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What was the experience of Irish in Britain during the Troubles? I know of the Guilford Four, but were Irish (or Northern Irish) people discriminated widely in Britain by the population and/or the state at the time because of the attacks by the IRA?	10
What's the current historical consensus on how WWII started? How has that historiography changed over time, particularly with regard to the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and the partition of Poland?	10
With Edward Colston's statue being overthrown, I've read arguments from some defending his legacy by pointing out that the Trans-Atlantic trade was accepted by all levels of society. What was abolition (proto-?) like during 17th century England? Was Colston criticized during his lifetime?	10
For most of the 2nd millenium, a number of cathedrals were considered the world's tallest structures, starting with Old St. Paul's Cathedral in 1311 century up to the Cologne Cathedral in 1884. Were those who designed and built these know they were building something taller than the Great Pyramid?	10
Braudel mentions a group of nomads called the Shabbiyya, who controlled Kairouan for a short while in Tunisia and vied for control of more of it, before being driven out by the Turks under Dragut in 1551. He says the short-lived state is practically unknown. Have we learned more about them?	10
What was the experience of the original inhabitants of Siberia as the Russian Empire became the USSR? How did they respond to Soviet policies, the growth of the gulags, and WWII? What was the scene like in Siberia like when the Soviet Union fell?	10
In school on 19th-early 20th century China, attention is focused on events like the Opium Wars, the Boxer Rebellion, Cixi, the Open Door Policy. What was the Western reaction and response to the Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing Dynasty?	10
With the negative caricature of the "Drunk Injun" a source of mirth for white Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries, how did the Temperance Movement shape attitudes towards Native Americans and drinking? Was there anything done to work with or help the tribes, or were they exploited as victims?	9
What was the motivation of the Russian volunteers who served under the Germans or fought in the Russian Liberation Army? Was Andrey Vlasov and other officers an opportunist or did they genuinely think they could liberate Russia from Stalin?	9
Was there any way for Japan to have improved their chances during WWII against America? Or was their strategy doomed from the moment they hit Pearl Harbor?	9

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