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The Western world had many attempts to "rejuvenate" the aesthetic and ideals of the classical Greeks and Roman Empire in movements such as Neoclassical art. But did attempts to revive the aesthetics and ideals of the past exist in the Chinese Empires?

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How did listening devices work in WW1? And how useful were they for gathering information?

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In Colonial Mexico the Spanish crown often respected and retained the positions of local nobility, giving titles and having intermarriage. Why didn't Britain have a system like that during colonization?

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What was daily life like for someone of low social status in Hawaii in the years before American annexation?

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Considering the increasing popularity of fascism in Europe during the 1920's and 30's, why did The United Kingdom not see a similar rise in ultranationalism beyond Oswald Mosley's unpopular BUF?

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What was firearm development like in the West African before European colonization? Did they a native arms industry or did they rely entirely on imports?

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Why didn't the British conquer and colonize Ethiopia after their fantastic victory in the 1869 expedition to Ethiopia?

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Why are there so many Indian reservations in the Western USA compared to the east?

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One of the "latest" stories from Holocaust deniers is that "There were no autopsies that showed any Jews died from gas." Where there any autopsies done on Holocaust victims? And if so, where did the myth that there were none come from?

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One story from Holocaust deniers I've been seeing recently is that "There were no autopsies that showed Jews died from gas." Does this story have any veracity? Were autopsies done on holocaust victims? And if so, where did this story come from?

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The Western world had many attempts to "rejuvenate" the aesthetic and ideals of the classical Greeks and Roman Empire in movements such as Neoclassical art. But did attempts to revive the aesthetics and ideals of the past exist in the Chinese Empires?	4	AskHistorians
How did listening devices work in WW1? And how useful were they for gathering information?	4	AskHistorians
In Colonial Mexico the Spanish crown often respected and retained the positions of local nobility, giving titles and having intermarriage. Why didn't Britain have a system like that during colonization?	4	AskHistorians
What was daily life like for someone of low social status in Hawaii in the years before American annexation?	3	AskHistorians
Considering the increasing popularity of fascism in Europe during the 1920's and 30's, why did The United Kingdom not see a similar rise in ultranationalism beyond Oswald Mosley's unpopular BUF?	3	AskHistorians
What was firearm development like in the West African before European colonization? Did they a native arms industry or did they rely entirely on imports?	3	AskHistorians
Why didn't the British conquer and colonize Ethiopia after their fantastic victory in the 1869 expedition to Ethiopia?	3	AskHistorians
Why are there so many Indian reservations in the Western USA compared to the east?	3	AskHistorians
One of the "latest" stories from Holocaust deniers is that "There were no autopsies that showed any Jews died from gas." Where there any autopsies done on Holocaust victims? And if so, where did the myth that there were none come from?	3	AskHistorians
One story from Holocaust deniers I've been seeing recently is that "There were no autopsies that showed Jews died from gas." Does this story have any veracity? Were autopsies done on holocaust victims? And if so, where did this story come from?	3	AskHistorians