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Jews and Armenian traders were pretty widespread, but I recall reading that a colony of Banyan merchants from India could be found in Russia in the 18th century. How widespread were they in the trading world? And what happened to those in the Russian Empire?	2
After the 1st Boer War, was opposition to removing scarlet red as the primary color for the British army's uniform only opposed by those who saw tradition and 'honor' in keeping it scarlet?	2
What was the effect of the end of the slave trade to those who captured slaves to sell? How did their trade change, how did their societies react?	2
I've always thought the Soviets and Nazi Germany viewed each other as future antagonists while the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was active. However, when Molotov talked about the Soviet Union becoming an active Axis member, what was the angle there? A ruse, or trying to take advantage of the "New Order"?	2
The Vietnam War and the American Revolutionary War have been compared many times - so my question is what kind of reckoning did the British people have when they lost the war? Did the American War of Independence reshape how Britain viewed itself and its relation to the world and her colonies?	2
Why did the Iran-Iraq war devolve into a stalemate? Were both nation's military just too similar or both nations equally matched where neither could win?	2
Read about the recent death of the creator of the Pinyin system and was curious - how long did it take for non-Chinese academics to use Pinyin more than Wade-Giles? Is Wade-Giles used much at all today?	2
Freedom Betrayed - is Herbert Hoover's history of WWII, published 50 years after his death, offer any valuable insights in the 10 years since it's been published? Or has much of the content been covered by other historians or others? Does it have value beyond understanding Hoover's viewpoint?	2
The resurgence of the Pequots in the 1970s led it to being one of the wealthiest tribes in America - however, two books about their rise depict it on the one hand as "skillful manipulation" to gain their casino empire, while the other talks more about "lawyers and exploitation." What is the story?	2
Metternich saw the Croat 'Illyrian Movement' as a useful counterweight to Hungarian pressure and encouraged it. How well did this end up working out for the Hapsburg Empire's stability?	2

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