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Is there an explanation for the 1561 phenomenon over Nuremberg?

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Bede mentions that in 582AD, a man named Maurice is crowned Emperor. Does this mean that contemporaries didn't see the fall of Rome as clearly as we do today?

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What was the American Government's reaction to the Labour Party, who had in many ways aligned themselves with Socialism, coming to power in 1945?

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Why did Denmark keep Iceland and Greenland when it lost Norway during the Napoleonic Wars?

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Hobsbawn asserts that the industrial revolution in Britain was spurred by a profit driven government and the creation of overhead capital- how accurate is this?

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I heard Saddam Hussein hated Kuwait. Why is this?

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What were the cultural differences that separated the Angles, Saxons and Jutes when they migrated to the isle of Great Britain?

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How do societies 'morally' recover from events such as mass starvation so bad it devolves into cannibalism?

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Are there records of Jewish settlement in Bessarabia?

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How were Aztec warriors continually motivated to fight in huge battles like the siege of Tenochtitlan? What was their incentive?

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Is there an explanation for the 1561 phenomenon over Nuremberg?	176
Bede mentions that in 582AD, a man named Maurice is crowned Emperor. Does this mean that contemporaries didn't see the fall of Rome as clearly as we do today?	56
What was the American Government's reaction to the Labour Party, who had in many ways aligned themselves with Socialism, coming to power in 1945?	55
Why did Denmark keep Iceland and Greenland when it lost Norway during the Napoleonic Wars?	38
Hobsbawn asserts that the industrial revolution in Britain was spurred by a profit driven government and the creation of overhead capital- how accurate is this?	25
I heard Saddam Hussein hated Kuwait. Why is this?	24
What were the cultural differences that separated the Angles, Saxons and Jutes when they migrated to the isle of Great Britain?	21
How do societies 'morally' recover from events such as mass starvation so bad it devolves into cannibalism?	20
Are there records of Jewish settlement in Bessarabia?	17
How were Aztec warriors continually motivated to fight in huge battles like the siege of Tenochtitlan? What was their incentive?	16