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"The Bomber Mafia," describes the disastrous failure of precision bombing in the European theater during WWII, and its replacement with widescale bombing/burning of entire cities in Japan. But most German cities were leveled. How did this happen with precision bombing? Or did the British do it all?

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Newburgh, NY had a thriving economy in the 19th century, serving as a midway point between Albany and NYC for ships plying the Hudson. But why did ship captains stop there? Why not just continue downriver to NYC before stopping? What value did Newburgh add?

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Is there any evidence that Native Americans back-migrated across the Bering strait into Siberia?

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When and why did Christianity begin its full-throated opposition to suicide?

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Hollywood has a trope that Japanese Samurai practiced Buddhist meditation. Is there historical evidence for this? Any primary sources that survive?

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France's "Black Legion" landed in Wales in 1797, only to quickly surrender. They brought no food, so soldiers left their lines to forage, allowing many to be captured. A Welsh catch of booze was discovered, and soon the legionnaires were drunk. . Why was this attack so poorly planned and lead?

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We hear that human civilization is either 10,000 or 6,500 years old. But then the agricultural revolution that lead to complex societies is said to have happened 11,500 years ago. Why is there such a range of estimates?

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In the 8th century, the Catholic church decided to stop preaching exclusively in Classical Latin and adopted simplified Ecclesiastical Latin. Should we assume that up until that point most people could understand enough classical Latin to make sense of a sermon/bible readings?

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Some modern historians say the Dark Ages weren't that dark. Petrarch begs to differ. Was he wrong about what he described (IE, societal, artistic, legal, and Political collapse)? Was he just being overly dramatic?

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How big a part of life was letter writing for past generations?

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"The Bomber Mafia," describes the disastrous failure of precision bombing in the European theater during WWII, and its replacement with widescale bombing/burning of entire cities in Japan. But most German cities were leveled. How did this happen with precision bombing? Or did the British do it all?	42	AskHistorians
Newburgh, NY had a thriving economy in the 19th century, serving as a midway point between Albany and NYC for ships plying the Hudson. But why did ship captains stop there? Why not just continue downriver to NYC before stopping? What value did Newburgh add?	42	AskHistorians
Is there any evidence that Native Americans back-migrated across the Bering strait into Siberia?	42	AskHistorians
When and why did Christianity begin its full-throated opposition to suicide?	42	AskHistorians
Hollywood has a trope that Japanese Samurai practiced Buddhist meditation. Is there historical evidence for this? Any primary sources that survive?	41	AskHistorians
France's "Black Legion" landed in Wales in 1797, only to quickly surrender. They brought no food, so soldiers left their lines to forage, allowing many to be captured. A Welsh catch of booze was discovered, and soon the legionnaires were drunk. . Why was this attack so poorly planned and lead?	41	AskHistorians
We hear that human civilization is either 10,000 or 6,500 years old. But then the agricultural revolution that lead to complex societies is said to have happened 11,500 years ago. Why is there such a range of estimates?	41	AskHistorians
In the 8th century, the Catholic church decided to stop preaching exclusively in Classical Latin and adopted simplified Ecclesiastical Latin. Should we assume that up until that point most people could understand enough classical Latin to make sense of a sermon/bible readings?	41	AskHistorians
Some modern historians say the Dark Ages weren't that dark. Petrarch begs to differ. Was he wrong about what he described (IE, societal, artistic, legal, and Political collapse)? Was he just being overly dramatic?	41	AskHistorians
How big a part of life was letter writing for past generations?	41	AskHistorians