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If Byzantium was renamed Constantinople, why do we call the Empire the Byzantine Empire instead of the Constantinoplian Empire or East Roman Empire?

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How did Martin Luther King react to JFK's assassination?

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Why did the Schlieffen Plan fail?

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My professors often say that the modern concept of sovereignty comes from Westphalia's treaty. How did this treaty design our present concept of sovereignty?

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What did Hitler think about Bismarck?

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Why wasn't the title of Holy Roman Emperor brought back after the Vienna council of 1815?

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When Mary the 1st, queen of England, and Phillip II of Spain got married, was the child from that union set to be king of England and Spain?

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The Arc Triumph wasn't finished under Napoleon, why was a Napoleonic symbol finished under the Restoration?

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What did the US native groups do during the Independence war?

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Why didn't the UK try to limit Germany's unification in the 1860's?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
If Byzantium was renamed Constantinople, why do we call the Empire the Byzantine Empire instead of the Constantinoplian Empire or East Roman Empire?	137
How did Martin Luther King react to JFK's assassination?	71
Why did the Schlieffen Plan fail?	39
My professors often say that the modern concept of sovereignty comes from Westphalia's treaty. How did this treaty design our present concept of sovereignty?	38
What did Hitler think about Bismarck?	27
Why wasn't the title of Holy Roman Emperor brought back after the Vienna council of 1815?	8
When Mary the 1st, queen of England, and Phillip II of Spain got married, was the child from that union set to be king of England and Spain?	7
The Arc Triumph wasn't finished under Napoleon, why was a Napoleonic symbol finished under the Restoration?	4
What did the US native groups do during the Independence war?	3
Why didn't the UK try to limit Germany's unification in the 1860's?	2