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[WP] Four characters are stuck inside a room/building in a Mexican Stand off. Change the character who's Point of View you are writing from everytime your character fires a bullet at another. Change to the Point of View to the character who has just been shot at.

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Following the Spanish Conquest of the Incan Empire, there was a brutal 10 year war between the conquistador families of Pizzaro and Almagro. How common was this type of conflict, betrayal, assassination and factionalism within the ranks of the the Spanish Conquistadors?

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In Islam, the practice of financial interest is prohibited but research shows that this was often flouted in Islamic states like the Ottoman Empire. How did they do this?

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Why are towns twinned with other towns? Was it symbolic or due to marriages or something else?

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I have just left university but I want to continue learning and discussing history at a high level? How could I continue this?

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What opinion did the neighbours of the Roman Empire have during its height (1st century AD)?

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Tom Holland's book "Rubicon" often talks about the Bounty Hunters in the Roman Republic's final years, who went after Generals fleeing battles, or Senators whose names were proscribed for execution. How did the system of hunting work and how did these bounty hunters function in Roman society?

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Why were English monasteries in isolated coastal locations?

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I don't believe in committing acts of violence in front of children.

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Other than geographical variation, would the typical person in 880s England notice a difference to their daily life if they lived in the Saxon Kingdom of Wessex versus a life lived in the Daneslaw?

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[WP] Four characters are stuck inside a room/building in a Mexican Stand off. Change the character who's Point of View you are writing from everytime your character fires a bullet at another. Change to the Point of View to the character who has just been shot at.	10	WritingPrompts
Following the Spanish Conquest of the Incan Empire, there was a brutal 10 year war between the conquistador families of Pizzaro and Almagro. How common was this type of conflict, betrayal, assassination and factionalism within the ranks of the the Spanish Conquistadors?	10	AskHistorians
In Islam, the practice of financial interest is prohibited but research shows that this was often flouted in Islamic states like the Ottoman Empire. How did they do this?	8	AskHistorians
Why are towns twinned with other towns? Was it symbolic or due to marriages or something else?	8	AskHistorians
I have just left university but I want to continue learning and discussing history at a high level? How could I continue this?	8	AskHistorians
What opinion did the neighbours of the Roman Empire have during its height (1st century AD)?	7	AskHistorians
Tom Holland's book "Rubicon" often talks about the Bounty Hunters in the Roman Republic's final years, who went after Generals fleeing battles, or Senators whose names were proscribed for execution. How did the system of hunting work and how did these bounty hunters function in Roman society?	7	AskHistorians
Why were English monasteries in isolated coastal locations?	7	AskHistorians
I don't believe in committing acts of violence in front of children.	6	TwoSentenceHorror
Other than geographical variation, would the typical person in 880s England notice a difference to their daily life if they lived in the Saxon Kingdom of Wessex versus a life lived in the Daneslaw?	5	AskHistorians