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Was getting away with crime during the medieval period extremely easy? With he lack of forensic evidence, investigative ability, and surveillance tools (cameras, microphones, etc); how did law enforcement deal with criminals who ran from the crime scene?

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[Weird question] I've noticed that most great Soviet leaders were very short (Lenin - 5'5'', Stalin - 5'6'', Khrushchev - 5'3''). Coincidence or not? How were short men perceived in the USSR? Did Soviet culture somehow predispose shorter men to go into politics and public service?

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Where did the Slavs come from? How did they manage to spread out over so much of Eastern Europe?

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Did the average viet kong soldier know/care about the american anti war movement during the Vietnam war?

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Why is the area consisting of Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island known as New England today? Why isn't somewhere settled earlier like Virginia or North Carolina considered part of it?

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I have read that there was a third atomic bomb attack planned for Japan, why did the United States not go through with it?

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Why couldn't Medieval China perfect gunpowder weapons?

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Why did the Mayan culture and language survive much better than other native cultures in central america?

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Who voted for Jimmy Carter?

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The anarchist Peter Kropotkin posited that there was a "revolution of the communes" in the twelfth century. What would the perspective of modern medievalists be on this?

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Was getting away with crime during the medieval period extremely easy? With he lack of forensic evidence, investigative ability, and surveillance tools (cameras, microphones, etc); how did law enforcement deal with criminals who ran from the crime scene?	105
[Weird question] I've noticed that most great Soviet leaders were very short (Lenin - 5'5'', Stalin - 5'6'', Khrushchev - 5'3''). Coincidence or not? How were short men perceived in the USSR? Did Soviet culture somehow predispose shorter men to go into politics and public service?	105
Where did the Slavs come from? How did they manage to spread out over so much of Eastern Europe?	104
Did the average viet kong soldier know/care about the american anti war movement during the Vietnam war?	104
Why is the area consisting of Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island known as New England today? Why isn't somewhere settled earlier like Virginia or North Carolina considered part of it?	104
I have read that there was a third atomic bomb attack planned for Japan, why did the United States not go through with it?	104
Why couldn't Medieval China perfect gunpowder weapons?	104
Why did the Mayan culture and language survive much better than other native cultures in central america?	104
Who voted for Jimmy Carter?	104
The anarchist Peter Kropotkin posited that there was a "revolution of the communes" in the twelfth century. What would the perspective of modern medievalists be on this?	104