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How do historians generally feel about Jared Diamond?

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In the 1950s, estimates of the Triads in Hong Kong would put them at about 13% of the population. Did they influence the politics of the time? Were there any known Triads in the leadership?

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When Europeans arrived in the New World, they brought diseases that devastated human populations. Did anything similar happen to other animals?

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Can someone clarify the timeline of Persian, Arab, and Turkic kingdoms from the Crusades until the Ottoman Empire's height?

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I'm a land owner in Georgia during the Civil War, and my neighbor destroys some of my equipment, so I'd like to sue him for damages. How feasible is it to get a lawyer and speak to a judge?

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There's a story of Attila meeting with Pope Leo after the destruction of Aquileia in which the Pope convinces Attila to turn away. How would this conversation have happened?

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By WWI, France and England had the majority of the world's population under their control. How were they able to tap into this if the places they controlled were largely not industrialized? Did they levy armies from Africa?

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Has Western men's formal wear ever been short sleeves or short pants in the last millenium?

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Were there any prominent dissenters in Nazi Germany that stuck around til the end of the war?

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I found a Wikipedia article about "Madrasian culture", which was a tool-using culture in South India from 2.5 million years ago. Doesn't that completely fly in the face of human history?

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How do historians generally feel about Jared Diamond?	6	AskHistorians
In the 1950s, estimates of the Triads in Hong Kong would put them at about 13% of the population. Did they influence the politics of the time? Were there any known Triads in the leadership?	6	AskHistorians
When Europeans arrived in the New World, they brought diseases that devastated human populations. Did anything similar happen to other animals?	6	AskHistorians
Can someone clarify the timeline of Persian, Arab, and Turkic kingdoms from the Crusades until the Ottoman Empire's height?	6	AskHistorians
I'm a land owner in Georgia during the Civil War, and my neighbor destroys some of my equipment, so I'd like to sue him for damages. How feasible is it to get a lawyer and speak to a judge?	6	AskHistorians
There's a story of Attila meeting with Pope Leo after the destruction of Aquileia in which the Pope convinces Attila to turn away. How would this conversation have happened?	6	AskHistorians
By WWI, France and England had the majority of the world's population under their control. How were they able to tap into this if the places they controlled were largely not industrialized? Did they levy armies from Africa?	5	AskHistorians
Has Western men's formal wear ever been short sleeves or short pants in the last millenium?	4	AskHistorians
Were there any prominent dissenters in Nazi Germany that stuck around til the end of the war?	4	AskHistorians
I found a Wikipedia article about "Madrasian culture", which was a tool-using culture in South India from 2.5 million years ago. Doesn't that completely fly in the face of human history?	3	AskHistorians