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If German unification in 1871 threw many of Europe's alliances and the balance of power on top of itself, why didn't the victors revert Germany back to its many smaller states post either world war?

674 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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When the Soviet Union fell, were there interviews for elderly people who happened to still be alive from the Russian Revolutions and what their thoughts were on the U.S.S.R.'s rise and fall?

229 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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In the new Netflix movie "The King" about King Henry V of England and the battle of Agincourt, would the Dauphin of France have really died the way he did?

171 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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The Turks are one branch of the Turkic people's who migrated into West Asia from the Central Asia steppe. How long did it take before the Turks started looking, acting, and sounding less "Asian" and more "Middle Eastern" in the eyes of other West Asian and European countries? [Attempt #2]

91 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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The Turks are one branch of the Turkic peoples who migrated into West Asia from the Central Asian steppe. How long did it take before the Turks started looking, acting, and sounding less "Asian" and more "Middle Eastern" in the eyes of other West Asian and European nations?

77 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why didn't the Roman era make a wide use of long swords or other weapons with a longer blade but in the "Dark Ages" of Europe's loss of Roman knowledge this became standard?

66 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why does it seem like (in western culture at least) that we define the far eastern empires far more often by their dynasties than western empires?

53 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Did the Mongols, Kipchaks, Magyars, Scythians, Huns, etc. ever explore North Asia (i.e. modern Asian Russia)?

43 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How did Carthage raise an army? If they near-solely used mercenaries, did they ever raise actual forces of their own?

42 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How did Scandinavia end up with throat singing? Something that was mainly only found in Central Asia, Tibet, and where modern Mongolia is.

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If German unification in 1871 threw many of Europe's alliances and the balance of power on top of itself, why didn't the victors revert Germany back to its many smaller states post either world war?	674	AskHistorians
When the Soviet Union fell, were there interviews for elderly people who happened to still be alive from the Russian Revolutions and what their thoughts were on the U.S.S.R.'s rise and fall?	229	AskHistorians
In the new Netflix movie "The King" about King Henry V of England and the battle of Agincourt, would the Dauphin of France have really died the way he did?	171	AskHistorians
The Turks are one branch of the Turkic people's who migrated into West Asia from the Central Asia steppe. How long did it take before the Turks started looking, acting, and sounding less "Asian" and more "Middle Eastern" in the eyes of other West Asian and European countries? [Attempt #2]	91	AskHistorians
The Turks are one branch of the Turkic peoples who migrated into West Asia from the Central Asian steppe. How long did it take before the Turks started looking, acting, and sounding less "Asian" and more "Middle Eastern" in the eyes of other West Asian and European nations?	77	AskHistorians
Why didn't the Roman era make a wide use of long swords or other weapons with a longer blade but in the "Dark Ages" of Europe's loss of Roman knowledge this became standard?	66	AskHistorians
Why does it seem like (in western culture at least) that we define the far eastern empires far more often by their dynasties than western empires?	53	AskHistorians
Did the Mongols, Kipchaks, Magyars, Scythians, Huns, etc. ever explore North Asia (i.e. modern Asian Russia)?	43	AskHistorians
How did Carthage raise an army? If they near-solely used mercenaries, did they ever raise actual forces of their own?	42	AskHistorians
How did Scandinavia end up with throat singing? Something that was mainly only found in Central Asia, Tibet, and where modern Mongolia is.	31	AskHistorians