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Why is the battle of Villers Bocage so famous?

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I've recently read that Ming and Qing Dynasty Chinese governments were actually fairly loosely controlling and low-tax regimes, rather than elaborately bureaucratic despotisms. Is this true? If so, were they representative of China's history as a whole and why do I have this impression?

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Did ancient romans see the Eucharist as cannibalistic?

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Any connection between Don Jon the Bastard from Shakespeare and Don John of Austria?

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Has Jewishness always been an ethnic identity?

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Scholarly Critiques/concensus of "The Chosen Few"?

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Why did mercenary recruitment change from Independent Companies to individual contractors?

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Why does it seem like import-substitution-based developed, especially utilization of high tariffs for protection of infant industries, worked really well for the US and UK in the 19th century, but failed for countries like Argentina in the 20th?

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Why did slave plantations mostly grow luxury crops?

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How much of the idea of US Reconstruction Era Government being corrupt was Lost Cause/Dunning School historiography?

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Why is the battle of Villers Bocage so famous?	7	AskHistorians
I've recently read that Ming and Qing Dynasty Chinese governments were actually fairly loosely controlling and low-tax regimes, rather than elaborately bureaucratic despotisms. Is this true? If so, were they representative of China's history as a whole and why do I have this impression?	7	AskHistorians
Did ancient romans see the Eucharist as cannibalistic?	7	AskHistorians
Any connection between Don Jon the Bastard from Shakespeare and Don John of Austria?	6	AskHistorians
Has Jewishness always been an ethnic identity?	6	AskHistorians
Scholarly Critiques/concensus of "The Chosen Few"?	6	AskHistorians
Why did mercenary recruitment change from Independent Companies to individual contractors?	6	AskHistorians
Why does it seem like import-substitution-based developed, especially utilization of high tariffs for protection of infant industries, worked really well for the US and UK in the 19th century, but failed for countries like Argentina in the 20th?	6	AskHistorians
Why did slave plantations mostly grow luxury crops?	6	AskHistorians
How much of the idea of US Reconstruction Era Government being corrupt was Lost Cause/Dunning School historiography?	6	AskHistorians