/u/MarioTheMojoMan's posts in /r/askhistorians
When discussing Arabs in the Ottoman Empire in WWI, people usually talk about the Arab Revolt. But what of the Arabs serving in the Ottoman forces, and other loyalists? What's their story?
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London is quite a hike from Scotland. When Scotland and England were united into a single kingdom in 1707, was there ever a proposal to move the capital to give Scottish MPs a less onerous distance to travel?
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Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are part of the same island chain and share a common majority ethnic group (the Chamorro people) and cultural history. Why are they governed as two separate territories?
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In American culture and popular consciousness, the 1773 Boston Tea Party has been immortalized, but the similar Gaspee Affair from the year prior is relatively obscure. What led to this difference in remembrance between the two events?
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During the American Revolutionary War, did Loyalist men generally join the regular forces, or did they form their own militias and independent units?
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Rome was mostly quite tolerant of the religions of conquered lands and peoples. But they destroyed the Celtic druids utterly. What made them break precedent in this case?
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New Mexico stayed a territory for 62 years before finally attaining statehood in 1912. Why did it take so long?
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I'm a merchant captain in the Caribbean in the 1730s and my ship has been attacked and plundered by pirates! What options do I have for recourse?
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