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I understand that Arab and Persian traders were common in Imperial China but then it seems like they disappeared once European traders arrived on the scene. What happened to them?

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Despite not being one of the presidential candidates in the US election of 1860, Jefferson Davis was selected to be president of the Confederacy. Why was he chosen? Who chose him? And why weren't one of the presidential contenders chosen instead?

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What were Aztec sacrifices actually like?

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Was there anything like a Reign of Terror during the American Revolution?

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Why did the Carolina colony split into North and South Carolina?

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How did the Mexican drug cartels come to be so powerful?

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Why did the USSR help the Chinese develop their own nuclear arsenal capabilities instead of just guaranteeing them protection under their nuclear umbrella?

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Did the United States reduce the size of its military after the end of the Cold War and/or the dissolution of the Soviet Union?

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Why were poor whites in the Southern States usually pro-slavery, when in all likelihood, it made their lives more difficult?

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What was Christmas like in the Soviet Union? Obviously, the Christ aspect would have been frowned upon but did they have a Santa Claus? Or was the whole affair dismissed as bourgeois nonsense?

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I understand that Arab and Persian traders were common in Imperial China but then it seems like they disappeared once European traders arrived on the scene. What happened to them?	631
Despite not being one of the presidential candidates in the US election of 1860, Jefferson Davis was selected to be president of the Confederacy. Why was he chosen? Who chose him? And why weren't one of the presidential contenders chosen instead?	409
What were Aztec sacrifices actually like?	369
Was there anything like a Reign of Terror during the American Revolution?	368
Why did the Carolina colony split into North and South Carolina?	151
How did the Mexican drug cartels come to be so powerful?	109
Why did the USSR help the Chinese develop their own nuclear arsenal capabilities instead of just guaranteeing them protection under their nuclear umbrella?	89
Did the United States reduce the size of its military after the end of the Cold War and/or the dissolution of the Soviet Union?	86
Why were poor whites in the Southern States usually pro-slavery, when in all likelihood, it made their lives more difficult?	65
What was Christmas like in the Soviet Union? Obviously, the Christ aspect would have been frowned upon but did they have a Santa Claus? Or was the whole affair dismissed as bourgeois nonsense?	61