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I read today that around the time of the Napoleonic Wars, Russian serfs "owed" around 25 years military service. How true is this? Was the Russian army truly drawn from the serfs and peasantry? If so, were there ever any revolts against their lords?

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I've heard that, following Hastings, many Anglo-Saxons left England to join the Varangian Guard. Did this produce any "brain drain" on the new Norman administration of England? How big a deal was it to have this immigration?

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A common slogan among Chicano nationalists is the line "we didn't cross the border, the border crossed us", referring to the territories ceded to America after their victory in 1848. What was the Mexican population of these territories? What has immigration across the border been like since?

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Was the anime Space Battleship Yamato inspired/fueled by militant nationalist views on the part of its creators?

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An often said slogan about the Great War was that it was carnage "on a never before seen scale". How did the soldiers, generals, politicians, etc of the day cope? Did they understand the scope of the carnage in the first place?

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In the show Knightfall, commanders in battle would have their soldiers "break" to allow enemies to fall into their ranks, where they could be dispatched easily. Is this an actual tactic that we know was used in high medieval warfare?

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How exactly did Anglo-Saxon England function prior to feudalism and the manorial system?

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How did generals like Crassus or Caesar raise their own legions with their own money?

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Did the makers of the Enfield or Lorenz rifles try to observe their use in the American Civil War? What lessons were learned that were implemented into later models of rifles?

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How expensive and time consuming was it to repair a city's walls/gate in the aftermath of an ancient/medieval siege?

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I read today that around the time of the Napoleonic Wars, Russian serfs "owed" around 25 years military service. How true is this? Was the Russian army truly drawn from the serfs and peasantry? If so, were there ever any revolts against their lords?	6	AskHistorians
I've heard that, following Hastings, many Anglo-Saxons left England to join the Varangian Guard. Did this produce any "brain drain" on the new Norman administration of England? How big a deal was it to have this immigration?	6	AskHistorians
A common slogan among Chicano nationalists is the line "we didn't cross the border, the border crossed us", referring to the territories ceded to America after their victory in 1848. What was the Mexican population of these territories? What has immigration across the border been like since?	6	AskHistorians
Was the anime Space Battleship Yamato inspired/fueled by militant nationalist views on the part of its creators?	6	AskHistorians
An often said slogan about the Great War was that it was carnage "on a never before seen scale". How did the soldiers, generals, politicians, etc of the day cope? Did they understand the scope of the carnage in the first place?	6	AskHistorians
In the show Knightfall, commanders in battle would have their soldiers "break" to allow enemies to fall into their ranks, where they could be dispatched easily. Is this an actual tactic that we know was used in high medieval warfare?	6	AskHistorians
How exactly did Anglo-Saxon England function prior to feudalism and the manorial system?	5	AskHistorians
How did generals like Crassus or Caesar raise their own legions with their own money?	5	AskHistorians
Did the makers of the Enfield or Lorenz rifles try to observe their use in the American Civil War? What lessons were learned that were implemented into later models of rifles?	5	AskHistorians
How expensive and time consuming was it to repair a city's walls/gate in the aftermath of an ancient/medieval siege?	5	AskHistorians