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What was the largest pre-Christopher Columbus war between Native Americans we know of?

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In many faux-medieval video games characters wear hoods in crowded areas. Would this have been at all common in reality?

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How did the original Native Hawaiians find Hawaii in the first place?

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Was there punishment if a Roman cavalryman post-Marian if he were to fall off and lose his horse during a battle? If the soldier were to survive the battle, what would be the process like to requisition a new horse?

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How did pre Columbian Great Lakes Native Americans deal with law and order? What sort of judicial system did they have?

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Is there a good work which describes the gradual depiction of 'barbarism'? From my studies it's clear the definition shifted wildly between Ancient Greece, Medieval Europe, and early-modern colonialists to even the 19th and 20th centuries.

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How many men, women, and children were needed to start a colony in North America? What supplies were necessary for the voyage and starting up? Were there any distinctive differences between "colonization strategies" of the British, French, Dutch, and other?

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Does knighthood harken back to any Roman tradition or was it a purely Medieval concept? Why/when did the term become associated with highly armored, trained, mounted soldiers?

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When did the Assyrian identity disappear? Babylonian?

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Is dyed hair a modern phenomena? If not, how far back in history have cultures practiced it?

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What was the largest pre-Christopher Columbus war between Native Americans we know of?	107
In many faux-medieval video games characters wear hoods in crowded areas. Would this have been at all common in reality?	86
How did the original Native Hawaiians find Hawaii in the first place?	71
Was there punishment if a Roman cavalryman post-Marian if he were to fall off and lose his horse during a battle? If the soldier were to survive the battle, what would be the process like to requisition a new horse?	61
How did pre Columbian Great Lakes Native Americans deal with law and order? What sort of judicial system did they have?	51
Is there a good work which describes the gradual depiction of 'barbarism'? From my studies it's clear the definition shifted wildly between Ancient Greece, Medieval Europe, and early-modern colonialists to even the 19th and 20th centuries.	48
How many men, women, and children were needed to start a colony in North America? What supplies were necessary for the voyage and starting up? Were there any distinctive differences between "colonization strategies" of the British, French, Dutch, and other?	37
Does knighthood harken back to any Roman tradition or was it a purely Medieval concept? Why/when did the term become associated with highly armored, trained, mounted soldiers?	37
When did the Assyrian identity disappear? Babylonian?	33
Is dyed hair a modern phenomena? If not, how far back in history have cultures practiced it?	28