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Why were African slaves never brought en masse to Mexico?

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What is the status of Fredrick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis among historians today? Is it still used as an explanation of broader aspects of US historical trends, or closer to something that illuminates how Americans in the early 20th century thought about their own past?

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I am a well-to-do person in the Prussian enclaves of Lower Saxony in 1780. What sort of connection would I have with the main Prussian territories to the east? What sort of obstacles would I face in order to conduct business in Berlin or Königsberg?

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Was there any significant voice for Texas to remain an independent nation?

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Why did West German postwar immigration policy put more emphasis on guest workers than getting the diaspora to return?

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How much contact existed between various Polynesian and Melanesian cultures around the time of European contact?

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What was the process of Tamil migration to Sri Lanka? When did it happen and why?

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What was the social and economic situation of the average foot man-at-arms during the 13th and 14th century?

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Sweden ruled parts of Pomerania until 1815. Did that period have longer term effects on the region in terms of culture and politics?

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How did the Great Migration in the 40s and 50s compare to other mass emigration events?

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Why were African slaves never brought en masse to Mexico?	12
What is the status of Fredrick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis among historians today? Is it still used as an explanation of broader aspects of US historical trends, or closer to something that illuminates how Americans in the early 20th century thought about their own past?	11
I am a well-to-do person in the Prussian enclaves of Lower Saxony in 1780. What sort of connection would I have with the main Prussian territories to the east? What sort of obstacles would I face in order to conduct business in Berlin or Königsberg?	10
Was there any significant voice for Texas to remain an independent nation?	10
Why did West German postwar immigration policy put more emphasis on guest workers than getting the diaspora to return?	10
How much contact existed between various Polynesian and Melanesian cultures around the time of European contact?	10
What was the process of Tamil migration to Sri Lanka? When did it happen and why?	9
What was the social and economic situation of the average foot man-at-arms during the 13th and 14th century?	9
Sweden ruled parts of Pomerania until 1815. Did that period have longer term effects on the region in terms of culture and politics?	9
How did the Great Migration in the 40s and 50s compare to other mass emigration events?	9