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Was recreational fishing permitted in the USSR?

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Were Arabs considered Ishmaelites either by the Jews or by themselves prior to Islam, or is that association the product of Islam?

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How were siege towers ever effective? They seem too large and vulnerable.

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Why were the victims of witch-hunts mostly women?

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When did the British monarch stop having input on the speech to open parliament?

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The Wikipedia article on Hercules' Club amulets is pretty sparse, but it implies that they're an earlier equivalent to Thor's Hammer amulets. Is this true? Would a Germanic tribesman equate Hercules and Thor/Donar? Did German Donar wield a hammer like Thor? If so why wear clubs?

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How was hunting regulated in the Roman Republic and Empire?

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What was the nature of Italian merchant-republic trade with China? Were the Polos the first to reach and directly trade with China? How did it compare with later trade pursued by other Europeans?

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Reading Democracy in America, de Tocqueville seems to think the Mississippi watershed was going to become the center of American power and population. Was this a common view or prediction for America's future?

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Was there ever an attempt by the Golden Horde, after its conversion to Islam, to convert its Russian vassals? If so, why not?

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Was recreational fishing permitted in the USSR?	5	AskHistorians
Were Arabs considered Ishmaelites either by the Jews or by themselves prior to Islam, or is that association the product of Islam?	5	AskHistorians
How were siege towers ever effective? They seem too large and vulnerable.	5	AskHistorians
Why were the victims of witch-hunts mostly women?	5	AskHistorians
When did the British monarch stop having input on the speech to open parliament?	5	AskHistorians
The Wikipedia article on Hercules' Club amulets is pretty sparse, but it implies that they're an earlier equivalent to Thor's Hammer amulets. Is this true? Would a Germanic tribesman equate Hercules and Thor/Donar? Did German Donar wield a hammer like Thor? If so why wear clubs?	5	AskHistorians
How was hunting regulated in the Roman Republic and Empire?	5	AskHistorians
What was the nature of Italian merchant-republic trade with China? Were the Polos the first to reach and directly trade with China? How did it compare with later trade pursued by other Europeans?	5	AskHistorians
Reading Democracy in America, de Tocqueville seems to think the Mississippi watershed was going to become the center of American power and population. Was this a common view or prediction for America's future?	5	AskHistorians
Was there ever an attempt by the Golden Horde, after its conversion to Islam, to convert its Russian vassals? If so, why not?	5	AskHistorians