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What was alcohol prohibition like during the late 19th/early 20th century outside of the USA? I was not aware of the sudden seemingly global movement towards temperance. What caused this trend?

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How close did Reagan and Gorbachev get to totally disarming all of nuclear weapons in both countries during the Iceland summit?

59 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What did the Griqua and Boer states think of each other?

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Why was Turkey able to eventually win the wars of Turkish Independence against the Allies and Greece, especially considering they had failed against Bulgaria and Greece in the first Balkan War?

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How much did the fall of the Kuomintang in mainland China have to do with their economic policy?

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Why were certain old and religious cultural sites like the Forbidden City protected from the cultural revolution?

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How much did government policy of Idi Amin in Uganda increase use of Swahili as a national language?

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Why did Hitler/the Nazi government closely affiliate with Croat Partisans and ethnic Croats as a policy, rather than Serbs or any other group?

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Why didn't the Israeli Embassy give Johnathan Pollard asylum when he went to the Israeli Embassy in DC?

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What were the norms for "good grades" before grade inflation?

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What was alcohol prohibition like during the late 19th/early 20th century outside of the USA? I was not aware of the sudden seemingly global movement towards temperance. What caused this trend?	148	AskHistorians
How close did Reagan and Gorbachev get to totally disarming all of nuclear weapons in both countries during the Iceland summit?	59	AskHistorians
What did the Griqua and Boer states think of each other?	20	AskHistorians
Why was Turkey able to eventually win the wars of Turkish Independence against the Allies and Greece, especially considering they had failed against Bulgaria and Greece in the first Balkan War?	13	AskHistorians
How much did the fall of the Kuomintang in mainland China have to do with their economic policy?	4	AskHistorians
Why were certain old and religious cultural sites like the Forbidden City protected from the cultural revolution?	4	AskHistorians
How much did government policy of Idi Amin in Uganda increase use of Swahili as a national language?	3	AskHistorians
Why did Hitler/the Nazi government closely affiliate with Croat Partisans and ethnic Croats as a policy, rather than Serbs or any other group?	2	AskHistorians
Why didn't the Israeli Embassy give Johnathan Pollard asylum when he went to the Israeli Embassy in DC?	2	AskHistorians
What were the norms for "good grades" before grade inflation?	2	AskHistorians