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What was the medieval thought on chimps in Catholic Europe, what did they think about something that looked so close to a human being?
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When German lands were being unified the question was whether or not to include Austria. Did Switzerland ever come into the question? Were they included in discussions on pan-germanism?
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How did the French justify having a colonial empire during and after the French revolution? "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" seems pretty opposed to the idea of colonialism.
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Karl Marx apparently despised Simón Bolívar, referring to him as "falsifier, deserter, conspirator, liar, coward and looter." Were Marx's feelings shared by Latin-American Marxists, such as Fidel Castro and Ernesto Guevara?
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Were the Inuit pushed into that extremely harsh environment by rival tribes? What was their motivation for being there in the first place?
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In the Middle Ages, were merchants allowed to physically cut up coins for more exact transactions? Particularly in England? This is depicted in The Pillars of the Earth.
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Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus and is so vilified by Christians his name is synonymous with "traitor". In Pietro Perugino's "Delivery of the Keys" he is depicted with a halo (fifth figure to the left of Christ). What is going on here?
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The anti-Nazi resistance group, the White Rose, wrote in one of their leaflets that Polish girls were sent to SS-run brothels in Norway. What do we know about this?
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