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Why is Thailand poor?

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Russia is, like, really big. Why haven't we seen as much regional divergence in the Russian language as we see in say, Italy or France where before the 19th century, people from one end of the country would struggle to understand people from the other end?

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I understand the Spanish American Wars of Independence as being largely a conflict between Criollos and Peninsulares, but what were the native perspectives on the matter?

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What kept Turkey out of WW2, and specifically, out of the Axis?

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At around the time of the Greco-Persian wars, how did the "Eastern Greeks" of Anatolia under Achaemenid rule differ from the "Western Greeks" of modern Greece?

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The lands between China and Europe almost universally had strong archery traditions. How did the crossbow make its way to Europe if it had to pass through places that had no need for it?

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After the surrender of France in WW2, what happened to the remaining French troops?

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Cuisine throughout the entire eastern Mediterranean region is fairly similar. Why is this?

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Much like the puritans creating American colonies to escape religious persecution, did Jewish communities also create American colonies?

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How did India and Indonesia, some of the most diverse and heterogeneous countries in the world, successfully form a national identity from all the different cultures?

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Why is Thailand poor?	6
Russia is, like, really big. Why haven't we seen as much regional divergence in the Russian language as we see in say, Italy or France where before the 19th century, people from one end of the country would struggle to understand people from the other end?	6
I understand the Spanish American Wars of Independence as being largely a conflict between Criollos and Peninsulares, but what were the native perspectives on the matter?	6
What kept Turkey out of WW2, and specifically, out of the Axis?	6
At around the time of the Greco-Persian wars, how did the "Eastern Greeks" of Anatolia under Achaemenid rule differ from the "Western Greeks" of modern Greece?	6
The lands between China and Europe almost universally had strong archery traditions. How did the crossbow make its way to Europe if it had to pass through places that had no need for it?	6
After the surrender of France in WW2, what happened to the remaining French troops?	6
Cuisine throughout the entire eastern Mediterranean region is fairly similar. Why is this?	6
Much like the puritans creating American colonies to escape religious persecution, did Jewish communities also create American colonies?	6
How did India and Indonesia, some of the most diverse and heterogeneous countries in the world, successfully form a national identity from all the different cultures?	6