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How much did borders matter in Europe in the Middle Ages?

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Why did crime in the West sharply rise in the 1960s and fall in the 1990s?

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One theory to explain the nickname "the Empire State" is that while reviewing a map of New York before the Battle of New York, George Washington proclaimed New York the "Seat of an Empire" due to its natural geographical advantages. What are the natural geographical advantages of New York?

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Why did the southern part of the New Mexico territory side with the Confederacy while the northern part sided with the Union?

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In Mandarin Chinese, there are specific characters for ethnicities like Mongolians, Koreans, and Vietnamese, and the characters are used in the names of those countries. However, Japan is just referred to descriptively as the "Origin of the Sun". How come the Japanese didn't get their own character?

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I have heard media characterizations of immigration policy on the present-day US-Mexico border as both unprecedentedly lax and unprecedentedly strict. What is the history of the US-Mexico border in the 20th century, and how did policy evolve in that time?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How much did borders matter in Europe in the Middle Ages?	228
Why did crime in the West sharply rise in the 1960s and fall in the 1990s?	33
One theory to explain the nickname "the Empire State" is that while reviewing a map of New York before the Battle of New York, George Washington proclaimed New York the "Seat of an Empire" due to its natural geographical advantages. What are the natural geographical advantages of New York?	6
Why did the southern part of the New Mexico territory side with the Confederacy while the northern part sided with the Union?	5
In Mandarin Chinese, there are specific characters for ethnicities like Mongolians, Koreans, and Vietnamese, and the characters are used in the names of those countries. However, Japan is just referred to descriptively as the "Origin of the Sun". How come the Japanese didn't get their own character?	4
I have heard media characterizations of immigration policy on the present-day US-Mexico border as both unprecedentedly lax and unprecedentedly strict. What is the history of the US-Mexico border in the 20th century, and how did policy evolve in that time?	1