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When did wildlife on the Great Plains stop being balanced?

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DVDs became highly profitable for studios. Did VCRs and betamax have the same huge financial impact?

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Pontious Pilate governed Judea for a decade before being removed from power, perhaps for brutality toward the Jews. Does his long tenure, or other factors, suggest competence? Would a brutal/incompetent governor have remained in power so long?

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Did any merchants or other travelers from India end up in ancient Rome or other major Roman cities? Did they leave any trace or have an impact we can detect in terms of culture, philosophy, or religion?

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Julius Caesar was captured by pirates at age 25. Once he'd paid the random, he promised to crucify the pirates. Despite holding no public office or military command, he raised a force and destroyed the pirates. How did he do this? What forces did he raise?

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Most consider the U.S. Senate the branch of Congress with the most power to shape America. Did the founders intend the Senate to have more power, or is that just how things shook out?

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Did the successful federated unions of Greek city states in the Hellenistic era influence the US founding fathers?

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A few hundred years ago Western societies had many heresies that could get people killed, imprisoned, or socially or physically ostracized if they believed them. Today are a lot fewer. What did societies do to "disable," these heresies?

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Unencrypted Russian radio broadcasts are a huge strategic liability in Ukraine. How big of a problem was radio interception in your war of focus in the radio era?

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English settlers in the 13 colonies often ran away to live with Native Americans. Why was that life appealing to so many colonials? What did they find among Native American bands that they couldn't find in the colonial settlements?

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When did wildlife on the Great Plains stop being balanced?	2	AskHistorians
DVDs became highly profitable for studios. Did VCRs and betamax have the same huge financial impact?	2	AskHistorians
Pontious Pilate governed Judea for a decade before being removed from power, perhaps for brutality toward the Jews. Does his long tenure, or other factors, suggest competence? Would a brutal/incompetent governor have remained in power so long?	2	AskHistorians
Did any merchants or other travelers from India end up in ancient Rome or other major Roman cities? Did they leave any trace or have an impact we can detect in terms of culture, philosophy, or religion?	2	AskHistorians
Julius Caesar was captured by pirates at age 25. Once he'd paid the random, he promised to crucify the pirates. Despite holding no public office or military command, he raised a force and destroyed the pirates. How did he do this? What forces did he raise?	2	AskHistorians
Most consider the U.S. Senate the branch of Congress with the most power to shape America. Did the founders intend the Senate to have more power, or is that just how things shook out?	2	AskHistorians
Did the successful federated unions of Greek city states in the Hellenistic era influence the US founding fathers?	2	AskHistorians
A few hundred years ago Western societies had many heresies that could get people killed, imprisoned, or socially or physically ostracized if they believed them. Today are a lot fewer. What did societies do to "disable," these heresies?	2	AskHistorians
Unencrypted Russian radio broadcasts are a huge strategic liability in Ukraine. How big of a problem was radio interception in your war of focus in the radio era?	2	AskHistorians
English settlers in the 13 colonies often ran away to live with Native Americans. Why was that life appealing to so many colonials? What did they find among Native American bands that they couldn't find in the colonial settlements?	2	AskHistorians