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Historian Pekka Hämäläinen argues that Lakota expansion ended up protecting many other Indigenous communities from colonial violence. How accepted is this view?

347 upvotes • BookLover54321

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Why did American invade Iraq if there were no weapons of mass destruction?

347 upvotes • PHOTGRAPHHHEER

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Consequences of the introduction of MS Excel in the business world?

347 upvotes • Exciting-Fall4070

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Why have Gypsies not assimilated into these various European societies they live?

346 upvotes • rsashe1980

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How much did it cost to own and maintain a horse in the wild west days?

346 upvotes • DangerMacAwesome

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Why was it so easy for Lee Harvey Oswald to Re-enter the United States after defecting to the Soviet Union?

346 upvotes • DrAttorney

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Were there any objections to the space program on religious grounds?

346 upvotes • lys_blanc

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The last claimant to the Byzantine Throne, Andreas Palaiologos, sold his titles to the King of France. Why did the King of France want those titles?

346 upvotes • feartrich

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I keep hearing that we are currently in the most peaceful era in human history. Do we know when human history was the most violent?

346 upvotes • IAMTHEDOM

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Is it reasonable to assume that, had Archduke Franz Ferdinand not been assassinated, world war one would not have happened? Or was war inevitable with rising the nationalism, and his assassination was simply the spark which set it off?

346 upvotes • nm5678

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Historian Pekka Hämäläinen argues that Lakota expansion ended up protecting many other Indigenous communities from colonial violence. How accepted is this view?	347	BookLover54321
Why did American invade Iraq if there were no weapons of mass destruction?	347	PHOTGRAPHHHEER
Consequences of the introduction of MS Excel in the business world?	347	Exciting-Fall4070
Why have Gypsies not assimilated into these various European societies they live?	346	rsashe1980
How much did it cost to own and maintain a horse in the wild west days?	346	DangerMacAwesome
Why was it so easy for Lee Harvey Oswald to Re-enter the United States after defecting to the Soviet Union?	346	DrAttorney
Were there any objections to the space program on religious grounds?	346	lys_blanc
The last claimant to the Byzantine Throne, Andreas Palaiologos, sold his titles to the King of France. Why did the King of France want those titles?	346	feartrich
I keep hearing that we are currently in the most peaceful era in human history. Do we know when human history was the most violent?	346	IAMTHEDOM
Is it reasonable to assume that, had Archduke Franz Ferdinand not been assassinated, world war one would not have happened? Or was war inevitable with rising the nationalism, and his assassination was simply the spark which set it off?	346	nm5678