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In the game Europa Universalis 4, players who control the Holy Roman Emperor have the option to re-centralize the empire through a series of reforms. Do these reforms accurately reflect the problems the Holy Roman Empire faced, and would enacting them have curbed its decline?
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How did Robert E. Lee manage to more than double the size of his army (30,000 to 75,000) in three months, following Antietam, in time for Fredericksburg?
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Carthage had a reputation as a mercantile powerhouse. Did they have any "signature" products, i.e. were there any goods that if you thought of it, you'd think "ah, that's from Carthage"?
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Rewatching Modern Marvels (an old favorite) and noticing many inventions first became popular at the World's Fairs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. What were these fairs, and why have I never heard of them outside the show?
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Did university students in 1916 have a political issue which they were heavily stereotyped as being in favor of, such as debt relief and marijuana legalization today?
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How did British divisions reform after Dunkirk? Were they disbanded to make new ones, or was an effort made to reunite the scattered personnel from across the country? How did the British "put their army back together"?
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Some 50,000 amputations were performed in the American Civil War. What was life like for amputees when they returned home? How did post-war society treat them?
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