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When in Europe did castles go from being defensive structures to being purely decorative fancies?

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Why did later US battleships (such as the Iowa class) still have wooden planking on the top decks?

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Can any of you recommend (for or against) a biography of Mussolini?

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What do we know about the deliberations and negotiations around splitting the Roman Empire into East and West?

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Looking for reading suggestions: European Bronze Age

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Marie Antoinette wasn't crowned alongside Louis XVI. Although they were married, did that means she wasn't queen?

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"In the early 1960s, Krushchev promised the advent of communism by 1980" - what did the USSR purport to be at that time, if not communist?

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Was there an ideological link/evolution between the British Abolition movement and the Imperial "White Man's Burden" in the 19th century?

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Were the doctrinal squabbles of early Christians characteristic of other religions, or was it unique in this respect?

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Germany claims to have already paid WWII reparations to Greece through prior treaties and agreements - what were these?

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When in Europe did castles go from being defensive structures to being purely decorative fancies?	5
Why did later US battleships (such as the Iowa class) still have wooden planking on the top decks?	5
Can any of you recommend (for or against) a biography of Mussolini?	4
What do we know about the deliberations and negotiations around splitting the Roman Empire into East and West?	4
Looking for reading suggestions: European Bronze Age	3
Marie Antoinette wasn't crowned alongside Louis XVI. Although they were married, did that means she wasn't queen?	3
"In the early 1960s, Krushchev promised the advent of communism by 1980" - what did the USSR purport to be at that time, if not communist?	3
Was there an ideological link/evolution between the British Abolition movement and the Imperial "White Man's Burden" in the 19th century?	3
Were the doctrinal squabbles of early Christians characteristic of other religions, or was it unique in this respect?	3
Germany claims to have already paid WWII reparations to Greece through prior treaties and agreements - what were these?	3