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assuming he didn't have any valuable information do you think a WW2 era US solider actually get court-martialed if he killed an injured Japanese solider in cold blood?

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In the late 18th & early 19th century What motivated men (non Native American men) to travel into unsettled country & become fur trappers?

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Imagine a freshly commissioned US army officer coming out of west point in 1889, Imagine a freshly commissioned British army officer coming out of Sandhurst in 1889. Would the American officer be any less (or more) likely than the British officer to come from a (economically) privileged upbringing?

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When was the first time after the war of independence that UK and the US were on good terms?

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Suppose I want to find the language ancestral to modern Greek in 2000BC, where in the world should I go?

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Suppose I'm carrying a bow into war for the Assyrian Empire between 1100 BC and 1150 BC. where did I get the bow? and what do I use it for in peace time?

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Why did people in early 18th century Europe believe that had to be a another continent in the pacific between America and Asia?

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how come so many people in the new world were wiped out by old world diseases but the reverse never happen to people in the old world?

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[Meta] have you thought about putting a little text in the Theme of the weak OP where you explain exactly what it's supposed to mean more clearly?

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100 years ago would most British historians of been of the opinion that the Normans were more ..."culturally sophisticated" than the Saxons?

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assuming he didn't have any valuable information do you think a WW2 era US solider actually get court-martialed if he killed an injured Japanese solider in cold blood?	4
In the late 18th & early 19th century What motivated men (non Native American men) to travel into unsettled country & become fur trappers?	4
Imagine a freshly commissioned US army officer coming out of west point in 1889, Imagine a freshly commissioned British army officer coming out of Sandhurst in 1889. Would the American officer be any less (or more) likely than the British officer to come from a (economically) privileged upbringing?	4
When was the first time after the war of independence that UK and the US were on good terms?	4
Suppose I want to find the language ancestral to modern Greek in 2000BC, where in the world should I go?	4
Suppose I'm carrying a bow into war for the Assyrian Empire between 1100 BC and 1150 BC. where did I get the bow? and what do I use it for in peace time?	4
Why did people in early 18th century Europe believe that had to be a another continent in the pacific between America and Asia?	4
how come so many people in the new world were wiped out by old world diseases but the reverse never happen to people in the old world?	4
[Meta] have you thought about putting a little text in the Theme of the weak OP where you explain exactly what it's supposed to mean more clearly?	4
100 years ago would most British historians of been of the opinion that the Normans were more ..."culturally sophisticated" than the Saxons?	4