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In Tacitus's Agricola, he offers some damning critiques of Rome. Is he reasonably accurate? Why would he be allowed to write such things?

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Why was the German abwehr (intelligence agency) anti nazi during WW2. What is the context for how this was and why it was allowed.

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Were there any precursors in Europe to how Columbus treated the native Americans he encountered?

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Why was the late ottoman empire so genocidal?

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During the Islamic conquests why did Egypt and Iran keep their national identities but Anatolia did not?

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Was antisemitism an issue at all in the antebellum southern United States? To this day I still remain shocked that the Secretary of State of the Confederacy was Jewish - Judah P Benjamin.

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What happened to the slaves in the western romantic empire after the empire "fell"

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Why was Julius Caesar's land reform proposal so controversial? How much, if any of it, actually passed into law?

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Tell me about the 1932 Democratic Primaries. Was FDR always running on the New Deal?

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What is the history of Jewish people and/or communities using the Christian/Greek chapter and verse system to reference parts of the bible?

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In Tacitus's Agricola, he offers some damning critiques of Rome. Is he reasonably accurate? Why would he be allowed to write such things?	20
Why was the German abwehr (intelligence agency) anti nazi during WW2. What is the context for how this was and why it was allowed.	16
Were there any precursors in Europe to how Columbus treated the native Americans he encountered?	15
Why was the late ottoman empire so genocidal?	15
During the Islamic conquests why did Egypt and Iran keep their national identities but Anatolia did not?	14
Was antisemitism an issue at all in the antebellum southern United States? To this day I still remain shocked that the Secretary of State of the Confederacy was Jewish - Judah P Benjamin.	10
What happened to the slaves in the western romantic empire after the empire "fell"	9
Why was Julius Caesar's land reform proposal so controversial? How much, if any of it, actually passed into law?	8
Tell me about the 1932 Democratic Primaries. Was FDR always running on the New Deal?	6
What is the history of Jewish people and/or communities using the Christian/Greek chapter and verse system to reference parts of the bible?	6