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Why do large scale migrations of steppe nomads always seem to go from East to West?

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How did the end of the Atlantic slave trade affect the economies of West Africa?

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Why did Americo-Liberians adopt many of the features of Antebellum American culture, including plantations, slave labor, and bigotry, even though they themselves were former slaves in the American South?

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In 1941 the German public successfully pressured Hitler to end Aktion T4, the mass killing of disabled people. Why didn't the protestors do something similar for the other victims?

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It's often said that when European traders arrived in China, they had nothing the Chinese wanted, except gold and silver. But China had been trading with South East Asia for centuries, which were now under European control. Why didn't they simply take the exotic goods from SEA to China for trade?

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Why was the Delhi Sultanate so successful at conquering much of the Indian subcontinent?

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Why did King Leopold turn down the throne of Greece but accept the throne of Belgium?

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The barbarian migrations are sometimes described almost like a domino, with one group displacing another who then displace another group. What was the first group or event in this chain?

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Were Australian and New Zealand soldiers in WW1 really as valorous, good humored, and disciplined as the Anzac spirit concept embodies? Or was this an attempt to spin their failure in the Gallipoli campaign, like the myth of the Alamo and the Battle of Thermopylae?

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How bad was the terrorism situation in Xinjiang in the 1990s?

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Why do large scale migrations of steppe nomads always seem to go from East to West?	1
How did the end of the Atlantic slave trade affect the economies of West Africa?	1
Why did Americo-Liberians adopt many of the features of Antebellum American culture, including plantations, slave labor, and bigotry, even though they themselves were former slaves in the American South?	1
In 1941 the German public successfully pressured Hitler to end Aktion T4, the mass killing of disabled people. Why didn't the protestors do something similar for the other victims?	1
It's often said that when European traders arrived in China, they had nothing the Chinese wanted, except gold and silver. But China had been trading with South East Asia for centuries, which were now under European control. Why didn't they simply take the exotic goods from SEA to China for trade?	1
Why was the Delhi Sultanate so successful at conquering much of the Indian subcontinent?	1
Why did King Leopold turn down the throne of Greece but accept the throne of Belgium?	1
The barbarian migrations are sometimes described almost like a domino, with one group displacing another who then displace another group. What was the first group or event in this chain?	1
Were Australian and New Zealand soldiers in WW1 really as valorous, good humored, and disciplined as the Anzac spirit concept embodies? Or was this an attempt to spin their failure in the Gallipoli campaign, like the myth of the Alamo and the Battle of Thermopylae?	1
How bad was the terrorism situation in Xinjiang in the 1990s?	1