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What was life like in industrial "company towns"?

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After the French exit from Vietnam, the Hmong had conflicts with both North and South, but are most famous as CIA backed guerrilla fighters. Is this perception accurate, and if so, what were their motivations for picking a side?

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Had the La Tene and Hallstatt swords deposited in rivers, bogs etc seen use, or were they entirely ceremonial?

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How and when did competitive elections and political campaigning develop for the English House of Commons?

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What drove the creation of "promenades" in European cities?

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How did the Baltic change from a Scandinavian to a German lake?

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I've read that many Early Modern military strategists tried to replicate Roman military tactics. Did anything come of this? Did Roman texts impact the "Military Revolution"?

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How did the wealth of different groups of upper class (both between different countries and between different ways of getting wealth) compare in the late nineteenth century?

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Was there an "national" component to the rebellions and social protest of Medieval England?

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In "Lost Enlightenment", the Arab conquest of Khorasan and Transoxiana under Qutayba is characterized as brutal and accompanied by massive intentional cultural destruction (eg, book burnings). Is this accurate?

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What was life like in industrial "company towns"?	4
After the French exit from Vietnam, the Hmong had conflicts with both North and South, but are most famous as CIA backed guerrilla fighters. Is this perception accurate, and if so, what were their motivations for picking a side?	3
Had the La Tene and Hallstatt swords deposited in rivers, bogs etc seen use, or were they entirely ceremonial?	3
How and when did competitive elections and political campaigning develop for the English House of Commons?	3
What drove the creation of "promenades" in European cities?	3
How did the Baltic change from a Scandinavian to a German lake?	3
I've read that many Early Modern military strategists tried to replicate Roman military tactics. Did anything come of this? Did Roman texts impact the "Military Revolution"?	3
How did the wealth of different groups of upper class (both between different countries and between different ways of getting wealth) compare in the late nineteenth century?	3
Was there an "national" component to the rebellions and social protest of Medieval England?	3
In "Lost Enlightenment", the Arab conquest of Khorasan and Transoxiana under Qutayba is characterized as brutal and accompanied by massive intentional cultural destruction (eg, book burnings). Is this accurate?	3