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The Taiping Rebellion and the American Civil War were roughly contemporary with each other. What caused the radically different outcomes for surrender? The Union pardoned the surrendered Confederacy while the Qing massacred the surrendered Taiping rebels.

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Why is Great Man theory wrong?

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What motivated Hitler's persecution of the Jews?

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Was Mozart knowledgable in any subject other than music?

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Potatoes are considered the rice of the west, why is rice not the rice of the west?

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Kind of a weird question, but do any historians here feel that being religious affects their professional career?

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How might a delegation of Hopi chiefs have traveled from Hopi to Washington D.C. in 1890?

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Why did science-fiction stories become so popular in the 20th century? How much influence did authors like Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov have?

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This might be a weird question, but why was nudism so popular in East Germany?

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Were famous muslim leaders such as ayatollah khomeini and osama bin laden devoutly religious? Or was it simply a tactic to generate support for their movement?

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The Taiping Rebellion and the American Civil War were roughly contemporary with each other. What caused the radically different outcomes for surrender? The Union pardoned the surrendered Confederacy while the Qing massacred the surrendered Taiping rebels.	16
Why is Great Man theory wrong?	16
What motivated Hitler's persecution of the Jews?	16
Was Mozart knowledgable in any subject other than music?	16
Potatoes are considered the rice of the west, why is rice not the rice of the west?	16
Kind of a weird question, but do any historians here feel that being religious affects their professional career?	16
How might a delegation of Hopi chiefs have traveled from Hopi to Washington D.C. in 1890?	16
Why did science-fiction stories become so popular in the 20th century? How much influence did authors like Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov have?	16
This might be a weird question, but why was nudism so popular in East Germany?	16
Were famous muslim leaders such as ayatollah khomeini and osama bin laden devoutly religious? Or was it simply a tactic to generate support for their movement?	16