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What was the reaction of East Asia to the introduction of chili peppers?

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[Meta?] What books do you guys think are most likely to survive a digital dark age? Whether by mass availability, or high interest in recopying?

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I remember reading somewhere, that the modern "rude" behavior stereotype of mainland Chinese does not go back further than the Cultural Revolution. Is this true?

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What caused the economic decline of New York City between the late 1960s and the early 1980s? What caused its return?

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[Meta] What about a side list for requested but unfulfilled historical periods/subjects/comparative AMA?

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[META] How would you characterize your historiographical preferences? How does it inform your field of study? Is there a kind of historiography you despise?

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"Malthusian limit" question: Are there any well documented cases of slow non-war/disease/famine/migration related population decline on a regional or sub-continental level?

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Was there a time when a Roman combat army (not limitanei) was qualititatively better than in other periods? Namely, Justinian vs. Post 3rd century vs. Antonine vs. Marian vs. Manipular?

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How forested was Dark Age/Arthurian England?

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What's holding up the release of Cambridge History of China Vol 2?

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What was the reaction of East Asia to the introduction of chili peppers?	8
[Meta?] What books do you guys think are most likely to survive a digital dark age? Whether by mass availability, or high interest in recopying?	8
I remember reading somewhere, that the modern "rude" behavior stereotype of mainland Chinese does not go back further than the Cultural Revolution. Is this true?	7
What caused the economic decline of New York City between the late 1960s and the early 1980s? What caused its return?	7
[Meta] What about a side list for requested but unfulfilled historical periods/subjects/comparative AMA?	7
[META] How would you characterize your historiographical preferences? How does it inform your field of study? Is there a kind of historiography you despise?	7
"Malthusian limit" question: Are there any well documented cases of slow non-war/disease/famine/migration related population decline on a regional or sub-continental level?	7
Was there a time when a Roman combat army (not limitanei) was qualititatively better than in other periods? Namely, Justinian vs. Post 3rd century vs. Antonine vs. Marian vs. Manipular?	6
How forested was Dark Age/Arthurian England?	6
What's holding up the release of Cambridge History of China Vol 2?	5