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Now that we can talk about the Rwandan Genocide-Is there yet a consensus over why the Rwandan Army seemingly wanted genocide so badly?

150 upvotes • nursejacqueline

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The Bengal famine of 1770 killed 10 million people, or around 25% of Bengal's population at the time. How much did the policies of the East India Company exacerbate the famine?

150 upvotes • arjun10

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Why did so many Chinese dynasties move the capital city somewhere else when they took power?

150 upvotes • Inkshooter

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The Crimean Crisis is at least partially due to the 1954 transfer of Crimea to the Ukraine SSR... were there any other territorial transfers between SSRs in the old USSR? Or was Crimea unique?

150 upvotes • ContinuumGuy

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How did miners during the middle ages find metal ore deposits to mine?

150 upvotes • HabitableCoast

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Explain how, in 1896, a campaign like William Jennings Bryan could lose to William McKinley's seemingly non-campaign.

150 upvotes • [deleted]

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Did Pagan religions have definite names?

150 upvotes • [deleted]

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How big of a role did religion play in the Sri Lankan Civil War?

150 upvotes • twm1887

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What military technology, if any, where the Japanese more advanced then the other countries during ww2?

150 upvotes • mrKaasa

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Why did the Spanish colonists in South America seem to intermix with the indigenous people more so than the European colonists in North America?

150 upvotes • dc2b18b

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Now that we can talk about the Rwandan Genocide-Is there yet a consensus over why the Rwandan Army seemingly wanted genocide so badly?	150	nursejacqueline
The Bengal famine of 1770 killed 10 million people, or around 25% of Bengal's population at the time. How much did the policies of the East India Company exacerbate the famine?	150	arjun10
Why did so many Chinese dynasties move the capital city somewhere else when they took power?	150	Inkshooter
The Crimean Crisis is at least partially due to the 1954 transfer of Crimea to the Ukraine SSR... were there any other territorial transfers between SSRs in the old USSR? Or was Crimea unique?	150	ContinuumGuy
How did miners during the middle ages find metal ore deposits to mine?	150	HabitableCoast
Explain how, in 1896, a campaign like William Jennings Bryan could lose to William McKinley's seemingly non-campaign.	150	[deleted]
Did Pagan religions have definite names?	150	[deleted]
How big of a role did religion play in the Sri Lankan Civil War?	150	twm1887
What military technology, if any, where the Japanese more advanced then the other countries during ww2?	150	mrKaasa
Why did the Spanish colonists in South America seem to intermix with the indigenous people more so than the European colonists in North America?	150	dc2b18b