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Were Waffen SS Divisions considered elite because they were politically reliable or were they actually elite?

214 upvotes • jesus67

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In the game Rome Total Realism, the city of Syracuse is much bigger than anything except for maybe some in the Levant. Is this accurate and if so what gives?

214 upvotes • Sedretpol

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Are there any accounts of Americans (or other westerners) living in Japan at the start of and during WWII?

214 upvotes • Tfish

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Has a sitting U.S. President ever endorsed a party candidate prior to their nomination?

214 upvotes • doc_egg

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Foucault asserts that Medieval Christian thinkers took classical critiques/apprehensions of easy access to sex and intensified them, thus creating the Christian guilt surrounding sex and sexuality. Is this in line with current academic research?

214 upvotes • vertexoflife

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Was there a contingency plan during the American Revolution should Washington be captured/killed?

214 upvotes • fuzzyfingers

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An important note to all historic figures

214 upvotes • caffarelli

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Why did the Black Panther Party support Maoism? Were Zedong's crimes such as Great Leap Forward well known at the time?

214 upvotes • askhistthrow

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In 1992 and 1996, which states did Clinton win due to Perot's candidacy?

214 upvotes • stmorgante

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What so impressed Julius Caesar about Octavian?

214 upvotes • nahuatlwatuwaddle

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Were Waffen SS Divisions considered elite because they were politically reliable or were they actually elite?	214	jesus67
In the game Rome Total Realism, the city of Syracuse is much bigger than anything except for maybe some in the Levant. Is this accurate and if so what gives?	214	Sedretpol
Are there any accounts of Americans (or other westerners) living in Japan at the start of and during WWII?	214	Tfish
Has a sitting U.S. President ever endorsed a party candidate prior to their nomination?	214	doc_egg
Foucault asserts that Medieval Christian thinkers took classical critiques/apprehensions of easy access to sex and intensified them, thus creating the Christian guilt surrounding sex and sexuality. Is this in line with current academic research?	214	vertexoflife
Was there a contingency plan during the American Revolution should Washington be captured/killed?	214	fuzzyfingers
An important note to all historic figures	214	caffarelli
Why did the Black Panther Party support Maoism? Were Zedong's crimes such as Great Leap Forward well known at the time?	214	askhistthrow
In 1992 and 1996, which states did Clinton win due to Perot's candidacy?	214	stmorgante
What so impressed Julius Caesar about Octavian?	214	nahuatlwatuwaddle