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In 1927, Chang Kai Shek massacred between 300 and 5000 people in Shanghai in order to put down a political entity known as the "Shanghai Commune." What was the nature of this commune? How was it organized politically and economically?
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Following Mao's death, why were the gang of four so easily swept aside by the more market friendly elements of the CCP? Did they attempt at all to continue the cultural revolution or preserve the "communist" character of China?
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When discussing Republican Rome, you'll hear something called the "Roman Constitution" brought up quite a bit. Was there literally an actual written constitution like modern republics tend to have, or was it mostly just a set of unwritten rules/precedences?
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The publication of the Communist Manifesto and the Russian Revolution had about 70 years in between them, hoe prevelant were Marx and Marxism within that period in Europe? When did people first start calling themselves 'Marxists' instead of just 'socialists' or 'communists?'
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How profound an effect on the course of Japanese political history did the assassination of Inejiro Asanuma in 1960 have?
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In Feudal Europe, pre-reformation, were there any rights for serfs/peasants at all? Could a lord literally just have one tortured and executed with no recourse?
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A lot of pre-colonial African history we have comes from oral history, are there any cases of archeology or other types of historical enquiry contradicting stories that have been passed down?
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Exactly how much taller than the average man was Charlemagne? Why is his height not mentioned more often in primary sources, especially in regards to how it affected his performance on the battlefield(along with intimidation factor)?
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