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After the WW2 was there a feeling of regret in Sweden and/or Finland that, the Swedes did not commit 100% after the USSR attacked?

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How were the Crusaders able to capture Constantinople in 1204 while the Ottomans had difficulty doing so with a far less populated city in 1453?

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How did doctors prevent themselves from getting sick before the advent of modern medicine?

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The Catholic church stamped out non catholic Christians for hundreds of years during the dark ages and the middle ages. Why did Protestantism succeed while others failed?

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How were gay people in China treated before the arrival of the Catholics?

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How well does Michael Parenti’s “Blackshirts and Reds” stand up to the historical record?

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In the show Game of Thrones, a son of a powerful lord is depicted being educated by his tutor about geography and important dynasties of the realm. In the Middle Ages, would it be expected or at least normal for powerful nobles to receive this kind of political education?

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When and why did tobacco start being smoked?

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When he was young Napoleon hated France and wanted an independent Corsican state, in 1804 however he becomes "Emperor of the French" and heavily encourages French nationalism, did Napoelon genuinely feel French or he just wanted to exploit French nationalism for his imperial ambition ?

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Why did America abandon Czechoslovakia and let it fall behind the Iron Curtain?

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After the WW2 was there a feeling of regret in Sweden and/or Finland that, the Swedes did not commit 100% after the USSR attacked?	27
How were the Crusaders able to capture Constantinople in 1204 while the Ottomans had difficulty doing so with a far less populated city in 1453?	27
How did doctors prevent themselves from getting sick before the advent of modern medicine?	27
The Catholic church stamped out non catholic Christians for hundreds of years during the dark ages and the middle ages. Why did Protestantism succeed while others failed?	27
How were gay people in China treated before the arrival of the Catholics?	27
How well does Michael Parenti’s “Blackshirts and Reds” stand up to the historical record?	27
In the show Game of Thrones, a son of a powerful lord is depicted being educated by his tutor about geography and important dynasties of the realm. In the Middle Ages, would it be expected or at least normal for powerful nobles to receive this kind of political education?	27
When and why did tobacco start being smoked?	27
When he was young Napoleon hated France and wanted an independent Corsican state, in 1804 however he becomes "Emperor of the French" and heavily encourages French nationalism, did Napoelon genuinely feel French or he just wanted to exploit French nationalism for his imperial ambition ?	27
Why did America abandon Czechoslovakia and let it fall behind the Iron Curtain?	27