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Gypsies attack Harriet Smith in Jane Austen's "Emma," demanding money. Were many gypsies roaming England in the early 19th century? Who were they, how did they get to England, and what were they up to?

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Crocodiles and Hippos made life dangerous on the ancient Egyptian Nile. Were there attempts to wipe out animals that so regularly hunted humans?

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Isreal was poor, but its kings were rich. Jerusalem is depicted as large, well-defended, and with a massive and ornate Jewish temple rising above it. Where did the money for all this come from?

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Has anyone done comprehensive testing of body armor vs different weapons? Do we know how well chainmail, linnothorax, segmented armor, quilted armor, scale mail, plate mail, etc really compare in terms of effectiveness?

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Heavy cavalry played a significant role on Medeterannian battlefields for centuries before finally eclipsing infantry in the late 5th century. Why did it take so long for cavalry to become the dominant force? What caused the shift?

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Was Montaigne correct in thinking that Greek and Roman pagans as well as Muslims "behaved better" than Christians?

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The US went on a canal-building spree a few decades before railroads exploded and connected everything. Did all those canal investors lose their shirts? Did the state-financed canals all go belly up too?

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After the US failure in Vietnam, did any foreign powers assert themselves, assuming that American powert was in decline?

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To what extent did "free trade" exist between the classical Mediterranean civilizations — Greeks, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Persians, Romans, and the many others that existed before Rome subsumed everything and created free trade on "Mare Nostrum"?

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To what degree was the rise of the isms (Fascism, Communism, Socialism) during and after WWI correlated with declining religious observance among people in the West?

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Gypsies attack Harriet Smith in Jane Austen's "Emma," demanding money. Were many gypsies roaming England in the early 19th century? Who were they, how did they get to England, and what were they up to?	2	AskHistorians
Crocodiles and Hippos made life dangerous on the ancient Egyptian Nile. Were there attempts to wipe out animals that so regularly hunted humans?	2	AskHistorians
Isreal was poor, but its kings were rich. Jerusalem is depicted as large, well-defended, and with a massive and ornate Jewish temple rising above it. Where did the money for all this come from?	2	AskHistorians
Has anyone done comprehensive testing of body armor vs different weapons? Do we know how well chainmail, linnothorax, segmented armor, quilted armor, scale mail, plate mail, etc really compare in terms of effectiveness?	2	AskHistorians
Heavy cavalry played a significant role on Medeterannian battlefields for centuries before finally eclipsing infantry in the late 5th century. Why did it take so long for cavalry to become the dominant force? What caused the shift?	2	AskHistorians
Was Montaigne correct in thinking that Greek and Roman pagans as well as Muslims "behaved better" than Christians?	2	AskHistorians
The US went on a canal-building spree a few decades before railroads exploded and connected everything. Did all those canal investors lose their shirts? Did the state-financed canals all go belly up too?	2	AskHistorians
After the US failure in Vietnam, did any foreign powers assert themselves, assuming that American powert was in decline?	2	AskHistorians
To what extent did "free trade" exist between the classical Mediterranean civilizations — Greeks, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Persians, Romans, and the many others that existed before Rome subsumed everything and created free trade on "Mare Nostrum"?	2	AskHistorians
To what degree was the rise of the isms (Fascism, Communism, Socialism) during and after WWI correlated with declining religious observance among people in the West?	2	AskHistorians