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Croatian historical accounts say that 700 Croatians held off 70,000 Ottomans at Sinj. Did this actually happen?

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Was there an anti-immigration movement in Ancient Rome during the barbarian migrations?

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In "The Three Musketeers", Dumas writes sympathetically about the rebel French Protestants. When did these sympathies develop among French intellectuals/historians?

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How/when did Asian cultures develop the norm of referring to elders as "Uncle" and "Auntie"?

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Bulgarians have a partial Turkic heritage. Were there any feelings of kinship as Ottoman Turks conquered the region?

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What have historical norms been around modern states assassinating senior military officers?

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Why was the German population of South Tyrol, Italy not expelled after World War II like other German populations across Europe?

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Latin punctuation (periods, exclamation points, question marks) are now important features of non-Latin alphabets. How did this happen?

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"John Adams" starts with a sequence showing the hanged, decaying bodies of dead Loyalists. Was violence and intimidation against Loyalists common in the American revolutionary era?

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Sanskrit bears many historical similarities to Hebrew. Was there ever an attempt to revive it as a unifying Indian language?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Croatian historical accounts say that 700 Croatians held off 70,000 Ottomans at Sinj. Did this actually happen?	14
Was there an anti-immigration movement in Ancient Rome during the barbarian migrations?	12
In "The Three Musketeers", Dumas writes sympathetically about the rebel French Protestants. When did these sympathies develop among French intellectuals/historians?	12
How/when did Asian cultures develop the norm of referring to elders as "Uncle" and "Auntie"?	9
Bulgarians have a partial Turkic heritage. Were there any feelings of kinship as Ottoman Turks conquered the region?	9
What have historical norms been around modern states assassinating senior military officers?	9
Why was the German population of South Tyrol, Italy not expelled after World War II like other German populations across Europe?	8
Latin punctuation (periods, exclamation points, question marks) are now important features of non-Latin alphabets. How did this happen?	7
"John Adams" starts with a sequence showing the hanged, decaying bodies of dead Loyalists. Was violence and intimidation against Loyalists common in the American revolutionary era?	6
Sanskrit bears many historical similarities to Hebrew. Was there ever an attempt to revive it as a unifying Indian language?	5