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A famous quote says that history is written by the victors. In your field of study, what is the largest attempt to paper over an event or movement? And how did the powers-that-were try to sequester the information?

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How were people recruited into international brigades during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)? Who were those people?

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What was the transition like from the Hapsburgs to the Bourbons in Spain?

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Why didn't the Asian Steppes develop more agriculturally?

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What is the origin of the word Estadounidense in Spanish? Further, what were the demonyms of the Las Provincias Unidas de Centroamerica y las Provincias Unidas de Sudamérica? Were they both provinciasunidenses, or were they called centroamericanos and sudamericanos?

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What did Mapuche de facto independence look like until the occupation in 1880? What was the extent of their interactions with the Germans in southern Chile?

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Why didn't the USSR feel the need to build super-carriers or field a true blue water navy?

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The Dutch famously recruited Japanese samurai to fight for them in the later 16th/ early 17th century. What, however, was the system to acquire interpreters between the two languages?

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I am born in Lübeck in 1325. My father is a member of a guild, and can start me out in trading when I am older (assuming I survive the black death). What is my life like?

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Why did the Spanish American colonies post colonialism develop so much more than SS Africa?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
A famous quote says that history is written by the victors. In your field of study, what is the largest attempt to paper over an event or movement? And how did the powers-that-were try to sequester the information?	174
How were people recruited into international brigades during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)? Who were those people?	85
What was the transition like from the Hapsburgs to the Bourbons in Spain?	53
Why didn't the Asian Steppes develop more agriculturally?	24
What is the origin of the word Estadounidense in Spanish? Further, what were the demonyms of the Las Provincias Unidas de Centroamerica y las Provincias Unidas de Sudamérica? Were they both provinciasunidenses, or were they called centroamericanos and sudamericanos?	20
What did Mapuche de facto independence look like until the occupation in 1880? What was the extent of their interactions with the Germans in southern Chile?	20
Why didn't the USSR feel the need to build super-carriers or field a true blue water navy?	7
The Dutch famously recruited Japanese samurai to fight for them in the later 16th/ early 17th century. What, however, was the system to acquire interpreters between the two languages?	6
I am born in Lübeck in 1325. My father is a member of a guild, and can start me out in trading when I am older (assuming I survive the black death). What is my life like?	5
Why did the Spanish American colonies post colonialism develop so much more than SS Africa?	3