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I often hear it said that during the Cold war the superpowers developed enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world several times over. What was the purpose in making ever more nuclear warheads in that case?

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The reformation under the Tudors seems like it was a very top down affair with little enthusiasm from the wider population, and yet only a few decades later during the civil wars aggressive, populist Protestantism and anti-Catholic sentiment was massively important, what changed?

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Isabella of France seems to have started an affair with Roger Mortimer during her conflict with her husband, Edward II of England, how risky was it for her to do so?

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Why did the USSR launch a war with the Finns in the dead of winter?

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Did either Atatürk or Józef Piłsudski have much to say about the growing fascist movements in surrounding countries?

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After World War 2 unlike Germany, Austria, Korea and elsewhere Japan was solely occupied by the United States, did the other allies, especially the USSR, attempt to create or demand a similar system of separate occupation zones?

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Why do we even call the Aztec empire the Aztec empire at all?

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Did the average person in Europe see significant economic benefits from European Imperialism through the 16th to 20th centuries, or were the benefits primarily reaped by the elites?

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During WW2, did the Germans use the equipment they captured from the Soviet Union extensively at all?

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Were the Nubian pyramids specifically influenced by the Egyptian pyramids like at Giza, or were they a more homegrown tradition?

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I often hear it said that during the Cold war the superpowers developed enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world several times over. What was the purpose in making ever more nuclear warheads in that case?	8
The reformation under the Tudors seems like it was a very top down affair with little enthusiasm from the wider population, and yet only a few decades later during the civil wars aggressive, populist Protestantism and anti-Catholic sentiment was massively important, what changed?	8
Isabella of France seems to have started an affair with Roger Mortimer during her conflict with her husband, Edward II of England, how risky was it for her to do so?	8
Why did the USSR launch a war with the Finns in the dead of winter?	8
Did either Atatürk or Józef Piłsudski have much to say about the growing fascist movements in surrounding countries?	7
After World War 2 unlike Germany, Austria, Korea and elsewhere Japan was solely occupied by the United States, did the other allies, especially the USSR, attempt to create or demand a similar system of separate occupation zones?	7
Why do we even call the Aztec empire the Aztec empire at all?	7
Did the average person in Europe see significant economic benefits from European Imperialism through the 16th to 20th centuries, or were the benefits primarily reaped by the elites?	7
During WW2, did the Germans use the equipment they captured from the Soviet Union extensively at all?	7
Were the Nubian pyramids specifically influenced by the Egyptian pyramids like at Giza, or were they a more homegrown tradition?	7