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Before the Eichmann trial, were Holocaust survivors really looked down upon and called 'soap' in Israel? Why?

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In the 1640s, while Poland-Lithuania was still close to its peak, its king Władysław IV planned to reconquer Constantinople. If we disregard the parliament's scepticism, was this plan economically and militarily realistic?

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Why was the pointed arch not used after the Gothic period if it's clearly better than rounded arches?

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What was Robert E. Lee's plan for 1864?

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There were still people who understood hieroglyphs in the 4th century. Did the Romans know, or care, what the symbols on the obelisks decorating Rome mean?

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If the naval blockade starved the Confederacy, Antietam stopped Britain and France from recognising it, and Gettysburg broke Lee's ability to invade the North again, was Grant even that important?

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China has a dizzying number of textual records produced in its distant past: letters, edicts, chronicles, encyclopedias... How does it compare, in terms of sheer volume, with what survives from the past of other literate civilisations?

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According to Wikipedia, 0.5-2m cuneiform tablets have been found. How much text is on them? What origins and kinds of content are there by volume? How do experts find tablets worth translating?

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Apart from exploring other celestial bodies, what contributions to science did the unmanned Soviet spaceflights make?

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In April 1938, the French government requested and was granted exceptional powers to rule by decree. How democratic was France between then and September 1939? How did it differ from the situation of Germany in 1930-32?

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Before the Eichmann trial, were Holocaust survivors really looked down upon and called 'soap' in Israel? Why?	5	AskHistorians
In the 1640s, while Poland-Lithuania was still close to its peak, its king Władysław IV planned to reconquer Constantinople. If we disregard the parliament's scepticism, was this plan economically and militarily realistic?	5	AskHistorians
Why was the pointed arch not used after the Gothic period if it's clearly better than rounded arches?	3	AskHistorians
What was Robert E. Lee's plan for 1864?	3	AskHistorians
There were still people who understood hieroglyphs in the 4th century. Did the Romans know, or care, what the symbols on the obelisks decorating Rome mean?	3	AskHistorians
If the naval blockade starved the Confederacy, Antietam stopped Britain and France from recognising it, and Gettysburg broke Lee's ability to invade the North again, was Grant even that important?	2	AskHistorians
China has a dizzying number of textual records produced in its distant past: letters, edicts, chronicles, encyclopedias... How does it compare, in terms of sheer volume, with what survives from the past of other literate civilisations?	2	AskHistorians
According to Wikipedia, 0.5-2m cuneiform tablets have been found. How much text is on them? What origins and kinds of content are there by volume? How do experts find tablets worth translating?	1	AskHistorians
Apart from exploring other celestial bodies, what contributions to science did the unmanned Soviet spaceflights make?	1	AskHistorians
In April 1938, the French government requested and was granted exceptional powers to rule by decree. How democratic was France between then and September 1939? How did it differ from the situation of Germany in 1930-32?	1	AskHistorians