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In 1868, the Emperor Meiji's 'Kami and Buddhas Separation Edict' mandated a firm division between Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples, which had previously overlapped. What lay behind this decision? How, and how effectively, was it enforced? And how did it ultimately impact religion in Japan?
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How representative are Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and similar poets of the actual WWI soldier's attitudes?
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Bearing in mind the 2000 cutoff date, how have Chick Tracts been received in the US? Have they always been viewed as insane, fringe items, or were they successful in appealing to whatever audience they were intended for (indeed, what was that audience)?
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AskHistorians Podcast Episode 205 - Götz von Berlichingen and Robber Knights of the Holy Roman Empire with /u/PartyMoses
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In 1920, British author John Hargrave founded a camping and hiking group called the Kindred of the Kibbo Kift, which by 1932 had morphed into the Green Shirt Movement and then in 1935 into the Social Credit Party. How did a group of vaguely neo-pagan outdoorspeople end up going political?
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What were relations like between immigrant African-Americans in Liberia and indigenous peoples within claimed Liberian territory? And what were Liberian relations like with other African polities in its vicinity?
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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?
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