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Why did the Nazis ban fencing clubs?

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How did people inside and outside of England come to accept Anglicanism as a legitimate religion rather than an obvious political play?

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Is the French suppression of Occitan language an example of cultural genocide?

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In the Princess and the Pea, why is being able to feel a pea through 20 mattresses a sign of royalty? Was this a common image of princesses in the author's time and place?

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What was the relationship between Carthage and Egypt like?

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As industrialization picked up, why didn't factory owners use slaves to staff them?

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Why did mixed race European-Native American people develop into a distinct identity in Canada (metis) but not in the US?

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Other than the Lakota's Traditional Ecological Knowledge, is there any evidence that North American horses survived the last ice age and well into the Modern Era, as opposed to the traditional Western narrative that horses were re-introduced by Europeans?

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When did giant pandas become an iconic creature of Chinese culture? They don't seem to be featured very much in pre-modern Chinese art.

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The Hapsburgs forged the documents that gave them their special Archduchy title and privileges. The documents were known to be forgeries at the time, and even included texts from Caesar and Nero. Why weren't they laughed out of court?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did the Nazis ban fencing clubs?	143	AskHistorians
How did people inside and outside of England come to accept Anglicanism as a legitimate religion rather than an obvious political play?	143	AskHistorians
Is the French suppression of Occitan language an example of cultural genocide?	141	AskHistorians
In the Princess and the Pea, why is being able to feel a pea through 20 mattresses a sign of royalty? Was this a common image of princesses in the author's time and place?	130	AskHistorians
What was the relationship between Carthage and Egypt like?	129	AskHistorians
As industrialization picked up, why didn't factory owners use slaves to staff them?	119	AskHistorians
Why did mixed race European-Native American people develop into a distinct identity in Canada (metis) but not in the US?	115	AskHistorians
Other than the Lakota's Traditional Ecological Knowledge, is there any evidence that North American horses survived the last ice age and well into the Modern Era, as opposed to the traditional Western narrative that horses were re-introduced by Europeans?	108	AskHistorians
When did giant pandas become an iconic creature of Chinese culture? They don't seem to be featured very much in pre-modern Chinese art.	106	AskHistorians
The Hapsburgs forged the documents that gave them their special Archduchy title and privileges. The documents were known to be forgeries at the time, and even included texts from Caesar and Nero. Why weren't they laughed out of court?	100	AskHistorians