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Was Bismark's view of France static or dynamic-pragmatic?

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Has there in the past or is there now any push to have the great pyramids of Egypt restored to their former aesthetic glory?

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Sources on Circassian history pre-expulsion

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were blueprints for early jets like the Heinkel He 162 destroyed when Nazi Germany fell?

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The Vindolanda Tablets and Female literacy

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What do we know about the last polytheists in Ancient Rome?

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How did people organise when to do things before the existence of clocks?

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What's the consensus view of present-day historians on Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis? The thesis posits that America's distinct national identity formed not from the Puritan founding (cf. Tocqueville) but instead was gradually forged by successive generations of frontier settlement.

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Odd Question: Historically, we see that in many nations during internal strife or are otherwise under "dictator" rule, flags of opposing nations are burned. I've always wondered, where do people within "closed off" countries get the flags of such countries? (Example Below)

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The acquisition of the American Southwest from the Mexican-American War and the incorporation of Texas gave the US a substantial Mexican-American population in the region. What role did they play in mid 19th century politics? How did they play into the shifting political coalitions of the time?

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Was Bismark's view of France static or dynamic-pragmatic?	5
Has there in the past or is there now any push to have the great pyramids of Egypt restored to their former aesthetic glory?	5
Sources on Circassian history pre-expulsion	5
were blueprints for early jets like the Heinkel He 162 destroyed when Nazi Germany fell?	5
The Vindolanda Tablets and Female literacy	5
What do we know about the last polytheists in Ancient Rome?	5
How did people organise when to do things before the existence of clocks?	5
What's the consensus view of present-day historians on Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis? The thesis posits that America's distinct national identity formed not from the Puritan founding (cf. Tocqueville) but instead was gradually forged by successive generations of frontier settlement.	5
Odd Question: Historically, we see that in many nations during internal strife or are otherwise under "dictator" rule, flags of opposing nations are burned. I've always wondered, where do people within "closed off" countries get the flags of such countries? (Example Below)	5
The acquisition of the American Southwest from the Mexican-American War and the incorporation of Texas gave the US a substantial Mexican-American population in the region. What role did they play in mid 19th century politics? How did they play into the shifting political coalitions of the time?	5