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Why were short educational projected films popular in schools in the 1950s?

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Why did Dowager Cixi choose Puyi to succeed her?

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Though women were marginalized in patriarchal Western society, women were depicted as patriotic and nationalistic symbols. Why was this?

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How did the Catholic Church respond to the revival of Pagan subject material in Renaissance artwork?

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Why did the English invite a Dutch monarch after the Glorious Revolution when England and the Netherlands were competing naval powers, especially after the capture of New Amsterdam?

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Why was Christianity so successful at replacing the pagan religions?

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How did the Spanish Flu in 1918/1919 affect the development of Germ Theory?

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Did the Tunguska asteroid event in 1908 have any effect on the Russian Revolution? Did they think there was a supernatural component?

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When the Olympic Games were brought back in 1896, were they seen as a novelty or taken seriously?

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Have any historians written on contemporary issues to be read by future historians? Like a literary time capsule?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why were short educational projected films popular in schools in the 1950s?	11
Why did Dowager Cixi choose Puyi to succeed her?	11
Though women were marginalized in patriarchal Western society, women were depicted as patriotic and nationalistic symbols. Why was this?	11
How did the Catholic Church respond to the revival of Pagan subject material in Renaissance artwork?	10
Why did the English invite a Dutch monarch after the Glorious Revolution when England and the Netherlands were competing naval powers, especially after the capture of New Amsterdam?	10
Why was Christianity so successful at replacing the pagan religions?	9
How did the Spanish Flu in 1918/1919 affect the development of Germ Theory?	9
Did the Tunguska asteroid event in 1908 have any effect on the Russian Revolution? Did they think there was a supernatural component?	9
When the Olympic Games were brought back in 1896, were they seen as a novelty or taken seriously?	9
Have any historians written on contemporary issues to be read by future historians? Like a literary time capsule?	9