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Why didn't the United States take action to prevent or destroy South Africa's nuclear weapons program?

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What was Sulla's role in precipitating the end of the Roman Republic?

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Has there ever been an agricultural society with a single staple crop that was NOT a high-starch food like grains or tubers?

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Was there a tradition of mordant countercultural jokes/humor under Chinese communism, analogous to that under Soviet communism?

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Besides Odysseus's dog Argos, are there any named dogs in ancient Greek literature? Do we have any idea what typical ancient Greek dog names were?

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1491 by Charles Mann: What does it get right and what does it get wrong?

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Apologies for the general question, but how much do we know about the Hittites compared to other cultures of the ancient Near East?

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Did cities in the western hemisphere, just prior to Columbus's arrival, have similar disease/sanitation problems to cities in Europe of the same era?

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How exactly did the "Three Sisters" agriculture system work in indigenous America? Has it been replicated by modern farmers and/or researchers?

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I am an educated Italian living in Rome a couple of centuries before the fall of Constantinople to the Turks. What terms do I use to refer to the eastern Roman empire?

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Why didn't the United States take action to prevent or destroy South Africa's nuclear weapons program?	46	AskHistorians
What was Sulla's role in precipitating the end of the Roman Republic?	43	AskHistorians
Has there ever been an agricultural society with a single staple crop that was NOT a high-starch food like grains or tubers?	34	AskHistorians
Was there a tradition of mordant countercultural jokes/humor under Chinese communism, analogous to that under Soviet communism?	33	AskHistorians
Besides Odysseus's dog Argos, are there any named dogs in ancient Greek literature? Do we have any idea what typical ancient Greek dog names were?	30	AskHistorians
1491 by Charles Mann: What does it get right and what does it get wrong?	29	AskHistorians
Apologies for the general question, but how much do we know about the Hittites compared to other cultures of the ancient Near East?	26	AskHistorians
Did cities in the western hemisphere, just prior to Columbus's arrival, have similar disease/sanitation problems to cities in Europe of the same era?	24	AskHistorians
How exactly did the "Three Sisters" agriculture system work in indigenous America? Has it been replicated by modern farmers and/or researchers?	19	AskHistorians
I am an educated Italian living in Rome a couple of centuries before the fall of Constantinople to the Turks. What terms do I use to refer to the eastern Roman empire?	15	AskHistorians