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Was Apartheid "a victory of the white working class over both the black working class and white capitalists"?

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Frank Capra was born in Italy, but during WWII made a series of anti-Axis propaganda films ("Why We Fight"). What did the Italian-American community think of his work?

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Was British influence really a covert catalyst for the the Paraguayan War (1864-1870)? If not, why does this claim persist?

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"In 1551, Turgut Reis enslaved almost the entire population of the Maltese island of Gozo, some 6,300 people, sending them to Libya." How would this have worked? (Elaboration inside)

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The oldest trick in the book: How far back does magic go? (Sleight of hand and mentalism, not supernatural powers)

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Why did the Israelites become monotheists?

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Before modern banking (say before fractional-reserve banking in the 1600s), how did lenders evaluate credit risk? More generally, how did they determine interest rates?

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18th-century battle formations

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Until it was banned in 1927, breast-binding was a common practice in China. In what other societies have people commonly bound (or otherwise flattened) their breasts?

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What was the earliest society in which men and women were formally granted equal political or legal rights?

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Was Apartheid "a victory of the white working class over both the black working class and white capitalists"?	6	AskHistorians
Frank Capra was born in Italy, but during WWII made a series of anti-Axis propaganda films ("Why We Fight"). What did the Italian-American community think of his work?	6	AskHistorians
Was British influence really a covert catalyst for the the Paraguayan War (1864-1870)? If not, why does this claim persist?	6	AskHistorians
"In 1551, Turgut Reis enslaved almost the entire population of the Maltese island of Gozo, some 6,300 people, sending them to Libya." How would this have worked? (Elaboration inside)	6	AskHistorians
The oldest trick in the book: How far back does magic go? (Sleight of hand and mentalism, not supernatural powers)	6	AskHistorians
Why did the Israelites become monotheists?	6	AskHistorians
Before modern banking (say before fractional-reserve banking in the 1600s), how did lenders evaluate credit risk? More generally, how did they determine interest rates?	6	AskHistorians
18th-century battle formations	6	AskHistorians
Until it was banned in 1927, breast-binding was a common practice in China. In what other societies have people commonly bound (or otherwise flattened) their breasts?	6	AskHistorians
What was the earliest society in which men and women were formally granted equal political or legal rights?	6	AskHistorians