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How did the Gothic tribes go from being refugees abused by the Roman Empire, to being a military power that could defeat Rome and conquer territory?
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In 1836, Edgar Allan Poe married his 13 year old first cousin. What did American society think of such a thing at the time?
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Is it true that warfare in East Asia was far more marked by mass-slaughter and genocide than European warfare?
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How did a society as ancient and advanced as Imperial China fall so badly behind in weapon development that Britain crushed them in the Opium Wars?
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The execution of King Charles I: Due to the divine right of kings, were there real concerns about some sort of divine punishment for his killing?
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Medieval Europe: In terms of strategy, logistic and politics, what did the process of conquering territory look like? What did it take for a nobleman to be able to claim full control of a new territory, and its resources? And how did this effect the common people living there?
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