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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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Second Amendment: I've heard one motivation was to enable quick suppression of slave revolts. Is this accurate?

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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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Cospaia, a stateless "republic" in Italy?

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In 1975, Typhoon Nina destroyed the Banqiao dam, killing 171,000 people--the deadliest dam failure in history. Was it all Mother Nature, or was human negligence/moral hazard partly to blame?

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Gunnar Heinsohn said that European imperialism after 1500 was the result of demographics--specifically, too many single young men. How seriously do historians take this claim?

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Did the oracles/prophets/seers have networks of spies?

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Exile was sometimes used as a punishment in classical antiquity. How did governments know the person didn't leave their designated place of exile? For example, if I'm exiled to some remote province or city, what's to stop me from just leaving?

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What did Viking crews do to pass the time on transoceanic voyages?

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How was the discovery of Peking Man received/reported in China? How has the interpretation of his remains changed over time?

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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?	32	AskHistorians
Second Amendment: I've heard one motivation was to enable quick suppression of slave revolts. Is this accurate?	32	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians
Cospaia, a stateless "republic" in Italy?	30	AskHistorians
In 1975, Typhoon Nina destroyed the Banqiao dam, killing 171,000 people--the deadliest dam failure in history. Was it all Mother Nature, or was human negligence/moral hazard partly to blame?	29	AskHistorians
Gunnar Heinsohn said that European imperialism after 1500 was the result of demographics--specifically, too many single young men. How seriously do historians take this claim?	29	AskHistorians
Did the oracles/prophets/seers have networks of spies?	28	AskHistorians
Exile was sometimes used as a punishment in classical antiquity. How did governments know the person didn't leave their designated place of exile? For example, if I'm exiled to some remote province or city, what's to stop me from just leaving?	28	AskHistorians
What did Viking crews do to pass the time on transoceanic voyages?	26	AskHistorians
How was the discovery of Peking Man received/reported in China? How has the interpretation of his remains changed over time?	24	AskHistorians