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How did Mao Zedong have enough influence to be able to cause the Cultural Revolution, after the utter failure of the Great Leap Forward?

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Can someone explain the "storm of war feeling" amongst pre-WWII intellectuals?

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A common line of thinking is that Slavery in Southern USA was unprofitable and that slavery would eventually get phased out. How true or untrue is this view? Where did it originate from?

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[WP] Two of the greatest heroes meet each other for the first time. While there meeting is serious, they are both secretly fanboying/fangirling for each other.

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Al-Khwarizmi wrote: "The learned in times which have passed away, and among nations which have ceased to exist". What did the scholars at the time knew about the "nations that ceased to exist"? How far their knowledge extend?

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Many N. American natives practiced a form of permaculture and it is said that European colonisers were unable to recognise this as farming. Did Europe not have a permaculture tradition or just a tradition of planting crops together?

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Today IMF has a really bad reputation, especially within the developing world. How deserved is this reputation?

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Did the Soviet Union know about Global Warming?

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Were there attempts to reunite the Protestant and Catholic Churches? When did the separation of the Churches came to be accepted?

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I am a Roman senator in the Republic of considerable status and my eldest son is getting married. What does the ceremony and celebration look like? What kind of people attend it? What kind of music plays and what kind of food is served?

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How did Mao Zedong have enough influence to be able to cause the Cultural Revolution, after the utter failure of the Great Leap Forward?	67	AskHistorians
Can someone explain the "storm of war feeling" amongst pre-WWII intellectuals?	66	AskHistorians
A common line of thinking is that Slavery in Southern USA was unprofitable and that slavery would eventually get phased out. How true or untrue is this view? Where did it originate from?	56	AskHistorians
[WP] Two of the greatest heroes meet each other for the first time. While there meeting is serious, they are both secretly fanboying/fangirling for each other.	56	WritingPrompts
Al-Khwarizmi wrote: "The learned in times which have passed away, and among nations which have ceased to exist". What did the scholars at the time knew about the "nations that ceased to exist"? How far their knowledge extend?	56	AskHistorians
Many N. American natives practiced a form of permaculture and it is said that European colonisers were unable to recognise this as farming. Did Europe not have a permaculture tradition or just a tradition of planting crops together?	55	AskHistorians
Today IMF has a really bad reputation, especially within the developing world. How deserved is this reputation?	55	AskHistorians
Did the Soviet Union know about Global Warming?	54	AskHistorians
Were there attempts to reunite the Protestant and Catholic Churches? When did the separation of the Churches came to be accepted?	52	AskHistorians
I am a Roman senator in the Republic of considerable status and my eldest son is getting married. What does the ceremony and celebration look like? What kind of people attend it? What kind of music plays and what kind of food is served?	51	AskHistorians