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As an American, I feel I have a very narrow and under-informed view of the world's history. This question is incredibly broad, but what period/facet of your country's history (non-Americans) would you recommend I focus on? Americans, what period of other countries' histories fascinate you the most?
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Shigenori Tōgō, Minister of Foreign Affairs at the start and end of the Pacific War, was ethnically Korean. Was his ethnicity public knowledge in Japan, and was it ever commented on?
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What was the wider reaction of the citizens of the Roman Empire to the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius and subsequent destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum?
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Did the UN really forget about a platoon of Nigerians in Sierra Leone? Is this video not just poorly made, but an outright fabrication?
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