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How did Israel, a state founded by Jews, a people without a strong military tradition, put together the Haganah, an army capable of defeating their Arab neighbors, some of whom had western-trained armies with an educated general staff?

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King Zog I didn't come from a royal bloodline or have any prior claim to any throne in Europe. How did he end up as king of the Albanians?

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After the fall of the USSR, why did Azerbaijan, a Muslim majority nation, align itself with the west and especially Israel?

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Why did Indian and Chinese armies use body armor into the 1800s while it was obsolete in Europe by 1700?

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Capturing Constantinople was a desire for the Russian Empire for a long time. What did they plan to do if they actually got it?

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Did the Japanese of the various feudal states see themselves as Japanese or did they identify themselves as being from separate nations?

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I know that the Civil War armies were said to make a miserable show to Europeans, but how did the Continental Army perform by European standards?

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The Mughal Empire is considered one of the "gunpowder empires" alongside Safavid Persia and the Ottoman Turks. What is so "gunpowder" about the Mughals when they relied so heavily on old school cavalry armed with lance and bow?

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Compared to their contemporaries, how well did the various Chinese forces of the Second Sino-Japanese War perform in combat?

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Why was the Catholic Church so adamant in its opposition to a vernacular translation of the bible, and what was the process like in permitting it?

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How did Israel, a state founded by Jews, a people without a strong military tradition, put together the Haganah, an army capable of defeating their Arab neighbors, some of whom had western-trained armies with an educated general staff?	154
King Zog I didn't come from a royal bloodline or have any prior claim to any throne in Europe. How did he end up as king of the Albanians?	144
After the fall of the USSR, why did Azerbaijan, a Muslim majority nation, align itself with the west and especially Israel?	138
Why did Indian and Chinese armies use body armor into the 1800s while it was obsolete in Europe by 1700?	125
Capturing Constantinople was a desire for the Russian Empire for a long time. What did they plan to do if they actually got it?	124
Did the Japanese of the various feudal states see themselves as Japanese or did they identify themselves as being from separate nations?	119
I know that the Civil War armies were said to make a miserable show to Europeans, but how did the Continental Army perform by European standards?	114
The Mughal Empire is considered one of the "gunpowder empires" alongside Safavid Persia and the Ottoman Turks. What is so "gunpowder" about the Mughals when they relied so heavily on old school cavalry armed with lance and bow?	114
Compared to their contemporaries, how well did the various Chinese forces of the Second Sino-Japanese War perform in combat?	110
Why was the Catholic Church so adamant in its opposition to a vernacular translation of the bible, and what was the process like in permitting it?	107