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When Basil I had Byzantine emperor Michael III killed, he had both his hands cut off before being stabbed through the heart. Was there any signifigance to this act?

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What led Heimrich Himmler to the belief that the Aryan race originated in Central Asia?

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Is it fair to say that the entire point of the Jim Crow Laws was to create a society identical to the one that existed in the Antebellum South?

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Would Nelson's tactics in the Battle of Trafalgar have worked against a more competent enemy? Were his tactics adopted by other navies afterwards?

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When Basil I had Byzantine emperor Michael III killed, he had both his hands cut off before being stabbed through the heart. Was there any signifigance to this act?	353	AskHistorians
What led Heimrich Himmler to the belief that the Aryan race originated in Central Asia?	7	AskHistorians
Is it fair to say that the entire point of the Jim Crow Laws was to create a society identical to the one that existed in the Antebellum South?	6	AskHistorians
Would Nelson's tactics in the Battle of Trafalgar have worked against a more competent enemy? Were his tactics adopted by other navies afterwards?	5	AskHistorians