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Why are there no great historian popularizers?

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Context for New Yorker article on La Ciudad Blanca? IE Mesoamerican culture in Mosquitia roughly contemporary with Classical Maya.

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How did Gen James Longstreet go from Lee's right-hand man to pro-Reconstruction Republican?

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Mesopotamia and History

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In 1880, the discoverer of the Cave of Altamira correctly identified the paintings as Paleolithic, to great controversy. Absent C-14 and other modern dating methods, how did he make that judgement?

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What was the US presidential election of 1944 like? What were the issues, and how did the war play into campaigning?

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How did James I manage to pacify the borderland between England and Scotland and end the border reavers?

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How "authentic" is the Chinese Classic of Poetry (Shijing)?

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Tattoos in the Song Dynasty

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Qin Liangyu was a prominent military leader and regional governor of the Late Ming. She was also a woman. Did this excite any comment?

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Why are there no great historian popularizers?	24
Context for New Yorker article on La Ciudad Blanca? IE Mesoamerican culture in Mosquitia roughly contemporary with Classical Maya.	24
How did Gen James Longstreet go from Lee's right-hand man to pro-Reconstruction Republican?	24
Mesopotamia and History	22
In 1880, the discoverer of the Cave of Altamira correctly identified the paintings as Paleolithic, to great controversy. Absent C-14 and other modern dating methods, how did he make that judgement?	22
What was the US presidential election of 1944 like? What were the issues, and how did the war play into campaigning?	22
How did James I manage to pacify the borderland between England and Scotland and end the border reavers?	21
How "authentic" is the Chinese Classic of Poetry (Shijing)?	21
Tattoos in the Song Dynasty	20
Qin Liangyu was a prominent military leader and regional governor of the Late Ming. She was also a woman. Did this excite any comment?	20