	4	AskHistorians
Do we know if Caesar had any specific goals in mind that he wanted to effect once he had solidified his power as Dictator? Did he want to enact social programs, public works projects, or military campaigns once he had full control of Roman government? Or was he after power simply for power's sake?	3	AskHistorians
In non-human, social, intelligent species where primitive levels of division of labor exist, has there ever been evidence of nutrition withheld by group members from another who has not been "doing their part"?	3	askscience
[WP] "The God of Worms demands His remittance, mortal. And if you will not give of it freely, then He will come and take it from you."	3	WritingPrompts
Were there any attempts pre-Geneva to internationally codify what constituted "a war crime", "crimes against humanity", et cetera? Do we know when armies and states first began to conceive of there being a "proper" way to conduct a war, treat the injured/prisoners of war, non-combatants, et cetera?	3	AskHistorians
How did Romans in the period of Caesar, Augustus, and what we today know as the early "Roman Empire" view the political changes of their time? Did they firmly understand it as the "end of the Roman Republic"? Or was there hope of reversing Caesar's and Augustus' reforms and "restoring democracy"?	2	AskHistorians
Vietnam veterans are known to have strong opinions on the Iraq/Afghanistan Wars. Do we know how veterans of other conflicts viewed wars that came after them? How Civil War veterans viewed the Spanish-American and First World Wars? Or how Revolutionary War veterans viewed the Mexican-American War?	2	AskHistorians

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