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Do historians take Gunnar Heinsohn's "male youth bulge" theory--attributing European imperialism to demographics--seriously?

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I'm a Chinese military commander in the Tang or Song period. Do I have any formal academic training in strategy, tactics, military history, logistics, or other fields? Also, am I literate?

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How much trouble did confederations cause in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?

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What evidence is there on the Trojan War?

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CIA Chief Dulles said the Oracle of Delphi had a network of spies to help her answer questions. Is this true?

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Was "zero stroke"--a supposed mental malady in Weimar Germany involving the desire to write endless rows of zeros induced by hyperinflation--a real thing?

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Why did British colonists view miscegenation with natives so much more negatively than Portuguese colonists did?

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Chinese martial arts (武术) has a reputation for being performance- or fitness-oriented, as opposed to being combat-oriented. Was this always so?

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Qing China and the Dzungar genocide: What motivated such a drastic action? Did anyone in the Qing administration raise humanitarian objections? How common was extermination as a policy of imperial China?

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SEATO was Southeast Asia's answer to NATO. But it dissolved in 1977, when the Cold War was as very much alive. Why didn't the alliance last longer?

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Do historians take Gunnar Heinsohn's "male youth bulge" theory--attributing European imperialism to demographics--seriously?	46
I'm a Chinese military commander in the Tang or Song period. Do I have any formal academic training in strategy, tactics, military history, logistics, or other fields? Also, am I literate?	42
How much trouble did confederations cause in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?	36
What evidence is there on the Trojan War?	36
CIA Chief Dulles said the Oracle of Delphi had a network of spies to help her answer questions. Is this true?	35
Was "zero stroke"--a supposed mental malady in Weimar Germany involving the desire to write endless rows of zeros induced by hyperinflation--a real thing?	35
Why did British colonists view miscegenation with natives so much more negatively than Portuguese colonists did?	34
Chinese martial arts (武术) has a reputation for being performance- or fitness-oriented, as opposed to being combat-oriented. Was this always so?	34
Qing China and the Dzungar genocide: What motivated such a drastic action? Did anyone in the Qing administration raise humanitarian objections? How common was extermination as a policy of imperial China?	32
SEATO was Southeast Asia's answer to NATO. But it dissolved in 1977, when the Cold War was as very much alive. Why didn't the alliance last longer?	32