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I read that around 1943, the Americans were eager to invade France, while the British were reluctant. Why were the Americans so eager?

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My understanding is that when the Greeks adopted the Phoenician alphabet, they had to reassign certain letters (that weren’t used in Greek) to represent their vowels. Is there any information how they chose which letter would go with which vowel?

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What are alternatives to the theory that the first people in North America came across the Bering Strait?

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Where was power located in England from the Anglo-Saxon invasion up through the Middle Ages? Or said another way, where was the "capital"?

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Wikipedia is very light on the change in name of East Francia to the Kingdom of Germany. Was this change at all controversial?

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Was the Proto-Sinaitic alphabet the first use of the acrophonic principle (turning a logographic symbol into a phonographc symbol that codes for the first sound in its word)? If so, where did that insight come from?

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What did average small talk in the European Middle Ages consist of?

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I am looking to read an overview of WW2 in Europe. Is "No Simple Victory" by Norman Davies a good choice?

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I read there was a time in the evolution of Hindu-Arabic numerals where only 1-9 existed (ie before 0). How did they write values above nine at that point?

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Are there any historical traditions of certain language sounds holding powers?

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I read that around 1943, the Americans were eager to invade France, while the British were reluctant. Why were the Americans so eager?	2
My understanding is that when the Greeks adopted the Phoenician alphabet, they had to reassign certain letters (that weren’t used in Greek) to represent their vowels. Is there any information how they chose which letter would go with which vowel?	2
What are alternatives to the theory that the first people in North America came across the Bering Strait?	2
Where was power located in England from the Anglo-Saxon invasion up through the Middle Ages? Or said another way, where was the "capital"?	2
Wikipedia is very light on the change in name of East Francia to the Kingdom of Germany. Was this change at all controversial?	1
Was the Proto-Sinaitic alphabet the first use of the acrophonic principle (turning a logographic symbol into a phonographc symbol that codes for the first sound in its word)? If so, where did that insight come from?	1
What did average small talk in the European Middle Ages consist of?	1
I am looking to read an overview of WW2 in Europe. Is "No Simple Victory" by Norman Davies a good choice?	1
I read there was a time in the evolution of Hindu-Arabic numerals where only 1-9 existed (ie before 0). How did they write values above nine at that point?	1
Are there any historical traditions of certain language sounds holding powers?	1