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How did the béret hat, striped shirt, pantomime, and accordion music become such popular cliché of "France"?

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In 1590 a Spanish army led by the Duke of Parma marched from Flanders to Paris to lift the Huguenot siege of Paris. How were they received by the people of Paris?

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The Roman Empire was said to have pacified its frontiers by co-opting "barbarian tribes" through alliances. How were the agreements for these alliances drawn up?

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In the early modern era, how did a soldier end up a pikeman, or swordman, or halberdier, or arquebusier, or artilleryman?

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In Adriaen Hanneman's 1654 painting, why is a 4-year old Prince William III Orange dressed like a girl?

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Has Paris always been the most important city of Western Francia as it eventually became modern France?

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How did the House of Guise become so powerful in the French Wars of Religion? What happened to them afterwards?

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At the end of the Jacobite Uprising, Lord George Murray's army was destroyed at Culoden and Lord George blamed his Prince Charles for mismanagement. To what extent was Lord George's assertion correct?

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"... a remarkable incident in 1636, three Portuguese cannon, hauled up on to the Great Wall of China, put the Manchurian army to flight, thus procuring an extra ten years or so of life for Ming rule in China": what battle does this refer to?

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How profitable was "Air America"?

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How did the béret hat, striped shirt, pantomime, and accordion music become such popular cliché of "France"?	654	AskHistorians
In 1590 a Spanish army led by the Duke of Parma marched from Flanders to Paris to lift the Huguenot siege of Paris. How were they received by the people of Paris?	281	AskHistorians
The Roman Empire was said to have pacified its frontiers by co-opting "barbarian tribes" through alliances. How were the agreements for these alliances drawn up?	197	AskHistorians
In the early modern era, how did a soldier end up a pikeman, or swordman, or halberdier, or arquebusier, or artilleryman?	130	AskHistorians
In Adriaen Hanneman's 1654 painting, why is a 4-year old Prince William III Orange dressed like a girl?	123	AskHistorians
Has Paris always been the most important city of Western Francia as it eventually became modern France?	97	AskHistorians
How did the House of Guise become so powerful in the French Wars of Religion? What happened to them afterwards?	68	AskHistorians
At the end of the Jacobite Uprising, Lord George Murray's army was destroyed at Culoden and Lord George blamed his Prince Charles for mismanagement. To what extent was Lord George's assertion correct?	60	AskHistorians
"... a remarkable incident in 1636, three Portuguese cannon, hauled up on to the Great Wall of China, put the Manchurian army to flight, thus procuring an extra ten years or so of life for Ming rule in China": what battle does this refer to?	58	AskHistorians
How profitable was "Air America"?	49	AskHistorians