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Why did pan-arabism fail when pan-germanism and italian nationalism did not?

2151 upvotes • sheehanmilesk

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What did Karl Marx think of the American Civil War?

2149 upvotes • Gottaimproveatmath

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On Downton Abbey, married women have breakfast in bed and unmarried women go downstairs and have it. Did this really happen in the early 1900s? Why?

2148 upvotes • nillis

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Did wealthy Londoners in the 1870s get ice from America? And if so, why?

2148 upvotes • ggchappell

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After the American Revolutionary War was there sentiment among the British that they would reclaim the American colonies later? If so how long did this sentiment persist?

2148 upvotes • Calsifur

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Today Rwanda commemorates the genocide (1994). What was the role of France ?

2148 upvotes • N3a

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Did Native American warriors have a specific fighting style, or was it mostly just chaotic melee?

2147 upvotes • ObiWan-Shinoobi

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Heavy metal emerged at a time when the dominant youth culture was the hippy movement. Was metal culture a conscious reaction against these forebearers?

2146 upvotes • td4999

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What was classical-era Chinese understanding of the far west like? What sorts of knowledge/myths did they have of places west of Persia, such as Egypt, Greece, Scythia or Rome?

2146 upvotes • oneeighthirish

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Caesar's German cavalry were accompanied by light infantrymen, "who were accustomed to engage among them." Caesar famously employed similar tactics at Pharsalus, when he surreptitiously embedded infantry amongst his cavalry. Was this tactic as unique as Caesar portrays? Did it become a new norm?

2146 upvotes • _Rule_of_Law_

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did pan-arabism fail when pan-germanism and italian nationalism did not?	2151	sheehanmilesk
What did Karl Marx think of the American Civil War?	2149	Gottaimproveatmath
On Downton Abbey, married women have breakfast in bed and unmarried women go downstairs and have it. Did this really happen in the early 1900s? Why?	2148	nillis
Did wealthy Londoners in the 1870s get ice from America? And if so, why?	2148	ggchappell
After the American Revolutionary War was there sentiment among the British that they would reclaim the American colonies later? If so how long did this sentiment persist?	2148	Calsifur
Today Rwanda commemorates the genocide (1994). What was the role of France ?	2148	N3a
Did Native American warriors have a specific fighting style, or was it mostly just chaotic melee?	2147	ObiWan-Shinoobi
Heavy metal emerged at a time when the dominant youth culture was the hippy movement. Was metal culture a conscious reaction against these forebearers?	2146	td4999
What was classical-era Chinese understanding of the far west like? What sorts of knowledge/myths did they have of places west of Persia, such as Egypt, Greece, Scythia or Rome?	2146	oneeighthirish
Caesar's German cavalry were accompanied by light infantrymen, "who were accustomed to engage among them." Caesar famously employed similar tactics at Pharsalus, when he surreptitiously embedded infantry amongst his cavalry. Was this tactic as unique as Caesar portrays? Did it become a new norm?	2146	_Rule_of_Law_