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Did the massive Napoleonic Wars in Europe impact China, Japan and India in any meaningful way?

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If the Russian royal family was killed in 1918, what did the White Russian side of the Russian civil war fight for for the next half decade?

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Is it true that during the 1700s in Brazil, there were groups of Portuguese warrior priests who protected native Americans and fought against slave traders?

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I’ve often heard that Germany gradually became a military dictatorship of Ludendorff and Hindenburg by the end of WWI. If true, why and how?

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Why did Sweden just let Norway become independent in the early 20th century?

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Russia ended up being the one to conquer Siberia. Why didn’t any Chinese dynasty ever expand north into Siberia? Was Mongolia too much of a threat?

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I’ve often heard it said that the Treaty of Versailles is actually quite fair in the context of contemporary treaties of that time: is this true? if so how did the statement that the Versailles treaty was extremely unfair start,

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I’ve often heard it said that Spain declined because of its extremely expensive wars in Europe and a devaluation of its currency. What caused the decline of Portugal? Was it similar?

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Benjamin Franklin lived from 1706-1790. How much would his home state of Pennsylvania and especially Philadelphia have changed from his birth to his death?

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What caused the decline of the Tercio as a modern fighting unit?

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Did the massive Napoleonic Wars in Europe impact China, Japan and India in any meaningful way?	74
If the Russian royal family was killed in 1918, what did the White Russian side of the Russian civil war fight for for the next half decade?	37
Is it true that during the 1700s in Brazil, there were groups of Portuguese warrior priests who protected native Americans and fought against slave traders?	37
I’ve often heard that Germany gradually became a military dictatorship of Ludendorff and Hindenburg by the end of WWI. If true, why and how?	31
Why did Sweden just let Norway become independent in the early 20th century?	29
Russia ended up being the one to conquer Siberia. Why didn’t any Chinese dynasty ever expand north into Siberia? Was Mongolia too much of a threat?	29
I’ve often heard it said that the Treaty of Versailles is actually quite fair in the context of contemporary treaties of that time: is this true? if so how did the statement that the Versailles treaty was extremely unfair start,	27
I’ve often heard it said that Spain declined because of its extremely expensive wars in Europe and a devaluation of its currency. What caused the decline of Portugal? Was it similar?	23
Benjamin Franklin lived from 1706-1790. How much would his home state of Pennsylvania and especially Philadelphia have changed from his birth to his death?	22
What caused the decline of the Tercio as a modern fighting unit?	15