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July 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 1

  1. Borders of the United States between 1781 and 1784?
  2. How factually accurate is the lede of the wikipedia Assault Rifle article?

July 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 2

  1. Witch-burning site in Poland

July 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 3

  1. Secession vs Declaring independence
  2. Missing chunks of city
  3. Moderator of the proto-General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
  4. Trying to find a romance book
  5. What's the average height of a Medieval cathedral?
  6. USS Mercedita

July 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 4

  1. Samuel Byck

July 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 5

  1. Returning hero motif
  2. an accurate and scientific translation of Quran
  3. Mikhail Tikhanov

July 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 6

  1. Trade Deals and How to Negotiate Them
  2. Turkmenistan name and independence
  3. Nazi female spy

July 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 7

  1. Has there ever been a UK Prime Minister who hasn't held a Cabinet (or Shadow Cabinet) level job?

July 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 8

  1. Ending the Joint Control Commission
  2. Traffic stop procedure
  3. Health enquiry
  4. Jewish history t-shirt
  5. British history tweet
  6. Cleanliness
  7. People criticizing affirmative action

July 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 9

  1. Westward ho!
  2. Proof of God's existence is the death of revealed religion
  3. Article on Soka Gakkai and Soka Gakkai International
  4. Similar time frame for correspondence

July 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 11

  1. How and when do the Republican and Democratic Party announce their official candidate?
  2. Happy Hour by The Housemartins
  3. Was aristocratic women allowed to mix with men in 18th-century China?
  4. Central Heating Boilers in South Sudan

July 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 12

  1. The ABC of Chairmanship, Walter Citrine
  2. Is getyourshare.ca a phishing site?
  3. Were the Zhou dynasty ethnically different from Shang dynasty

July 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 13

  1. Is anyone notable enough to have a Wikipedia article an example of this kind of thing?
  2. US debt 3
  3. How much did silver owners lose under Executive order 6814?
  4. death of 100 Germans, or 50 Frenchmen, of 20 Belgians, or one Englishman
  5. Status of Native American treaties from before 1776
  6. Killings by US Police: demographics
  7. Looking for a short story

July 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 14

  1. Warren Buffet: luck or ability?
  2. The Death of Jean Charles de Menezes, and a coronial verdict of "unlawful killing".
  3. International enforcability of treaties with indigenous peoples

July 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 15

  1. Number of Germans in eastern Europe killed and/or expelled
  2. Rates of "intentional homicide" in different countries
  3. References for bondage hood article?
  4. David Kilgore vs. Albert Rust
  5. US mortgage crisis 2007

July 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 17

  1. Anti-Machiavel
  2. Illuminates of the Now
  3. Oldest most populous city

July 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 18

  1. Japanese Historical Atlases - Are there any out there?
  2. Is it possible to be a citizen of three countries?

July 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 19

  1. Yggdrasil and the Tree of Life
  2. US police in different states
  3. Daniel Paul Schreber
  4. Executions of Tudor Queens
  5. ribbon colors
  6. Translating bishops

July 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 21

  1. Country in Europe with highest rape rate
  2. the Bomb
  3. Was there an underground railroad to Mexico for escaped slaves?
  4. Non-Nazi swastika
  5. 1848-1849 in Europe - Government system changes?
  6. Full title of Dalí's 1950 painting "Myself at the age of six"
  7. Two questions about mass shootings in the United States

July 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 22

  1. Charities
  2. Could the reported rape rate in Sweden be partly attributed to an increase in immigration?
  3. Who pays to test drinking water for THC?
  4. St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

July 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 23

  1. IQs and political affiliations
  2. Berlin blockade
  3. Jehovah's Witnesses and Purple Triangles

July 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 24

  1. Kevin B Macdonald
  2. Jason Matthews author Red Sparrow
  3. What's a fair trade for Detroit? (as is, no warranties, no refunds)
  4. Saudi Arabia and US Treasury Securities
  5. Question about Qin_Shi_Huang

July 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 25

  1. "Ah" surnames

July 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 26

  1. What is the sounding (and written) range of contrabass clarinet?
  2. Parkinson's shuffle
  3. Breakdown of victims of Islamic extremism, by category
  4. Presumptive nominee - convention as formality
  5. British political familial connections
  6. Turkey

July 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 27

  1. Rape Conviction Question
  2. Nordic Royal Orders
  3. Traditional Chinese shoes

July 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 28

  1. What happened to homes owned by single loners who were conscripted into the military during WW2?

July 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 29

  1. Any US Presidents who were shot and survived?
  2. Looking for an essay
  3. "Sir... CBE"

July 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 30

  1. Political convention
  2. The Servicemembers civil relief act and unintended consequences
  3. Paul Stahl (soldier)

July 31

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 31

  1. Restrictions on which passport a person with multiple citizenships can use
  2. Philippines v China in the South China Sea: PCA in the Hague instead of ITLOS in Hamburg
  3. Fed . US Treasury Securities
  4. Olympic Games
  5. Origin of American English