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How much did the Mongols invasion of China affect Japan?

200 upvotes • playingthelonggame

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How Common was the word ''Christ/Christós/Χριστός'' before the rise of Christianity?

200 upvotes • CarpeNoctem777

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How did the British Throne move from a position of actual power to more of a ceremonial role without a uprising like France or other former monarchies?

200 upvotes • [deleted]

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Why was the US Civil War so bloodless?

200 upvotes • flyingdragon8

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What are some ways cavalry dealt with spearmen?

200 upvotes • DubstepLies

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With Scandinavian names being patronymics, why did Ragnar Lothbrok have a last name? Even his sons were all known by a patronymic (i.e. Ubba Rangnarson).

200 upvotes • darthted

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I recently learned of Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-Hung, but Wikipedia's pretty scarce on what he was actually purported to do. Could anyone give me more information?

200 upvotes • namesrhardtothinkof

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"I didn't overthrow George III to become George I." Is there a source on George Washington saying this.

200 upvotes • PrelateZeratul

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What was the relationship like between British and American soldiers during WWII?

200 upvotes • Brudon

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Was adultery among the French aristocracy as ubiquitous as Beaumarchais/Mozart/Balzac/etc. would have us think, or was this bourgeois propaganda?

200 upvotes • meliot

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How much did the Mongols invasion of China affect Japan?	200	playingthelonggame
How Common was the word ''Christ/Christós/Χριστός'' before the rise of Christianity?	200	CarpeNoctem777
How did the British Throne move from a position of actual power to more of a ceremonial role without a uprising like France or other former monarchies?	200	[deleted]
Why was the US Civil War so bloodless?	200	flyingdragon8
What are some ways cavalry dealt with spearmen?	200	DubstepLies
With Scandinavian names being patronymics, why did Ragnar Lothbrok have a last name? Even his sons were all known by a patronymic (i.e. Ubba Rangnarson).	200	darthted
I recently learned of Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-Hung, but Wikipedia's pretty scarce on what he was actually purported to do. Could anyone give me more information?	200	namesrhardtothinkof
"I didn't overthrow George III to become George I." Is there a source on George Washington saying this.	200	PrelateZeratul
What was the relationship like between British and American soldiers during WWII?	200	Brudon
Was adultery among the French aristocracy as ubiquitous as Beaumarchais/Mozart/Balzac/etc. would have us think, or was this bourgeois propaganda?	200	meliot