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Why is there a lack of native Parthian sources about their empire compared to the more numerous sources from their predecessors (Seleuks) and successors (Sassanids)?

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Democrats remained in power in the South at a local and state-wide level until the mid '90s. How did they manage to retain the white vote in those states for so long after passing civil rights legislation in the '60s?

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Why did the Social Democratic Party of Germany side against the German leftist revolutionaries in 1918/9?

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How did non-Russian SSRs viev their position inside the Soviet Union? Did they view themselves as a vital part of a Soviet State, or as an autonomous region within a Russian dominated empire?

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Was the shift of art from depicting religious figures and scenes to secular subjects in the 15-17th century influenced mainly by Protestant and Reformed iconoclasm?

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Is there a readable and accurate book on most of the Greek Myths?

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How did the wave of Jewish immigrants during the 1950s interact with the Sephardi Jews that lived in the region for a longer time? How did the newly arrived immigrants manage to set-up a functioning country?

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What are your favorite academic books in your area of expertise? What are those you enjoyed to read that aren't?

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What was, if there was any, the international reaction to the assassination of Croatian party leader Stjepan Radić in the Yugoslav Parliament by another MP in 1928?

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Good books for the power struggle in the Soviet Union after the death of Lenin during the 1920's?

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Why is there a lack of native Parthian sources about their empire compared to the more numerous sources from their predecessors (Seleuks) and successors (Sassanids)?	37
Democrats remained in power in the South at a local and state-wide level until the mid '90s. How did they manage to retain the white vote in those states for so long after passing civil rights legislation in the '60s?	27
Why did the Social Democratic Party of Germany side against the German leftist revolutionaries in 1918/9?	20
How did non-Russian SSRs viev their position inside the Soviet Union? Did they view themselves as a vital part of a Soviet State, or as an autonomous region within a Russian dominated empire?	13
Was the shift of art from depicting religious figures and scenes to secular subjects in the 15-17th century influenced mainly by Protestant and Reformed iconoclasm?	8
Is there a readable and accurate book on most of the Greek Myths?	7
How did the wave of Jewish immigrants during the 1950s interact with the Sephardi Jews that lived in the region for a longer time? How did the newly arrived immigrants manage to set-up a functioning country?	4
What are your favorite academic books in your area of expertise? What are those you enjoyed to read that aren't?	4
What was, if there was any, the international reaction to the assassination of Croatian party leader Stjepan Radić in the Yugoslav Parliament by another MP in 1928?	3
Good books for the power struggle in the Soviet Union after the death of Lenin during the 1920's?	1