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During the Indian rebellion of 1857, 54 out of 74 regiments of the Bengal army mutinied and joined the uprising against British rule. What led the other 20 to side with the British instead?	41
AskHistorians Minisode - Persian Depictions of Alexander the Great with Trevor_Culley	40
AskHistorians Podcast Minisode - Dimensions of the Second Sino-Japanese War with /u/Lubyak	40
How were African American veterans treated after the First World War?	40
Japan's military contribution to the First World War seems to have been limited to mainly naval action in the Pacific in 1914 and in the Mediterranean in 1917-18. Was the deployment of Japanese ground forces in Europe or the Middle East ever considered? If so, why did it not take place?	39
The celebrated French author Alexandre Dumas was one-quarter Black through his father, the general Thomas-Alexandre. Did he ever face any discrimination due to his background, and did it affect his writing? Is there a strand of progressive advocacy in Dumas' works?	39
In 1977, Patricia Crone and Michael Cook wrote Hagarism, proposing that Islam began as a branch of messianic Judaism before becoming its own religion. While much has been walked back over the years, how much still holds true? And what value does Hagarism still hold for historians of religion today?	38
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 182: The Beginnings of Academic Military History with /u/Iphikrates	38
Did the Ottomans try to support the independence of the Muslim states in Iberia? If so, how far, and if not, why not?	38
In 1969, the The Shaggs, a group of sisters forced into music by their father, released 'Philosophy of the World', one of the worst albums of all time. Presumably they were not the only bad amateur band to release a record, but why has their work in particular become a cult classic?	37

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