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How much was Carthage assisted by the Phoenician colonies under its sway, such as Utica, during the Punic Wars?

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Did Ralph Waldo Emerson's Transcendentalism have a significant impact on the broader American Public, or was it a mostly niche philosophical and spiritual system?

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Were there any viable, militarily-experienced men of Patrician rank left for Marcus Aurelius to tap as his successor if he wanted to sideline Commodus completely or constrain his worst impulses with a powerful co-emperor?

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Paper arrived in Italy in the 12th century A.D., but Italian books/codices were primarily handwritten on velum as late as the 15th century. Why didn't paper dominate the book trade earlier? Why were Renaissance works of literature still reliant on the expensive animal skins?

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The CIA paid authors to write cold war literary fiction as backdoor propaganda in Europe. What did this program look like? We they paying big-name authors? What was the scale of the program?

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The Continental Army is portrayed as fighting a guerilla war against the British, but Washington trained his troops for European-style set-piece battles. Did the army manage to switch between both combat styles? Did it ever excel at either style?

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How did the balance of power shift from the Merovingian kings to their servants, the Mayors Of The Palace?

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Did any significant city state peopled by classical era civilizations get planted on the western coast of Africa? If not, do we know any factors that stopped them from being established?

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The Great Depression shuttered thousands of US businesses. Did any do well, or even become more profitable during this period?

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Miletus was a powerful Greek city-state in the sixth century B.C., with over 90 colonies in Thrace and around the Black Sea. Did the colonies serve as a free-trade trading system, in which goods were exchanged without tariffs? Was most trade at the time taxed?

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How much was Carthage assisted by the Phoenician colonies under its sway, such as Utica, during the Punic Wars?	8	AskHistorians
Did Ralph Waldo Emerson's Transcendentalism have a significant impact on the broader American Public, or was it a mostly niche philosophical and spiritual system?	8	AskHistorians
Were there any viable, militarily-experienced men of Patrician rank left for Marcus Aurelius to tap as his successor if he wanted to sideline Commodus completely or constrain his worst impulses with a powerful co-emperor?	8	AskHistorians
Paper arrived in Italy in the 12th century A.D., but Italian books/codices were primarily handwritten on velum as late as the 15th century. Why didn't paper dominate the book trade earlier? Why were Renaissance works of literature still reliant on the expensive animal skins?	8	AskHistorians
The CIA paid authors to write cold war literary fiction as backdoor propaganda in Europe. What did this program look like? We they paying big-name authors? What was the scale of the program?	8	AskHistorians
The Continental Army is portrayed as fighting a guerilla war against the British, but Washington trained his troops for European-style set-piece battles. Did the army manage to switch between both combat styles? Did it ever excel at either style?	8	AskHistorians
How did the balance of power shift from the Merovingian kings to their servants, the Mayors Of The Palace?	8	AskHistorians
Did any significant city state peopled by classical era civilizations get planted on the western coast of Africa? If not, do we know any factors that stopped them from being established?	8	AskHistorians
The Great Depression shuttered thousands of US businesses. Did any do well, or even become more profitable during this period?	8	AskHistorians
Miletus was a powerful Greek city-state in the sixth century B.C., with over 90 colonies in Thrace and around the Black Sea. Did the colonies serve as a free-trade trading system, in which goods were exchanged without tariffs? Was most trade at the time taxed?	8	AskHistorians