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I read a book about the Spanish Civil War that mentioned that Taxi Drivers were a core group of the Falange faction of the Nationalist side. Why was that specific occupation so drawn to that faction?

12 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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I'm a Quaker man in the northern United States during the 1860's. Despite my sect's demands for pacifism my abolitionist ideals are so strong that I join the Union Army. How will the church respond to my transgression?

6 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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As much of their homeland was inhospitable desert and required a nomadic lifestyle, how were the Arabs able to field, much less organize, enough troops to conquer Persia?

5 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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During the colonization of the New World, were there any accounts of European zoologists and botanists being disappointed that the fauna and flora were relatively similar to that of Europe?

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I’m a typical 10th century Anglo-Saxon peasant who got leprosy, what happens next?

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Was wondering if there’s any recommendations for a dental plan for those with Periodontitis?

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I read a book about the Spanish Civil War that mentioned that Taxi Drivers were a core group of the Falange faction of the Nationalist side. Why was that specific occupation so drawn to that faction?	12	AskHistorians
I'm a Quaker man in the northern United States during the 1860's. Despite my sect's demands for pacifism my abolitionist ideals are so strong that I join the Union Army. How will the church respond to my transgression?	6	AskHistorians
As much of their homeland was inhospitable desert and required a nomadic lifestyle, how were the Arabs able to field, much less organize, enough troops to conquer Persia?	5	AskHistorians
During the colonization of the New World, were there any accounts of European zoologists and botanists being disappointed that the fauna and flora were relatively similar to that of Europe?	3	AskHistorians
I’m a typical 10th century Anglo-Saxon peasant who got leprosy, what happens next?	3	AskHistorians
Was wondering if there’s any recommendations for a dental plan for those with Periodontitis?	1	fednews