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Did Denmark make any serious attempts to reacquire the Orkneys and Shetlands after pawning them to Scotland?

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Were the Phoenicians a distinct civilization or Semitic people compared to their neighbors?

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What is the relationship between the early Danes and the Angles, Saxons and Jutes who inhabited Jutland?

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Why did the Soviets rename Konigsberg after Mikhail Kalinin of all people?

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In pre-Columbian times, did the people on either side of the Bering Strait have any contact with each other?

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What was Harry Truman's opinion of the Vietnam War?

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Why did Alexander the Great manage to conquer most of the Persian Empire so swiftly?

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In "Aguirre, the Wrath of God," the conquistadors have an African slave whose purpose is to frighten the Indians. Was this ever attempted historically? Did it work?

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Did the Barbary corsairs ever reach or approach the Americas?

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West Germany had guest worker agreements with a variety of Mediterranean countries. Why was it only Turks who stayed in such large numbers?

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Did Denmark make any serious attempts to reacquire the Orkneys and Shetlands after pawning them to Scotland?	343	AskHistorians
Were the Phoenicians a distinct civilization or Semitic people compared to their neighbors?	233	AskHistorians
What is the relationship between the early Danes and the Angles, Saxons and Jutes who inhabited Jutland?	70	AskHistorians
Why did the Soviets rename Konigsberg after Mikhail Kalinin of all people?	31	AskHistorians
In pre-Columbian times, did the people on either side of the Bering Strait have any contact with each other?	29	AskHistorians
What was Harry Truman's opinion of the Vietnam War?	21	AskHistorians
Why did Alexander the Great manage to conquer most of the Persian Empire so swiftly?	20	AskHistorians
In "Aguirre, the Wrath of God," the conquistadors have an African slave whose purpose is to frighten the Indians. Was this ever attempted historically? Did it work?	10	AskHistorians
Did the Barbary corsairs ever reach or approach the Americas?	6	AskHistorians
West Germany had guest worker agreements with a variety of Mediterranean countries. Why was it only Turks who stayed in such large numbers?	6	AskHistorians