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Just finished watching the film “The Negotiator” and am now wondering— has a hostage situation ever worked out in favor of the hostage-taker?
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Vladimir the Great was sent envoys by representatives of the major religions of his time for him to convert. How common was it for major religions to try and convert Pagan kingdoms? How was resistance put up? and was there Pagans trying to convert the Abrahamic kingdoms into paganism?
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How well has Pat Buchanan's book Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War been received by the historical community?
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Did Wealth Only Come From Inheritance in Medieval Europe? Would It Have Been Possible For a Poor Person to Become Wealthy?
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The 1917 Zimmerman telegram proposed that Mexico join the war and fight the United States. Wasn't Mexico much less militarily powerful than the United States? What were the Germans thinking with this plan?
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