/u/Venne1139's posts in /r/askhistorians
During the 1795 French Directory election monarchists won a majority of open seats. How did this happen only 3 years after declaring a republic?
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Apparently Kaiser Wilhelm sent Tsar Nicholas the II a super racist painting depicting Tsar Nicholas defeating the Japanese? What painting is this? Does anyone know anything about this, I can't find anything online.
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How many languages did Charles V speak? How many languages was it common for a monarch of the time period to speak?
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Did the Romans have access to more or less knowledge of the Ancient world than we do? They obviously didn't have archaeology or anything like that. Did they even care?
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I'm looking for as many sources as possible on the insurrectionary Paris commune of 1792. The leaders were the ones who led the August 10th incident but I can't find anything about these people.
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How would Exodus verses 8-10 be interpreted by contemporary Jewish people? It seems to quite explicitly state that there is a power other than God able to perform magic but that seems contrary to Judaism being monotheistic. How did this 'magic' play a role in Judaism?
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