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How severe was the whiplash when black combat volunteers in the Spanish Civil War and later U.S soldiers in WW2 when they were as praised and highly regarded for their service as others, to the point where military segregation when stationed in allied countries were resisted by white locals?

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In what way was Reconstruction poised to be a “second founding” of the United States as claimed by Eric Foner? Would such a feat be feasible with extended time?

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What were the differences between burhs and towns in Anglo-Saxon England?

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How did the Mali Empire expand?

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What was the Anglo-Saxon hierarchy like? How did the nobility function and what were similarities and differences with the nobles of continental Western Europe?

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What was the nature of hides and land tenure in Anglo-Saxon England?

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Is freeafricanamericans.com an accurate site on African-Americans in the pre-Civil War Era?

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How common was it for African-American communities segregated from public life to still eke out enough prosperity to flourish similar to the ostensibly self-sufficient Greenwood, Tulsa, Potters Crossing, Edison, or Seneca Village, New York and more widely known Harlem, New York from 1865 to 1968?

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Why do we know so much about the names and history of Greek, Sumerian, and Italian city-states in comparison to other networks of city-states?

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Excluding the Islamic world, what societies had developed their own mathematical and banking systems before or concurrent to the development of modern banking in the city-states of northern Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy?

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How severe was the whiplash when black combat volunteers in the Spanish Civil War and later U.S soldiers in WW2 when they were as praised and highly regarded for their service as others, to the point where military segregation when stationed in allied countries were resisted by white locals?	138
In what way was Reconstruction poised to be a “second founding” of the United States as claimed by Eric Foner? Would such a feat be feasible with extended time?	9
What were the differences between burhs and towns in Anglo-Saxon England?	5
How did the Mali Empire expand?	5
What was the Anglo-Saxon hierarchy like? How did the nobility function and what were similarities and differences with the nobles of continental Western Europe?	4
What was the nature of hides and land tenure in Anglo-Saxon England?	3
Is freeafricanamericans.com an accurate site on African-Americans in the pre-Civil War Era?	2
How common was it for African-American communities segregated from public life to still eke out enough prosperity to flourish similar to the ostensibly self-sufficient Greenwood, Tulsa, Potters Crossing, Edison, or Seneca Village, New York and more widely known Harlem, New York from 1865 to 1968?	1
Why do we know so much about the names and history of Greek, Sumerian, and Italian city-states in comparison to other networks of city-states?	1
Excluding the Islamic world, what societies had developed their own mathematical and banking systems before or concurrent to the development of modern banking in the city-states of northern Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy?	1