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The meticulous collection of human feces for fertilizer in China, Japan, and Korea, chronicled in "Farmers of Forty Centuries," is argued by the author to be a cornerstone of Asia's enduring agricultural productivity and high population density. To what degree did western civs do this as well?

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It's unpopular to suggest British imperialism was anything but an unmitigated disaster for its colonial subjects. Would a fair cost- benefit analysis agree with this conclusion?

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Ancient Rome is variably described as a "low tax," decentralized Republic, as well as an empire engaged in tax policy so regressive that it sucked the provinces dry and impoverished the citizens/residents. Which was it?

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Did the Athenian Theater of Dionysus sit empty 50 weeks of the year? What went on there when the week-long Dionysia and Lenaia festivals weren't going on?

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Thomas Jefferson ran what seems like the country's first seed bank and agricultural experiment station at Monticello. How big of an impact did he have on agriculture and food variety in the US?

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The United States housed, guarded, and feed the thousands of British soldiers who'd surrendered after the battle of Saratoga. What sort of conditions were they kept in? Did the US even have the resources to care for them, considering its own Continental Army often lacked food and clothing?

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To what extent did retirement exist before the end of WW2? How common was retirement? Did most people work till they were too sick or decrepit to do so and then had relatives care for them?

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What kept the U.S. space shuttle program from reaching its potential? Was it a boondoggle? The victim of fading interest in space exploration?

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Who were the "strange gods," Socrates was accused of bringing into Athens?

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Arabs and their Tibetan allies waged a war against China in the 8th century and won. Was this as impressive an accomplishment as it seems? Why didn't it have more of an impact on the balance of power?

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The meticulous collection of human feces for fertilizer in China, Japan, and Korea, chronicled in "Farmers of Forty Centuries," is argued by the author to be a cornerstone of Asia's enduring agricultural productivity and high population density. To what degree did western civs do this as well?	33	AskHistorians
It's unpopular to suggest British imperialism was anything but an unmitigated disaster for its colonial subjects. Would a fair cost- benefit analysis agree with this conclusion?	33	AskHistorians
Ancient Rome is variably described as a "low tax," decentralized Republic, as well as an empire engaged in tax policy so regressive that it sucked the provinces dry and impoverished the citizens/residents. Which was it?	33	AskHistorians
Did the Athenian Theater of Dionysus sit empty 50 weeks of the year? What went on there when the week-long Dionysia and Lenaia festivals weren't going on?	33	AskHistorians
Thomas Jefferson ran what seems like the country's first seed bank and agricultural experiment station at Monticello. How big of an impact did he have on agriculture and food variety in the US?	33	AskHistorians
The United States housed, guarded, and feed the thousands of British soldiers who'd surrendered after the battle of Saratoga. What sort of conditions were they kept in? Did the US even have the resources to care for them, considering its own Continental Army often lacked food and clothing?	33	AskHistorians
To what extent did retirement exist before the end of WW2? How common was retirement? Did most people work till they were too sick or decrepit to do so and then had relatives care for them?	33	AskHistorians
What kept the U.S. space shuttle program from reaching its potential? Was it a boondoggle? The victim of fading interest in space exploration?	33	AskHistorians
Who were the "strange gods," Socrates was accused of bringing into Athens?	33	AskHistorians
Arabs and their Tibetan allies waged a war against China in the 8th century and won. Was this as impressive an accomplishment as it seems? Why didn't it have more of an impact on the balance of power?	32	AskHistorians