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Why where Arabs so underrepresented among the highest positions in the Ottoman Empire despite making up a large population of the Empire?

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In 1880 there were 80k Jews in NYC. In 1920, there were 1,5 million of them, who made up around 25% of the population. What was the reaction of Anglo Americans to this sudden "Jewification" of NYC?

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Why did Great Britian make widespread use of pottery and stoneware in the 19th Century, where the US used glass in many of the same applications? (Clarification in post)

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How did Otto Von Bismarck view America?

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Are there any nations other than America that experienced a non-religious Civil War in the past 2 centuries in which the losing faction is still obsessed with its iconography?

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Why has the South of Italy been so much poorer than the North throughout modern history, and why has it remained poorer during the 20th century?

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Why did the Republic of China (Taiwan) not use its Security Council veto to prevent it being replaced by PRC (Mainland China) as a UN member?

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During the Black Plague, would there have been naysayers denying that anything big was happening?

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Why does it seem like there were so many serial killers in the 50s-80s, but not so many now? Have we just not caught the modern day killers?

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Why where Arabs so underrepresented among the highest positions in the Ottoman Empire despite making up a large population of the Empire?	180
In 1880 there were 80k Jews in NYC. In 1920, there were 1,5 million of them, who made up around 25% of the population. What was the reaction of Anglo Americans to this sudden "Jewification" of NYC?	180
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Why did Great Britian make widespread use of pottery and stoneware in the 19th Century, where the US used glass in many of the same applications? (Clarification in post)	179
How did Otto Von Bismarck view America?	179
Are there any nations other than America that experienced a non-religious Civil War in the past 2 centuries in which the losing faction is still obsessed with its iconography?	179
Why has the South of Italy been so much poorer than the North throughout modern history, and why has it remained poorer during the 20th century?	178
Why did the Republic of China (Taiwan) not use its Security Council veto to prevent it being replaced by PRC (Mainland China) as a UN member?	178
During the Black Plague, would there have been naysayers denying that anything big was happening?	178
Why does it seem like there were so many serial killers in the 50s-80s, but not so many now? Have we just not caught the modern day killers?	177