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In much of Africa, Eurasia and Mesoamerica it is common to see archaeological cultures associated with language, but in the archaeology of the US and Canada it is far harder to find information on this. How far back in time and space can we track Native languages in these areas?	4
Wikipedia lists the Nuraghic civilization of Sardinia as “proto-historic”. What literary sources do we have on this fascinating and obscure culture?	4
What evidence do we have for Downs Syndrome throughout history?	3
Uruguay did genocide on the Charrua people. However, several thousand have Charrua ancestry, and according to Wikipedia "A new body of literature is currently emerging about their oral history, contemporary ethnogenesis and activism." Is this true and how has our knowledge of this people advanced?	3
Learning about the Olmecs and Pre-Dynastic Egypt has me wondering, just how detailed can history get without writing? Will we be ever able to say “Ah yes this is stone head #16 and this king conquered such and such” about the Olmecs?	2
I've heard from some leftists that "there is an argument to be made that Fidel Castro wasn't a dictator". Is there any truth to this?	2
How did the Government and Economy of the Republic of Texas work?	2
What is the land of Fusang described in the book of Liang? Some claim it is the west coast of North America, but it describes domesticated horses. Some say it is various areas in and around Japan and Eastern Siberia. What is the consensus?	2
Can oral tradition and archaeology give Native people north of the Rio Grande the kind of detailed pre contact history we see in Latin America?	2
Did the Toltecs actually exist? I've heard people speak of them as a historical polity, but I've also heard arguments that they were either entirely different from how we envision them or that they are entirely a product of Nahua oral history.	1

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