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This is a question on the border between social science and history. And for me I tend to think the answer is probably "no". Normally "growth" is either used about populations or about production and economical activity. But is it not very questionable if there throughout history was any durable...

I've notice a frequent debating tactic which I will summarize below to the best of my limited ability. I was wondering if it was "natural" (i.e. the average human is wired to debate in that way) or learned in certain circles which shall remain nameless.. And if both, how to recognize those who...

Pompejii and Herculaneum was as is well known destroyed by a volcanic eruption in the year 79, and in general Italy is a very active geological zone. There are even dormant (?) volcanoes much closer to Rome itself. Has anyone seriously considered what could have been the wider consequences if...

Maybe there is another thread of this topic, if not, here are my questions... 1. JFK never went to Dallas and served out his term until January 20, 1965. No matter the outcome of the 1964 race, how long do you think he might have lived? My feeling is that he had a lot of health problems for a...

In his 1796 "Lectures on Chemistry," the British chemist-professor Joseph Black stated: "It is the desire of knowledge, of improvement, of obtaining new facts in any Subject which they take into consideration which distinguishes a Newton or a Boerhaave from the rest of their contemporaries. They...

Why do you think Burgundy and Flanders were always looking to side with the English? Why do you think they were natural enemies of the French Crown? Was it just a list for power, strengthened by the proximity? Or something else?

How fast could a population grow in Europe in pre-modern times (Prehistory, Ancient Eras, Middle Ages)? Is it possible to calculate natural growth rates just from data on life expectancy and total fertility rates?

I mean it ceded Alaska and since then US found lots of resources in that wasteland. Why cant Russia do the same in its own Siberian regions and tap it better? Cold climate and hostile environment cant be an issue since the US also faced the same in Alaska

Most everyone has heard or read about Pompeii, but clearly that isn't the only natural disaster that has occurred in recorded history. So I'd like to start a discussion on the documented historical natural disasters and what, if anything, those involved could have (or did do) to respond to it...

Aotearoa-New Zealand is situated in the South Pacific in an area which is rent with active tectonic movement in the collision of the Pacific and Indo-Australian plates. This is not a simple straight head on collision but a tearing, wrenching from SW to NE and the rising of Southern Alps ...

Before the three wars of German unification, Bismarck stated that Prussia had two natural enemies in Europe: Austria, because of their involvement in the German coalition, and France. But why was France a natural enemy of Prussia? Why was an alliance between the two nations not possible? After...

Too bad the other thread got lock. I think I make a report very much earlier in the first few pages when the thread started getting off topic but the mod didn't do anything and by the time the mod take action,it's already too late. Qin Shihuang So Qin Shi Huang real father is not King Zhuang...

Hey everyone, Quite a straight-forward question for you; How did primitive man sleep without anything to provide comfort and support?

Is romantic kissing a natural reaction for humans or a social invention? Is it instinctive to kiss? In the past when people had rotten teeth and stinky breath would they really have been that bothered about kissing? If not then at what point did it become romantic and socially acceptable for...

What do you think? Is nation (or nationalism) natural or artificial (social construct)? My opinion in short: nation is product of 18.century. Nationalism in some way replaced religion in secularized Europa. _ I´m sorry if there exist a similar topic, but I didn´t find them.

What earthly natural event would you have liked to witness? There are a couple of candidates for me. Firstly, the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs. Secondly, the Zanclean flood, when the Strait of Gibraltar was breached and the Mediterranean basin flooded within a matter of months.

This is to generate hopefully a discussion on the exploding shale oil industry. The Bakkan, N. Dakota area produces 7000,000 barrels per day 11% of total U.S. output. Dept of energy predicts a 10 million barrels per day by 2017. The Marcellus range mostly in Penn. And Ohio produces 10.4...

The Italian maritime Republics are very interesting history to me but the relationship between Genoa and Venice is particularly fascinating how alliances formed, shifted, and reformed. Genoa took over a century to surpass Pisa but with its domination of long distance trade in the Western...

I mean, both of them give philosophies. A natural philosopher, Newton, as I have read in James Gleick's book thought himself to be a natural philosopher, and so did the other scientists "as we call them now" called them then. And a theoretical physicist gives theories and speculations, often...

What if France had her so called natural borders following the Napoleonic wars? (assume the remainder of Europe is not under the French boot)