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Twenty years after he left office, what is the assessment of John Major as a Prime Minister?

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Did Nazi Germany pursue a Finnish dog owner for "insulting the Führer", for training his dog to do the Hitler salute?

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Charlemagne was crowned Roman Emperor in AD 800; the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved in 1806. Was it acknowledged that the Holy Roman Empire had existed in some form or another for over a thousand years?

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Can the Russian Empire's expansion into Siberia and Central Asia be considered equivalent to the European colonisation of Africa and the Americas?

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The Dark Lord in his Dark Tower ruling his Dark Land are the standard tropes for the villain of a Medieval European Fantasy, but did real Medieval Europeans ever conceptualise their enemies in such terms?

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The idea that Napoleon could threaten the British in India if he successfully took Egypt seems ridiculous to me. Did he really believe he could march overland, all the way through Persia, like Alexander if he’d conquered Egypt?

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Much of northern France was occupied by Germany from 1914-18. How did soldiers in the French Army recruited from these regions react to their homes being stuck behind enemy lines for four years?

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Did Star Trek have a following in the Soviet Union?

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When I imagine something, I recognise that it's happening "inside my head". Did ancient civilisations that didn't understand the nature of the brain record different sensations?

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Tacitus famously has Boudica and Calgacus making speeches denouncing Roman imperialism in his histories. But would the Romans have recognised these as critiques of their conduct?

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Twenty years after he left office, what is the assessment of John Major as a Prime Minister?	61
Did Nazi Germany pursue a Finnish dog owner for "insulting the Führer", for training his dog to do the Hitler salute?	54
Charlemagne was crowned Roman Emperor in AD 800; the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved in 1806. Was it acknowledged that the Holy Roman Empire had existed in some form or another for over a thousand years?	53
Can the Russian Empire's expansion into Siberia and Central Asia be considered equivalent to the European colonisation of Africa and the Americas?	53
The Dark Lord in his Dark Tower ruling his Dark Land are the standard tropes for the villain of a Medieval European Fantasy, but did real Medieval Europeans ever conceptualise their enemies in such terms?	50
The idea that Napoleon could threaten the British in India if he successfully took Egypt seems ridiculous to me. Did he really believe he could march overland, all the way through Persia, like Alexander if he’d conquered Egypt?	43
Much of northern France was occupied by Germany from 1914-18. How did soldiers in the French Army recruited from these regions react to their homes being stuck behind enemy lines for four years?	39
Did Star Trek have a following in the Soviet Union?	38
When I imagine something, I recognise that it's happening "inside my head". Did ancient civilisations that didn't understand the nature of the brain record different sensations?	36
Tacitus famously has Boudica and Calgacus making speeches denouncing Roman imperialism in his histories. But would the Romans have recognised these as critiques of their conduct?	32