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Just learned that the Roanoke "mystery" is bs and that settlers just went to live, eat, and breed with their native friends- The Croatoans. How common was this amongst these early settlements? Was there propaganda, at the time, to discourage European commoners from "going native"?
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Five million years ago, the Nullarbor plains in Western Australia was a forest, but was a desert before that, just as it is now. What event(s) caused this relatively spontaneous formation of a new ecosystem and relatively quick return back to a desert?
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How did non-western cultures view/treat severe behavioral pathologies, such as schizophrenia, multiple personality disorder, and general psychosis, before the establishment of modern psychiatry?
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The populations of migratory, northern euro tribes under the likes of Vercingetorix have been recorded in the hundreds of thousands. Are these numbers that accurate? As migratory societies, what logistics went into their sustainment?
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After uniting Rome's empire and securing foreseeable peace and prosperity, Julius Caesar was assassinated by his political peers. After causing widespread famine, economic depression, and furthering civil war, the senate left Octavian untouched. What gives?
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What did Oceania and the South Pacific look like during the Paleolithic period? Was there significantly more land above sea level?
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In the US, police forces seem to have a lot of leverage against municipal govts, resulting in better funding and expansion of protected actions against citizens that are viewed as unconstitutional. When did this dynamic start? How did it develop, especially in liberal cities?
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Why did the Saudis decide to take over ARAMCO in 1973? Was it only due to the geopolitics of the Yom Kippur War? Why did US companies sell their stakes so readily?
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After the collapse of the USSR, how did Russia handle selling off of natural resource rights (e.g mining, oil) during such an economically fragile time?
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