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How were the Ottomans able to rule such a large amount of territory for such a long time and what caused the Ottoman Empire to become the ‘sick man’ of Europe?

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Did Charles de Gaulle really mean it when he threatened to join the Soviet sphere of influence?

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How did Philippe Pétain come up with the name État français (French State) for the French collaboration government during WWII?

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How was Tsar Nicholas II the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein?

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Why do Greece and Bulgaria not have a larger Muslim population than their current population?

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How did a Finno-Urgic language, Hungarian, end up landlocked surrounded by non Urgic languages?

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Did torpedoes exist in 1860, and were they manufactured in vast quantities in Massachusetts?

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How and why were there German planes in Cairo during ww1?

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Why was the Rex Claudia promulgated and how effective was it at stopping senators from owning ships?

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Why was the Federal Republic of Austria known as the Ständestaat (corporate state)?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How were the Ottomans able to rule such a large amount of territory for such a long time and what caused the Ottoman Empire to become the ‘sick man’ of Europe?	19
Did Charles de Gaulle really mean it when he threatened to join the Soviet sphere of influence?	10
How did Philippe Pétain come up with the name État français (French State) for the French collaboration government during WWII?	8
How was Tsar Nicholas II the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein?	7
Why do Greece and Bulgaria not have a larger Muslim population than their current population?	6
How did a Finno-Urgic language, Hungarian, end up landlocked surrounded by non Urgic languages?	4
Did torpedoes exist in 1860, and were they manufactured in vast quantities in Massachusetts?	4
How and why were there German planes in Cairo during ww1?	3
Why was the Rex Claudia promulgated and how effective was it at stopping senators from owning ships?	3
Why was the Federal Republic of Austria known as the Ständestaat (corporate state)?	3