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What were the Germans attitudes and views towards the Aryan Race during World War II & Postwar Germany?	11
What were the reasons for the formation & dissolution of Imperial Japan? & Why was torture & sexual abuse deemed "necessary" during this time? NSFW	10
"By the 1720s access to firearms had allowed the rulers of Dahomey ("Benin") to create an autocratic regime" How true is this statement? What effect did the firearms have on the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, the deterioration of the Oyo empire and the consolidation of slavery in the Caribbean?	10
How was Sexuality & Gender perceived in Germany between 1920 - 1989? How did these perceptions change after world war two?	10
What are the origins & history of Al-Qaeda? Why was it formed?	9
How much of "1914 Christmas Truce" is historical fact? Were there "Christmas truces" in the years 1915 - 1917?	6
What were the reasons for the divide in the korean peninsula? & Did Japan influence modern-day North-Korean Ideology?	6
The reigns of Russian Tsars Nicholas I, Alexander II, Alexander III & Nicholas II (1825 - 1917) saw numerous attempts by revolutionaries to overthrow government Why did it over 90 years for such a group to take hold? Why wasn't anyone strong enough to do it sooner than the Bolsheviks?	5
In the 1996 spoof comedy film "Don't be a menace to South Central", there's a scene where people are playing a video game where the aim is to beat up Rodney King. How was this perceived by the public just 4-5 years after the beating, verdict and riots?	5
What was the state of American Civil War historiography like prior to 1990? How did Ken Burns change the way Americans viewed not only the ACW but it's causal/consequential events?	5

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