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Why did this local man flee to Egypt after Sultan Selim have him a pension? Why did he fear punishment?

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During the Napoleonic Wars infantry are popularly depicted as fighting in tight straight lines in open fields. But some of the bloodiest fights were over strategically located farmhouses and manors. How did armies prepare and execute such close combat actions?

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Why do French historians claim Waterloo was a "moral victory" for Napoleon and France ?

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Psychiatrist Henry Cotton believed that operating and removing teeth & organs could fix mental illness in an era without post-operative antibiotics. His hospital had a 30-45% mortality rate. Wtf was going on with early 20th century psychiatry? How was this justified as late as the early 1900s?

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What can you tell me about Matsunaga Hisahide who committed suicide and refused to give Oda Nobuanga his tea pot?

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How reliable is Beevor's Second World War (or historians in general) when it comes to the Eastern Front ?

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How did France, less than 20 years after their Nazi-occupation ended, justify their brutality during the Battle of Algiers and colonial occupation of Algeria?

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What happened to the Roman POWs captured at Teutoburg?

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Why did the pro-Roman tribal leader Segestes betray his nephew and son in law Arminius ?

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How old is/was (?) the Notre-Dame really?

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Why did this local man flee to Egypt after Sultan Selim have him a pension? Why did he fear punishment?	1
During the Napoleonic Wars infantry are popularly depicted as fighting in tight straight lines in open fields. But some of the bloodiest fights were over strategically located farmhouses and manors. How did armies prepare and execute such close combat actions?	1
Why do French historians claim Waterloo was a "moral victory" for Napoleon and France ?	1
Psychiatrist Henry Cotton believed that operating and removing teeth & organs could fix mental illness in an era without post-operative antibiotics. His hospital had a 30-45% mortality rate. Wtf was going on with early 20th century psychiatry? How was this justified as late as the early 1900s?	1
What can you tell me about Matsunaga Hisahide who committed suicide and refused to give Oda Nobuanga his tea pot?	1
How reliable is Beevor's Second World War (or historians in general) when it comes to the Eastern Front ?	1
How did France, less than 20 years after their Nazi-occupation ended, justify their brutality during the Battle of Algiers and colonial occupation of Algeria?	1
What happened to the Roman POWs captured at Teutoburg?	1
Why did the pro-Roman tribal leader Segestes betray his nephew and son in law Arminius ?	1
How old is/was (?) the Notre-Dame really?	0