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According to Andrew Roberts, Haiti in the early 1790’s, half an island with 8,000 people, produced more value of crops than every other American or Caribbean colony combined. How is it agriculturally possible to farm to densely?

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Why Were Ruthless Battles and Mass Killing of Civilians considered Justified in the Classical Era/Antiquity?

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Can someone tell me what made “Old Imperialism” of the 1450’s - 1700’s different from the “New Imperialism” of the 1800’s - 1950’s?

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Why did Mussolini and the rest of the Italian Fascists acknowledge a King?

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During the 18th and early 19th centuries, Western soldiers were dressed in very ornate uniforms for marching and fighting. How were they cleaned, and what standard of cleanliness were they held to?

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Was the British East India Company a ‘megacorporation state?

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Why didn’t the European colonizers conquer China like they did Africa and India?

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Did polytheistic European pagans ever believe that their gods ‘loved’ them the way He does in Christianity and Islam?

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Nazi Germany famously called itself ‘the Third Reich’ after the German Empire and the Holy Roman Empire. Yet the HRE stood against most of what Nazism represented. Why and how did they reconcile the facts with the myth?

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If Emperor Hirohito had refused surrender out of hand in 1945, would Japan ever have surrendered?

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According to Andrew Roberts, Haiti in the early 1790’s, half an island with 8,000 people, produced more value of crops than every other American or Caribbean colony combined. How is it agriculturally possible to farm to densely?	1849
Why Were Ruthless Battles and Mass Killing of Civilians considered Justified in the Classical Era/Antiquity?	113
Can someone tell me what made “Old Imperialism” of the 1450’s - 1700’s different from the “New Imperialism” of the 1800’s - 1950’s?	48
Why did Mussolini and the rest of the Italian Fascists acknowledge a King?	43
During the 18th and early 19th centuries, Western soldiers were dressed in very ornate uniforms for marching and fighting. How were they cleaned, and what standard of cleanliness were they held to?	41
Was the British East India Company a ‘megacorporation state?	37
Why didn’t the European colonizers conquer China like they did Africa and India?	34
Did polytheistic European pagans ever believe that their gods ‘loved’ them the way He does in Christianity and Islam?	33
Nazi Germany famously called itself ‘the Third Reich’ after the German Empire and the Holy Roman Empire. Yet the HRE stood against most of what Nazism represented. Why and how did they reconcile the facts with the myth?	23
If Emperor Hirohito had refused surrender out of hand in 1945, would Japan ever have surrendered?	21