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Is there any connection between Cossaks and Kazakhs? Or is the name similarity just a coincidence?

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How much is the dramatically low average life-span in historical periods due to high infant mortality bringing the average down?

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I've often heard that Rome adopted the maniple legion fighting style as opposed to the phalanx because it more flexible for fighting in hilly terrain. But Greece seems as rugged and hilly as Italy. So does this really explain why the different fighting tactics developed?

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Did societies that had logograph languages have a lower rate of literacy in the general populace than societies which used phonetic alphabets?

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Looking for historical newspaper archives available to people who aren't members of universities?

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Is it problematic to refer to non-Christian or non-European armies as 'hordes?'

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Why are hamburgers and hot dogs considered quintessential American foods, yet pizza isn't despite all being brought to the United States by European immigrants at roughly the same time?

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Does the rate of technological change appear to speed up because it actually is speeding up, or because we know about more recent events and thus know more about recent technological changes?

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Can someone suggest explorers in colonial/early American history that aren't white or men?

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How would ask historians like to have one day week with no Rome and WWII questions?

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Is there any connection between Cossaks and Kazakhs? Or is the name similarity just a coincidence?	975	AskHistorians
How much is the dramatically low average life-span in historical periods due to high infant mortality bringing the average down?	81	AskHistorians
I've often heard that Rome adopted the maniple legion fighting style as opposed to the phalanx because it more flexible for fighting in hilly terrain. But Greece seems as rugged and hilly as Italy. So does this really explain why the different fighting tactics developed?	53	AskHistorians
Did societies that had logograph languages have a lower rate of literacy in the general populace than societies which used phonetic alphabets?	19	AskHistorians
Looking for historical newspaper archives available to people who aren't members of universities?	6	AskHistorians
Is it problematic to refer to non-Christian or non-European armies as 'hordes?'	5	AskHistorians
Why are hamburgers and hot dogs considered quintessential American foods, yet pizza isn't despite all being brought to the United States by European immigrants at roughly the same time?	4	AskHistorians
Does the rate of technological change appear to speed up because it actually is speeding up, or because we know about more recent events and thus know more about recent technological changes?	4	AskHistorians
Can someone suggest explorers in colonial/early American history that aren't white or men?	4	AskHistorians
How would ask historians like to have one day week with no Rome and WWII questions?	3	AskHistorians