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Horses will naturally avoid obstacles, which was pivotal in the decisive cavalry charge in Waterloo. However, the cavalry charge was dominant in the middle ages. What made the cavalry in Waterloo different, and how did stable workers train a horse to charge into obstacles?
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Entities ranging from the Third Reich to Spanish Republicans during the Civil War has openly labelled propaganda ministries. When did propaganda obtain the decidedly negative connotations it possesses today?
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What was the effect of enslavement on white people by the Ottomans (Specifically in the balkans)? Also the effects of enslavement of white people in general
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I often see and hear people call Charlemagne the founder of the Holy Roman Empire, despite him being the founder of the Frankish Empire. Wasn't it Otto the Great who founded the HRE?
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We might take it for granted that the rise of Macedon under Phillip II & Alexander in the 4th Century BC happened in that way empires came and went in the ancient world. But, isn't it kind of insane that this peripheral state became the hegemon in one generation, basically? What caused that?
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